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

[Waquoit]

The AAC wasn't the problem; coaching was.

The AAC was killing the women's program as well. That wasn't coaching.

 

[billybud]

Notre Dame
Men's Soccer Runner Up to Clemson in 2023, National Champions in 2013
Women's Soccer National Champions 2010
Men's Lacrosse National Champions 2024, 2023, Runner Up 2014

Minor sports don't make much of o dent...

Who knows, or really cares..

That UNC won the Field Hockey NC in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022. 2023

It's football...

Since 2020...The ACC has won 21 NC's in the minor sports...who cares ? Football, football, football, and basketball is what counts.

 

[Kolumbo]

Minor sports don't make much of o dent...

Who knows, or really cares..

That UNC won the Field Hockey NC in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022. 2023

It's football...

Since 2020...The ACC has won 21 NC's in the minor sports...who cares ? Football, football, football, and basketball is what counts.

He specifically asked about ND outside of football and what ND would bring to the Big East table. The Big East cares. A Catholic U, National Brand, and Basketball round out the pluses. Yes basketball. I think ND has fallen victim to the ACC curse.

 

[jostar1]

The AAC wasn't the problem; coaching was. I'd imagine that, if Hurley had been at the reigns during UConn's time in the AAC, its basketball program would have done just fine. But suppose I'm wrong. Suppose UConn's basketball success is indeed due to its "predestined" NBE affiliation. How is that kinship with the NBE going to lift UConn football out of its desolation/isolation?

UConn's success in basketball keeps UConn in the national news and in the conversation for realignment.

Some schools never get any national news.

 

[hank970]

UConn's success in basketball keeps UConn in the national news and in the conversation for realignment.

Some schools never get any national news.

Really? I agree that there's a lot of conversation about UConn and realignment in the Boneyard. But elsewhere? Not so much. Maybe an occasional reference to UConn as possible backfill if the ACC is wounded by defections. Other than Yappy's brief flirtation with UConn before the 4C schools fell into the B12's lap, I'm not aware of any specific P conference interest in the Huskies. If I'm missing something, then please enlighten me.

 

[Waquoit]

If I'm missing something, then please enlighten me.

You are clearly willfully ignorant and not interested in any enlightenment.

 

[uconnyankee]

Although Notre Dame's addition to the Big East would be big, that story's already been written in history. Going back to the Big East was perhaps presdestined for UConn to help the school escape desolation/isolation in AAC, lick its wounds, and get its basketball programs back to what they are now. Notre Dame does not feel the same pressure nor need to do so. ND likes its loose affiliation with "higher" minded universities in the ACC, at least until the ACC dismantles forcing the domers to look elsewhere. ND does not simply walk back into Mordor Big East. It is folly. Better to put energy into more unrealistic scenarios such as UConn to the BIG or winning a Hennessey Venom GT or my new favorite, Elon Musk funding our NIL program.

Ironically, I see UConn and ND sharing a conference affiliation after next go around.

Either in ACC or Big East.
I don’t see ND going to Big 12 and if ACC still exists it’s probably going to include UConn. If it doesn’t exist, where is ND parking it’s sports? Big East probably.

 

[uconnyankee]

The AAC was killing the women's program as well. That wasn't coaching.

Yep, people like to overlook logic to make their point.
Recruiting may have dropped slightly, but Ollie was bringing in decent talent. The composition of the team didn’t work.

 

[Chin Diesel]

The AAC was killing the women's program as well. That wasn't coaching.

And unfortunately for UConn's athletic dept as a whole, this is the only state where this makes a blip. Even UT got over not being nationally dominant and went back to their core sports.

 

[KryHavok]

I don’t see ND going to Big 12 and if ACC still exists it’s probably going to include UConn. If it doesn’t exist, where is ND parking it’s sports? Big East probably.

I can't see this happening (not arguing with you at all, this is just my pessimism). The ACC, even a reconstituted version of itself, would still have many of the schools that didn't want/fight for UConn, or rather distanced themselves from UConn when the cowards left the Big East. The ACC doesn't want anything to do with us. As for ND, I'm still ticked off how they used their affiliation with the Big East and dropped the conference. There's an reddit thread from 2 years ago that shows some Big East faithful would welcome ND back into the fold. Still, I don't see them walking back.

