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sportsart said:
Maybe when the coaching staff has shown they don't have the ability to get the players attention someone needs to show them how to do it.

Warde has been more active in and around this team than most people know.
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I think PP has been around more football than Warde. LOL.
 
Calhoun's Court said:
So you are happy with his lack of doing anything with the football program?

He doesn't have to report every move. Just DO SOMETHING other than monitor the situation. It was a positive to speak to the team.

So far all he has done is extend KO Great move but by giving him that crappy 7 month trial he ruined any chance of KO getting any recruits in late fall.

You are the type of fan that WM is looking for. Don't bitch or complain about anything. Just keep thowing your money at a product no matter what direction it is going in. Don't expect to build on success just follow along and don't question anything. I'm not saying they can't or won't have bad years but build towards something.


He better be doing a lot more behind the scenes than is being reported. Right now he looks in way over his head.

Face it this guy has shown us nothing so far. But you are entitled to your opinion and I'm entitled to mine.
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I don't mean to single you out, but you are completely mischaracterizing some of the more sane positions the I and a few others on the board have. Just because I don't support firing every single person in the athletic department, through the trustees and Pres. Herbst, all the way up to Governor Malloy does not mean I'm a fan who is happy throwing money at the football program. It also does not mean I wouldn't support firing Pasqualoni last season, I did, but now that WM has made it crystal clear that GDL's offense was unacceptable, we have a new OC and I'm curious as to how that will perform. Also, despite my not wanting to fire WM, SH and Malloy right now, I think it is perfectly reasonable to criticize the coaching staff or anyone else for that matter. And I think it's anyone's personal choice whether they want to continue buying tickets and/or making donations based on the performance of the football program, but I also think that if the season ticket base evaporates and attendance continues to head south, it is really going to hurt UConn as a school whenever the next round of conference realignment happens. And for the record I think WM handled the Ollie situation perfectly, I think he's a major force behind getting UConn in Hockey East, and we now know he made the GDL demotion happen and made it very clear that 5-7 is UNACCEPTABLE for the football. You are free to ignore those facts if it makes you feel better, but I respectfully disagree that he's "shown us nothing so far".
 
Unless Calhouns Court starts tailing WM 24/7 and sees things with his own eyes, he'll go on believing that WM is doing nothing. He hasn't been personally shown anything so he won't believe it. Probably doesn't believe NASA landed on the moon, either.
 
junglehusky said:
I don't mean to single you out, but you are completely mischaracterizing some of the more sane positions the I and a few others on the board have. Just because I don't support firing every single person in the athletic department, through the trustees and Pres. Herbst, all the way up to Governor Malloy does not mean I'm a fan who is happy throwing money at the football program. It also does not mean I wouldn't support firing Pasqualoni last season, I did, but now that WM has made it crystal clear that GDL's offense was unacceptable, we have a new OC and I'm curious as to how that will perform. Also, despite my not wanting to fire WM, SH and Malloy right now, I think it is perfectly reasonable to criticize the coaching staff or anyone else for that matter. And I think it's anyone's personal choice whether they want to continue buying tickets and/or making donations based on the performance of the football program, but I also think that if the season ticket base evaporates and attendance continues to head south, it is really going to hurt UConn as a school whenever the next round of conference realignment happens. And for the record I think WM handled the Ollie situation perfectly, I think he's a major force behind getting UConn in Hockey East, and we now know he made the GDL demotion happen and made it very clear that 5-7 is UNACCEPTABLE for the football. You are free to ignore those facts if it makes you feel better, but I respectfully disagree that he's "shown us nothing so far".
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I respect your opinion.

As far as WM goes that trial contract was a killer recruiting wise. WM very easily could have given KO a 3 year deal upfront(with buyouts). That way to recruits it looked like he would be here. Just my opinion. It has now all worked out. But we still lost some valuable pieces because of the contract uncertainty.

I'm not advocating firing every single person. I'm glad GDL was reassigned. But lets face it other programs( see NC State for example) would not allow two 5-7 seasons in a row( and 2 losses to Western Michigan no less).
 
CTMike said:
Unless Calhouns Court starts tailing WM 24/7 and sees things with his own eyes, he'll go on believing that WM is doing nothing. He hasn't been personally shown anything so he won't believe it. Probably doesn't believe NASA landed on the moon, either.
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All conspiracy therories. haven't you ever listened to Coast to Coast ? :)
 
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MidTown Husky said:
You quit on UConn so what difference does it make? I thought you 'threw in the towel'? That was a quick turnaround...
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he just ran out of meds.

He's fine now.

Or did he get more meds and that's why he left....
 
sdhusky said:
I think PP has been around more football than Warde. LOL.
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Reading is fundamental. I said more active in and around this team, not football in general. Please carry on. On second thought, please don't.
 
CTMike said:
Uconn dogs and noey... Seriously?? Our AD shows his passion for football and success and you spin it in to something bad? I mean your suggestion is actually good noey but his discussion with the team is a separate thing...

"Tone at the Top" is a bit of a silly business phrase, but it's spot on. WM is setting the tone of 100% effort and success.
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My position is that an administrator he should leave the performance of the players to the coaches to address. Now if the coaches can't reach the players that is a different problem.
 
My position is we all have our own positions and nobody can do it as well as...(insert your own name here).
 
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uconndogs said:
Didn't know Manuel was now the football coach......

I'm honestly wondering if this guy isn't completely in over his head. Very concerned..........
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That's what I felt reading that. Look in the mirror Warde.
 
Marty Jackson said:
who said he bragged about it... If this happened a while back, seems like it was kept on the down low...
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"I needed for them (the players) to understand that they have themselves to look at," Manuel said.

