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Message: [QUOTE="huskymedic, post: 4767091, member: 549"] [MEDIA=twitter]1715784308877574490[/MEDIA] -> [URL='https://www.printfriendly.com/p/g/dwza3W'][B]Last word - [/B]Like Jim Mora’s passion, like his honesty and, generally, I feel like he’s done a good job at UConn despite the current record.[/URL] [URL='https://www.printfriendly.com/p/g/dwza3W']But he ventured into territory on his radio show this week that he needs to avoid[/URL]. Here’s was Mora told host Mike Crispino: “If you want to attract players that can beat the teams on our schedule, you’re going to have to pay them, and you’re going to have to pay them NIL money, and you have to increase their cost of attendance, and you have to give them better housing and give them better opportunities to earn money, and unfortunately right now we don’t have much of that. And I’m fearful for this program if that doesn’t happen, because the teams we’re tasked with trying to beat have those things and they can go attract players with money. We have great facilities, we have a lot of people around here that care, but without the money. … I look at those schedules in the future and I realize if we don’t get some money pouring into this program, some dark days are ahead.” Here’s my take: There is truth in all of this, but this a terrible look. Mora said many of the same things last year, when the program was having a taste of success. Yes, UConn is going to need power conference resources to compete with those teams, and the day is bound to come when the university will have a much harder time competing even in basketball without such resources. No one should be angry the Huskies lost to NC State or Duke. It’s the losses to Florida International, in a game they were favored, and Utah State, in a game they led 17-0, that have sabotaged this season. UConn should have the resources to win games like that. And though no one knew exactly where NIL was headed two years ago, AD David Benedict, as was emphasized at the time, spent several days with Mora making certain he knew exactly what he was getting into at UConn. When you’re predicting “dark days” for your own program, your recruiting is only going to become more difficult … unless, of course, you’re a coach looking for an exit ramp. <- [/QUOTE]

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