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I gave it hard thought showing up. My vocal chords would have been hurting, I know that much. Also low on funds. I am excused. :p

Apart from that, I get what you are saying. It is what it is. Time shall tell what can become of UConn football. Whether simple power game or spread offense. We obviously have a tradition of defense.
 
whaler11 said:
Isn't that the best part. I don't really even like the guy. Yet somehow understanding he isn't going to get fired and firing him would be idiotic means I think he is a great coach.

What a tool you are.
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I think he could grow into a good coach. He isn't now, but he's the right kind of coach for where we are now... what's absolutely absurd is to be miserable bastards because a young coach and a team that hasn't won anything of note for 5 years don't live up to your imaginary expections.
 
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We are the Leader of CFB in the NY/NE region.

BC sucks far worse than the other 3 (Ooops - don't forget UMass, Army or Buffalo). Rutgers was down 21 to the Lobos. After walloped Howard. Syracuse got crushed by USF (and looked shaky against Colgate). We win.

I'm seeing things I like this week. A better D. TWO solid WRs + Newsome. (Could you throw to the TE?). Solid Kick game - best we've had on three fields.

Check. Got to get better.
 
HuskyBandDad said:
I love our players. I think BS is a warrior but maybe most of our guys are not as good as we think they are. Yes the coaching needs to get better but for the love of God can we just enjoy the win!
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When you're right, you're right. I'm a lot happier then I would have been had we lost. Right now, enjoying an entertaining Bama/Ole Miss matchup.
 
IMind said:
I think he could grow into a good coach. He isn't now, but he's the right kind of coach for where we are now... what's absolutely absurd is to be miserable bastards because a young coach and a team that hasn't won anything of note for 5 years don't live up to your imaginary expections.
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Ding ding ding. When you are a 5 win team on the market - maybe set your expectations accordingly.
 
whaler11 said:
Ding ding ding. When you are a 5 win team on the market - maybe set your expectations accordingly.
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Let me get this right. All of Diaco's BS talk, the close game against Maine, the loss against Navy, and almost ending UVA's 4 year road skid, didn't bother you?
 
whaler11 said:
Ding ding ding. When you are a 5 win team on the market - maybe set your expectations accordingly.
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"Fire [name of coach]" in this instance is Connecticutese for "I didn't really enjoy myself today as much as I was expecting for spending 3 hours outside drinking beer on a beautiful day"
 
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Butch said:
Let me get this right. All of Diaco's BS talk, the close game against Maine, the loss against Navy, and almost ending UVA's 4 year road skid, didn't bother you?
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We are not recruiting at a BCS level anymore and overall coaching needs to mature.
 
We compete with other BCS/P5 programs for recruits. Many players don't mind playing in the AAC. It's us who's bothered by the AAC.

There's going to need to be a lot of maturing. If you ask me, and it's not as if my opinion is worth much, we won this game thanks to errors by UVA players and coaches. They do have their losing streak going for some reason(s).
 
Excalibur said:
Apparently he was satisfied with how we played today . . .
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I wasn't in love with a lot of things I saw today.

Yet it's not figure skating so there are no style points. They beat an ACC team. So they were on the right side of a binary outcome.

There was millions of dollars wagered on this game... they priced UConn as 3.5 points better than Virginia and they won by 3. It's very easy to set your expectations accordingly...
 
whaler11 said:
Of course it does. But that's a lot different than calling for his head.
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He's not getting fired this year. He's also not working his way onto any watch list of coaches the big boys want to hire.

Here is what schools like Cincinnati and Houston do well. Hire Briles, Sumlin, fire a dud in Levine and hire Herman.

Fire Minter hire Dantonio, Kelly, Butch Jones. If Tubberville struggles again how long do they stick with him.

Diaco is plagued by the same mistakes he was making in year one. Today though he managed to not burn a timeout by not getting the plays in on time. Baby steps I guess.
 
Next week's game is gonna tell us a lot. Cuse has a pretty good up-tempo offense. Definitely the type of game I wouldn't mind winning 13-10. UVa, while pretty bad, was playing with a lot of urgency to avoid an 0-3 start. We left at least 6 points on the table. It is what it is.
 
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UConnTrumbull said:
Next week's game is gonna tell us a lot. Cuse has a pretty good up-tempo offense. Definitely the type of game I wouldn't mind winning 13-10. UVa, while pretty bad, was playing with a lot of urgency to avoid an 0-3 start. We left at least 6 points on the table. It is what it is.
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They left a lot more than 6 on the field. Diggs had the easiest pick 6 in football history and dropped it. There is 7 right there.
 
whaler11 said:
I wasn't in love with a lot of things I saw today.

Yet it's not figure skating so there are no style points. They beat an ACC team. So they were on the right side of a binary outcome.

