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Ryan Dickens Article Critical of UConn Football

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Stinger92860 said:
This is press we don't want or need in a prime recruiting area. This is a mistake based solely on the press it's receiving. It may affect future recruiting in NJ.
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What we've been doing led by passive betas has certainly been a winner so far.
 
Stinger92860 said:
This is press we don't want or need in a prime recruiting area. This is a mistake based solely on the press it's receiving. It may affect future recruiting in NJ.
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So we should keep a kid who barely can get an FCS offer on our roster for 4-5 years with a scholarship because it might garner a day's worth of press if we drop his scholarship while staying far within the bounds of NCAA rules?
 
This has been the best thing that has happened to our fanbase's attitude in a long time.

The ridiculous backlash over something that happens every day seems to have finally made people angry.

Angry about being 3-9. Angry about being treated as though we aren't allowed to compete. Angry that we have had people trying to talk us into being satisfied competiting in recruiting against second tier FCS programs.
 
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whaler11 said:
This has been the best thing that has happened to our fanbase's attitude in a long time.

The ridiculous backlash over something that happens every day seems to have finally made people angry.

Angry about being 3-9. Angry about being treated as though we aren't allowed to compete. Angry that we have had people trying to talk us into being satisfied competiting in recruiting against second tier FCS programs.
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lol, I was just thinking this. Long time since we had a unified "us against the world" type of sentiment around here
 
Oh we aren't worthy to compete with Rutgers, Syracuse and BC. They are going to go a combined 48-96 over the next 4 years.

But they will be getting beat by really good teams!
 
Edsall gave him notice in early January, some coaches let the kid know in the spring or Summer and it will happen this year and none of it will end up in the news.
 
whaler11 said:
I love it. We are back. F nj.com. F New Jersey. F Diaco F Finebaum. F Buster Olney. F the NCAA.
F 6 losing seasons led by losers.
Athletic Director Dave. Making UConn Football Great Again.
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LMAO ... when I read this... was thinking the same thing... We're on our way back .
Tired of sitting in an empty stadium.

The young lad wants to be business major.... well College athletics is big Business.
Marketing 101 - you didn't ink and close the deal.
Sales 101 - you were selling and we weren't buying.

There are no trophies for participation.
With a 3.9 and your lack of size- you should be at Cornell, Princeton (in your backyard) or Yale.
 
Colt house75 said:
LMAO ... when I read this... was thinking the same thing... We're on our way back .
Tired of sitting in an empty stadium.

The young lad wants to be business major.... well College athletics is big Business.
Marketing 101 - you didn't ink and close the deal.
Sales 101 - you were selling and we weren't buying.

There are no trophies for participation.
With a 3.9 and your lack of size- you should be at Cornell, Princeton (in your backyard) or Yale.
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I am sorry the kid had to be disappointed. He really does seem like a quality person and I have no doubt he'll be successful in life.

If he wants to play he's better off at another school. Why would you want to come sit on the bench here and get beat up in practice?
 
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gwhuskyfan said:
let the fun begin...

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Colin McEnroe is one of the biggest horses ever
A poormans attempt to be a writer/humorist
The ONLY paper he could ever write for is the birdcage liner leftist rag The Hartford Courant

BTW - what the hell was fired coach Diaco and his staff looking at? I've seen bigger LBs in the midget football league
I wish the kid luck but my Lord, go somewhere that you better fit in sizewise - and it probably won't be D1 (or whatever they call it now) but play and have fun
 
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Stairmaster said:
They're trying to go nuclear on us.
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Twitter has been off the hook with this. Like I said, we will survive the story. This board should keep a low profile and not disparage the kid and his family. They're understandably upset, but this happens in recruiting.
 



file this under things that don't make sense
 
Excalibur said:
And local high school coaches. And every school recruiting against us . . .

