Phil Steele Predicts UConn 6th in AAC East

[whaler11]

Under Edsall I we had all these players that seemed to come out of the blue and turn into terrific athletes

Beaty, Reggie McLain, Sherman, Branch, Reyes, Lutrus, Finch, Lansanah, Easley.....I could go on and on.and these weren't just pretty good college players, most of these guys went on and played a lot of NFL football. Doesn't seem like we've had much of that at all lately.

Spitballin... but maybe everyone in the world could tell Diaco was a fraud except Warde, SuzieLax and a handful of people on the Boneyard?

I don’t know how many more FCS classes we needed to recruit before some people got the drift.

One time Edsall found a player in Canada so a sub-MAC class is cool.

 

[Stainmaster]

You mean the FCS game that Sherrifs bailed them out of? I guess they may have come close to winning without changing quarterbacks.

Amend to FBS game!

We played Cincy last year. You probably went on a 3-day bender after Tarbutt’s XP hit the uprights.

 

[Stainmaster]

Not good enough. Don't hire coach where give him 4 years to get to 6-6. Were 3-9 last year, with little good luck could have been 5-9. Per Massey pre season opponents are ranked:
12, 37, 43 47, 52, 61, 86, 91, 106, 108 122, 191. Not exactly killer schedule.

This team should have an at least median type offense which would be close to 30 points a game, if not then the coaching needs to be questioned. All this 3-3-5 learning from last year, better athletes, better training, better attitude needs to translate into better defense. Defensive game scheme last year was so ineffective that no amount of "lack of talent/new scheme" excuses could acceptably explain.

C&FHCRE needs to treat the 2018 season as a "must get to bowl game" season not a prelude to when he finally gets "his guys".

At his dream job he was 2-10, 4-8, 7-6, 7-6, 2-4; so got to bowl game in 3rd year in ACC, why accept anything less at his fall back job at G-5 AAC than a bowl game in year 3 (and fighting for one in year 2).

I dunno. I think it would’ve been pretty tough for last year’s team to have a 5-9 record.

 

[whaler11]

We played Cincy last year. You probably went on a 3-day bender after Tarbutt’s XP hit the uprights.

LOL sorry for forgetting the collapse and the second game the cockiest player on the team lost.

I think there are 4 cars in a driveway in Mansfield. You better go check it out.

 

[LoyalFanCT]

I suspect UConn will win about eight games this coming season.

 

[uconndogs]

Spitballin... but maybe everyone in the world could tell Diaco was a fraud except Warde, SuzieLax and a handful of people on the Boneyard?

I don’t know how many more FCS classes we needed to recruit before some people got the drift.

One time Edsall found a player in Canada so a sub-MAC class is cool.

Well, bad hires happen all the time. Unfortunately, we made two back-to-back with P and the Diaco. I give Benedict a lot of credit, because Edsall may have been the absolute best hire he could make in terms of affordability and proven ability to (re)build this program. Let's hope so.

"One time Edsall found a player in Canada so a sub-MAC class is cool."
I honest have no idea what you mean by this.

 

[CTBballfan243]

Seems like a very reasonable prediction by Phil Steele. UConn has their work cutout for them. All they can do is just keep grinding. The games and tailgating are still fun. Just compete.

 

[Stainmaster]

LOL sorry for forgetting the collapse and the second game the cockiest player on the team lost.

I think there are 4 cars in a driveway in Mansfield. You better go check it out.

I don’t take orders from people who got fooled by Diaco and can’t be honest about it. Really, appealing to the masses? Nice try.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[uconnphil2016]

I don’t take orders from people who got fooled by Diaco and can’t be honest about it. Really, appealing to the masses? Nice try.

Don’t make me copy and paste your old diaco post

 

[Stainmaster]

Don’t make me copy and paste your old diaco post

I can at least admit that I was suckered. Whaler can't, even though it's obvious he was.

He really had a terrible rationale for why he even said "Diaco will be here as long as he wants to" in the first place - appealing to the masses my rear end. You don't spend seven years proclaiming that you're the only Boneyard poster smart enough to tie their own shoes, then all of a sudden become so sensitive to other people that you do something as wacky as lying about your opinion of a football coach.

 

[uconnphil2016]

I can at least admit that I was suckered. Whaler can't, even though it's obvious he was.

