Hey Don McPherson shut up

[Marty Jackson]

It's not wrong. Some people think that UConn's success in women's basketball can be extrapolated into other things.

It can't.

You're spot on Whatler... The fact that women's basketball is a major revenue driver and an absolute success story in every way should be ignored. there is nothing to learn or take-away from that.
The fact that it puts the Uconn Brand in nothing but a positive light, reaches out to over 50% of the population that aren't necessarily captured by men's bb and fb is just silliness, let alone women's basketball at uconn alone drives more revenue than many of our conference mates entire athletic departments.
there'e even some crap being suggested the men's and women's teams have developed a bond that helps to create a basketball family that transcends the individual teams. this basketball family could no way help sell recruits on uconn.
I'm with you Whaler. People are so stupid.
I've read some even think the world is round, and that the earth rotates around the sun.
Pure Poppycock!!!

 

[Durks07]

It's not wrong. Some people think that UConn's success in women's basketball can be extrapolated into other things.

It can't.

Oh, that is where you are wrong Whaler. We can now claim without a doubt that Uconn is the school with the best Women's basketball program to get screwed in conference realignment.

 

[coachcap]

If he didn't have so many posts listed, I'd suspect that CTFIRERETIRED is the latest incarnation of CHIP! I'd cut him some slack when he said that he's not one for watching UConn football, BUT he can't possibly be a true fan of UConn athletics. My best advice: Crawl back into the snake hole from which you slithered & don't visit this board again.

 

[Nostical]

if...Uconn DID NOT decide to make the move to Div-1. Just think of all the money we would have saved....I would not want to be spending (throwing) more good money after all the bad that has already been wasted...

Well, I respectfully disagree since the State wouldn't have saved anything. It would have merely spent (wasted) it elsewhere. This football program is in a down cycle due to an absence of foward thought and execution from its prior leadership at several levels. Everyone from our attorney general, school president(s), AD, recent HC (and his sidekick) and beyond. The blame is widespread, but there is some hope on the horizon. We have great new presidential leadership, a sense of purpose, and a real commitment to raise the academic and research reputation at UConn. Similarly, the University needs to re-dedicate itself to raising the stature and performance of UConn football and commit more (not less) money and resources to the football program. Our donors need to step up. And the new HC should be demanding an all-in attitude by the University and the State, including a commitment to ratchet up the pay for assistant coaches, a commitment to recruit and compete at the highest level, and a commitment to expand the stadium. Susan Herbst has a new vision for UConn because it all starts with a vision. She sees us as striving to become a lot more like Michigan than Michigan State. So do I.

 

[epark88]

To Don McPherson (and to anyone else in this thread where this may be applicable):

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[CTFIRERETIRED]

You all are speaking like true believers. No, I am not the incarnation of anyone else. As to following UC fb, I was going to and following the program since Coach Bob Ingalls (sp)., Rick Forzano, Larry Naviaugh (another spelling failure), and Yankee Conference games. So, putting that to rest, I just find it wasteful that the program is in as much disarray as it is. In as much as Uconn has come late to the party regarding Div-1 football, they are trying to run the program on the cheap as well. All of you true believers can keep telling yourself that the program is going to become a power in the east. As to the earlier comments that Uconn beat Baylor twice, my response to that is....................Yeah, and what has that done for the program. Baylor is now ranked #4 in the nation. Oh yeah, UC beat Notre Dame,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,yeah, and? Last year ND was in the BCS championship game, where was UC. Come back and start crowing when/if the football program ever gets above 500 again.
Bye bye.....................................

 

[ZooCougar]

I'm just impressed he spelled "continuity" correctly.

In all caps too. That was his big word for the week.


Amazing that we don't see more vultures like him. People like that come out of the woodwork in times like this. Very courageous.

 

[TouchdownHusky]

Sean Mulcahy said something to the effect that UCONN's next coach should be a young energetic guy, 30-45 years old, a coordinator who used to play college football, who does not have to be from CT. Could be from PAC, Sun Belt, Big 12 etc but not from CT because that what PP was and that didnt' work. Then McPherson came in and talked about the negatives: we are not in a fertile recruiting hotbed like UCF and will have to battle BC and the Fruit Flies for recruits and they are in better conferences. He said finding a coach will be difficult and that UCONN will have to assess whether or not they want to even invest further in football given that we are now in the newer version of the Conference USA and that our previous investments to move into the Big East didn't pan out because all of those teams are gone.

