Pasqualoni & timing are huge factors

[upstater]

I don't know where you get this stuff on Quinn, but he coached at Northeastern and Nebraska-Omaha in the college ranks before he coached at BU. Or at least that's what the BU website says.
From the BU press release announcing Quinn's selection as head Coach to replace Jack Parker:

"However, his hopes for an Olympic Team berth and a career in the NHL came to an end prior to his senior year at BU when he was diagnosed with a blood disorder called Christmas Disease that ultimately ended his hockey-playing career. After trying to play two seasons of professional hockey, he took the assistant position at Northeastern, where he was responsible for recruiting, off-ice conditioning, scouting and video coordination."

After Northeastern he went to Nebraska Omaha for six years. Then for a few years with Hockey USA coaching U-17 and U-18 national teams. He didn't return to BU as an assistant until 2004, by which time he had experience as an assistant at NU, an Assistant at UNO and coach of the US U-17 and U-18 teams. It is possible I guess that he was some kind of student assistant his Senior season which he missed due to his medical condition. Maybe some kind of volunteer after that until he got clearance to play again, maybe its possible. But none of that is listed on his biography from BU. But his first real coaching job was at Northeastern.

I know for a fact that he coached at BU first. He was an assistant the same way Ricky Moore is occupying that seat now. Director of Operations. He was right there on the bench for every game in 1988-1990. He had already graduated. This was before his professional career. look at that block of time between the end of his college playing days and his professional career. 1988-1992. 4 years. His biography doesn't show what he was doing then. He was coaching as the lowest rung assistant. He was already graduated, so not a student.

 

[huskymedic]

Send me lawyers, guns and money. I'll figure it out from there.

My root issue is that at such a critical time for uconn we are making blah average decisions and not doing everything possible to improve. We're not making horrible decisions and shooting ourselves in the foot either. But we're keeping the stereo type perception of we're around but nothing special. We need to be special.

We need to show some life. Schools come up here and kickoff is ghost town. That leaves a bad impression on the high level heads that we just don't have the fanbase or drama class teachers to put on a show. I always dreamed of a countdown clock on a scoreboard and when It gets to 20 seconds left the student section yells uconn. Then the rest of the stadium yells huskies. Do the chant as we all know and when the chant ends everyone starts stomping feet and yelling getting real hyped up. Then the smoke comes and some good rock song starts playing. 3 husky dogs come ripping out and dash got he 50 down the line of cheerleaders to 3 guys with leashes. Following them are 3 players with a USA, uconn and ct flags. The USA flag gets assigned by some player reward each week, same with the uconn flag. Make it a big deal to get that privilege. The ct flag only ct kids can earn the right to carry. The first game of each year the captains carry for official recognition pics and w/e. so they then follow the dogs running out of the tunnel and then the rest of the team.

What is so hard about drawing that up and doing it? I honestly don't get what's so hard about that. It would be great. It gives ppl a reason to get in early. U want to be there for the dogs hauling ass up the field. U want to be there stomping the concrete and yelling. U want to be chanting uconn. It's gives the fanbase a sense of pride and a reason to be in there early.

Then here's the tricky part we stink at. Some one up in the press box takes his cell phone out and records the whole thing. Then that person takes it and puts in all over twitter and you tubes of the world. Now we're getting somewhere. You call it the most exciting minute in New England. Or entrance or something. Basically burry bc and umass before they even sniff it.

Stuff like this should be happening. It's not. And because its not I'm pissed.

Now that should be sent to SH in a professional letter w/ spellcheck. This is one of those valid/sane ideas!

p.s. - please incorporate the Husky howls over the PA @ pre-set intervals so folks in parking lots are reminded of approaching kick-off.

 

[Dann]

Now that should be sent to SH in a professional letter w/ spellcheck. This is one of those valid/sane ideas!

p.s. - please incorporate the Husky howls over the PA @ pre-set intervals so folks in parking lots are reminded of approaching kick-off.

