Lockedonuconn guy pod- talking about his news

[husky99]

 

[temery]

May be it's just me, but this guy is a freaking idiot. Either you have a trustworthy source, or you are just making shit up.

 

[TroyHall98]

He talks a lot about his connections to the UConn football team so it’s not clear how he has formed a pipeline to the basketball team. I obviously want him to be right about Mullins but any reasonable person would question the accuracy of his ‘breaking news’ given what I said. That said, it will do wonders for his credibility/career covering UConn sports programs if he is right.

 

[imno1]

I think he just reads the tea leafs.

 

[boog204]

Watched him for the first time the other day and I legit think most of us would do a better job. Aside from being annoying in the way he speaks, his info is mostly conjecture anyway. And for the love of god, the solo/westbrook comp is so beyond idiotic.

 

[Leebo]

Lockedon is a stupid format to begin with. Any network that demands you have that many episodes, whether there's anything to talk about or not, is just going to encourage nonsense.

 

[CL82]

Matt: "I'm just gonna put this out there. You should trust me because the Daily Campus put me on the highly desirable soccer beat when I was in college."

CL82: I'm out.

 

[connVA]

This guy ruined my Friday with his horsecrap. I hope all of that click revenue is going toward a nice vacation home.

 

[formerlurker]

Matt: "I'm just gonna put this out there. You should trust me because the Daily Campus put me on the highly desirable soccer beat when I was in college."

CL82: I'm out.

I stopped when he said he worked with UConn Football "for one or two seasons". Which is it?

 

[Bomber36]

 

[Scottzer]

I tried putting him on the other day. Two sentences in, and I just felt like the guy can’t be trusted. Shut him off.

It’s better to be slow and right than to be first to break a rumor.

 

[jibsey]

This thing is going to go one of 2 ways. He turns out to be wrong on both counts and he’s an idiot forever OR he’s right on this and the rest of this thread should be mea culpas by everyone who dismissed him. Obviously I would enjoy reading those mea culpas.

 

[UConn Dan]

Matt: "I'm just gonna put this out there. You should trust me because the Daily Campus put me on the highly desirable soccer beat when I was in college."

CL82: I'm out.

He used to post here a lot as UConn07. He was also doing his own thing with “This is UConn Country” on twitter. Big proponent of UConn to P4, so for that content I am grateful.

 

[uh-no]

This thing is going to go one of 2 ways. He turns out to be wrong on both counts and he’s an idiot forever OR he’s right on this and the rest of this thread should be mea culpas by everyone who dismissed him. Obviously I would enjoy reading those mea culpas.

even a broken clock is right twice a day.

or a blind squirrel

 

[Chief00]

So this guy has better sources than me?

 

[temery]

So this guy has better sources than me?

Probably

 

[jibsey]

So this guy has better sources than me?

That’s what he’s saying Chief and right away I questioned him for that. I don’t know your sources or his but he’s not wishy washy about this. He could have said something like “ if this changes, or it’s 90% probability” but he did not. So is it a bullshit job or real?

 

[willie99]

I believe 🙏

 

[Bomber36]

I stopped when he said he worked with UConn Football "for one or two seasons". Which is it?

‘I wrote about UConn soccer and one or two other sports…”

 

[tuvent08]

Great that this clown is being rewarded with clicks/monetization for making things up.

 

[Umami Zen]

My takeaway from the clip provided by @husky99 is this dude is ok with being the "breaker of news" as long as he's verified with his source(s). No consideration to the protocol of the student-athlete announcing-or UConn MBB announcing, etc. Or even the timing of any such announcement relative to other player's decisions based on the announcement. I wonder how Dan feels about this stuff being out there before his guys/their families/portal targets have said anything in the public domain yet?

 

[RitzLuce1]

Great that this clown is being rewarded with clicks/monetization for making things up.

