Ryan Dickens Article Critical of UConn Football

[sub legacy]

Politi is usually very anti-Rutgers, so I wasn't sure where his piece was going to go, but I thought it was fair.

Attack the system, not the people who are in it.

Yeah, to make UConn the whipping boy like no other school or coach has done this is a joke. This conversation has been had before about the system when other kids getting dropped at other schools, but now that a UConn coach does it, now all the sudden it's one too many schools doing this to recruits. Everybody knows the general recruiting system is heavily flawed. So fix it and stop bitching about it because selective outrage toward certain schools is only a bandaid for the macro issue.

 

[businesslawyer]

"Plenty of people out there who thing Randy Edsall is a bit of a dick" - so pretty much everyone here after he said adios and went to Maryland. How about a wait and see WTF this guy does, he's not a conquering hero and he was OK here. That doesn't diminish what he did, but some coaches have ceilings and RE may have hit his, maybe not, but I'm in wait and see mode, not kissing the ring.

LOL. None of us know what the future will hold for Edsall 2.0. But if you think what we accomplished in Edsall 1.0 was "o.k." you were being idiotic in your expectations. Whether you like him or not.

 

[SAMCRO]

A squirrel will run by, the media will get distracted, and we won't hear much more of this from national (or even local) media after the next day or so.

 

[2Infinity]

I could actually see Diaco doing that and getting tons of favorable press coverage and being a hero with NJ HS coaches.

I think he should too. He has a chance to back up HIS commitment to the kid..same side of ball as Diaco coaches and at the FBS level too...so why is he waiting? Isn't this what Bob said he was all about...love and commitment? There couldn't be a better time for Bob to ride in on his RED horse and back up his words with action!

 

[jayfromfla]

If those looking cannot find another Recruit who claims he was given a guarantee the commitment will be honored then why would Edsel do it this one time. It seems they heard what he did not say. The others aren't making the same claims.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Why is this only a story when UConn does it?

Hasn't it always been this way?

 

[Skiblets]

Edsall said it in his intro presser when Matt asked the question. His answer 'I cannot answer that question until we've had some time to review the tapes'. No way Edsall and Wholley guaranteed this kid, or any kid a spot without a review

 

[VAHuskyFan]

So why we are the ones getting burned for this? Think about what happens when a Michigan or Alabama withdraws an offer. Several other P5 programs are waiting in the wings. So the recruit still has a vested interest in the process and keeps quiet.

It doesn't appear that there were other comparable options in this situation. So (1) he got burned worse than a kid who goes from being a Michigan recruit to a Wisconsin recruit, and (2) there's very little stopping him from calling out how B.S. the process is (and he's right!).

 

[Excalibur]

Edsall said it in his intro presser when Matt asked the question. His answer 'I cannot answer that question until we've had some time to review the tapes'. No way Edsall and Wholley guaranteed this kid, or any kid a spot without a review

The proper answer is "we don't know". The only answer is "we don't know".

Amazingly, Jacobs hit on just about all of the relevant points in his column this morning. The parents and HS coach accused Edsall of lying, knowing full well that he can't respond to defend himself. My assumption is that they did so out of spite, but "I don't know".

 

[Exit 4]

TIL that Paul Finebaum and Bruce Feldman are millennials, thought I was at the upper end of that age group, guess not.

They tapped their inner millennial in their faux outrage.

 

[huskymedic]

The proper answer is "we don't know". The only answer is "we don't know".

Amazingly, Jacobs hit on just about all of the relevant points in his column this morning. The parents and HS coach accused Edsall of lying, knowing full well that he can't respond to defend himself. My assumption is that they did so out of spite, but "I don't know".

The Jacobs article referenced: Jeff Jacobs: Unseemly Action By Edsall, Or Business As Usual In College Football?

Edit: This thread wrote that article.

 

[Drew]

 

[Jimmy Serrano]

The Jacobs article referenced: Jeff Jacobs: Unseemly Action By Edsall, Or Business As Usual In College Football?

Edit: This thread wrote that article.

That whole piece was literally lifted from the BY.

Edit: I posted this before seeing your edit.

 

[huskymedic]

That whole piece was literally lifted from the BY.

I do like the ending...

>>Benedict also confirmed that Diaco, who just signed for $825,000 this year as defensive coordinator for Nebraska, would not have to pay back any of the $3.4 million buyout he got from UConn. To be clear, Diaco will get $5.925 million over 2016 and 2017.

