Just for fun.

[Palatine]

Here's how someone ranks UConn football's all time top recruits that committed. It does offer some perspective.

Connecticut Football All Time Recruits

DanO was no included because he was before 2000 (I guess).

 

[BlueMAB]

Trevardo Williams is on there twice, and all it does is rank them by their composite ranking, not "someone"'s ranking.

Also includes guys that never played here like Jordan Fuchs, and misspells the name of our highest ranked recruit.

Not sure what kind of perspective this gives us, other than UConn landed nothing but 2 and 3 star players (or lower).

 

[Urcea]

Not sure what kind of perspective this gives us, other than UConn landed nothing but 2 and 3 star players (or lower).

that's exactly the point - basically that we ought to trust HCRE since he's done less with more

 

[UConnDan97]

So in other words, Diaco recruited only 1 of the top 25 recruits we've had (De George), even though he was a Broyles Award winning Notre Dame DC with loads of vitamin D...

 

[Jimmy Serrano]

I’m sure it offers some perspective I just don’t know what that perspective is.

 

[huskymedic]

Trevardo Williams is on there twice, and all it does is rank them by their composite ranking, not "someone"'s ranking.

Also includes guys that never played here like Jordan Fuchs, and misspells the name of our highest ranked recruit.

Not sure what kind of perspective this gives us, other than UConn landed nothing but 2 and 3 star players (or lower).

Should have a Games Started for UConn column!

 

[Palatine]

It's not until you get to number five that you find a player that made a contribution.

 

[Jimmy Serrano]

It's not until you get to number five that you find a player that made a contribution.

Well, neither Miller nor Jasudowich ever played a snap for UConn. Difton flunked out after 1 year and I’d argue Kanuch made a contribution over the course of his career.

Still searching for perspective.

 

[BlueMAB]

Should have a Games Started for UConn column!

or Other Offers column

 

[Palatine]

Well, neither Miller nor Jasudowich ever played a snap for UConn. Difton flunked out after 1 year and I’d argue Kanuch made a contribution over the course of his career.

Still searching for perspective.

Nothing against Brad. I like him as a player, good speed. He made 75 catches in his UConn career, that is 18 a year. It's a contribution but a small one.

 

[whaler11]

Dallas.... he was from Florida.

Kenny Tinney. Those were heady days.

Carrezola listed as a TE and McQuillan listed as a DE made the click pay off.

 

[whaler11]

I’m sure it offers some perspective I just don’t know what that perspective is.

Durr ranking and offers are meaningless and you can totally win football games in the American with a CAA wresting roster.

I made the mistake of looking at @Exit 4 's spreadsheet. Straight up - any combination of Boneyard posters could have recruited better classes than Diaco did.

You could make a Google Alert for the MAC football teams and just call every kid that committed to a MAC school the last 4 years and flip enough to beat a Diaco team by 3 touchdowns.

 

[BlueMAB]

that's exactly the point - basically that we ought to trust HCRE since he's done less with more

Uhhh, I think you mean more with less. I've made that point often, and I agree with it, but I don't think this list tells us anything at all.

 

[ZooCougar]

I thought Kanuch made a contribution.

 

[huskymedic]

Dallas.... he was from Florida.

Kenny Tinney. Those were heady days.

Carrezola listed as a TE and McQuillan listed as a DE made the click pay off.

Did ya miss poor Ryan VanDemark listed twice - once tied @ #180 and then again @ #231. Sure glad we got the higher rated one

 

[whaler11]

Did ya miss poor Ryan VanDemark listed twice - once tied @ #180 and then again @ #231. Sure glad we got the higher rated one

I was actually going to point that out.

It’s fun in looking back at names we haven’t seen forever.

 

[formerlurker]

Just for fun, flush this list down the sh^tter.

 

[31GuardTrap]

Durr ranking and offers are meaningless and you can totally win football games in the American with a CAA wresting roster.

I made the mistake of looking at @Exit 4 's spreadsheet. Straight up - any combination of Boneyard posters could have recruited better classes than Diaco did.

You could make a Google Alert for the MAC football teams and just call every kid that committed to a MAC school the last 4 years and flip enough to beat a Diaco team by 3 touchdowns.

As he was sipping on his second glass of Chardonnay.....at an Alumni event in Stamford back in 2014/2015?, Diaco told a friend of mine and I flat out when we were questioning his recruiting to his face..."High 3 star and up quality players are not coming here so I am not wasting my time. We both knew at that point that he was not going to be around for long. In a way it was funny...because some old fart overheard and laid into him a bit. BD had that deer in a headlight look.
He still chatted with me at the radio shows after that day..

 

[whaler11]

As he was sipping on his second glass of Chardonnay.....at an Alumni event in Stamford back in 2014/2015?, Diaco told a friend of mine and I flat out when we were questioning his recruiting to his face..."High 3 star and up quality players are not coming here so I am not wasting my time. We both knew at that point that he was not going to be around for long. In a way it was funny...because some old fart overheard and laid into him a bit. BD had that deer in a headlight look.
He still chatted with me at the radio shows after that day..

Lord knows there is nothing between high 3 star players and Maine’s class.

 

[noeynox]

As he was sipping on his second glass of Chardonnay.....at an Alumni event in Stamford back in 2014/2015?, Diaco told a friend of mine and I flat out when we were questioning his recruiting to his face..."High 3 star and up quality players are not coming here so I am not wasting my time. We both knew at that point that he was not going to be around for long. In a way it was funny...because some old fart overheard and laid into him a bit. BD had that deer in a headlight look.
He still chatted with me at the radio shows after that day..

now this is insight you won't get anywhere else. Diaco didn't believe his own BS, and thus coined BS terms like RKG.

God Warde, were you totally mesmerized by his eyes during the interview?

 

[noeynox]

hard to believe some of those names are 5 years from their 20 year reunions.

 

[VAHuskyFan]

now this is insight you won't get anywhere else. Diaco didn't believe his own BS, and thus coined BS terms like RKG.

God Warde, were you totally mesmerized by his eyes during the interview?

Didn’t Diaco spend his first year handing out offers to 5-star recruits who we had no shot at landing before overcorrecting to the whole “ratings don’t matter” RKG thing?

 

[huskymedic]

Didn’t Diaco spend his first year handing out offers to 5-star recruits who we had no shot at landing before overcorrecting to the whole “ratings don’t matter” RKG thing?

Every coach hands out offers to kids they have no shot in hell landing - it’s in their DNA.

 

[31GuardTrap]

Every coach hands out offers to kids they have no shot in hell landing - it’s in their DNA.

Correct.