I have a thousand of these. They don't listen. They don't care. That's the feeling I get back and it why I'm waging holy war. And for the record when I email or say something thats not on a message board from my crapy laptop or my phone, I speak real English so that's not the issue.

 

[huskymedic]

I have a thousand of these. They don't listen. They don't care. That's the feeling I get back and it why I'm waging holy war. And for the record when I email or say something thats not on a message board from my crapy laptop or my phone, I speak real English so that's not the issue.

Again, they are not going to agree to everything and because they don't act on all things, it doesn't mean "they don't care"...

Maybe it needs to come from within, like the Student Government, Letter to Editor @ Daily Campus or http://www.spirit.uconn.edu/

I was being lazy/flippant with the send to SH comment but it needs to get to the right person and while we can agree/argue that it should get the drop everything immediate attention of SH/WM it's realistically not on their plate right now.

 

[freescooter]

I know for a fact that he coached at BU first. He was an assistant the same way Ricky Moore is occupying that seat now. Director of Operations. He was right there on the bench for every game in 1988-1990. He had already graduated. This was before his professional career. look at that block of time between the end of his college playing days and his professional career. 1988-1992. 4 years. His biography doesn't show what he was doing then. He was coaching as the lowest rung assistant. He was already graduated, so not a student.

Must have been a volunteer or something, because I can't imagine why BU wouldn't include it on the experience of a former BU player and assistant. And I looked up his resume on another site and they don't mention it either. While I don't doubt you that he was there, I suspect he was there in some volunteer/unofficial capacity.

 

[upstater]

Must have been a volunteer or something, because I can't imagine why BU wouldn't include it on the experience of a former BU player and assistant. And I looked up his resume on another site and they don't mention it either. While I don't doubt you that he was there, I suspect he was there in some volunteer/unofficial capacity.

What does anyone say he was doing between 1988 and 1992?

Maybe they wanted to emphasize that he began in 1994 after his career ended.

 

[junglehusky]

Again, they are not going to agree to everything and because they don't act on all things, it doesn't mean "they don't care"...

Maybe it needs to come from within, like the Student Government, Letter to Editor @ Daily Campus or http://www.spirit.uconn.edu/

I was being lazy/flippant with the send to SH comment but it needs to get to the right person and while we can agree/argue that it should get the drop everything immediate attention of SH/WM it's realistically not on their plate right now.

Some of Dan's ideas are fine, but it's not quite as simple as the AD saying "here's what we're going to do". The crowd may or may not respond to that kind of top-down approach. It would be great if the students formed a supporter's group to initiate these traditions on their own... and even better if they had the backing of athletic department and the casual crowd actually gave enough of a s*** to join in.

BTW - if I type four asterisks in a row, effectively self-censoring my words, the filter takes out the four asterisks, but if I type s+3asterisks it's okay?????

 

[freescooter]

What does anyone say he was doing between 1988 and 1992?

Maybe they wanted to emphasize that he began in 1994 after his career ended.

I have no idea. I'm just pointing out that it seems unusual at the very least that if he was on the staff in any official capacity BU wouldn't list a former BU player and assistant coach. One possibility was that he was back in school for at one of the years since the BU website indicates that he didn't actually graduate until 1989 despite missing his "senior" season which would have been 1987-88.

 

[upstater]

I have no idea. I'm just pointing out that it seems unusual at the very least that if he was on the staff in any official capacity BU wouldn't list a former BU player and assistant coach. One possibility was that he was back in school for at one of the years since the BU website indicates that he didn't actually graduate until 1989 despite missing his "senior" season which would have been 1987-88.

He was there for a few years. My housemates during those years were players.

