I think maybe UConn was killing our Athletic Department. Honestly do you think if we had gone to the tournament in 2015, then again in 2016 and made a deep run in 17 when we allegedly had a top 10 recruiting class and if Diaco had followed up the bowl game with a conference championship challenge the next year, maybe built on that to become, ands it’s almost embarrassing to write this, Memphis or Temple, anybody would say the AAC was killing us? The problem wasn’t in our stars but in ourselves as the bard said. Ollie drove the hoop program off a cliff. Couldn’t identify talent if the all wore signs. Diaco could but unfortunately most of it was FCS talent. I didn’t love the AAC. Too spread out. If the Bic East football league was the 2nd school in each state the AAC was 3rd, but blaming it for the collapse of our athletic program is like blaming the bartender on the Titanic for the disaster. He didn’t help but the iceberg had a bit more to do with it. And fwiw our iceberg is now endangering the waters in Ann Arbor
As it turns out, I just signed up for All Access on Sunday. The website has a link to CBSSN but when you click on it, it asks for your cable provider. So I don't think it's a option.
You live out-of-state, you'll never really understand how much the AAC killed interest for anyone but the UConn FB lifer. The interest is flooding back now that we have freed our self. You're a businessman, why do you continue to ignore what the market is saying.
This. And I would argue the AAC had a bigger negative effect on the program.
TheDrifter75 wrote, "Ok, I'm financially challenged but when I read over 7 figures for the 4 year deal I think 8 figures. So wouldn't that be at least 2.5 mil per year? Come on Yard break my heart and prove me wrong. If it's similar to the Mountain West deal and theirs is north of 3 mil a season per team I can't be that far off."
There is only 1 stop on the train for UConn and it has to be B1G. BB will hold up it’s end in performance. They have been given the tools to succeed. Football hasn’t. The Indy move seems to have opened up a little more recruit interest, but We need to invest in a real staff. We were so close in year 1 of RE2 and ephed it up. He drove out SEC quality coaching talent and kept his IAA scrubs like Crocker. Set us back 2 years.
Why, it's a good result. If Edsall was involved that just means that his input is more valuable than you give it credit for being. Isn't that a good thing?
I agree that the AAC was a bad long term solution, but you can't point to the recruiting uptick as proof. When the coach changes and we're changing leagues at the same time, there's no way to tell what the bigger factor is. I've seen coach and conference mentioned by committed recruits. I think Coach Hurley would have righted us in the AAC as well, but I do think being in the Big East makes his sell easier.
Unless someone brings more revenue to the table than currently earned, there is no reason for a conference to add another school. Notre Dame will hold onto independence until they are totally boxed in. If anything, you could see less money from TV deals and ultimately contraction.
I wouldn't be surprised if Cuse grads gave him crap abour Cornell. They are rivals in lacrosse.
We couldn't recruit very well in football with the AAC schedule and against the footprint with the coaching staffs we've had.
I think a period of time of economic uncertainty might lead a conference to think out of the box. Why not add a university that brings some of the metro NYC region, some of New England. Advertisers like that kind of demographics on a cable channel. Maybe UConn will also reach elite status again in BB and even close to elite status in FB. The old rules may not apply.
Being lumped in with historic programs (Army and Navy) for national television only helps in the perception of our program.
Agree, and we aren’t having conference games in FL and TX, so it will be more difficult for families of recruits in these target recruiting markets to see their kids. So at least they can catch some games on TV.
