Herbst Speaks

[willie99]

she can't control the fact that FSU and Clemson demanded Louisville for "football" purposes, and the ACC conceded to them in an attempt to retain it's existing members

I think the ACC is beginning to make the same kind of concessions the Big East did prior to it's downfall, trying to plug a hole in the dike with their fingers

if MD doesn't pay the 50 mil, and if a football conference comes calling, I think FSU bails anyhow

 

[arch]

Had absolutely nothing to do with UConn 2000....yup.

Maybe UConn2000 had everything to do with sports.

 

[Jimdish255]

I failed you would have sufficed.​

 

[NHUConnfan]

UConn 2000 was driven by the success of the basketball teams as support for UConn was at an all-time high in CT.

Yeah, UConn 2000 was passed before we won our first championship. Given that many other universities that don't have big sports programs are making similar pushes...I'm not going to buy that this is the sole reason it happened.

 

[UCweCONN]

Gee thanks, Susan, let's go down with the ship. Now I feel so much better........I can see the 2011 national championship banner blowing majestically on the horizon as a tear rolls down my cheek and I slip beneath the waves.....

 

[auggie22]

Ok, I get it now. The confident facade was a bluff. We hold no cards, athletically speaking. I am now panicking.

 

[NHUConnfan]

Maybe UConn2000 had everything to do with sports.

Yeah...based on the one conference championship we had won, and 3 (recent) years of appearing in the NCAA. Not buying it. UConn 2000 was passed in 95.

 

[uchusky32]

Remember our success has been tied to the BE..... The BE is done. This is the Big Leftovers. Not the same. Now you expect me to drive from Maryland to watch us play to ECU? With PP as coach. When we lose to ECU we won't be able to get into the MAC

 

[ZooCougar]

Reading between the lines. I think the admin takes a long hard look at Pasqualoni and Co.

We can still salvage some good from this.

 

[LRock34]

Jeff Jacobs ‏@jacobscourant
Susan Herbst: "The joy we've had for past couple decades has been in Big East. I think everybody should try to keep that in mind."


Anyone hoping for that B1G invite can forget that idea with this quote.

Well that makes it official, we're done as a premier athletic University. I'm all for academics and making my degree look better...I guess that is what I will root for now.

I really could care less about getting invited to an ACC that has had it's bones picked clean by everyone else...worse case if that takes a few years to shake out our programs will be horrible shape.

I'm done with college athletics....done.

 

[willie99]

Had absolutely nothing to do with UConn 2000....yup.

politicians were able to invest in the University because the basketball success made it politically viable to do so

so yes, UConn is what it is today because of Jim and Geno.

 

[freescooter]

UConn 2000 was driven by the success of the basketball teams as support for UConn was at an all-time high in CT.

Actually not the case, but it makes for a great myth. Lew Rome had far more to do with that program than Jim Calhoun.

 

[arch]

Yeah, UConn 2000 was passed before we won our first championship. Given that many other universities that don't have big sports programs are making similar pushes...I'm not going to buy that this is the sole reason it happened.

Can we agree-necessary but not sufficient?

 

[4UConn]

Yeah, UConn 2000 was passed before we won our first championship. Given that many other universities that don't have big sports programs are making similar pushes...I'm not going to buy that this is the sole reason it happened.

You're wrong....Rebecca Lobo was actually taken to the Statehouse during the debate for UConn 2000...and her appearance evidently swayed a lot of votes. Athletics may not be the sole reason for UConn 2000, but it was a HUGE factor.

 

[Doggie Style]

It appears that our Marketing Department and PR Department are one and the same!!!!

 

[Jimdish255]

Here's more:

‏@jacobscourant
Herbst: "We can only try to change what we can change. Conference realignment is out of the control of most individual universities."

@jacobscourant
Herbst: "To tie ourselves up in knots about things out of our control, like in life in general, is not a recipe for success."

@jacobscourant
Dukie Herbst: "I'm dead serious about academics first. Academic reputation is forever."

Clearly Louisville didn't feel the same way. They lobbied and they fought (publicly), they brought in political support and rallied the troops. We postured, we monitored, we lost. They're in and we're on the island of lost toys. Fail.

 

[NHUConnfan]

politicians were able to invest in the University because the basketball success made it politically viable to do so

so yes, UConn is what it is today because of Jim and Geno.

3 years of some success (definitely not on the level of 1999).

You're wrong....Rebecca Lobo was actually taken to the Statehouse during the debate for UConn 2000...and her appearance evidently swayed a lot of votes. Athletics may not be the sole reason for UConn 2000, but it was a HUGE factor.

Oh, so it was women's basketball that funded this thing...yeah, awesome.

 

[Willy Gee]

she can't control the fact that FSU and Clemson demanded Louisville for "football" purposes, and the ACC conceded to them in an attempt to retain it's existing members/quote]

True, but she shouldn't suggest that we should be happy in the current big east because we had success in the old big east, which no longer exists. Her quote is insulting to the fans and alums, plain and simple.