He really had a terrible rationale for why he even said "Diaco will be here as long as he wants to" in the first place - appealing to the masses my rear end. You don't spend seven years proclaiming that you're the only Boneyard poster smart enough to tie their own shoes, then all of a sudden become so sensitive to other people that you do something as wacky as lying about your opinion of a football coach.

It has all been part of Whaler’s journey. As his spiritual advisor, we’ve spent many hours hashing this stuff over.

I honestly don’t remember whalers takes from then because I was so new on the board that I didn’t know who was who, but the 6-6 season did make it look like we were at least headed in the right direction. That season fooled me and many others. Some of the decisions were strange on offense, but I figured that was the cost of low rent fbs football regardless of who our coach was

 

[ShakyTheMohel]

Well, bad hires happen all the time. Unfortunately, we made two back-to-back with P and the Diaco. I give Benedict a lot of credit, because Edsall may have been the absolute best hire he could make in terms of affordability and proven ability to (re)build this program. Let's hope so.

"One time Edsall found a player in Canada so a sub-MAC class is cool."
I honest have no idea what you mean by this.

I think the affordability factor is easily forgotten. For his experience...RE was a bargain.

 

[whaler11]

Don’t make me copy and paste your old diaco post

I can at least admit that I was suckered. Whaler can't, even though it's obvious he was.

He really had a terrible rationale for why he even said "Diaco will be here as long as he wants to" in the first place - appealing to the masses my rear end. You don't spend seven years proclaiming that you're the only Boneyard poster smart enough to tie their own shoes, then all of a sudden become so sensitive to other people that you do something as wacky as lying about your opinion of a football coach.

It has all been part of Whaler’s journey. As his spiritual advisor, we’ve spent many hours hashing this stuff over.

I honestly don’t remember whalers takes from then because I was so new on the board that I didn’t know who was who, but the 6-6 season did make it look like we were at least headed in the right direction. That season fooled me and many others. Some of the decisions were strange on offense, but I figured that was the cost of low rent fbs football regardless of who our coach was

LOL. I was accused of ruining the board I ran Diaco down so badly.

I got hammered when I kept posting his T’eo lies.

Got hammered for calling out the joke that was recruiting.

Don’t take what I said as such a compliment. I said something nice so that his supporters would read the rest. It really just meant he wasn’t good enough to go anywhere else and our athletic department was too stupid to get rid of him.

Thankfully he imploded.

Feel free to search 3 years of posts or feel free to go with the guy who whimpers when someone points out Mansfied is filled with clowns.

 

[Stainmaster]

LOL. I was accused of ruining the board I ran Diaco down so badly.

I got hammered when I kept posting his T’eo lies.

Got hammered for calling out the joke that was recruiting.

Don’t take what I said as such a compliment. I said something nice so that his supporters would read the rest. It really just meant he wasn’t good enough to go anywhere else and our athletic department was too stupid to get rid of him.

Thankfully he imploded.

Fell free to search 3 years of posts or feel free to go with the guy who whimpers when someone points out Mansfied is filled with clowns.

You thought anyone else here had the brainpower to read what you wrote? Color me shocked.

 

[whaler11]

You thought anyone else here had the brainpower to read what you wrote? Color me shocked.

Should we go back and re-read your melts when others came to the realization that Ollie was cooked?

 

[Exit 4]

But Whaler has been playing safe ever since the declared "Diaco can stay for as long as he wants" and that's by either expressing no opinion or a negative opinion about every aspect of UConn sports. Seriously, what does Whaler like about UConn besides the spread against the team?

Edit update: I think Whaler is even against the UConn Dairy Bar.

 

[Stinger92860]

I can at least admit that I was suckered. Whaler can't, even though it's obvious he was.

He really had a terrible rationale for why he even said "Diaco will be here as long as he wants to" in the first place - appealing to the masses my rear end. You don't spend seven years proclaiming that you're the only Boneyard poster smart enough to tie their own shoes, then all of a sudden become so sensitive to other people that you do something as wacky as lying about your opinion of a football coach.

All of us were suckered.

 

[Stainmaster]

But Whaler has been playing safe ever since the declared "Diaco can stay for as long as he wants" and that's by either expressing no opinion or a negative opinion about every aspect of UConn sports. Seriously, what does Whaler like about UConn besides the spread against the team?

Angrophilia?

 

[Stainmaster]

Should we go back and re-read your melts when others came to the realization that Ollie was cooked?

