http://www.courant.com/sports/hc-jacobs-column-0102-20160102-column.html
Now he says he will fight for us. Good or bad timing right now?
Now he says he will fight for us. Good or bad timing right now?
Noey...he should have started this when guys like Thamel used their national pulpit to slam UCONN any chance they got. IMHO...too little too late...it will be what it is going to be.My only question, why now? This should have started when we were passed up in favor of Louisville.
I guess now with the rumblings of the Big 13 expanding it might be a good time.
Hell, if he wants to improve his own lot he better help with this. Would he rather report on a G5 or P5 school?
Well if getting banned on twitter by guys who continually on UCONN like Pete Thamel count..I am doing my part.I'm really tired of the "negative nellies" on this board. I, for one, felt it was about time Jacobs, someone, anyone wrote this message and took on the charge. How did any of you ever become successful in your profession by folding your hands and retreating when things got tough. Whatever Jacobs motives are who gives a * as long as he's helping us get into a power 5 conference. I think more "fans" from this board should be emailing university presidents, sending letters, pushing our Congressmen, Governor and Senators ( yes even Blumenthal. Give him a chance to redeem himself by calling in favors) taking out billboard, newspapers, advertisements in Ohio and Michigan pronouncing that UConn is and deserves to be recognized as a B1G school. We should flood the tv and radio with advertisements proclaiming our P5 worthiness. Change the public perception cuz that's all it is, perception, not reality. The longer CT allows this perception to persist the more entrenched it becomes. It's really time to believe in yourself, your university and your state!!! Take charge of our predicament and change it!!! If your not ready to take an active role in changing the message, get out of the way of the train because it's rolling and will run you over!!
I've lived in CT most of my life and I've consistently seen this negative message over and over again about all kinds of initiatives in this state. And when they've proven to be successful everybody starts jumping in. We are our own worst enemy. If we can not demonstrate that we believe in ourself why the h**l would anyone else believe in us. Come on stop it!!! It's time...
I don't know about you... But I see the boat is sinking and I'm just not going down without kicking, screaming and fighting all the way to the bottom...
Hell, if he wants to improve his own lot he better help with this. Would he rather report on a G5 or P5 school?
If GE leaves Fairfield...there is a complex that can be sold to Fox Sports as a place to move. Come to CT and compete with your competition who are coated in Bristol and Stamford (NBC Sports is located at Chelsea Piers) on their home turf.I have not been a Jacobs fan over the years. To me he was just to the right of Ken K of not one dime back fame. It seems to me that big time college athletics was something he frowned upon. Maybe he finally sees where we are heading and how bad the future is
To me this was the best column of his career and may actually help. I do believe Malloy needs to talk to ESPN and maybe even take a stab at luring Fox sports to Stamford. Ugh, more taxpayer money. The only part that makes me nervous is bringing the press conference senator and our junior senator into the equation. Those guys live to pontificate without actually having a solution. It might feel good to hammer the NCAA, Delaney, Swoffie et al before a committee, but I don't know what good would come of it.