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BugsyCT said:
I wouldn't say this conference is beneath us for football. For basketball - yes. But we get your frustration - we all feel it too.
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Total BS. You're either a fan and supporter or not. Stop making excuses about what conference were in or not in. Doesn't change who UConn is. Until this stupid thinking stops UConn will be weakened by its own fan base.
 
gioff23 said:
I will be penning a note to the AD this week letting him know that while a relative newbie on some levels (not an alum and have been a fan since move to 1A), I am done. I truly believe the administration has misread the suffering we have endured over the past 6 years and that the only way to reach them is thru the pocketbook. I recognize he (AD) is new to this, but at some point we have to stop making excuses for everyone and realize what we have - a conference beneath us, a dying fanbase, and a program that has not evolved in 6 years. I have never seen a coach play to not lose. We have an inept strategy on O, our D has taken a huge step back from 15 and the STs are a joke - really, we can't return a punt? Worse, I truly believe Bob's experiment (love, hugs for all, RKGs, etc.) is premised on a ceiling he sees for UConn football that is so far below what we have been and could be, it's beyond words. I had such high hopes for BD, but we are in Y3 of an experiment that sees us regressing in terms of wins, and not showing progress on the field. Under him, the St. Pete Bowl is and will be the ceiling.

And so, BY, I wish you all well. I will attend the Temple game, pass on Tulane, and move on. No more tickets, no more donations - nothing. Either this administration will take immediate steps to right the ship, bring in a proven coach and get us to being a top 40 program on the field, perennially, or it really needs to follow the unthinkable plan espoused by lesser minds and abandon P5 dreams, move football to a UMass situation and return other sports to the Big East. I can't continue to spend commas on a program that is anything less than fully committed to getting us out of this godforsaken conference and putting a team that on the field that performs at the caliber of other athletic programs at State U. If we were a true P5 program, there would be a posse forming at Benedict's door and forcing his hand to make a change now. Go after a Art Briles-type and show the fanbase and the NCAA that we're serious about this sport we have taken too lightly for too long. I wasted my last Saturday cheering for a program that is not fully committed to winning.
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This type of post makes me sick. Shows the insanity of people who call themselves fans. UConn doesn't need "fans" like this. Blaming the AD who just started 6 months ago is crazy.
 
CTMike said:
Glad fans are leaving? As if we have any to spare?

Gioff's only "crime" is that he typed up what all the other missing fans are thinking as they voted with their wallet and their feet.

We've been terrible for almost 6 years. The problem isn't Gioff deciding that 5 years of this sandwich was all he could stomach.
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I'd rather see a limited number of dedicated fans and let the conditional fans take a hike. So go. Have a nice life.
 
gioff23 said:
I will be penning a note to the AD this week letting him know that while a relative newbie on some levels (not an alum and have been a fan since move to 1A), I am done.
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Congratulations.

 
amory said:
This simply shouldn't happen. I am 100% for making it free and as easy as possible for students to get to the stadium. But the buses home shouldn't leave before the end of the game. That should be the deal.
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FIFY
 
CJS87 said:
Total BS. You're either a fan and supporter or not. Stop making excuses about what conference were in or not in. Doesn't change who UConn is. Until this stupid thinking stops UConn will be weakened by its own fan base.
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CJS87 said:
This type of post makes me sick. Shows the insanity of people who call themselves fans. UConn doesn't need "fans" like this. Blaming the AD who just started 6 months ago is crazy.
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CJS87 said:
I'd rather see a limited number of dedicated fans and let the conditional fans take a hike. So go. Have a nice life.
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CJS87 said:
I'd rather see a limited number of dedicated fans and let the conditional fans take a hike. So go. Have a nice life.
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That's fine - enjoy eternity in the AAC and the ongoing cash flow problems and eventual cuts needed to live our new reality. You can have your mediocrity.

If we want to continue to be the best, we need P5 home. For a P5 home we need as many fans as we can get. For as many fans as we can get, the product has to improve.