Make sure you dumb down the words.

 

[CTFootBallFan]

I hope UConn shocks the AAC and finish in 3rd or better overall

 

[businesslawyer]

I dunno. I think it would’ve been pretty tough for last year’s team to have a 5-9 record.

In the current version of America, why would you think numbers have to actually add up?

 

[ShakyTheMohel]

LOL. I was accused of ruining the board I ran Diaco down so badly.

I got hammered when I kept posting his T’eo lies.

Got hammered for calling out the joke that was recruiting.

Don’t take what I said as such a compliment. I said something nice so that his supporters would read the rest. It really just meant he wasn’t good enough to go anywhere else and our athletic department was too stupid to get rid of him.

Thankfully he imploded.

Feel free to search 3 years of posts or feel free to go with the guy who whimpers when someone points out Mansfied is filled with clowns.

The recruiting is what got me. I figured it couldn’t be as bad as the other offers indicated. Surely Diaco saw something that others didn’t see.

Nope.

 

[businesslawyer]

The recruiting is what got me. I figured it couldn’t be as bad as the other offers indicated. Surely Diaco saw something that others didn’t see.

Nope.

This actually goes back to some of the debates of those who wanted Edsall gone in the late aughts. Because he made it look easy to recruit from a pool of players with few or no other BCS offers, and still get his share of kids who made the NFL, too many here assumed anyone in his position could do that and how could our overall talent pool go down if someone else was in charge of the program.

Those people look absolutely idiotic at this point. Apparently, it's easy to hire a coach who, just because he can't beat out P5 teams for players, also can't find a high percentage of NFLers among players no one else is offering.

 

[UConnDan97]

I can’t believe a 5-19 team that has two starters returning on defense and no quarterback who has ever come close to winning a game isn’t going to be good.

To be fair, this year's undefeated prediction will not be the easiest one I've ever made.

To be positive, it is also not the hardest one I've ever made either...

 

[whaler11]

Make sure you dumb down the words.

I know @JMick sent you into a spiral but keep up.

1. I never said I dumbed it down
2. I said something realtively positive so that the rest of what I said wouldn’t be rejected in the first sentence. That’s a nice free lesson for you.
3. I couldn’t dumb down your infintile whining about Ollie criticism if I tried. There isn’t a standard below toddler pitching a fit.

 

[JMick]

This actually goes back to some of the debates of those who wanted Edsall gone in the late aughts. Because he made it look easy to recruit from a pool of players with few or no other BCS offers, and still get his share of kids who made the NFL, too many here assumed anyone in his position could do that and how could our overall talent pool go down if someone else was in charge of the program.

Those people look absolutely idiotic at this point. Apparently, it's easy to hire a coach who, just because he can't beat out P5 teams for players, also can't find a high percentage of NFLers among players no one else is offering.

Edsall's talent projection is his best quality. It's why he had success here in the first place. It's a rare trait and you're right, people took it for granted.

 

[Stainmaster]

I know @JMick sent you into a spiral but keep up.

1. I never said I dumbed it down
2. I said something realtively positive so that the rest of what I said wouldn’t be rejected in the first sentence. That’s a nice free lesson for you.
3. I couldn’t dumb down your infintile whining about Ollie criticism if I tried. There isn’t a standard below toddler pitching a fit.

1. I never explicitly said you did. It’s assumed that everything you write here has to be dumbed down, because you’re the only smart human being here. Everyone else is a vegetable.
2. You’re the last person to accuse others of being toddlers pitching fits. You have the impulse control of a dingo in heat.
3. At least I’ll still have my original liver in 5 years.

 

[whaler11]

1. I never explicitly said you did. It’s assumed that everything you write here has to be dumbed down, because you’re the only smart human being here. Everyone else is a vegetable.
2. You’re the last person to accuse others of being toddlers pitching fits. You have the impulse control of a dingo in heat.
3. At least I’ll still have my original liver in 5 years.

If you are reduced to making a Spartacus level joke off the cesspool you might wanna just check out.

 

[uconnphil2016]

1. I never explicitly said you did. It’s assumed that everything you write here has to be dumbed down, because you’re the only smart human being here. Everyone else is a vegetable.
2. You’re the last person to accuse others of being toddlers pitching fits. You have the impulse control of a dingo in heat.
3. At least I’ll still have my original liver in 5 years.

Come on man that’s a cheap shot