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

[UConnTrumbull]

“Can cut” as if this is some great opportunity. Some of you are unbelievable. I, for one, like that UConn has been able to offer student athletes the opportunity to continue playing their sport and represent our university. This is a sad (but predictable) day for our athletic department.

With all due respect if football is cut, several other programs will be as well.

 

[GG]

One day the basketball fans who were against this move are going to realize what a mistake they have made. There is no future in the big east. It is really disturbing that very few people can recognize that. We’ve basically sealed the fate of our athletic department, which will be its demise.

 

[blue93]

With all due respect if football is cut, several other programs will be as well.

Totally get that. But “have to cut” and “can cut” have totally different meanings.

Cutting sports is never a good thing. I don’t understand the victory laps I’m seeing. There are tons of people that have dedicated time, effort and resources over decades to these programs.

 

[John]

“Can cut” as if this is some great opportunity. Some of you are unbelievable. I, for one, like that UConn has been able to offer student athletes the opportunity to continue playing their sport and represent our university. This is a sad (but predictable) day for our athletic department.

a state flagship without football is incredibly small time, especially one like UConn who's trying to position themselves nationally to be a best of the best type of institution. What's sadder is there's fans who want us to be in that position and stuck in that small time conference.

 

[How Sway?!]

One day the basketball fans who were against this move are going to realize what a mistake they have made. There is no future in the big east. It is really disturbing that very few people can recognize that. We’ve basically sealed the fate of our athletic department, which will be its demise.

Why do people keep saying this as if UConn was the one to decline the offer? Not sure how people can read all the reports coming out and blame UConn fans when it's pretty evident there was never a concensus within the B12 to expand and was always going to be a long shot.

 

[John]

Totally get that. But “have to cut” and “can cut” have totally different meanings.

Cutting sports is never a good thing. I don’t understand the victory laps I’m seeing. There are tons of people that have dedicated time, effort and resources over decades to these programs.

there's a lot of nostalgia buffs who love our current situation due to the conference name, even though the conference is a pale comparison to what it once was.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Are you saying we shouldn’t pay top dollar for Hurley and Geno? You want to become 100% irrelevant?

I'm simply saying the reason UConn has been on board with paying them top dollar, and investing facilities is because they have told the President/Board that it's the only way we get into a P4 conference and solve our AD issues long term. It's less likely that they'd be willing to do it if that is off the table.

 

[amory]

One day the basketball fans who were against this move are going to realize what a mistake they have made. There is no future in the big east. It is really disturbing that very few people can recognize that. We’ve basically sealed the fate of our athletic department, which will be its demise.

At the end of the day most people just have no idea what they’re talking about. Half the people not wanting to leave probably don’t recognize the big east is different today than it was in the 80s

 

[GG]

Why do people keep saying this as if UConn was the one to decline the offer? Not sure how people can read all the reports coming out and blame UConn fans when it's pretty evident there was never a concensus within the B12 to expand and was always going to be a long shot.

Do you think it looks good when a vast majority of our fans are going online and railing against this move? Or when CT senators make statements like Chris Murphy did? None of this helped us, and I do not understand why people deny the reality of our situation. Husky fans foolishly looked a gift horse in the mouth. Enjoy the next couple of years. Once Dan and Geno are gone, we are screwed.

 

[CL82]

A pretty big name because he coached in the NFL and because of his father but it looks to be another terrible hire.

It's only year three and he managed to get us to a bowl in year one. Additionally, last year's record had many games in which we were a score away from winning. if our starting quarterback doesn't get injured maybe that's the difference.

This year we are one game in and we got a beat down by an opponent who was decidedly better than us. I don't think I'm quite ready to call a hit out on the guy yet.

 

[CL82]

Do you think it looks good when a vast majority of our fans are going online and railing against this move? Or when CT senators make statements like Chris Murphy did? None of this helped us, and I do not understand why people deny the reality of our situation. Husky fans foolishly looked a gift horse in the mouth. Enjoy the next couple of years. Once Dan and Geno are gone, we are screwed.

Murphy really needs to shut up. He's way under informed on this issue and completely out of his lane.

 

[UConnTrumbull]

I'm simply saying the reason UConn has been on board with paying them top dollar, and investing facilities is because they have told the President/Board that it's the only way we get into a P4 conference and solve our AD issues long term. It's less likely that they'd be willing to do it if that is off the table.

I think the 17 championships are more the reason for that

 

[superjohn]

It's only year three and he managed to get us to a bowl in year one. Additionally, last year's record had many games in which we were a score away from winning. if our starting quarterback doesn't get injured maybe that's the difference.

This year were one game in and we got a beat down by an opponent who was decidedly better than us. I don't think I'm quite ready to call a hit out on the guy yet.