 

[zls44]

Yeah...based on the one conference championship we had won, and 3 (recent) years of appearing in the NCAA. Not buying it. UConn 2000 was passed in 95.

You seem to be forgetting how the undefeated WBB team captured the state. In 1995.

The minute Rebecca Lobo and Jen Rizzoti showed up at the state house to help lobby for UConn 2000, that thing was passed in the blink of an eye. They were swooning over that team.

 

[uchusky32]

Reading between the lines. I think the admin takes a long hard look at Pasqualoni and Co.

We can still salvage some good from this.

No disrespect , but there is no more reading between the lines. To many prominent Yarders insisted we were next. When whatever changes happen then I'll believe it.

Has any put out a missing persons report for HFD I'm worried about him!

 

[4UConn]

3 years of some success (definitely not on the level of 1999).



Oh, so it was women's basketball that funded this thing...yeah, awesome.

Are you related to Susan Herbst? You appear to be an unabashed and unreserved supporter of hers. Until last night, I was slightly positive about Herbst and Manuel, but the Administration's seeming lack of skill in marketing UConn is a huge disappointment and this conference realignment fiasco has put UConn in a very vulnerable position. Athletics and conference affiliation are priority number one as they drive revenues. Louisville Community College understands this well.

 

[fortebleedsblue]

The reason we are not UMass right now academically is because of Calhoun and Auriemma. Athletics matter.

Post of the year. What the hell do people think brought Uconn to relevancy on a national level? As good a school as any it wasn't the school of dentistry that fired up the application base. Susane can enjoy the fruits of Calhoun for so long but that well will dry up if nothing changes

 

[ruskin]

Everyone needs to settle down, especially about SH/WM stuff. This is far from over. I don't care for the "sweet Big East memories" thing or whatever it was she said. Going forward it would serve her and WM to just say "our conference" and not even say the words big east.
by the way, I think Louisville's new 23,000-seat hoop arena (and McConnelll) played a pretty big role in this. Probably wouldn't hurt to get moving on a new arena here. And that's not a SH/WM thing

 

[ArmyHuskyFan]

Yeah...based on the one conference championship we had won, and 3 (recent) years of appearing in the NCAA. Not buying it. UConn 2000 was passed in 95.

Settle down young man. From your resume tagline you are clearly an academic, so I understand that it might be difficult for you to attribute the success of UConn 2000 to anything other than academic vision, but that just isn't the case.

We are not URI or UMass today because of the support (both public and private funds) that the school garnered after Jim and Geno started winning. How old were you in 1988 when UConn won the NIT or in 1990 when we Tate George hit the shot against Clemson? Those are the events that set UConn 2000 in motion in 1995. Has UConn 2000 been a success, of course. Will UConn be able to build on UConn 2000 if we are stuck in our current conference quagmire long term? It's possible, but its going to be extremely challenging.

If Herbst wasn't taking meetings and calls with anyone and everyone of importance at ACC schools than she failed. She should have spent the last 10 days in the state of North Carolina politicking for us and making the case that we are a valuable asset that needs to be scooped up. Instead she and the Dunkin Donut were sunning their arses on the beach in the BVI. They failed and there are better ways for them to deal with the UConn fanbase (donors) than this one.

 

[spsct]

Jeff Jacobs ‏@jacobscourant
Susan Herbst: "The joy we've had for past couple decades has been in Big East. I think everybody should try to keep that in mind."


Anyone hoping for that B1G invite can forget that idea with this quote.

Jesus Herman Christ. WTF is she talking about?

 

[Gurleyman]

In early 1995, both UConn basketball teams were ranked No. 1 at the same time, which had never been done before. Women won the title, men had a good run before losing to UCLA. Pride in state U was at an all-time high.

Naturally, it took some great initiatives from other people outside of athletics for UConn 2000 to get drawn up (and then get it off the drawing board and into reality), but the political climate was ideal for it, largely due to the fact that UConn was so prominent on the minds of the whole state - nobody's constituents were going to complain about it.


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[Excalibur]

Had absolutely nothing to do with UConn 2000....yup.

That doesn't happen, at least not on the scale that it did, without the athletic success that preceded it.

 

[Doggie Style]

No disrespect , but there is no more reading between the lines. To many prominent Yarders insisted we were next. When whatever changes happen then I'll believe it.

Has any put out a missing persons report for HFD I'm worried about him!

I was thinking the same thing this morning!!

 

[husky210]

I was thinking the same thing this morning!!

Same here. Haven't seen him post all day

 

[RS9999X]

Jesus Herman Christ. WTF is she talking about?

One Bourbon, One Scotch, and One Beer .....

There's only one remedy here to celebrate UConn landing in the same conference as Tulane.

Suicide is painless....