Maybe he can use some of that money to help pay tuition for the guys he recruited who don't end up with a scholarship. OK, that's an unfair statement. It's also unfair to saddle Edsall with all of Diaco's recruits — unless he absolutely promised he would.<<

 

[Drew]

I do like the ending...

>>Benedict also confirmed that Diaco, who just signed for $825,000 this year as defensive coordinator for Nebraska, would not have to pay back any of the $3.4 million buyout he got from UConn. To be clear, Diaco will get $5.925 million over 2016 and 2017.

Maybe he can use some of that money to help pay tuition for the guys he recruited who don't end up with a scholarship. OK, that's an unfair statement. It's also unfair to saddle Edsall with all of Diaco's recruits — unless he absolutely promised he would.<<

$6m in Lincoln, NE should get him a decent piece of property. Good Lord.

 

[CTMike]

Hey Jeff props for summarizing this 13 page and growing thread.

 

[Exit 4]

Hey Jeff props for summarizing this 13 page and growing thread.

I am thankful, thanksful Jacobs got the story right....he nailed it and if we are helping him get there, no so be it. Better than our flagship newspaper missing the mark.

 

[huskymedic]

I am thankful, thanksful Jacobs got the story right....he nailed it and if we are helping him get there, no so be it. Better than our flagship newspaper missing the mark.

Mike Anthony must have been off yesterday. His story this morning:UConn, Under New Coach, Rescinds Football Scholarship Offers

 

[UConnSportsGuy]

You know this story has become ridiculously insane when Jacobs has become the moderate voice of reason and has taken on the role of Edsall-defender!

 

[Jimmy Serrano]

Greeny's rant is ridiculous. Inviting Edsall on his show to discuss this knowing full damn well that he can't talk about it.

Part of the problem here, is the recruitniks who follow this nonsense religiously. College football was much more enjoyable the day I stopped following all of this garbage.

 

[businesslawyer]

Greeny's rant is ridiculous. Inviting Edsall on his show to discuss this knowing full damn well that he can't talk about it.

Part of the problem here, is the recruitniks who follow this nonsense religiously. College football was much more enjoyable the day I stopped following all of this garbage.

Any one who follows recruiting knows the story is garbage. It's only those who follow college football casually who might be dragged along by this nonsense.

 

[CL82]

The Jacobs article referenced: Jeff Jacobs: Unseemly Action By Edsall, Or Business As Usual In College Football?

Edit: This thread wrote that article.

So what though? This is the best place around to get a sense of what the fans think, plus we link to all things UConn. The question isn't whether Jacob uses us a resource, he does, the question is why doesn't every reporter.

 

[huskymedic]

Any one who follows recruiting knows the story is garbage. It's only those who follow college football casually who might be dragged along by this nonsense.

... and the all things UConn haters.

 

[sub legacy]

God — Greenberg is another bleeding-heart pencilneck piggy-backing on easy sensationalism. What a predictable, soap-box overreaction while he simultaneously chokes on Alabama's c••k like the rest of ESPN. Like I wasn't already disgusted with that hypocritical network as it is...

The sentiment I'm getting it's okay when major programs do it.

Harbaugh gets maybe a finger wag, while Edsall and UConn get eviscerated nationally as if they're the first known school to do this. Pots calling the kettle black. Bastards...

 

[Adios]

We're in the northeast. College recruits need safe spaces, too, you know.

 

[Jimmy Serrano]

Any one who follows recruiting knows the story is garbage. It's only those who follow college football casually who might be dragged along by this nonsense.

This is only a story because of the boom in popularity of the recruiting scene.

 

[Jax Husky]

I am thankful, thanksful Jacobs got the story right....he nailed it and if we are helping him get there, no so be it. Better than our flagship newspaper missing the mark.

This was my thought, he could've at least credited us as a source, but at least the article is fair towards UConn.

 

[Drew]

I can't wait for this thread to be autolocked

 

[sub legacy]

ESPN is the Clinton News Network of sports broadcasting. Connecticut doesn't need them that bad. I'm done with them.

 

[Adios]

ESPN is the Clinton News Network of sports broadcasting. Connecticut doesn't need them that bad. I'm done with them.

They'll gossip about whatever they can nowadays. Exhibit A: Stephen A. Smith. I have no idea how Shannon Sharpe would even want his name to be linked to Skip Bayless. But if Shannon Sharpe got a job doing this, sports gossip has a big future. Isn't it already popular in Europe?