Right now they are both right. Another thing UConn needs to start doing is lobbying politically. Start by sitting down with ESPN and making them an offer they can't refuse. I'd post State Police around its perimeter and stop every "celeb" going in and coming out of there until they used their influence to find UConn a home.

 

[ZooCougar]

You all are speaking like true believers. No, I am not the incarnation of anyone else. As to following UC fb, I was going to and following the program since Coach Bob Ingalls (sp)., Rick Forzano, Larry Naviaugh (another spelling failure), and Yankee Conference games. So, putting that to rest, I just find it wasteful that the program is in as much disarray as it is. In as much as Uconn has come late to the party regarding Div-1 football, they are trying to run the program on the cheap as well. All of you true believers can keep telling yourself that the program is going to become a power in the east. As to the earlier comments that Uconn beat Baylor twice, my response to that is....................Yeah, and what has that done for the program. Baylor is now ranked #4 in the nation. Oh yeah, UC beat Notre Dame,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,yeah, and? Last year ND was in the BCS championship game, where was UC. Come back and start crowing when/if the football program ever gets above 500 again.
Bye bye.....................................

True believer, that's me. I believe that this program is capable of winning more games than it loses. That's not saying that I believe it can be Bama. I just believe that we are off track because of a terrible hire.

On the cheap? How so? Can you provide any facts that support that assertion?

 

[ruskin]

You all are speaking like true believers. No, I am not the incarnation of anyone else. As to following UC fb, I was going to and following the program since Coach Bob Ingalls (sp)., Rick Forzano, Larry Naviaugh (another spelling failure), and Yankee Conference games. So, putting that to rest, I just find it wasteful that the program is in as much disarray as it is. In as much as Uconn has come late to the party regarding Div-1 football, they are trying to run the program on the cheap as well. All of you true believers can keep telling yourself that the program is going to become a power in the east. As to the earlier comments that Uconn beat Baylor twice, my response to that is....................Yeah, and what has that done for the program. Baylor is now ranked #4 in the nation. Oh yeah, UC beat Notre Dame,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,yeah, and? Last year ND was in the BCS championship game, where was UC. Come back and start crowing when/if the football program ever gets above 500 again.
Bye bye.....................................

Do me a favor. If you have any stones, arrange a meeting with Geno and share the wonderful words of wisdom above with him and see what he thinks. I would pay money to witness the verbal bludgeoning you would deservedly get.

He is smart enough to know -- and you're too stupid and demented to realize -- that if football doesn't get turned around it's eventually going to kill your beloved girls basketball program. Maybe not in the next decade, but eventually. Tennessee, Baylor, ND, Stanford will be competing in another division and UConn will be on the outside looking in.

Keep on reveling in our misery, fire boy. Karma is a bitch.

 

[RegisteredUconn]

Right now they are both right. Another thing UConn needs to start doing is lobbying politically. Start by sitting down with ESPN and making them an offer they can't refuse. I'd post State Police around its perimeter and stop every "celeb" going in and coming out of there until they used their influence to find UConn a home.

Seriously? Forget stopping people going in. Why not use the state cops to prevent them from leaving until they agree to vote us #1? Why should we have to go through all the bother of fielding a team when all we need to do is obtain some championships politically?

 

[UCFBfan]

You all are speaking like true believers. No, I am not the incarnation of anyone else. As to following UC fb, I was going to and following the program since Coach Bob Ingalls (sp)., Rick Forzano, Larry Naviaugh (another spelling failure), and Yankee Conference games. So, putting that to rest, I just find it wasteful that the program is in as much disarray as it is. In as much as Uconn has come late to the party regarding Div-1 football, they are trying to run the program on the cheap as well. All of you true believers can keep telling yourself that the program is going to become a power in the east. As to the earlier comments that Uconn beat Baylor twice, my response to that is....................Yeah, and what has that done for the program. Baylor is now ranked #4 in the nation. Oh yeah, UC beat Notre Dame,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,yeah, and? Last year ND was in the BCS championship game, where was UC. Come back and start crowing when/if the football program ever gets above 500 again.
Bye bye.....................................