Only year three, this is the same crazy stuff we heard during Diaco and Edsall 2.0.

Mora has lost 12 of his last 15 games here and 7 of them they absolutely got slaughtered in.

 

[UConnDan97]

I think the 17 championships are more the reason for that

We'll always have a reason to do it. We won't always have the money to do it.

This is what some people on the board need to start understanding. We're in money battles with the LA Lakers and we're getting paid DePaul dollars...

 

[CL82]

Eh, just a continuation of balling on a budget. Its not so much him, but the money for assistants doesn't seem to be there. It is what it is. That offense last week looked like dog barf. People complained about Charlton all the time, this looked much worse.

Yeah, I wasn't really excited about the Sammis promotion. I'm just not sure how much of that is budget related and how much of that is the notion that we aren't a good job. I suppose either way it could be fixed with money.

 

[CL82]

Can we get a Really,Really Key Tweets thread going - nothing but tweets that are key to our fit in the realignment game

Just the fact that you would ask that question makes me realize that you really don't know us at all.

 

[noeynox]

Yeah, I wasn't really excited about the Sammis promotion. I'm just not sure how much of that is budget related and how much of that is the notion that we aren't a good job. I suppose either way it could be fixed with money.

Went two years without a DC and now when we get a DC our answer to replacing the departing OC is to promote the OL coach. Money or not money being the issue, these moves are suck.

 

[How Sway?!]

Do you think it looks good when a vast majority of our fans are going online and railing against this move? Or when CT senators make statements like Chris Murphy did? None of this helped us, and I do not understand why people deny the reality of our situation. Husky fans foolishly looked a gift horse in the mouth. Enjoy the next couple of years. Once Dan and Geno are gone, we are screwed.

Those fans opposed to the move were far from the majority. Also, did it hurt Utah getting a B12 invite when they went on record stating that joining the B12 was the last thing they wanted to do? Or that they're gone the first opportunity they get?

Fans opinions and wishes play a 0.01% in realignment decisions

 

[GG]

Those fans opposed to the move were far from the majority. Also, did it hurt Utah getting a B12 invite when they went on record stating that joining the B12 was the last thing they wanted to do? Or that they're gone the first opportunity they get?

Fans opinions and wishes play a 0.01% in realignment decisions

Those fans opposed to the move were far from the majority. Also, did it hurt Utah getting a B12 invite when they went on record stating that joining the B12 was the last thing they wanted to do? Or that they're gone the first opportunity they get?

Fans opinions and wishes play a 0.01% in realignment decisions

i wish you were correct, but it all has an impact.

 

[CL82]

Only year three, this is the same crazy stuff we heard during Diaco and Edsall 2.0

… And Pasqualoni and every bad coaching hire ever. Nothing's going happen until the end of the season, if at all.

 

[CL82]

Went two years without a DC and now when we get a DC our answer to replacing the departing OC is to promote the OL coach. Money or not money being the issue, these moves are suck.

Agree, but understanding the why it is necessary to be able to fix it.

 

[ZooCougar]

You can’t firewall basketball. That is the point. Money from football is gonna pour in to basketball from other schools.

Thst is going to create a competitive disadvantage for UConn if epic proportions, and, it also leaves UConn exposed as an athletic department. Right now, UConn has muscle because hoops wins. But, it has no say in what comes of the ncaa tourney or how the leagues will be set up and money distributed in the future.

There is no guarantee the big east will be a major basketball power in the future. They have killed the conference twice 04 and 13…and will do it again if they can find a way.

BTW. For the first time in realignment history college presidents decided not to listen to their marketing, financial analysis, and even espn but went with something else.

UConn is always a first.

You can firewall football.

 

[ZooCougar]

I'm disappointed in you. Your realignment PhD has been revoked

Good lord he’s been arguing against the Big 12 this whole time and he didn’t know this was a thing?

C’mon Nelson.

 

[ZooCougar]

a state flagship without football is incredibly small time, especially one like UConn who's trying to position themselves nationally to be a best of the best type of institution. What's sadder is there's fans who want us to be in that position and stuck in that small time conference.

This.

We simply can’t cut football.

Can we just elevate this thing to mediocre instead of it being a giant embarrassing stain? Stop hiring wack jobs and old coaches off of the couch?

 

[HuskyHawk]

Good lord he’s been arguing against the Big 12 this whole time and he didn’t know this was a thing?

C’mon Nelson.

This is coming, but probably closer that that 2031 timeline. I doubt more than half the Big XII and ACC schools would be "in" at the higher tier. If we can get football to "not embarrassing" we should land with Syracuse, Pitt, BC and the like, which is fine.