 

[uconndogs]

Ironically, I see UConn and ND sharing a conference affiliation after next go around.

Either in ACC or Big East.
I don’t see ND going to Big 12 and if ACC still exists it’s probably going to include UConn. If it doesn’t exist, where is ND parking it’s sports? Big East probably.

When and if this bifurcates in such a way that the SEC and BiG break away, ND will be in the BiG. They will simply have no choice. That day may be sooner than we all realize.

 

[JMick]

And unfortunately for UConn's athletic dept as a whole, this is the only state where this makes a blip. Even UT got over not being nationally dominant and went back to their core sports.

If we actually start to suck after Geno no one will care about the women anymore. And if no one cares then it won't make money. And if it doesn't make money then the school won't care either.

 

[storrsroars]

If we actually start to suck after Geno no one will care about the women anymore. And if no one cares then it won't make money. And if it doesn't make money then the school won't care either.

I have no clue what Turasi's plans are going forward, but if a gun was put to my head as to who could run a program like Geno did, she'd be my answer. I think she could actually make practice more brutal than Geno did

 

[Waquoit]

Recruiting may have dropped slightly, but Ollie was bringing in decent talent. The composition of the team didn’t work.

Eh, if the talent was all that decent, one of those guys would have shown something when they went elsewhere.

 

[Stinger92860]

I have no clue what Turasi's plans are going forward, but if a gun was put to my head as to who could run a program like Geno did, she'd be my answer. I think she could actually make practice more brutal than Geno did

Berube

 

[Fairfield_1st]

Berube

100%. She would be my pick as well. If you can get Princeton into the rankings, that works for me.

 

[metsfan2323]

Eh, if the talent was all that decent, one of those guys would have shown something when they went elsewhere.

If the AAC handicapped Ollie and sped up his dismissal, then chalk one up for the AAC. BTW Polley, The Wrench and Vital showed something when they worked with another coach. Ollie's player development skills were atrocious. I still feel bad for Daniel Hamilton, he was here at the wrong time.

 

[metsfan2323]

The AAC was killing the women's program as well. That wasn't coaching.

I am not pro AAC at all, but I seem to remember a record number of consecutive wins while in the AAC. The AAC gets no credit for that, but they were hardly "killing" the women's program.

 

[Waquoit]

I am not pro AAC at all, but I seem to remember a record number of consecutive wins while in the AAC. The AAC gets no credit for that, but they were hardly "killing" the women's program.

Disagree. That COVID year was Geno's worst team since Lobo. It kept their Final Four streak intact. If they had a tournament that year, they wouldn't have made it to the 2nd weekend. Recruiting dried up and he had to go overseas for players. But everything was back to normal when they rejoined the Big East.

 

[billybud]

Notre Dame will stay Indy until they can’t.

If they join a conference, it will be the Big Ten.

 

[hank970]

You are clearly willfully ignorant and not interested in any enlightenment.

That's a compelling argument. Is it the best you can do?

 

[UConnJim]

Recruiting dried up and he had to go overseas for players. But everything was back to normal when they rejoined the Big East.

This is false. When UConn was in the AAC, Geno recruited the #1 player 3 times in 2015, 2017, and 2018. Here were the classes from 2014 to 2018:

2014: #14, #17, #31, #33
2015: #1, #6, #23
2016: #3
2017: #1, #13, #16, #29
2018: #1, #5

And the 2019/2020 team had two #1 recruits, one #2 recruit (transferred in), two #3 recruits, one #6 recruit, one #53 recruit, and a couple of others. On paper, that should be more than enough talent to get to a Final Four.

What really happened to UConn women's basketball was that other teams caught up like South Carolina and LSU as there is much better women's college basketball talent than there was 15 to 20 years ago.

 

[CL82]

If the AAC handicapped Ollie and sped up his dismissal, then chalk one up for the AAC

Not doing his job was what "handicapped" Ollie.

 

[AZHuskiePop]

The AAC was killing the women's program as well. That wasn't coaching.

The Current Big East is probably weaker in women’s BB than the AAC that we played in .
We won NC in 2014, 2015, 2016
something we haven’t done in 4 Big East seasons

But neither were anything near where that program should be

 

[LBird33]

AAC talk is history. No longer valid. Who cares