I'd like to introduce you to my friend 'ignore'. I was going to introduce you two earlier but this post finally convinced me you two were made for each other!

 

[huskyblooz]

To Don McPherson (and to anyone else in this thread where this may be applicable):

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I cant believe that 48 hours later nobody else likes this! I piss my pants watching it!

 

[SonsOfNutmeg]

That guy's a f*&)ing idiot. Period. UConn, WM, and Susan are SERIOUS about big-time college football, funding it as such, and winning... we CAN expect better. The future is bright, we just gotta keep the course and show up (and STAY!) at games.

 

[UConnNick]

Goodbye credibility. UConn 31, Baylor with RG III 28; UConn 30, Baylor without injured RGIII 22. Idiot.

I was in attendance at the game in Waco and Griffin did play in that game. He was hurt later that season. Our D put the hurt on him several times during that game. I'm not sure, but I believe UCONN may have been the only non-conference Baylor opponent to beat Griffin twice during his tenure there.

 

[Jimdish255]

You all are speaking like true believers. No, I am not the incarnation of anyone else. As to following UC fb, I was going to and following the program since Coach Bob Ingalls (sp)., Rick Forzano, Larry Naviaugh (another spelling failure), and Yankee Conference games. So, putting that to rest, I just find it wasteful that the program is in as much disarray as it is. In as much as Uconn has come late to the party regarding Div-1 football, they are trying to run the program on the cheap as well. All of you true believers can keep telling yourself that the program is going to become a power in the east. As to the earlier comments that Uconn beat Baylor twice, my response to that is....................Yeah, and what has that done for the program. Baylor is now ranked #4 in the nation. Oh yeah, UC beat Notre Dame,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,yeah, and? Last year ND was in the BCS championship game, where was UC. Come back and start crowing when/if the football program ever gets above 500 again.
Bye bye.....................................

And we got plenty of real Firemen around here without you mucking the place up!

 

[HuskiesFan1014]

Not one for watching Uconn FB, and after stumbling onto this debacle, I guess I can see why. With hindsight being 20/20, just started thinking if way back when Uconn DID NOT decide to make the move to Div-1. Just think of all the money we would have saved. I mean no multi-million dollar stadium. Think that Uconn would still be in the Big East as a basketball power instead of this low budget bs conference. Football stars from CT, would be making a name for themselves at other schools, and maybe even lasting longer in the NFL. A few other things, one, in particular, but I will not say it, but lets face it. this season is a lost cause, and sadly there does not look like anything better on the horizon. My other comment would be, I would not want to be spending (throwing) more good money after all the bad that has already been wasted, but knowing this State they probably will.

You're an embarrassment to your profession. Not a fan?
Fine, stay that way. But hindsight is 20/20, Nostradamus.
Now go outside, water the palm tree, and ride your adult tricycle over to the trailer park mailbox. Your pension check is in.

 

[gars44]

Well, I respectfully disagree since the State wouldn't have saved anything. It would have merely spent (wasted) it elsewhere. This football program is in a down cycle due to an absence of foward thought and execution from its prior leadership at several levels. Everyone from our attorney general, school president(s), AD, recent HC (and his sidekick) and beyond. The blame is widespread, but there is some hope on the horizon. We have great new presidential leadership, a sense of purpose, and a real commitment to raise the academic and research reputation at UConn. Similarly, the University needs to re-dedicate itself to raising the stature and performance of UConn football and commit more (not less) money and resources to the football program. Our donors need to step up. And the new HC should be demanding an all-in attitude by the University andU the State, including a commitment to ratchet up the pay for assistant coaches, a commitment to recruit and compete at the highest level, and a commitment to expand the stadium. Susan Herbst has a new vision for UConn because it all starts with a vision. She sees us as striving to become a lot more like Michigan than Michigan State. So do I.

Very uplifting. We need that.