Ryan Dickens Article Critical of UConn Football

[FillTheRent]

If it went down as they claim, want else could they do?

Exactly the question the parents probably asked themselves. Instead, they should have been asking a different question. By going to the media, what good is this doing for their son or their family? Do they feel better about themselves for trashing UCONN? Maybe they get a sympathy scholarship offer from another school... and that's a big maybe. Instead of simply calling schools and letting them know he's decommitted, they go to the media and trash UCONN.

 

[sportsart]

Unless Trump tweets about it, it's a non story. Get back to work.

 

[Stinger92860]

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?

We will likely have xtra ships this year. You don't have the renew his ship next year or he transfers. I don't care about the press, I am concerned about the coaches in NJ.

 

[FDNY99]

Actually impressed how Gresh brought this subject up to Benedict.

 

[Jax Husky]

We will likely have xtra ships this year. You don't have the renew his ship next year or he transfers. I don't care about the press, I am concerned about the coaches in NJ.

And you think somehow they would be unlikely to be even further upset at the kid being processed after a year?

 

[huskymedic]

Daniel Connolly ‏@DanielVConnolly 6m6 minutes ago
Benedict on recent recruiting controversy: "I can’t speak about any one prospect, but I do believe the system can be improved."

Daniel Connolly ‏@DanielVConnolly 7m7 minutes ago
Benedict said issues like this could be avoided with an early signing period.

Ed Daigneault ‏@EdDaigneault 7m7 minutes ago
Benedict: "It's a two-sided issue and I think on both sides, university and student-athlete, we could do a better job."

 

[Excalibur]

And you think somehow they would be unlikely to be even further upset at the kid being processed after a year?

Yes.

 

[Excalibur]

LMFAO.

There are 2 sources this could've come from. Edsall or Dickens. Is he claiming plausible deniability because it was his parents and not him that went to the press? Weak.

It was the parents. Pretty clear from the article, IMO.

 

[uconnphil2016]

Matt S. needs to shut it down. Things have been embarrassing on his twitter since BD left

 

[CL82]

That would be diabolical if Diaco ordered the Code Red.

Caffery: Coach Diaco, did you order the Code Red?

"You're damn right I did"​

 

[businesslawyer]

Caffery: Coach Diaco, did you order the Code Red?

"You're damn right I did"​

I'll have to watch A Few Good Men again, but are we sure Nicholson didn't order a code "Nantucket Red"?

 

[Jax Husky]

I'll have to watch A Few Good Men again, but are we sure Nicholson didn't order a code "Nantucket Red"?

It's Diaco, he'd probably say "You're Gosh Darn right I....hey, did I ever tell you about making sauce? Building a team is like....."

 

[whaler11]

Number 2 story on College Football Live!

 

[TRest]

It speaks volumes about what Benedict thought of Diaco's recruiting that he didn't make Edsall honor all the accepted offers.

Does anyone else think Benedict had Randy evaluate the incoming class before BD got canned, just to get his thoughts on the state of recruiting?

 

[BlueMAB]

Matt S. needs to shut it down. Things have been embarrassing on his twitter since BD left

I'd argue things got embarrassing for him at this point. It's been all downhill since.

Diaco Clarifies Misconception About Winning

This thread is hilarious BTW. I wonder where @Irishfan is now.

 

[Jax Husky]

Number 2 story on College Football Live!

We're #2, we're #2!

 

[UConnSportsGuy]

Here is an excerpt from the article last summer when Dickens committed to UConn. This may shed light on why this was brought to the press and made a bid deal out of--I have bolded the relevant parts:



But the biggest resource that helped Dickens with his collegiate decision was his relationship with Raritan alumnus and New York Giants safety Bennett Jackson, who he now has multiple ties to.

"I'm very close with Bennett Jackson," said Dickens. "He has been kind of a mentor for me throughout the whole process. He actually played for Coach Diaco as well when he was at Notre Dame."

Jackson graduated from Raritan in 2010, before ascending to Notre Dame, where he played until 2013, accumulating 64 tackles, including five for loss, one sack, one forced fumble, two interceptions and three pass breakups as a senior.

He was then drafted by the Giants with the 187th pick in the sixth round of the 2014 NFL Draft.

"Once I picked up the first offer, everybody wanted me to commit right away," said Dickens. "But Bennett gave me valuable information about coach Diaco and the whole staff, and how honest they all are. And he was just like a very big help to me. And it was great getting information from someone who had already been through it all."

 

[Dove]

We're #2, we're #2!

Any press is good press.

 

[Jimmy Serrano]

Matt S. needs to shut it down. Things have been embarrassing on his twitter since BD left

What is with his obsession with the commits? Of all the questions he could've asked during Edsall's presser he asked if he would honor the verbal commits. Very weird.

 

[CTMike]

Minor point in the Randy hatchet jobs going around but every dumb commenter neglects to acknowledge that we only just hired a DC a few days ago. Randy as HC had to be the bearer of bad news but it's ridiculous that people think a brand new DC isn't allowed to make his own recruit evaluations.

 

[businesslawyer]

We're #2, we're #2!

If we were Syracuse, the tee shirt would already be ordered.

 

[whaler11]

Finebaum is amazing that he fluffs Alabama and can say this garbage with a straight face.

Average people like him are going to look at UConn and think much less of them.

These idiots are now talking up his film and pretending that he doesn't have a Rhode Island offer.

Finebaum doubles down bashing Edsall on how he left and saying he didn't deserve a second chance at UConn.

'Just let the guy play'.

Yeah Pawllll. That's how they do it in the SEC.

Edsall is a child per Pawwlll.

Now they are talking about how the rules are unfair to the players... yeah that's Edsall and UConn's fault.

Finebaum wouldn't play for Edsall. Good thing we dont have a scholarship for the nerdy accountant who fluffs Nick Saban open - we couldn't land him.

They are claiming that the schools need to honor verbal committments - my God this has to end so I can preserve some brain cells.

 

[Jimmy Serrano]

Finebaum is amazing that he fluffs Alabama and can say this garbage with a straight face.

Average people like him are going to look at UConn and think much less of them.

These idiots are now talking up his film and pretending that he doesn't have a Rhode Island offer.

Finebaum doubles down bashing Edsall on how he left and saying he didn't deserve a second chance at UConn.

'Just let the guy play'.

Yeah Pawllll. That's how they do it in the SEC.

Edsall is a child per Pawwlll.

Now they are talking about how the rules are unfair to the players... yeah that's Edsall and UConn's fault.

Finebaum wouldn't play for Edsall. Good thing we dont have a scholarship for the nerdy accountant who fluffs Nick Saban open - we couldn't land him.

They are claiming that the schools need to honor verbal committments - my God this has to end so I can preserve some brain cells.

People really need to light this mother f'er up on twitter.

 

[uconnphil2016]

What is with his obsession with the commits? Of all the questions he could've asked during Edsall's presser he asked if he would honor the verbal commits. Very weird.

I think it's more that he recognized a need and pursued it. No one was covering recruits really, and he took advantage of that. In order to gain close access as a freelance blogger, he has to be especially conscious of developing a trusting relationship with recruits--that means defending them very vocally. It's smart insofar as a continued relationship with recruits goes, but sometimes hurts his relationship with the fans who actually consume the material.

 

[huskymedic]

U-Conned: Raritan’s Ryan Dickens Has Scholarship Offer Pulled By UConn Just 17 Days Before Signing Day