I guess I fundamentally disagree Dan. Won't go line by line
i will for fun
but given the public perception of UConn outside of our state's borders - fair or
unfair, APR or Calhoun looming over the program or whatever - I think this was the right way to go. Especially if we want to be considered for B1G admission
ok and unc is still a easy add considering what happened there and psu didn't get kicked out for what happened there and nebraska was voted out why and so on... in the future. I have to think that WM knew what he was asking KO to do, KO knew what WM was asking him to do,
if thats the case then u come out on day 1 and define that to the fanbase, u also then dont have players questioning it(bazz) and getting torn apart every night by media during games-thats a idiot aproach media wise, just unreal to think. so what's the need to tell the world in a press conference??? That's not how people handle their biz, at least in well-run institutions.
we are not a well run ad right now, thats for sureThe athletic director can't think exclusively short term
when the league around u is dying and your fball is gross u have to think both long and short, warde was thinking neither. the recruits we missed on aren't just short term, they could be here potentiall for the next 4 years. thats not short term. (in the long run losing 1 or 2 recruits does not hurt UConn because we are bigger and better than that) and also shouldn't be worried exclusively about what the fans think / say. I do think the athletic department can do better PR-wise as has been discussed ad nauseum.
yuuuuppppBut the grades / APR thing is a HUGE part of UConn's perception, even if it's been years since it was really a problem... so it's absolutely essential that KO had to prove himself as a leader in this department.
this is where we split off, ko is a bball coach, not the bball coach, tutor and teacher. And I disagree that that's unfair to KO... he's a man (
he's 40!) and he knew
exactly what he was getting into when he signed up for the job.
But the thing that gets me is that people reacting to the KO situation are behaving as if the MBB program can't handle a few months of public uncertainty (and we now know there wasn't as much uncertainty in the athletic department about KO - looking back at some of Jacob's pieces)
its not about the mbball for a few months, its that everyhting things else literally everything else is a fire, so ppl will look to the bread and butter of a school in hard times. to add to thatright now we have a pot season ban so its hard to look at bball either, so for those who still do just hoping for anything sunny, then then see warde around with the ko contract. another dagger simple as that. . I mean... uncertainty about the conference situation hurts us for sure, and I admit I had days where I wondered how UConn was going to get through it. But 99% of the angst in regards to the contract situation is, IMHO, fan-generated.
when clown asses like dickie v rip your school about a contract in front of millions on tv, its not just the fanbase with a issue.I think we should look to how KO reacted and carried himself through this semester as a model for how UConn is going to persevere and stay positive.
i wish ko chocked him to death with donuts.
PS - you can still have a bone to pick with Warde on other issues. I just feel some folks are trying to use the contract as a wedge issue, and now that it's been sorted out I don't think it's too productive. If you want to ding Warde on the other stuff then by all means make the case on the other stuff...