What did he make up? He was right about about Jaylin leaving. He said Thursday Freeman was still schedule to visit (likely true at the time). And that Braylon will be back (likely true).

Not sure why the vitriol against this guy based on the what he actually said in the above video. Now he’s getting trashed because he actually gets off his ass and gets to Storrs to do actual reporting? He has covered the football team for years. Last month he was in Storrs interviewing David Benedict. Benedict doesn’t just sit down with anyone.

Seems anyone outside the Storrs Central banner who dares to share some crumbs with the fans breaking the sacred paywall gets aggressively attacked. Interesting.

 

[EBonz30]

What did he make up? He was right about about Jaylin leaving. He said Thursday Freeman was still schedule to visit (likely true at the time). And that Braylon will be back (likely true).

Not sure why the vitriol against this guy based on the what he actually said in the above video. Now he’s getting trashed because he actually gets off his ass and gets to Storrs to do actual reporting? He has covered the football team for years. Last month he was in Storrs interviewing David Benedict. Benedict doesn’t just sit down with anyone.

Seems anyone outside the Storrs Central banner who dares to share some crumbs with the fans behind the sacred paywall gets aggressively attacked. Interesting.

I am not trashing him. He said Braylon is back 100%- rarely see reporters write or say that without confirmation from the player/coach/agent. Hopefully he is right.

 

[jibsey]

What did he make up? He was right about about Jaylin leaving. He said Thursday Freeman was still schedule to visit (likely true at the time). And that Braylon will be back (likely true).

Not sure why the vitriol against this guy based on the what he actually said in the above video. Now he’s getting trashed because he actually gets off his ass and gets to Storrs to do actual reporting? He has covered the football team for years. Last month he was in Storrs interviewing David Benedict. Benedict doesn’t just sit down with anyone.

Seems anyone outside the Storrs Central banner who dares to share some crumbs with the fans behind the sacred paywall gets aggressively attacked. Interesting.

Correct. The vitriol on this board is amazing. Plenty of time to attack him if he’s wrong but waiting to do it would be right.

 

[Scoe]

What did he make up? He was right about about Jaylin leaving. He said Thursday Freeman was still schedule to visit (likely true at the time). And that Braylon will be back (likely true).

Not sure why the vitriol against this guy based on the what he actually said in the above video. Now he’s getting trashed because he actually gets off his ass and gets to Storrs to do actual reporting? He has covered the football team for years. Last month he was in Storrs interviewing David Benedict. Benedict doesn’t just sit down with anyone.

Seems anyone outside the Storrs Central banner who dares to share some crumbs with the fans behind the sacred paywall gets aggressively attacked. Interesting.

Fans who trash content creators are no diffferent then fans who trash players and coaches btw. UConn content does exist beyond Storrs Central and the Boneyard that's a good thing. Storrs Central which I do subscribe to is not the mafia. This constant vitriol especially to ones who support UConn doesn't do us any good.

 

[Conquistador]

I kinda think there’s some credibility there. Maybe it’s my rose colored glasses hoping what he says is legit. Time will tell.

 

[CL82]

He used to post here a lot as UConn07. He was also doing his own thing with “This is UConn Country” on twitter. Big proponent of UConn to P4, so for that content I am grateful.

I remember him as UConn07! Now I feel momentarily bad about mocking him.

OK that moment passed.

 

[UConn Dan]

Honest question is some of the hate to Matt carryover from Zanetto and his ill timed “UConn to the Big 12 is imminent” leak and other dumb takes?

 

[CL82]

Honest question is some of the hate to Matt carryover from Zanetto and his ill timed “UConn to the Big 12 is imminent” leak and other dumb takes?

I think so. Zanetto killed that brand. Not that someone couldn't rehabilitate it with decent content.

(I would make my semi-obligatory Zenetto Seinfeld Newman! post, but I've now switched that over to James Breeding.)

 

[Dove]

I think he just reads the tea leafs.

He reads the Boneyard