Manuel to serve on council of ADs

[J187Money]

I am pretty comfortable saying if Manuel didn't drop it, he sure didn't recover it either. He monitored the hell out of it, though.

That's the only point I'm trying to make. We are all speculating on whether it would have made a difference. And that is fine. It is just clear to me that there were enough moving pieces such that success was never guaranteed. That being said, I'd trade Warde for Jurich in a heartbeat. I just don't think the simple statement that "It is Warde and Herbst's fault that we aren't in the ACC" is a fair one. And that is one that gets a lot of play here. Lots of blame to go around.

 

[UConn Dan]

i posted this elsewhere today, but maybe it belongs here...

http://espn.go.com/blog/bigeast/post/_/id/45009/tom-jurich-is-louisvilles-mvp
Tom Jurich is Louisville's MVP

But when Maryland left for the Big Ten, Jurich had his second chance. If you know Tom Jurich, then you know he was not going to let this opportunity slip away. He started being proactive. And he ignored all the outside speculation that UConn was next in line to join the ACC. So much so, that a recent conversation about how Louisville got into the ACC went this way:

How did you outmaneuver UConn to get into the ACC?

"I didn’t outmaneuver anybody," Jurich said. "I just put our story out there."

Well, UConn was thought to be the favorite to get the spot.

"Nobody told me that," Jurich said. "So I just worried about selling Louisville. That’s all I worried about."

I think he's forgetting when he said this:
Jurich worked the people he knew. After he won, he said, "We were definitely the underdogs. People had UConn not penciled in, but penned in."

 

[buddy]

There is absolutely no question that he outmaneuvered the UConn AD. Unfortunately, it will years and years to recover from this blunder, if ever.

 

[freescooter]

That's the only point I'm trying to make. We are all speculating on whether it would have made a difference. And that is fine. It is just clear to me that there were enough moving pieces such that success was never guaranteed. That being said, I'd trade Warde for Jurich in a heartbeat. I just don't think the simple statement that "It is Warde and Herbst's fault that we aren't in the ACC" is a fair one. And that is one that gets a lot of play here. Lots of blame to go around.

I guess I view it that it wasn't only Warde's fault nor only Susan's fault. obviously Jurich did a great job, too. But I don't get the impression from anything I've read or anything I've heard that our side put up much of a contest. Again my impression, but either A) they believed we in fact had it tied down so they didn't have to do anything, which with my limited political experience I can tell you is always a mistake, B) they didn't know how to build a case, which is perhaps the most troubling option, or C) they got caught flatfooted and couldn't ever regain the momentum. but none of those give the impression of great leadership or a group who has its act together. I suppose there is a 4th option, that for some reason they wanted to de-emphasize athletics and saw getting left behind as opening the way to that, but while I sometimes say that in frustration, I'm not at all convinced that its true. I am convinced, though, that Susan doesn't care all that much about sports.

 

[J187Money]

Having spoken to her personally she does not give me that impression.

Also, that she is inviting the NYC chapter to her box (go ahead and make jokes) for the MD game means I think she cares about NYC. And sports.

 

[Nostical]

My sense is that Susan very much cares about sports but not so much as a fan. She views UConn athletics more as an engine to help raise funds for the University. She attends many Husky sporting events but sees very little of them. Her time there is used to chat up donors.

 

[UConn990411]

My sense is you know no more or no less than anyone else here the majority of the time but craft your responses and comments to make it appear to be gospel if you don't look for the subtle disclaimers.

No, he crafts his responses to get a rise out of people. free's the definition of a troll.

 

[junglehusky]

My sense is that Susan very much cares about sports but not so much as a fan. She views UConn athletics more as an engine to help raise funds for the University. She attends many Husky sporting events but sees very little of them. Her time there is used to chat up donors.

Which is probably what she should be doing anyway. But if she sees athletics as an engine to raise funds, then it follows logically that as the athletics teams win more it makes it easier to raise more money. Everyone knows that when the bball teams win NC's it helps applications and also donations. So even if SH isn't a rabid fan who knows the blitz percentages of the defense or Bazz's free throw percentage she's going to use her power as president to help all UConn sports be successful (despite one or two boneyarders who seem to think women administrators hate sports, or something).

 

[Dann]

Which is probably what she should be doing anyway. But if she sees athletics as an engine to raise funds, then it follows logically that as the athletics teams win more it makes it easier to raise more money. Everyone knows that when the bball teams win NC's it helps applications and also donations. So even if SH isn't a rabid fan who knows the blitz percentages of the defense or Bazz's free throw percentage she's going to use her power as president to help all UConn sports be successful (despite one or two boneyarders who seem to think women administrators hate sports, or something).

I assume this was aimed at me. I would just like to say my attacks on Susan as president have nothing to do with her being a women vs man and for the sake of this my anger towards warde has nothing to do with black vs white. I would just like to make this clear.

 

[junglehusky]

I assume this was aimed at me. I would just like to say my attacks on Susan as president have nothing to do with her being a women vs man and for the sake of this my anger towards warde has nothing to do with black vs white. I would just like to make this clear.

It wasn't you, it may have been bluedogs or alum69 or another limbaugh dittohead type geezer.