Interesting - Never heard this story Re: Edsall vs Paul Johnson

[HuskyNan]

what is an "apologista" Nan?

Someone who makes apologies for Edsall. And they do it voluntarily.

 

[HuskyNan]

Who is apologizing?

Who said I'm sorry?

Sigh. Well, there's 5 minutes of my life I'll never get back.

 

[metsfan2323]

Good God, Wing Nut is sooooo annoying. Wing Nut, just letting you know that if you respond to my post here with questions looking for further debate on whether or not you are annoying I will ignore them as I always do.

 

[whaler11]

If everyone wants to talk about 2006... why not talk about 1998, when Skip Holtz got lambasted in the I-AA quarters by Paul Johnson.

 

[HuskyBandDad]

Hey Wing relax - I think most here are greatful and respect what RE did in the short time he built the program and he has been applauded for it by many in the national media. All coaches get called out from time to time but I think what most fans are upset about is the way he left - no excuse for the way he did it.

 

[huskysupporter]

I have never been more dissapointed as a UCONN football fan than after the Navy game. UCONN was utterly destroyed, and one of our players said they quit. and it showed in that game.

 

[jpm25]

Who is apologizing? What apologies have I made? What did I apologize for?

After 2006 and 2 straight losing seasons, anyone who wanted to give Edsall more time was called an apologista.

After 4 straight winning seasons, 4 straight bowl games, 2 conference championships, and a BCS bid, we are still called apologistas.

What are we apologizing for? The success? Anyone willing to live with his warts, because they are at least satisfied with the results, is making apologies? The premise of your definition is 8ullsh!t.

Good God you are a blowhard.

You have entered rarified air.

And the crowd that has a critical eye on Edsall's tenure and is not a self loathing "we didn't deserve our success" has a name. The Creamers.

 

[Excalibur]

Only if that were true. There is no excuse for the way he left, but this argument started long before Maryland even picked up the phone.

The real fact is that anyone who didn't put Edsall on a pedestal and worship the ground he walked on is pained by the rest of the Edsallistas as an ungrateful unworthy waste of life.

See what I did there? Aren't stupid generalizations fun?

 

[jpm25]

more name-calling, very mature.

I'm sorry. I am just amazed by the lengths some people go to defend an average coach and ordinary person.

 

[ibleedhuskyblue]

FOR THE LOVE OF CRAP.......WHERE IS THE "IGNORE" BUTTON !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[jpm25]

Yes, everything that was accomplished here with him was very average.

When most people look at his tenure at UConn, the rise of the program, and everything that has been accomplished they always talk about his advances in mediocrity. I understand now, thank you.

I NEVER said the accomplishments of the program were average. I said the coach was, and I believe he is. He was a GT (actually generous), he is at Maryland, he was at UConn.

 

[Waquoit]

There is something to be said about having a total lack of self-awareness. This guy preaches team above all, but when the time came for him to walk the walk and man up - he took a different flight and never looked back. How can anyone take his spew seriously now? Some players can't, one guy just says he would "keep his spirits up" because he had just three more months before he left the program.

 

[ZooCougar]

I would gave done the same thing Paul Johnson did. Turns out Randy isn't who we thought he was. He was coward who scheduled Buffalo and Temple. He can't even beat Temple anymore.

 

[Jimmy Serrano]

There is something to be said about having a total lack of self-awareness. This guy preaches team above all, but when the time came for him to walk the walk and man up - he took a different flight and never looked back. How can anyone take his spew seriously now? Some players can't, one guy just says he would "keep his spirits up" because he had just three more months before he left the program.

As an Apologista, I agree with this statement 100%.

 

[ZooCougar]

What Nan said was right on target. I never understood why the apologists loved mediocrity so much.

 

[Jimmy Serrano]

What Nan said was right on target. I never understood why the apologists loved mediocrity so much.

Probably not even worth this non-response.