Official Hartford Courant Shout Out to BY

[Chin Diesel]

I'm sure this is buried within another thread, but the BY gets a direct shoutout from the Courant.

Writer is a bit douchey saying BY posters were less reserved than man on the street interviewees at the mall.

UConn Fans Not Showing A Lot Of Sympathy For Diaco

"On The Boneyard, an internet forum for UConn fans where posters had been calling for Diaco's termination for months, people were less forgiving. "Christmas miracle!" One poster wrote. "Great news," said another. And there were plenty of jokes about the apparently one-sided "rivalry" game Diaco had tried to start with UCF — the Civil ConFLiCT."

 

[CTMike]

The selected quotes were awfully tame. I was hoping they'd pick a few other gems from here.

 

[UConnDan97]

I'm sure this is buried within another thread, but the BY gets a direct shoutout from the Courant.

Writer is a bit douchey saying BY posters were less reserved than man on the street interviewees at the mall.

UConn Fans Not Showing A Lot Of Sympathy For Diaco

"On The Boneyard, an internet forum for UConn fans where posters had been calling for Diaco's termination for months, people were less forgiving. "Christmas miracle!" One poster wrote. "Great news," said another. And there were plenty of jokes about the apparently one-sided "rivalry" game Diaco had tried to start with UCF — the Civil ConFLiCT."

Most publicity for us is good publicity, and it further cements our importance to the decision-making processes at UCONN...

 

[Redding Husky]

Like the U.S. president has to consult with the senate on Supreme Court picks, UConn should have to consult with the Boneyard on head coaching picks.

 

[Skiblets]

Just bummed that they didn't quote Dans 1000 yard prediction.

 

[FartMan69]

If they ever use anything i say I'd love for them to cite my handle

 

[whaler11]

The selected quotes were awfully tame. I was hoping they'd pick a few other gems from here.

There are 500 better lines than 'great news'. Shocking that newspapers can't figure out a revenue model.

Hey I read the Boneyard today.... the most interesting thing was 'great news'.

 

[UCweCONN]

There are 500 better lines than 'great news'. Shocking that newspapers can't figure out a revenue model.

Hey I read the Boneyard today.... the most interesting thing was 'great news'.

"On The Boneyard, where some posters have been referring to Bob Diaco as Bob Fiasco,....."

 

[whaler11]

"On The Boneyard, where some posters have been referring to Bob Diaco as Bob Fiasco,....."

I would have gone with the post where someone wanted him to cram the conFLiCT trophy in his cramhole.

Which you could edit to: Hey Diaco... cram it in your cramhole.

 

[whaler11]

It's great this poor guy who knows nothing about sports but had to work on the holiday is getting blasted by us.

He went to the mall and talked to the first kid he saw wearing a college sweatshirt. At least the stuff that kid said was true.

 

[whaler11]

I'm looking for the reaction of college football fans... You know what I'll do... go to the MALL on a holiday, that place is crawling with football fans. Hooters was closer to the office - there had to be someone there watching the bowl games today.

 

[UCweCONN]

I'm looking for the reaction of college football fans... You know what I'll do... go to the MALL on a holiday, that place is crawling with football fans. Hooters was closer to the office - there had to be someone there watching the bowl games today.

It would've been a lot easier and more effective to stay and home and browse the Boneyard.

 

[JMick]

It would've been a lot easier and more effective to stay and home and browse the Boneyard.

I'm sure they do that as well. It's now officially apparent that they at least check in.

To be fair, I'm glad. If you know what the internet is and you're a die hard UConn fan - you'll find it here. It took me a few years but eventually I did. It's probably the most fair assessment of fan opinion on UConn athletics there is; both overly positive and overly negative but only the die hards are posting here.

 

[HuskyNan]

I'm sure they do that as well. It's now officially apparent that they at least check in.

To be fair, I'm glad. If you know what the internet is and you're a die hard UConn fan - you'll find it here. It took me a few years but eventually I did. It's probably the most fair assessment of fan opinion on UConn athletics there is; both overly positive and overly negative but only the die hards are posting here.

It's not just local news, it's national news outlets, too. I've heard from papers from around the country. We had a writer for the Washington Post posting on the women's board several years ago.

 

[nomar]

JC called out the BY during the 2004 Final 4 for going after Taliek.

 

[JMick]

JC called out the BY during the 2004 Final 4 for going after Taliek.

Yeah there's definitely good and bad here. Usually to each extreme

 

[whaler11]

JC called out the BY during the 2004 Final 4 for going after Taliek.

Correctly.

 

[UConnDan97]

Just bummed that they didn't quote Dans 1000 yard prediction.

My wild positivity will never sell extra subscriptions.

My milkshakes, however, bring all the boys to the yard...

 

[BlueDogs]

Well boys, it seems our little merry band of misfits can make a difference in this world.

 

[uconnphil2016]

Did they mention that UConn prophet Chief00 was first on the scoop?

 

[ZOOCONN]

I'm sure they do that as well. It's now officially apparent that they at least check in.

To be fair, I'm glad. If you know what the internet is and you're a die hard UConn fan - you'll find it here. It took me a few years but eventually I did. It's probably the most fair assessment of fan opinion on UConn athletics there is; both overly positive and overly negative but only the die hards are posting here.

im in the exact same boat, for yearsssss I couldn't believe there wasnt a place where I could get more coverage/ conversation about UConn athletics. glad i finally found a place where people are as passionate about it as i am.

 

[31GuardTrap]

I went to see Rogue One at Buckland last night. As I was milling around waiting to go into the theater, I noticed alot of UConn gear wearing folks. One guy who I took as someone who might be a football guy walked in my direction. Before I could even get the word "hear" out in the question..."hey man, did you hear the news today?", he was already high fiving me. Which one of you was it? LOL

 

[SubbaBub]

We watch more of the games and read more of the other coverage than any reporter.

It didn't take any special insight to see Bob wasn't working out.

The article was a bit unfair. The Conflict was a good idea or at least the idea of creating conference Tropey games. It just wasn't a good idea to do it without UCF on board.

I dont think the majority are happy he was fired as much as happy he is gone.
Bob, was not PP, he at least cared. Maybe cared too much about the wrong things and didn't know enough about being a winning HC. PP/GDL were just collecting checks.