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Message: [QUOTE="Towney007, post: 3194086, member: 5832"] And to be clear - football's not *to blame*. It hasn't helped, certainly - 100%. And Ollie also hurt recruiting by just not really doing it. And all of that is important. UConn hoops blew it's own foot off. But the conference is a terrible fit for the program, hasn't helped and has amplified a lot of the problems the program has had. And when your margin for error just keeps shrinking.. it gets impossible to keep up after a while. The conference was a pretty GOOD fit for the football program and alas - they did nothing to take advantage of it or warrant more time as a member at the slight expense of the other programs on campus - to right the ship. Yes, we're leaving the conference to protect hoops. But we're also leaving because football just hasn't proven it can hack. [/QUOTE]