 

[B1GALUM]

Agreed. I really don't think UConn and the ACC are a good fit. As long as BCU is in that conference they will 1) always politick against us because they are scared and 2) always remind southern football schools how much they dislike northeast football. I honestly don't think there is an AD in the country that could have gotten UConn into the ACC but the question really should be: why would we want to go to the ACC? Is the ACC the best UConn can do? The ACC has clearly demonstrated that it puts little value in top academics (Louisville, FSU, NC State) or recent athletic achievement (Pitt, BCU). It is a conference full of easily manipulated and weak Presidents who may or may not have a GOR in place, may or may not have a TV Network launch, and who are constantly fearful that they are third fiddle to the SEC and B1G. It's essentially the Big East, cirqa 2002. The absolute ceiling for such a p1ss poor academic reputation school such as Louisville is the ACC. I think UConn can do better, even if it means serving a few years in the AAC. Maybe I overvalue UConn through Husky blue tinted glasses, but I think UConn can and will go B1G. If it's 2016 and we aren't any closer to the B1G than we are today, then F Warde. But we're on the right track...it's just going to take some time and patience on our part (and a helluva lot support).

I think UConn would certainly find a more collegial atmosphere in the B1G. A part of an article, giving a Maryland perspective on their recent experience in the ACC, from the Big Ten SB Nation site.

http://www.offtackleempire.com/2013/6/10/4412098/b1g-2013-maryland-cocktail-party-preview

If You're Talking To A Terrapin Fan, Don't Mention:

The ACC, Debbie Yow, Angry Maryland Quarterback Hating God.
Maryland's divorce from the ACC is getting ugly, with both sides now seeming to despise the other and anxiously awaiting the results of the lawsuits each has filed relating to Maryland's move. Initially, the reaction from many Maryland fans about the move for the B1G wasn't super positive, as they lamented leaving the conference they helped found, along with the rivalries that have been developed over the last 50+ years. But over time, many have warmed up to the idea, partially as a result of the bitterness the ACC has shown towards Maryland. Additionally, many initially believed that money was the driving factor is Maryland's decision to leave the ACC. But as more learned that the move to the Big Ten was driven more about how the ACC was treating Maryland, such as the conference's decision to make Pitt the school's primary rival, the majority of the fan base has come on board about the decision, while also increasing their displeasure for the ACC. -Dave T.

 

[UConnNick]

How many BCS teams has he added to the fball schedule?

True or false- did the Cincy ad announce stadium expansion and throw out a couple drawings for giggles.

Has warde done the above?

Did uconn win the bid to control the rent and the xl? Why not?

How will the above question effect our future game atmosphere?

When will the marketing department put out a commercial?

How come we don't add temp seats for the md game also?

Why can't we have a team entrance with 3 dogs bustin asz out to the 50 followed by our players? Ala FSU horse or Colorado buffalo.

What makes uconn capable of taking a commit from lemelle academically but not the tight end from Cali from juco?

Why did we brag that our logo was free from Nike? What makes that worth a chest pump? Doesn't it sound cheap when you then present a helmet with middle school art on it?

What is perception? How does this play a role in college sports?

Why did we even pick up the phone when bc called for a bball game?

I'll wait then give you another round of questions.

I'm down with the three dogs idea, but only if they can be trained to run out and take a simultaneous dump on the logo at midfield, in the unlikely event we ever play BS College at Chestnut Hill. That also works for me if we play them up there in BB, men's or women's.

 

[UConnNick]

I have a thousand of these. They don't listen. They don't care. That's the feeling I get back and it why I'm waging holy war. And for the record when I email or say something thats not on a message board from my crapy laptop or my phone, I speak real English so that's not the issue.

Don't forget the ubiquitous Hathaway close: "Thank you for your interest in UCONN athletics." (...now, don't go away mad, just GO AWAY!!!...)

May Hathaway contract a disfiguring disease and lose a protruding (only marginally) portion of his anatomy.

 

[NickyNewark]

In the 100 moves (maybe less) of Universities upgrading or moving laterally, the INSTANT look at their Bell Cow football or men's basketball team has played a part.

Maybe a 9-3 for both of the last two years would have made a difference.

