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Chuck said:
Interesting. The MAC has been pretty stable with easy travel and traditional rivals. Must be a lot more money for NIU, especially considering they are now going to have to find a home for all their other sports in a conference(s) that doesn't have football. It could be a lesser conference than the MAC which would narrow the money difference. Would the A10 want them to fill UMass's spot?

It does make you wonder about UConn turning down the PAC if that was true. I think the PAC was paying more than the MWC? We would've had to travel just a handful of times per year. It must pay better than Independent and help with scheduling and a playoff spot. Maybe the UConn administration thinks we're closer with a Power conference than what we know?
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A few years ago, we would have jumped at the chance to be AAC for football only, so turning down the P12does make you wonder if the B12 talks may be progressing behind scenes. I would not be shocked to hear the B12 invite is coming the first half if this year. Yes, I may be delusional.
 
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CTBballfan243 said:
I am more worried about UConn Big East apologists trying to sabotage UConn moving to another conference.
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What about AAC loving Big East Haters that would burn the athletic program to the ground for a football schedule with Tulsa and ECU?
 
nelsonmuntz said:
What about AAC loving Big East Haters that would burn the athletic program to the ground for a football schedule with Tulsa and ECU?
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I think they are referring more towards the commentary during the last round of Big XII reporting where you had high profile folks including the state speaker of the house, US Senators, etc, positing that UConn needs to stay in the Big East, vs taking a Big XII invite for non-football (with an alleged phase in for football membership).

There is no one (in the last three years) that I've seen stating UConn should leave the Big East to go to the AAC.
 
CTFaninCali said:
I mean no offense to you personally, but I hate this sentiment that there is always something “more” needed by UConn, particularly from the basketball teams. Nobody has ever been held to this standard.
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Yeah, it’s either good enough now or it isn’t. Should the men not win a third in a row, that shouldn’t discount the program.
Geno and the women have been riddled with injuries for a few years, but that program is the measuring stick. Only issue on that side is Geno is getting up there in age. Big shoes to fill in the near-term.
 
ScottVib said:
I think they are referring more towards the commentary during the last round of Big XII reporting where you had high profile folks including the state speaker of the house, US Senators, etc, positing that UConn needs to stay in the Big East, vs taking a Big XII invite for non-football (with an alleged phase in for football membership).

There is no one (in the last three years) that I've seen stating UConn should leave the Big East to go to the AAC.
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First of all, there was no phase-in for football membership. There was a one way option by the Big 12 to consider taking UConn football in 2032, which would likely mean a phase in starting at that point. A deal like that would require tens of millions of state dollars to fund, without any surety that UConn would even be invited in 2032. And UConn would take all of the risk of a P2 split without any of the revenue benefit. Is it really that difficult to figure out why that option was not appealing to a lot of people at the state house?

It is also completely reasonable for people to think that the Big East haters want a return to the AAC because many of those Big East haters are deceptive about their own positions and what UConn's options really are.
 
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uconnyankee said:
Yeah, it’s either good enough now or it isn’t. Should the men not win a third in a row, that shouldn’t discount the program.
Geno and the women have been riddled with injuries for a few years, but that program is the measuring stick. Only issue on that side is Geno is getting up there in age. Big shoes to fill in the near-term.
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If & when Geno decides to retire, AD Dave's first call should be to Diana Taurasi. There is a list of former players who would make viable candidates. In no particular order: Taurasi, Sue Bird, Carla Berube, Jen Rizzoti. That position will be filled 5 seconds after Geno signs the retirement papers.
 
coachcap said:
If & when Geno decides to retire, AD Dave's first call should be to Diana Taurasi. There is a list of former players who would make viable candidates. In no particular order: Taurasi, Sue Bird, Carla Berube, Jen Rizzoti. That position will be filled 5 seconds after Geno signs the retirement papers.
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Great players do not always make great coaches. My first call would be to Carla. She has had Princeton ranked.
 
Come on people. There is nothing more that this program can do.

It wins in every sport. Every sport.

No, it isn’t national titles, but neither does every program.

UConn is elite basketball, competitive fbs football with a lot of potential if it gets in a bigger league, and its other sports can fit in any conference in the country.

Enough with UConn having to prove something. How about these other schools prove something?
 
JohnFSilver said:
Come on people. There is nothing more that this program can do.

It wins in every sport. Every sport.

No, it isn’t national titles, but neither does every program.

UConn is elite basketball, competitive fbs football with a lot of potential if it gets in a bigger league, and its other sports can fit in any conference in the country.

Enough with UConn having to prove something. How about these other schools prove something?
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When you're on the outside looking in the need keep proving yourself doesn't end until you're in. I get the pride thing, but that's the unfortunate truth of the matter. Then the equation changes. We can also see clearly that the parasites on the inside have to prove nothing.
 
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coachcap said:
If & when Geno decides to retire, AD Dave's first call should be to Diana Taurasi. There is a list of former players who would make viable candidates. In no particular order: Taurasi, Sue Bird, Carla Berube, Jen Rizzoti. That position will be filled 5 seconds after Geno signs the retirement papers.
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Is there anything worse than replacing a legend with a former player with no coaching experience????
 
Chin Diesel said:
Is there anything worse than replacing a legend with a former player with no coaching experience????
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Sometimes you can squeeze a natty out of that before they decide they don't want to put the work in.

For what it's worth Taurasi is indicated she has no interest in coaching, but would be interested in owning a team.
 
The state of the Connecticut Football Program may have been advanced by some in Big 12 Country as a reason to hold on The Huskies, however I believe that the real reason has always been geography. They're primarily a Midwest/Southwest/Mountain West conference with a Florida School tacked on for recruiting purposes. Connecticut probably feels like another country to most of their membership. Easy solution ship SMU to the Big 12 and backfill with UConn. Stanford and Cal make no sense in either The ACC or Big 12, but the B1G probably doesn't see a bump adding the pair or they would have done it initially.
 
CL82 said:
Sometimes you can squeeze a natty out of that before they decide they don't want to put the work in.

For what it's worth Taurasi is indicated she has no interest in coaching, but would be interested in owning a team.
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Laugh for the first part (although Ollie had coaching experience as an assistant) and pitential smart move on the second part if she is talking ownership of anything other than a WNBA franchise.
 
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You realize once the cartel gets a hold of milking women’s basketball, we are nothing other than Immaculata and Delta State
 
uconnyankee said:
No it doesn’t. But my guess is that he will stay within the ‘family’.
If I were betting man, it’s a former player with success as coach.
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Why? That never works.

Shea. Elliott, Berube or whoever. If they are qualified they are qualified.

But what happens if dawn staley wants the job? You say no? Or even Kara Lawson.
 
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