Lagow going home...

[FfldCntyFan]

There is less reason to believe that it is true, unless you believe that Alabama, who signed a max class of 25 and whose last commits were Reuben Foster, Alvin Kamara, Dee Liner and A'Shawn Robinson, was holding a spot open for Lagow at the expense of one of them.

That was not the this I was referring to. That aside, IIRC the Lagow family was not in a position where an athletic scholarship would have been the only way for their son to continue his education. It is not out of the realm of possibility that the option of preferred walkon status had been discussed.

 

[Adios]

May the thread end before another boy pic gets posted

Had no idea a picture of a bare-chested chubby kid trying to be macho would be considered creepy. Guess that speaks for the accuser's own mind.

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[Matt (Chicago)]

Or just a bit longer than it would take you to pull your head out of the Lagow family ass?

Its better to be silent (ie when you were a "lurker") and considered a fool, than to speak (ie pretty much everything you put on here now) and remove all doubt.

 

[husky91]

PP will be long gone before we know whether his antics resulted in us losing a good QB or not. Maybe Lagow is really no better than 4th on depth chart or maybe PP manipulated something here.

Only certain thing is PP is a clown and gone after this season at worst.

 

[Jimmy Serrano]

Had no idea a picture of a bare-chested chubby kid trying to be macho would be considered creepy. Guess that speaks for the accuser's own mind.

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A (presumably) grown man posting a picture of a bare chested chubby kid trying to be tough is the very definition of creepy. Stop embarrassing yourself.

 

[Duncan Idaho]

He didn't like the view from the end of the Conga line. He left when the getting was still good. Fine. Did OSU offer as a walk on? Lets move on, there is a season starting next week.

 

[Waquoit]

This is great exposure. A Big 12 favorite picking-up a UConn 4th stringer and calling it a sleeper.

 

[Adios]

Finding such a picture creepy is far creepier. You go from mentioning "man-crush" to finding a picture of a male kid being creepy. Whatever floats your boat.

 

[Adios]

This is great exposure. A Big 12 favorite picking-up a UConn 4th stringer and calling it a sleeper.

It'll be even better exposure if he tears the Big XII apart.

 

[formerlurker]

Its better to be silent (ie when you were a "lurker") and considered a fool, than to speak (ie pretty much everything you put on here now) and remove all doubt.

Remind me who you are again and resend all of your wonderous posts.

Clown.

 

[Kgun7]

We never heard Zach Frazer's name on tv once without mentioning he was a Norte dame transfer ... You think we will hear any mention of Lagow as a former UCONN commit?

 

[whaler11]

We never heard Zach Frazer's name on tv once without mentioning he was a Norte dame transfer ... You think we will hear any mention of Lagow as a former UCONN commit?

LOL yeah when he's starting at Oklahoma State I'd worry about that.

 

[Waquoit]

We never heard Zach Frazer's name on tv once without mentioning he was a Norte dame transfer ... You think we will hear any mention of Lagow as a former UCONN commit?

I'm thinking no. Unless he blows up and we'll hear "What was UConn thinking?" ad nauseum.

 

[minidarren]

So I'm reading the Boneyard while making room for dessert and I realize I have an enormous hole in my boxers.

 

[sportsart]

So I'm reading the Boneyard while making room for dessert and I realize I have an enormous hole in my boxers.

Um...uh...um....ok, I got nothin'

 

[huskymedic]

It is not out of the realm of possibility that the option of preferred walkon status had been discussed.

He has not been promised a scholarship but will have to earn it per this article.

"Lagow said OSU recruited him when he was in high school, but did not offer a scholarship. He has not been promised a scholarship, but will have a chance to earn one."

 

[BlueMAB]

He has not been promised a scholarship but will have to earn it per this article.

"Lagow said OSU recruited him when he was in high school, but did not offer a scholarship. He has not been promised a scholarship, but will have a chance to earn one."

(The following comment isn't directed at you huskymedic)

He is transferring to a school where he not only has to earn the position, but he has to earn a scholarship??

Sounds like a prima donna to me.

Maybe it just wasn't a good fit for him? I wish him luck, we got Towson in 7 days.

 

[WestHartHusk]

There are a lot of reasons kids go home from school in their first semester, football player or not - we should not try to over-analyze his comments.