That's why Jeff Hathaway selecting Pasqualoni in January of 2011 was impactful. I think this was an issue. But, in looking at the ACC or the B1G, we simply weren't pencil'd in using either conferences criteria. A Boise type presence the last two years would have pushed us forward. But ... more telling was the full Tom Jurich rebound from the Kragthorpe years. In my view of the world, there is NO reason (if you look at this like a Stock Arbitrage player) you would take a Syracuse or a Pitt given long term viabilities of our respective markets. If UConn showed (over the last 6 years) the ability to fill Rentschler and reach beyond our core START-UP fanbase, I think we have a clear comparative advantage to those Old-School traditional programs. If the ACC knew Central NY like I know Central NY, you would not bet EVER on going Cuse versus UConn. We are, however, a constant threat to BC.

For all the bitching about Warde Manual, we best hope that the man can use the full toolbox in raising this Athletic Program. My dream is a UConn Football program that we do grow and capture Fairfield County and the greater New England population that is far beyond the reach of the Catholic backstabbers. That ... our Kevin Ollie first year love affair blossoms into the greatest few years of Recruits and then the NCAA March success continues. I believe much of the College world thought we were dying when they saw Calhoun's end approaching. All the good Olympic sports news shows that we are a full Athletic Department. All the Herbst advances (and the parallel legislature support (which you absolutely do not see in NYS or the rest of NE) provides hope that we are on a track for the B1G. But Pasqualoni?

I want this Connecticut guy to succeed. I actually want him to groom a Joe Philbin or Chip Kelly. Open minded 40 year old with a flair for offense. Pasqualoni, I believe, has a better handle on how to recruit and bring higher level kids than Edsall. (Edsall has, in retrospect, a brilliant view on how to develop really raw unseen guys - Beatty, Blidi, Sio, Don Brown) There are many stories in the Conference Realignment world about schools with great potential that won't chin themselves to the next level because of short term poor coaching stints. I think Siena (here in Albany) could easily be Atlantic 10 or much higher (Big East Catholic) if they could sustain a McCaffery for more than 4 years ... there Fanbase could be a Creighton/Xavier. But ... you need a sustained effort WITH a Plan. I'm hoping Warde is the guy rather than dismissing him because of some statement he makes supporting OUR conference or other. We have to believe that we have the assets to rise to be among the top 70 (+/-) College Programs that will be in this elevated world. I don't think the musical chairs game is over.

@Well said, especially about PP's hire!!I remember thinking just how important it was to do it right and waited breathlessly to see who we'd hire!!When it was announced I could hear the whole CFB world laughing in unison even tho I think he's a great character guy and fair recruiter (now)!!I thought...I sure hope CR hold's off till we get a game changer cause PP was definetly NOT THAT! JH should have listened to Burton and I knew just how he felt because at least now PPs just a good old fashioned position coach whose day's as a HC had past!....but make no mistake he'd make an excellent addition as assistant on anyone's staff unlike GDL!

 

[Srqhusky]

@Well said, especially about PP's hire!!I remember thinking just how important it was to do it right and waited breathlessly to see who we'd hire!!When it was announced I could hear the whole CFB world laughing in unison even tho I think he's a great character guy and fair recruiter (now)!!I thought...I sure hope CR hold's off till we get a game changer cause PP was definetly NOT THAT! JH should have listened to Burton and I knew just how he felt because at least now PPs just a good old fashioned position coach whose day's as a HC had past!....but make no mistake he'd make an excellent addition as assistant on anyone's staff unlike GDL!

He did whip u guys pretty bad with a walk on qb

 

[NickyNewark]

He's SOLID and an asset to any team and in any one game anyone could win"see Lu'ville"!!But would you bank your future on him?I doubt it....not trying to knock PP but his best days are long gone,,sure you'll steal a game you shouldn't but you'll lose game's that way too!!Btw in the game your speaking of we gave it away with silly TO's but I'm not here to make excuse's...we got embaressed lol!I've nothing but respect for UConn!

 

[NickyNewark]

He did whip u guys pretty bad with a walk on qb

You guys came out fired up lol!! I like to call that game Hurricane Husky's!!