Key tweets, and it's all gone to Hell.

[RSTuthill]

Big 12 officials' Memphis site visit 'didn't happen at all,' Dennis Dodd says

On Friday, however, CBS Sports college athletics insider Dennis Dodd refuted that report. Dodd, in an interview on "The Gabe Kuhn Show" on 929 ESPN FM, shut it down completely.

“What was reported didn’t happen at all, and I’ll leave it at that,” said Dodd. “No delegation. No Brett Yormark. That didn’t happen. I wouldn’t give it oxygen. If it had happened, I would’ve written it or confirmed it. This particular (visit) did not happen, according to my reporting.”

Holy cow. Talk about disinformation.

 

[drayenob]

 

[LBird33]

Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain LoL

 

[uconnbaseball]

Calkins is much more trustworthy than Thamel.

This entire situation is ridiculous.

 

[hardcorehusky]

Calkins is much more trustworthy than Thamel.

This entire situation is ridiculous.

So are you saying that Thanel and Yormak are lying?

 

[NH Husky]

At this point if these conferences don’t recognize the value of UConn then let them play their games and things will fall out wherever they will. If they are so stupid to walk away from the number one commodity out there then let them. One way or another we will have something to cheer for as fans.

 

[huskymedic]

Calkins is much more trustworthy than Thamel.

This entire situation is ridiculous.

So are you saying that Thanel and Yormak are lying?

All seem to being coy w/ wording…


… so he was in the City of Memphis for other business?

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Two Pac 12 university presidents on the record expecting a good deal.

 

[uconnbaseball]

So are you saying that Thanel and Yormak are lying?

Possibly a white lie. Hard to tell.

 

[LetsGoUC]

This a pretty bad look for Memphis. For the commish to say they aren't even being considered lol

 

[jostar1]

This a pretty bad look for Memphis. For the commish to say they aren't even being considered lol

He didn't say they aren't being considered. He said he never met with anyone at Memphis and he hasn't been on campus. Maybe he's been doing Zoom calls.

 

[noeynox]

So are you saying that Thanel and Yormak are lying?

And Dodd

 

[RegisteredUconn]

Geno coached multiple Olympic winning teams. Those games were televised worldwide. In Australia, the folks that commented on my UConn shirt knew Geno. I'm sure Alabama college football doesn't have a fraction of the reach.

This is just ignorant. No person in the history of televised sports has remembered the women’s basketball coach of another nations team that’s on TV once every 4 years at most. Stop hyperinflating the reach of women’s basketball.

Let's see. There's the guy who experienced it, and there's the guy who hasn't.

I lived in Australia during an Olympic year. They knew a lot about the Americans.

 

[LBird33]

Let's see. There's the guy who experienced it, and there's the guy who hasn't.

I lived in Australia during an Olympic year. They knew a lot about the Americans.

Jeff to validate at the car wash

 

[TheDrifter75]

I work around a lot of guys who have nothing more to do but watch TV most of day. It's crazy to me how many think UConn has a female coach. Even some of the ones who have some sense about them. They definitely know Nick Saban. I've ran into a few outside the job that have this same thought. A couple of times I've had someone approach me, knowing I'm a UConn fan, usually around March Madness and say hey, I didn't know they had a man for a coach. That usually devolves into why doesn't he coach in the men's game.

 

[mike012]

Geno has what would I consider one of the best jobs in all of America. Paid a lot and is always going to have a good team. Half the team was injured and they were still top 10.

 

[TheDrifter75]

Geno has what would I consider one of the best jobs in all of America. Paid a lot and is always going to have a good team. Half the team was injured and they were still top 10.

He crafted it to be such with a lot of dedicated hard work. He's not resting on his laurels and just watching the money roll in.

 

[Mister Wonderful]

 

[NEforceUConn]

Enjoy your handle. Serenity?

 

[Jimdish255]

Two Pac 12 university presidents on the record expecting a good deal.

Fuzzy math.

 

[Bongo Fury]

UConn WBB is very popular in CT

 

[AzHusky]

When I go to the park in the morning with my dogs during the season people talk to me about the women's game from last night all the time. They know all the players the same as people in Connecticut do. I don't believe we can make a blanket statement about where or who is a fan of the men or women's game.

 

[Forte]

Good thing this thread title includes "Its all gone to Hell" to keep things on point

 

[huskymedic]

 

[Sole]

The most important sport at uconn is basketball… we are very successful now in the big east… thats a given… its not if we join the big 12

 

[hardcorehusky]

The most important sport at uconn is basketball… we are very successful now in the big east… thats a given… its not if we join the big 12

Why? Will Hurley and Geno forget how to coach? Will they not get kids to come because we are in a better conference?

 

[gioff2323]

The NBE is sooo much better than the AAC and it breathed new life into the men’s basketball program. But if you believe the university is better off staying there, if given the choice, you’re simply putting near term emotion ahead of everything that should matter most for the long term success of the school.

 

[Sole]

Why? Will Hurley and Geno forget how to coach? Will they not get kids to come because we are in a better conference?

I doubt Hurley stays if we join the big 12…we will be a northeastern school recruiting in a southern league

 

[UConnDan97]

I doubt Hurley stays if we join the big 12…we will be a northeastern school recruiting in a southern league

That's pretty much a ridiculous statement.

People are acting like we can't schedule northeastern teams in our OOC schedule. We're a national brand in basketball. We can still play against Nova and Providence and St. John's. But we'll also play against Kansas and Baylor, etc. The idea that this would make Hurley run away is crazy...

 

[noeynox]

That's pretty much a ridiculous statement.

People are acting like we can't schedule northeastern teams in our OOC schedule. We're a national brand in basketball. We can still play against Nova and Providence and St. John's. But we'll also play against Kansas and Baylor, etc. The idea that this would make Hurley run away is crazy...

Such a tired excuse also. He could leave for another job tomorrow or get hit by a bus. Such an important decision cannot be tied to any one individual.