"If you monitor, you get passed by.

[Greenback]

I agree the past administration was incompetent and the lawsuit by Blumenthal may still be affecting our conference affiliation, however, what is the current administration doing? I hear a lot of people talk about things going on behind the scene but from a fans perspective there has been no change. At least try something new. I would give them a base on balls if I saw some effort, but keeping the status quo ,“Monitoring the situation” is a sure recipe for failure.
They should send out a survey to season ticket holders to gauge were we are, come up with a game plan for change and execute the plan. I have read many complaints on this board about some of the same issues I have so I know I’m not alone. I have a lot invested in this program, both financial and emotional, so yes I’m angry but a little perceived effort would go a long way.

 

[ZooCougar]

I think it's silly to knock the two of them for an NPR interview. (and as some said ... that Interviewer seems to have an excellent reputation for putting forth a intelligenet program). More than anything, I am just pleased that Herbst saw a problem in this regard & hired a highly paid staff person to work on PR. We need something.

UConn's PR is invisible.

That's great that its an intelligent program, but if it doesn't reach the target audience then it's like a tree falling in the woods with nobody to hear it.

 

[ZooCougar]

Listening to the media, Jurich and the ACC trumpet Louisville's athletic accomplishments told me everything I need to know. One final 4 appearance be each basketball team in the last 20 years was touted. Numerous BE conference championships in minor sports like swimming and track were used to pump up the resume. Louisville was playing football in an old minor league baseball park before 1998, that's their proud tradition no one seems to mention.

Reading this, I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

Some people say that the strategy was not to lobby out in the public, but this was a poor choice if so. We still looked terrible in the wake of this, even when we choose to let others take control of UConn's achievements and narrative.

 

[noeynox]

Listening to the media, Jurich and the ACC trumpet Louisville's athletic accomplishments told me everything I need to know. One final 4 appearance be each basketball team in the last 20 years was touted. Numerous BE conference championships in minor sports like swimming and track were used to pump up the resume. Louisville was playing football in an old minor league baseball park before 1998, that's their proud tradition no one seems to mention.

We were slaughtered in the field of public perception because Louisville launched an all out propaganda campaign. How anyone can think this didn't matter is beyond me. If it didn't matter, Louisville wouln't have bothered with it and simply waited to get picked, like we did. Ugh! I'm done with this topic. Lets just hope Herbst and Manual learned their lesson here.

 

[ZooCougar]

We were slaughtered in the field of public perception because Louisville launched an all out propaganda campaign. How anyone can think this didn't matter is beyond me. If it didn't matter, Louisville wouln't have bothered with it and simply waited to get picked, like we did. Ugh! I'm done with this topic. Lets just hope Herbst and Manual learned their lesson here.

Bingo. If Louisville was a foregone conclusion them Jurich would have done nothing. This fatalist song and dance apologia from the usual suspects is just nonsense.

Note: these are the same people who made excuses for Mike Tranghese.