It's now made the front page at cnn.com.
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Do you really think that any coach worth his weight, hasn't seen this happen many times before? It's not new and it's not 3 days before signing day. It's a non story.
 
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ThisIsUConnCountry‏@MattSchonvisky
On #UConnFootball recruiting-I spoke w/@ryan_Dickens33 yesterday AM & he didn't want this info to be made public-he's not quoted in article

ThisIsUConnCountry‏@MattSchonvisky
He didn't run to the press & make this a story.

responses to his tweets:
‏@AB670 13m13 minutes ago
@MattSchonvisky Well it happened Matt...his HS coach & his mother were quoted in the article as well. There is 1 side of this story out

Brian A‏@BriUConn
@MattSchonvisky well his parents and coach sure did!
 
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noeynox said:
Twitter has been off the hook with this. Like I said, we will survive the story. This board should keep a low profile and not disparage the kid and his family. They're understandably upset, but this happens in recruiting.
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Disagree.

If we are going to get kicked around by idiots for doing what every legitimate program in the country does why should we stand by passively and take it?

We had to damage our athletic department to the tune of 3.4 million to get rid of the worst coach in the country.

This isn't Pop Warner and I'm glad we finally have Dave and a staff that agree.
 
FillTheRent said:
At first I was a little sympathetic. Not anymore. The only reason the kid and his family went to the media was to try and slander UCONN. He got his feelings hurt so his mommy and daddy lash out and try to hurt UCONN by going to the New Jersey media. No sympathy left. Next...
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If it went down as they claim, want else could they do?
 
brasssbonanzaa said:
The "university" does not have a word to keep until the LOI is signed. Until that point it's the verbal word of the coach - the coach who is no longer employed here.
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One of us is talking about NCAA legalities (binding commitments).
One of us is talking about institutional integrity (commitment).
I think the coaches word is the institutions word. The institution failed to honor its word. That is sad.
Just because you can doesn't mean you should.
 
This kid wouldn't have even seen the field. He should just realize that his best opportunity is elsewhere. He probably would have ended up transferring anyway. Diaco probably fed him and his family some whacko talk that Diaco speaks and the family ate it all up.
 
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whaler11 said:
Disagree.

If we are going to get kicked around by idiots for doing what every legitimate program in the country does why should we stand by passively and take it?

We had to damage our athletic department to the tune of 3.4 million to get rid of the worst coach in the country.

This isn't Pop Warner and I'm glad we finally have Dave and a staff that agree.
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There is nothing to be gained by "yelling the kid isn't good enough." His offers speak for themselves.

There is a story like this every year. We're 3 weeks from signing day and just got our DC 3 days ago. UCONN did nothing wrong, but I understand why they're pissed. They had the college situation all planned out and are now starting from scratch.

These things go away on their own.
 
whaler11 said:
It makes perfect sense
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if he didn't want it out there then presumably its his parents that put it out there. Makes no sense to me why they would try to do that to him if he didn't want it out there
 
whaler11 said:
I love it. We are back. F nj.com. F New Jersey. F Diaco F Finebaum. F Buster Olney. F the NCAA.

F 6 losing seasons led by losers.

Athletic Director Dave. Making UConn Football Great Again.
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I AM NOT HERE.

But ... I do believe that somewhere between the HCRE and Jon Wholley visit that we went off the path. It might be tape and evaluation. Most likely we got a very strange vibe.

I would say that you risk the relationship with 10 other Guys when you do this. I do not think this is Randy Edall MO at all in the last 18 years. Just a weird sequence. We have lots of opening in scholarships coming. There is something to this story.
 
Drew said:
if he didn't want it out there then presumably its his parents that put it out there. Makes no sense to me why they would try to do that to him if he didn't want it out there
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It makes perfect sense that you put it out there and then claim you didn't.
 
There is no need to bash the kid, the media however can off they dont care about the kid they feed off negative press to fit their own agenda. No coach is perfect but Edsall did the right thing its time to move on from this.
 
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