Sorry if facts trouble you.
 
amory said:
This simply shouldn't happen. I am 100% for making it free and as easy as possible for students to get to the stadium. But the buses home shouldn't leave before halftime. That should be the deal.
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Many, if not most, students who tailgate actually pay for their own buses (not through the school) so they don't have to go into the game and can leave at kick-off, because the one's through the school start to leave at halftime. It sucks that our students would rather pay for a bus and not go into the game rather than get one for free and stay until halftime.
 
HuskyBandDad said:
The only problem I have with gioff23 is getting a "proven coach". Who would that be exactly? What coach is out there that is begging to coach us? This is Uconn football not hoops. We have to find the coordinator that just might be the guy. I think that is what Ward thought about Diaco.
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Brian Kelly and Charlie Strong both likely to be available
 
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HuskyBandDad said:
The only problem I have with gioff23 is getting a "proven coach". Who would that be exactly? What coach is out there that is begging to coach us? This is Uconn football not hoops. We have to find the coordinator that just might be the guy. I think that is what Ward thought about Diaco.
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I think Warde really wanted Narduzzi and Diaco was the consolation prize.

Based on what Narduzzi has done at Pitt, I'd say our interest in him was pretty well founded. Narduzzi I think interviewed, but had no real interest in the job.

We can't just speculate on what coordinators are going to have success as a head coach. They also have to want to be at UConn, and the space where those two requirements meet is probably pretty thin.
 
amory said:
I think Warde really wanted Narduzzi and Diaco was the consolation prize.

Based on what Narduzzi has done at Pitt, I'd say our interest in him was pretty well founded. Narduzzi I think interviewed, but had no real interest in the job.

We can't just speculate on what coordinators are going to have success as a head coach. They also have to want to be at UConn, and the space where those two requirements meet is probably pretty thin.
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I seem to recall that we couldn't give Narduzzi what he wanted to hire a stuff.

We're basically paying bargain basement prices for everyone except Diaco.
 
It's a silly position to take. The FB program is hemorrhaging fans. Part of that is realignment related, part of it is we have been bad with little signs of improving. The good news is for those "we don't need fans like you" guys, you will have the stadium mostly to yourself soon.
 
noeynox said:
It's a silly position to take. The FB program is hemorrhaging fans. Part of that is realignment related, part of it is we have been bad with little signs of improving. The good news is for those "we don't need fans like you" guys, you will have the stadium mostly to yourself soon.
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I hope you don't have me in the wrong group...

Gotta love the fly-by night "I promised myself I'd never post here" guys chastising the fan base. Same dude was calling out people on here and the CR board to send money. It's like he found a new toy.
 
huskymedic said:
I hope you don't have me in the wrong group...

Gotta love the fly-by night "I promised myself I'd never post here" guys chastising the fan base. Same dude was calling out people on here and the CR board to send money. It's like he found a new toy.
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No, post was directed at the poster claiming good riddance. I quoted your post cause I liked it.
 
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There's a problem in the athletic department that dates back to the mid-90s which is only exacerbated by the current financial situation.

Its totally realistic to look at your fanbase as customers. But the UConn Athletic Department, for too long, has only seen them as customers, only seen things in black and white. They don't care about loyalty, enthusiasm or commitment. They only care about how much you pay- now, not that you may have paid a little less this year because you have the ABSURDITY to pay for, you know, other stuff in life that comes up.

"How much did you pay the UConn Club last year? It was more, right? Well, at least the same? You dropped an extra WBB season ticket? HOW DARE YOU!" That's their mentality.

They need all the fans they can get. Alums, non-alums, Martians, infants, it doesn't matter- they need to realize that they need people. As many as they can get.

Parking is a perfect example. If I'm wrong on this- which would certainly be...probable?...please let me know...but I find it hard to believe that many programs either charge for parking, or charge as much as UConn does. Same for season ticket prices, mandatory seat licenses, etc...this just is not how things operate in college football, especially at a non-P5 level.

Doing something because its the way you've always done it is a recipe for disaster and losing customers in any business. UConn is cooking the same bad meal for the 12th year in a row.
 
zls44 said:
There's a problem in the athletic department that dates back to the mid-90s which is only exacerbated by the current financial situation.

