Sunday Q&A

[UConn07]

 

[SubbaBub]

Did Benedict give BD the heads up that he will be back next year with obvious do or die expectations thereby giving the OK to get a jump on prepping Williams even though there was still a better than fair chance of still making a bowl game?

It's the only explanation and it's not even a very good one.

 

[ShakyTheMohel]

I would love to ask Diaco if he could go back and do this season over again, what would he do differently?

 

[BlueDogs]

Typically, compensation is related to pay. What value has Diaco brought to justify a salary approaching 2 million a year?

 

[hardcorehusky]

Typically, compensation is related to pay. What value has Diaco brought to justify a salary approaching 2 million a year?

DING DING DING - DIACO is stealing our money. When he can get through a half with all plays sent in on time, he can get to coaching level 200!

 

[whaler11]

Is Subba from Earth?

There was still a better than fair chance to go to a bowl game when they were sitting on 20/40/60% chances of winning the last three games if you are being generous?

That would be about a 5% chance of winning out assuming that Williams was as good as Sherrifs.

Starting Williams made UConn's chances against Temple somewhere near 5%.

 

[whaler11]

Does the staff realize that Rutgers was a national embarrassment for losing 78-0 to Michigan?

Do they realize that in their last 151 minutes of football they are down 79-3 against UCF, ECU and Temple?

 

[whaler11]

Do you regret being a shill for this staff over the last three seasons?

 

[whaler11]

Is there a reason your website is scrubbed of every article between the start to the season and the ECU game?

 

[whaler11]

Should I be skeptical of Diaco when he tells me that UConn has 3 dominant players on defense? If I were to grant him that is true - why is his defense so bad?

 

[whaler11]

Which coaches do you think should be retained for 2017? Please specifically talk to Diaco in your response.

 

[whaler11]

Should we ask if the team quit against ECU and Temple or should we go with seeing that they completely quit the last two weeks?

 

[whaler11]

A somewhat serious question - now that Puyol has completely gone in the tank - does Diaco regret burning Tarbutt's redshirt to kick off poorly? How badly does he want to make that change and waste a second year of Tarbutt's eligibility?

 

[UConnDan97]

Whaler is on fire tonight!

 

[uchusky32]

A somewhat serious question - now that Puyol has completely gone in the tank - does Diaco regret burning Tarbutt's redshirt to kick off poorly? How badly does he want to make that change and waste a second year of Tarbutt's eligibility?

Whaler, I think Diaco needs to stay a few more years because you won't be you without him.

 

[whaler11]

Whaler, I think Diaco needs to stay a few more years because you won't be you without him.

We can fix this board... all we need is love and brotherhood - maybe we try harder, maybe we try less....

 

[whaler11]

Whaler is on fire tonight!

He didn't answer any of my questions on twitter. I have the sadz.

 

[uconnphil2016]

Do you regret being a shill for this staff over the last three seasons?

This whole project does seem to have devolved into something resembling more of a promotional tool of the program than a media outlet that asks pointed questions when necessary. I do appreciate the work, but I wish that criticism would be offered when deserved, and that difficult questions would be asked when warranted.

 

[whaler11]

This whole project does seem to have devolved into something resembling more of a promotional tool of the program than a media outlet that asks pointed questions when necessary. I do appreciate the work, but I wish that criticism would be offered when deserved, and that difficult questions would be asked when warranted.

Devolved implies it was something besides a promotional tool for the program prior to now.

I actually do appreciate Matt's efforts to get us information. There is an opportunity here because UConn's blogosphere is beyond pathetic.

He has to let go of the fact he used to work for the program if he wants to cover the team seriously. He drank the kool-aid and went all in on Diaco and just refuses to deal with reality.

 

[uconnphil2016]

Devolved implies it was something besides a promotional tool for the program prior to now.

I actually do appreciate Matt's efforts to get us information. There is an opportunity here because UConn's blogosphere is beyond pathetic.

He has to let go of the fact he used to work for the program if he wants to cover the team seriously. He drank the kool-aid and went all in on Diaco and just refuses to deal with reality.

I agree that it definitely fills a void. Really cool video stuff, interaction with players, insight into practices...I enjoy it. The website looks great and he does make up for the lack of press coverage on the football team in terms of beat writing type stuff. And if that's all that it's meant to be, then great. I guess it just gets a bit frustrating when we all see the writing on the wall and it goes unacknowledged in the blog posts/tweets/Q&A stuff.

 

[whaler11]

I agree that it definitely fills a void. Really cool video stuff, interaction with players, insight into practices...I enjoy it. The website looks great and he does make up for the lack of press coverage on the football team in terms of beat writing type stuff. And if that's all that it's meant to be, then great. I guess it just gets a bit frustrating when we all see the writing on the wall and it goes unacknowledged in the blog posts/tweets/Q&A stuff.

It's tough when you have to compete with stuff like this:

http://adimeback.com/2016-uconn-football-preseason-roundtable/

I can't believe no one takes our football program seriously when during the beginning of the football season a blog is running a voting basketball tournament based on player's last names and haven't posted a football article since October 14th.

God I hate our front-running fan base.

 

[JMick]

It's tough when you have to compete with stuff like this:

2016 Football Preseason Roundtable

I can't believe no one takes our football program seriously when during the beginning of the football season a blog is running a voting basketball tournament based on player's last names and haven't posted a football article since October 14th.

God I hate our front-running fan base.

Aman does a good job with recaps and such on theuconnblog. It's true though, there really isn't anyone else going out of the way to get info

 

[whaler11]

Aman does a good job with recaps and such on theuconnblog. It's true though, there really isn't anyone else going out of the way to get info

You are right - Aman is solid.

I still do enjoy the ironic bloggers who post here after the fact that their sources were providing whatever information before the fact.