 

[jackl]

I'll believe it when I see it in the courant.com/sports/uconn-football/

 

[Hoophound]

Honestly, any big time athlete that gets attention and praise is going to like just about any school. Richard said, "I just never really felt comfortable there" in regard to UConn during an interview with OK media. He also then quickly noted "I like to compete". Frankly, I don't like the first comment at all and I think his need to say he likes to compete immediately after stems from his insecurity about avoiding competition at every turn. I think it hurts us a little in recruiting that region for him to imply that the place made him uncomfortable.

Richard didn't like his place on the depth chart and that made him uncomfortable. I don't think UConn or the area had anything to do with it. I don't expect him to say "I couldn't or wouldn't compete", but he seems to be saying subtly, "I just didn't like it there" and I think that's kind of disingenuous.
There were four other good quarterbacks that made him uncomfortable.

 

[rich1122]

I think that the staff had inkling that this would have happen even if they did not take two other QB's. Something was askew with this entire thing from the start. The whole thing was unsettling. I think that he regretted the decision from the start, but continued to say he was a man of his word and he could not back down from that.

This had nothing to do with PP or CT kids etc.

Good luck with the rest of the post. I have had enough.

Richard wherever you are, good luck. Thanks for coming here and honoring your commitment.

 

[pj]

He's from Texas, he always wanted to play in the Big XII, which is big down there by the way. His family has enough money that whether he's a preferred walk-on or scholarship player may not matter to him. If he's competing from behind 4 others in either place, he might as well be close to home, close to his girlfriend, and in the league he is a fan of, playing on a big stage if he breaks through. It's a reasonable choice.

I'm glad he gave UConn a try, disappointed he didn't stay, but I wish him the best, and I think we have every reason to be optimistic about our QB situation as Boyle and Kivon Taylor sound like they're both genuine talents.

 

[Excalibur]

(The following comment isn't directed at you huskymedic)

He is transferring to a school where he not only has to earn the position, but he has to earn a scholarship??

Sounds like a prima donna to me.

Maybe it just wasn't a good fit for him? I wish him luck, we got Towson in 7 days.

I'll give him this -- his actions are consistent with the statements he made on Twitter when Boyle committed -- essentially that if he has to compete he wants to do it closer to home.

 

[Husky25]

I've had another day to stew on this, and the more I do, the more cynical I feel about the situation. I am not saying that the Lagow Camp is not within their right to leave school and go somewhere else, but there was always something a little off to me.

I think the Lagow Camp is kidding themselves when they say he honored his commitment, because I don't think he did. I think the he committed too fast and he shoed other programs off. At the same time, ten toes were certainly not in, especially after the Boyle verbal was made public. He barely put his hand in the water to test the pool's temperature, and that is only after he reluctantly came out of the house in the first place. Regardless of the positivity of the tweets, I think Twitter could have been a way to try and convince the Camp that they made the right decision, with woefully incomplete information. I think that falling ill on NLI day possibly made for a convenient excuse and when they could not procure a better deal, they took what was originally offered...A Bird in the Hand, so to speak.

A scholarship is for 1 academic year, with three options to renew. He backed out of the bargain after a few weeks. I don't know him personally, so I don't know how he addresses other challenges, but I don't find the execution of this particular game plan to be all that classy. I don't find it to be character-building. There was a choice presented: accept the scholarship to UConn, or don't. As an 18 year old freshman, I felt home sick within an hour of my parents dropping me off, and I lived barely 70 miles away, so I get it. But I don't think this action had to do with homesickness in the least.

As I've said, I do not personally know Lagow or his family, so obviously this criticism comes from the little bits of public information and my observations at 30,000 feet. I hope that they learn from their experiences in order to address other challenges.

One more thing...I fully expect some criticism about this post as well. I may not address it as it is my opinion and it probably won't change, but I've said it before and I'll say it again. I couldn't care much less if the Lagow camp still reads this board. If Richard Lagow is going to make as a starting QB in college and (God willing) pro football, my opinion (or that of any other poster) should be the least of his concerns.

 

[UCFBfan]

The kid left and is no longer a thought in my mind. I'm focusing now on the athletes who want to play for my alma mater. I hope the media and the BY stop posting, tweeting, etc on this kid. Yeah he honored his commitment but so did a bunch of other kids who stuck it out.

Maybe it was culture shock for him coming from TX, maybe it was homesickness, I don't care anymore. We have Towson in a week and a camp full of kids that want to have UConn on their chest and on their helmets. Let's stop talking about someone who didn't want that and focus on the ones who did. End of story, good luck Lagow where ever life takes you, and lets #ringthebell baby!

