Mike Anthony: Should the UConn football team bench and preserve its best players?

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

He is constantly looking for excuses and cops out rather than game planning opponents and nurturing players. Figure out a way to be competitive this year.

 

[Pudge]

Gosh

That’s a whole lot of words

You do know we paid Diaco $1.7m per. Edsall took the cut discount at a $1m ... but we’d get a coach at least $1.5m when he was hired. Point is ... Leipold & Creighton (or Klieman or Fleck when) are getting MAC pay. Probably $600-850k. We can swoop them in

 

[huskymedic]

It's a lot different than it was 20 years ago, A LOT in every way.

Yup... way different than even 5 years ago, yet alone two decades.


>>"I think the NCAA probably is upset with me right now because this wasn't the intent of the rule," Holgorsen said. "Four games is four games, and we can use it however we want to use it. We need to get older and we need to develop, and redshirting is not a dirty word. That's been my stance since the day I got here. I've identified a little bit of a problem that exists here, and I'm going to do everything I can here to fix it."<<

(Whether they actually return to UH remains to be seen)

 

[RSTuthill]

There are four possible W's still on the table to go with the one they already have. USF, ECU, UMass, and Houston. My suggestion is that they try like hell to win those. Pull out all the stops. They owe it to the fans. The others they can do what they like.

 

[hardcorehusky]

There are four possible W's still on the table to go with the one they already have. USF, ECU, UMass, and Houston. My suggestion is that they try like hell to win those. Pull out all the stops. They owe it to the fans. The others they can do what they like.

If they were a professional team, they would owe it to the fans. They are college kids. You do what is in the best interest of your student athletes and hopefully that will put W's on the board. Of course what is the best interest is a wide swath but remember they are college kids at the end of the day who aren't getting paid.

 

[Husky68]

If they were a professional team, they would owe it to the fans. They are college kids. You do what is in the best interest of your student athletes and hopefully that will put W's on the board. Of course what is the best interest is a wide swath but remember they are college kids at the end of the day who aren't getting paid.

Fans are people with lives to lead and they don't owe it to a bunch of college kids to go to the games or support their team.

 

[RSTuthill]

If they were a professional team, they would owe it to the fans. They are college kids. You do what is in the best interest of your student athletes and hopefully that will put W's on the board. Of course what is the best interest is a wide swath but remember they are college kids at the end of the day who aren't getting paid.

They are getting paid. A very expensive education for free. The discussion is whether or not they are getting paid enough. And the university is getting paid too. It is a business pure and simple. Anyone who argues it is not is naive in the extreme.

 

[Husky25]

If they were a professional team, they would owe it to the fans. They are college kids. You do what is in the best interest of your student athletes and hopefully that will put W's on the board. Of course what is the best interest is a wide swath but remember they are college kids at the end of the day who aren't getting paid.

Pivoting to players is weak sauce. The other team is full of college aged kids too. The players want to be on the field. They want to give it their all, but at the end of the day, they do what they are told and it's a coach's decision to play them or not.

The coaches on the other hand ARE professional. They DO get paid. They owe the fans their best effort to put a quality product on the field in order to entice fans to spend money and get in their seats by kickoff.

Edsall flat out said in his response he's not going jeopardize this season to get ready for another one so I don't know why people are ripping him here. It's not his fault someone asked a dumb question and wrote an article about it.

I said it earlier that I though the headline does not match up very well. Bad job by the editor. Honestly who knows what will happen in 4 years? But don't miss out on the present while making plans for the future.

 

[uconnbill]

High school players care about getting to the next level, just ask any of them.
Yes they want to be on TV and play the best competition they can, but playing on Sundays is a goal of most high school stars