OT: Another Susan Herbst Message re: Newtown & UConn

[huskymedic]

I'm sorry that you guys are so blind you can't see how bad that article is. We'll see in two years when everyone is calling for her head.

I was wrong when they hired P. I was wrong about the offensive line at the spring game. I was wrong about the 4 time zone Big East and NBC Sports. I'm sure I'm wrong again.

You were right about the offensive line!

 

[whaler11]

Whaler I think you have spent to much time near the super sites cleaned up by the EPA in Southington. Some of your conclusions are beyond belief.

I did grow up near some. That entire first paragraph is a passive aggressive shot at the Courant. Disagree with me all you like - that couldn't be more obvious.

 

[ctchamps]

Psst... read that part again Whaler.

I did think this was interesting though: "I had a scheduled call with our newspaper publisher in central Connecticut on the morning of Friday, December 14th, to complain about what I thought was an unfair story about the university"

Not sure why you think it was interesting. I have trouble recalling things I did the previous day but I know exactly where I was and what I was doing during 9/11, JFK's assassination and Sandy Hook. Many people, when discussing a shocking event start with what they were doing at the time they heard about the horrible event. It brings in perspective of how we start off doing something of "normal drama" only to realize the issues taking place in our daily life aren't as serious as other events taking place. It is a shocked mental slice of time in which the event outside our lives is permanently imprinted on the things we were doing at the moment. Totally normal even if not universal.

 

[huskymedic]

Not sure why you think it was interesting. I have trouble recalling things I did the previous day but I know exactly where I was and what I was doing during 9/11, JFK's assassination and Sandy Hook. Many people, when discussing a shocking event start with what they were doing at the time they heard about the horrible event. It brings in perspective of how we start off doing something of "normal drama" only to realize the issues taking place in our daily life aren't as serious as other events taking place. It is a shocked mental slice of time in which the event outside our lives is permanently imprinted on the things we were doing at the moment. Totally normal even if not universal.

Only thing I found interesting was that SHE was calling to complain about an unfair article... Nothing else. She is taking an active role in everything UConn and trying to change perception personally not through someone else.

 

[Dann]

all i got from ts htread is that susan has the HC's phone number but not our Ad's #. some 1 help her out quick!

 

[ctchamps]

Only thing I found interesting was that SHE was calling to complain about an unfair article... Nothing else. She is taking an active role in everything UConn and trying to change perception personally not through someone else.

Oh! I thought you were agreeing with whaler that the opening line was passive aggressive and uncalled for. My mistake. And yes it demonstrates she is hands on. But that doesn't surprise me.

 

[Pudge]

It's shocking that you don't understand the level of grift that the UConn police force represents and don't park next to her when she rolls in with a police escort.

That article is an embarrassment. A total and utter joke. If you are writing about Newtown and what the school did in support maybe not spend the first paragraph taking a passive aggressive shot at a newspaper. It's childish.

First whaler11 goes way out on a limb to ... DING our National Champion Women's BB. Now he goes after our Women President. No, whaler11, I do not think you read those sentences like most every rational being. Motorcade? Really - they were controlling traffic.

You are a misogynist. Congrats.

 

[whaler11]

First whaler11 goes way out on a limb to ... DING our National Champion Women's BB. Now he goes after our Women President. No, whaler11, I do not think you read those sentences like most every rational being. Motorcade? Really - they were controlling traffic.

You are a misogynist. Congrats.

Well you aren't above cheapshots I guess. I make legitimate points about women's basketball and the University President is a passive aggressive hack and I'm a misogynist.

I can't wait until y'all turn on her. It will be as entertaining as the PP support and the NBC nonsense.

 

[Pudge]

You ... went ... way ... out ... of ... your ... way.

Motorcade? You make it sound like she was Lucy getting a ride in the Macy's parade with the UConn Campus Police holding the strings. She made a comment of how the UConn officers went to Newtown to control traffic. That's all. "Passive aggressive" - only if you think that a Strong Woman is intimidating.

 

[whaler11]

You ... went ... way ... out ... of ... your ... way.

Motorcade? You make it sound like she was Lucy getting a ride in the Macy's parade with the UConn Campus Police holding the strings. She made a comment of how the UConn officers went to Newtown to control traffic. That's all. "Passive aggressive" - only if you think that a Strong Woman is intimidating.

Is everyone who thinks Manuel sucks racist and everyone who thinks P sucks ageist? What about the donut joke makers?

That may as well be your point - because that is as much evidence as you've got.

 

[WestHartHusk]

I sometimes read other teams boards to see what is going on with their teams, or the conference stuff and inevitably you stumble upon the local fool of the board. I'm glad to see that Whaler is making sure we can play with the big boys in that respect.

 

[CL82]

Well, I did not parse every word, but my impression is that Suzy is going out of her way to remind people that UConn is the state's university and that it is connected to the communities and not isolated in a ivory tower. Overall I thought it was positive. I like Herbst. I think that she badly misplayed the ACC invite, but I still like her.

 

[freescooter]

I think the point was that the UConn police, by virtue of their work in an environment which deals with news coverage on a regular basis, major athletic events and also deals with large crowds and getting various celebrities, politicians and athletic teams through those crowds and to their destinations on time, all on a fairly regular basis, had a specific skill set that the typical small town police force doesn't have. Providing that type of assistance with logistics to Newtown was particularly valuable and something I hadn't thought of, quite honestly. good for the UConn PD.