Jeff Jacobs: UConn AD Benedict speaks after rattling Boneyard

[intlzncster]

I hate to be the bad guy but you aren't going to find a bona fide AD anywhere. It doesn't exist

Yup. Especially when every president uses a search firm to cover their .

 

[intlzncster]

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PS: If we had AD Dave instead of Warde we would have been in the ACC right now.

This is a preposterous idea. I mean, if you ignore all the reasons for which we were actually passed over, then fine.

 

[JMick]

This is a preposterous idea.

I'd be more worried if they weren't checking it occasionally.

 

[intlzncster]

I'd be more worried if they weren't checking it occasionally.

Totally quoted the wrong post I couldn't understand what the hell you were talking about... Until I went back and read it.

Edited my OP.

 

[Husky1972]

Dave acknowledged these issues a year ago and made some significant changes. It doesn’t seem that you are aware of the major point system changes they made last year. Look it up on the website. In this article he pledged to do more, without coming off as defensive/fan blaming - which he just got criticized for.

Like anything else you need to know the current rules and play the game accordingly. I got 4 points this year for 2 hockey season tickets friends use, numerous points for multiple football tickets I buy for friends and get reimbursed. I have MBB XL and Gampel tickets. I got 50 points for being a UConn grad. And points for every year I had season tickets and belong in the UConn Club.
If you consider a point to be worth a $100, I have $30,000 of non donation points.

You are correct, I am not aware of the “major” point system changes or all the current rules. I gave up our tickets in 2006 when we retired and sold our CT house (Mansfield) and ended up between Hawaii and Vermont during football and basketball seasons. What you are presenting as the current rules appear to be just tweaks to the system as I described it. No, at the time I didn’t get any points for my two UConn degrees, but it wouldn’t have helped me much in getting better seats than an acquaintance I knew who had moved to Tolland from New York and started a small business that was successful enough to allow him to donate through the business and get better seats than I had after being a fan for 25 years.

Are you saying that couldn’t happen to you under the current rules? I believe it could, and a system that displaces loyal fans with people with $$ and no loyalty: $ucks

 

[gampelcrazies]

If we are being honest, the biggest problem with UConn basketball tickets is Gampel and XL aren't set up to accommodate businesses and donors/season ticket holders.

 

[Chief00]

You are correct, I am not aware of the “major” point system changes or all the current rules. I gave up our tickets in 2006 when we retired and sold our CT house (Mansfield) and ended up between Hawaii and Vermont during football and basketball seasons. What you are presenting as the current rules appear to be just tweaks to the system as I described it. No, at the time I didn’t get any points for my two UConn degrees, but it wouldn’t have helped me much in getting better seats than an acquaintance I knew who had moved to Tolland from New York and started a small business that was successful enough to allow him to donate through the business and get better seats than I had after being a fan for 25 years.

Are you saying that couldn’t happen to you under the current rules? I believe it could, and a system that displaces loyal fans with people with $$ and no loyalty: $ucks

I envy you splitting life between HI and VT. I get it - money not loyalty tends to drive things. True, I could get displaced by “premium seating” when I thought I was already paying for it and lower level sky boxes if the XL ever gets a redo.
Good luck, Chief

 

[nomar]

Guys. We made it.

We made it in 2004 when JC called out the Yard for hating on Taliek.

 

[HuskyHawk]

I have no issue with what Benedict is saying here. He's exactly right that fans can't just wait until we win. They need to show up so that we can win. It's a collaborative effort.