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[freescooter]

i don't get all the love for the kid. He is more of a distraction than a positive. has been since signing day. He clearly didn't want to come here if he wasn't #1 checked out his options up to and including signing day, came up with the fake illness that kept him form signing his name. Please. Clearly he only came to UConn when it was clear that he wasn't getting a ride anywhere else. Then came up with the lame excuse that Pasqualoni was being "pressured" to use local kids. A far better approach would have been in my view to simply have gone somewhere else on signing day. Far less distraction. I don't get the "keeping his commitment" bs either. Neither we nor he benefited from him coming for a couple of weeks. I wish him well, but the kid was a prima donna who wanted to be handed the quarterback job.

 

[EdgewoodNHV]

i don't get all the love for the kid. He is more of a distraction than a positive. has been since signing day. He clearly didn't want to come here if he wasn't #1 checked out his options up to and including signing day, came up with the fake illness that kept him form signing his name. Please. Clearly he only came to UConn when it was clear that he wasn't getting a ride anywhere else. Then came up with the lame excuse that Pasqualoni was being "pressured" to use local kids. A far better approach would have been in my view to simply have gone somewhere else on signing day. Far less distraction. I don't get the "keeping his commitment" bs either. Neither we nor he benefited from him coming for a couple of weeks. I wish him well, but the kid was a prima donna who wanted to be handed the quarterback job.

It's so weird to see you assuming the worst about something on the Boneyard.

 

[pj]

It may have worked out for the best for both parties. We get an extra roster spot and it looks like we have enough QBs with 4 this year, 5 next year. He gets whatever he's looking for, and a place where maybe he can focus on football without thinking there may be greener pastures somewhere else.

It's time to get ready for the season, and root for the guys who are here.

 

[jackl]

i don't get all the love for the kid. He is more of a distraction than a positive. has been since signing day. He clearly didn't want to come here if he wasn't #1 checked out his options up to and including signing day, came up with the fake illness that kept him form signing his name. Please. Clearly he only came to UConn when it was clear that he wasn't getting a ride anywhere else. Then came up with the lame excuse that Pasqualoni was being "pressured" to use local kids. A far better approach would have been in my view to simply have gone somewhere else on signing day. Far less distraction. I don't get the "keeping his commitment" bs either. Neither we nor he benefited from him coming for a couple of weeks. I wish him well, but the kid was a prima donna who wanted to be handed the quarterback job.

Did I miss it where he said Coach P was pressured to play local talent. I thought that was an assumption of some of the BY. I was at the practice on Saturday and he appeared to be mired at the end of the line. Nice arm strength but didn't stick out anywhere else. If he really had the goods I think he would have been taking the reps he deserved. Too much pressure on the staff not to do well this year. Now lets get on with the task at hand and "Get R Done". Go Dogs!

 

[Carl Spackler]

So how about it? Is it still cleavage if it's covered up?

I like Husky Sweater Puppies. (I've been matched up with same pair for many, many years now - attached to my wife)

FYI: The bottom line is that this kid, has been nothing but a drama magnet.

I'm a Parcells football guy, as most of you can already guess if you've paid attention to me at all in the past, and one of Parcells cardinal rules of playing the QB position, was not to be a celebrity quarterback. I agree 100%. Nobody in that locker room laboratory needs a celebrity QB creating drama.

I have no doubt, that every moment of this kids relationship with the University of Connecticut has been handled with the highest standard of professionalism and adherence to governing rules and regulations in intercollegiate athletics - on the part of the university, and he's no longer the university of Connecticut affiliated or UCONN's responsibility. In hindsight, PP's comments on the QB position over the past week, and specifically at the chamber in Middletown, can be viewed in new light, because he would have known for at least a week now, that Lagow was planning on leaving, and where he was interested in going, as long as Lagow, and OSU had handled the situation as required by the NCAA. No reason to think otherwise- I'm sure UCONN and OSU did everything the way it's supposed to be done. So, he's Oklahoma State's responsibility now, according to personal online postings and media interviews he's done already, although as of the media writing last night, OSU was unable/unwilling to confirm it officially - understandably, since it had been less than 24 hrs that he was released from UCONN and he most certainly hadn't been officially admitted yet as a student at OSU.

I promise on all I hold sacred that I have nothing more to write about the player here.

So. Boobies. Boobies. Boobies.

and Tailgating in a week. One WEEK!!! And - yes - I think it's still cleavage when they're covered up and you can't see it.