We really need the AD saying this? If it was kept on the down low ... couldn't it have stayed there?
 
fleudslipcon said:
My position is we all have our own positions and nobody can do it as well as...(insert your own name here).
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Cute response. Like the saying goes opinions are like.... yet we are here posting ours every day.
 
noeynox said:
My position is that an administrator he should leave the performance of the players to the coaches to address. Now if the coaches can't reach the players that is a different problem.
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I'd prefer he be hands on and in tune with what's going on, than in his office pushing paper. This was and end of season talk, not a case of micromanagement.

Doesn't mean he feels P can't get the job done or hasn't gotten his message across, either. Though I'm sure after the discussion there was zero ambiguity for coaches and players about expectations for next season. And I'm ok with that.
 
CTMike said:
I'd prefer he be hands on and in tune with what's going on, than in his office pushing paper. This was and end of season talk, not a case of micromanagement.

Doesn't mean he feels P can't get the job done or hasn't gotten his message across, either. Though I'm sure after the discussion there was zero ambiguity for coaches and players about expectations for next season. And I'm ok with that.
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Thats the sense I got.

Just re-enforcing the message of the coaches and creating urgency in the off season.

Well done.
 
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Kgun7 said:
"I needed for them (the players) to understand that they have themselves to look at," Manuel said.

We really need the AD saying this? If it was kept on the down low ... couldn't it have stayed there?
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This would not have been well received by the guys I knew on the team back in the day.

Chain of command. Pres. -> AD -> Coach -> Players.

That was the talk he needed to have with P. Other than pleasantries, let the coach deal with the players.
 
Couldn't have caused that much of an uproar if Mikey sat on it for a month and a half. I believe one of the other writers mentioned it in passing as well.
 
CTMike said:
I'd prefer he be hands on and in tune with what's going on, than in his office pushing paper. This was and end of season talk, not a case of micromanagement.

Doesn't mean he feels P can't get the job done or hasn't gotten his message across, either. Though I'm sure after the discussion there was zero ambiguity for coaches and players about expectations for next season. And I'm ok with that.
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I think you nailed it. My feeling is he obviously knew there were some unhappy players on offense early in the year that may have carried through the season.

He is also smart enough to figure out our offense was offensive and something had to be done.

My guess is he laid into the coaches, obviously responsible for the GDL move, laid into the players and said enough. Get it done and no more excuses.

I'm quite sure a big time college AD somewhere has done this before.
 
upstater said:
yeah, that BC clown who disparages UConn every chance he gets is great!!
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I said he gets it on the issue of the importance of football, not that he's great. He happens to be a total dope mostly. But he's right on this issue. Maybe its the broken watch thing.
 
Worst part of the entire article was even hinting that people want Uconn to drop football in favor of Hocky and Womens scholarships. Talk about having your priorities screwed up.. but I would not put it past the state of CT to take the easy road and give up on something.
 
Don't kid yourself, the "passion" Warde is feeling is a directly propotional to the heat be applied to his fat from fans, and that is good. Of course, play harder is not a plan, nor is maintaining status quo. This upcoming season is pivitol in the future of UConn football. Wins aganst great opponents changes the trajectory. Another dismal season and ...it gets uglier still, if thats possible.
 
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freescooter said:
I said he gets it on the issue of the importance of football, not that he's great. He happens to be a total dope mostly. But he's right on this issue. Maybe its the broken watch thing.
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Football is important. But hockey is more important... M. DiMauro!
 
He kept Pasqualoni. I think he will regret that in December. Next December he can chew his own ass.
 
And for the record, I am glad he gave them that talk.

Everything is not fine and under control. Far from it. We're not looking at year three being the year "where it all comes together".

The players will have to win despite the head coach this next season.
 
sportsart said:
I think you nailed it. My feeling is he obviously knew there were some unhappy players on offense early in the year that may have carried through the season.

He is also smart enough to figure out our offense was offensive and something had to be done.

My guess is he laid into the coaches, obviously responsible for the GDL move, laid into the players and said enough. Get it done and no more excuses.

I'm quite sure a big time college AD somewhere has done this before.
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I think this is probably close to the truth. Whether or not it actually happened or not, none of us outside the facilities know, but the impression was repeatedly given that players had packed it in, or simply weren't putting in their best efforts day in and day out for some reason (#1 given was disliking the OC).

I remember getting frothy at the mouth at the suggestion myself, and I'm no fan at all of Deleone as an offensive coordinatr, but not liking a coach, is no reason not to perform as hard and best you can day in and day out.

I'm jsut a ticket buyer, never mind the AD for the school. I've got no problems with the AD laying into a team that underperformed (laying into both the coaches and players), and when you can go on the road and beat a Maryland and a Louisville, and you finished the season 5-7, that's underperforming.

Coaching changes have been made, new recruits are coming, and the returning players need to make sure they consistently repeat the efforts in those two road games, and don't repeat that kind of effort that went into losing the other games at home.
 
ZooCougar said:
And for the record, I am glad he gave them that talk.

Everything is not fine and under control. Far from it. We're not looking at year three being the year "where it all comes together".

The players will have to win despite the head coach this next season.
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These are still 20 year old kids. You don't put it on them to win "despite" the coach. This is a university. Manuel is an administrator. If any other administrator took that attitude, he'd be embarrassed. These kids are essentially the clients.
 
Bravo Warde! Since this wasn't planned he must have been mulling this over and it came out because the opportunity was there. Screw the protocol or chain of command. This is no time for people to be comfortable with what has been happening. Since Warde has been around the block football wise he knows what it takes and hearing it from him should wake up anyone who was coasting last year. The players have got to play better for us to win more. It wasn't all just GDL.
 
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