There was millions of dollars wagered on this game... they priced UConn as 3.5 points better than Virginia and they won by 3. It's very easy to set your expectations accordingly...
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So the betting public believes, apparently properly, that we are one of the five worst teams in all of FBS. You apparently think this should be our expectation.
 
Excalibur said:
So the betting public believes, apparently properly, that we are one of the five worst teams in all of FBS. You apparently think this should be our expectation.
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Folks who were expecting 8-9 wins this year were probably engaging in wishful thinking (and/or over-rating the significance of some of last year's wins). I believe Alan Greenspan would call this irrational exuberance.
 
Excalibur said:
So the betting public believes, apparently properly, that we are one of the five worst teams in all of FBS. You apparently think this should be our expectation.
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What in the holy hell are you talking about?
 
Diaco style of football is fine if you got surperior athletes across both offense and defense. They can play conservative and still win due to overwhelming better talent. UConn has no such luxury. UConn has to use smoke and mirror type of style to be successful like Boise State etc. The problem with Diaco is he is coaching like he has Alabama type of talent.

Whaler - you need a need hobby vs cheering for UConn and giving UConn fans headaches. UConn deserves a better football program than the crap we are seeing on the field now. If it is possible at a place like Boise, it is possible here.
 
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junglehusky said:
Folks who were expecting 8-9 wins this year were probably engaging in wishful thinking (and/or over-rating the significance of some of last year's wins). I believe Alan Greenspan would call this irrational exuberance.
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I didn't predict 8 wins. What I did expect is that, three years into the current regime, we would be better than a three point home win against one of the worst teams in the country, and needing a blown 20 yard field goal and a gift from the opposing coach to get that 3 point win.
 
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WestCoastHusky said:
Diaco style of football if you got surperior athletes across both offense and defense. They can play conservative and still win due to overwhelming better talent. UConn has no such luxury. UConn has to use smoke and mirror type of style to be successful like Boise State etc. The problem with Diaco is he is coaching like he has Alabama type of talent.

Whaler - you need a need hobby vs cheering for UConn and giving UConn fans headaches. UConn deserves a better football program than the crap we are seeing on the field now. If it is possible at a place like Boise, it is possible here.
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Yep UConn will totally be better off without me as a fan.

The last thing UConn needs is people who show up and stay until the end no matter what.

What UConn needs is more people who aren't here demanding an outcome they feel they 'deserve'.

I'll let you in on a secret - nobody 'deserves' anything. Everybody has scholarships and they play the games on the field. I'm not sure why you think you are entitled to MORE THAN A FRIGGING WIN TODAY - but trust me you aren't.
 
Not sure if this thread is a attention seeking cry for help, or a much needed dose of reality.

Either way I am pissed at myself for opening it in the first damn place.
 
whaler11 said:
Yep UConn will totally be better off without me as a fan.

The last thing UConn needs is people who show up and stay until the end no matter what.

What UConn needs is more people who aren't here demanding an outcome they feel they 'deserve'.

I'll let you in on a secret - nobody 'deserves' anything. Everybody has scholarships and they play the games on the field. I'm not sure why you think you are entitled to MORE THAN A FRIGGING WIN TODAY - but trust me you aren't.
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I got news for you too. When no one gives a crap about UConn needs to get better, UConn should just give up football.

No one is expecting UConn becoming PSU overnight. Do we have the opportunity to build a team that's exciting playing up tempo like 75% of teams in college? Yeah I think we deserve that. Most of us aren't idiots. We are realistic with our expectations. What we are seeing on the field is just miserble. That's not asking for too much.
 
WestCoastHusky said:
No one is expecting UConn becoming PSU overnight. Do we have the opportunity to build a team that's exciting playing up tempo like 75% of teams in college? Yeah I think we deserve that. Most of us aren't idiots. We are realistic with our expectations. What we are seeing on the field is just miserble. That's not asking for too much.
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If you think it's miserable to beat an ACC team more power to you. If they punched in last week would it miserable at 3-0 too?

Would one yard make it not miserable play?
 
I think the misery stems from seeing what could be. If we could just clean up the mismanagement and do more of what works and less of what doesn't, we'd be 3-0 and more fun too watch. It is the the lack of enjoyment that people dislike. Each game is like getting a series of paper cuts.
 
whaler11 said:
If you think it's miserable to beat an ACC team more power to you. If they punched in last week would it miserable at 3-0 too?

Would one yard make it not miserable play?
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Eeking out a win against a horrible ACC team that hasn't won a road game in four years and has a first year coach, I thought we'd be further along in year 3.

I expected to compete for the division title, at least be in the mix. Doesn't look like we're there. Just get back to a bowl game and keep momentum going. Everyone knows this Coach ain't going anywhere even if we don't win another game.
 
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