Its totally realistic to look at your fanbase as customers. But the UConn Athletic Department, for too long, has only seen them as customers, only seen things in black and white. They don't care about loyalty, enthusiasm or commitment. They only care about how much you pay- now, not that you may have paid a little less this year because you have the ABSURDITY to pay for, you know, other stuff in life that comes up.

"How much did you pay the UConn Club last year? It was more, right? Well, at least the same? You dropped an extra WBB season ticket? HOW DARE YOU!" That's their mentality.

They need all the fans they can get. Alums, non-alums, Martians, infants, it doesn't matter- they need to realize that they need people. As many as they can get.

Parking is a perfect example. If I'm wrong on this- which would certainly be...probable?...please let me know...but I find it hard to believe that many programs either charge for parking, or charge as much as UConn does. Same for season ticket prices, mandatory seat licenses, etc...this just is not how things operate in college football, especially at a non-P5 level.

Doing something because its the way you've always done it is a recipe for disaster and losing customers in any business. UConn is cooking the same bad meal for the 12th year in a row.
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They treat the fanbase like an ATM and that is the root cause of many issues like you stated.

How many programs charge that much to park and a disgusting company like LAZ gets the money and not even the school?
 
We need to convert students who don't follow UConn football to undergrads who do follow football to alumni who continue to follow and support football. It will take about 6 consecutive or mostly consecutive years of success to do that imo.
 
JMick said:
We need to convert students who don't follow UConn football to undergrads who do follow football to alumni who continue to follow and support football. It will take about 6 consecutive or mostly consecutive years of success to do that imo.
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Part of that problem becomes the number of out of state students being recruited and the problems we have keeping grads here in Connecticut.

This is the downside of the academic rankings to the football program.

If I were graduating today I probably wouldn't live here either.
 
whaler11 said:
Part of that problem becomes the number of out of state students being recruited and the problems we have keeping grads here in Connecticut.

This is the downside of the academic rankings to the football program.

If I were graduating today I probably wouldn't live here either.
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The good news is that a lot of people who do stay are in and around Hartford/West Hartford/Middletown/etc. And if you get some diehards out of it Boston isn't too far away. It's not much further than I am, granted I don't get to as many games as I'd like - mostly because most people I know don't care about UConn football. There are those of us who find city life exhausting and stick around. I'm in Danbury and couldn't be happier with the quality of life it provides.
 
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JMick said:
We need to convert students who don't follow UConn football to undergrads who do follow football to alumni who continue to follow and support football. It will take about 6 consecutive or mostly consecutive years of success to do that imo.
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Bingo.

We've lost an entire generation of UConn fans because of this.
 
noeynox said:
No thanks. a lot of his success was due to finding a special QB in Bridgewater. NFL caliber QBS make coaches look real good. What do you do when you don't have that type of player?
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Yeah the thing that really sucks is this. If Randy Shannon doesn't get canned at Miami, Bridgewater doesn't transfer to Louisville.
If Bridgewater doesn't transfer to Louisville there is a real chance that Louisville football isn't in the position it was to take our spot in the ACC.
 
The Viking said:
Yeah the thing that really sucks is this. If Randy Shannon doesn't get canned at Miami, Bridgewater doesn't transfer to Louisville.
If Bridgewater doesn't transfer to Louisville there is a real chance that Louisville football isn't in the position it was to take our spot in the ACC.
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I don't think he transferred. Going from memory, Bridgewater decommitted, after Miami took a commitment from a 2nd QB, Stephen Morris. I could be wrong.
 
Unfortunately, leaving is the only thing that gets attention. But, It also precipitates ludicrous conversations about stepping down a level. Conversely, unwavering fan support enables mediocrity. As stated elsewhere, the school has to make a decision to either be competitive and get serious or understand it will preside over its ultimate failure.
 
Attendance isn't low because of ticket prices.

Attendance is low because people have decided they have things they would prefer to do.

You could open up the gates for Temple and make all the seating first come/first serve and be lucky to get 22k in the stadium.
 
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