We shouldn't make assumptions that things were not up to par for D1 football before Diaco and the new S&C came in. They merely saw some things they liked at their previous schools that were not at UConn. It is great that the guys have 24 hour access to Power Bars and Muscle Milk, but that is not earth shattering. The guys likely had the same access to those foods during meals which could be taken to their rooms. Now they don't have to save them for later and have FT access which is great, but not an indication that their nutrition was lacking before.
It is expected that the new S&C coach would tweak some things based on how he came up throughout his career no different than if a company replaced a manager or Executive. It doesn't mean the prior regime didn't do things right, just that the new team has their own ideas based on their experiences. If you have seen the UConn weight room before the coaching changes you will know that it was already state of the art. Jerry Martin was not dated in his methodologies and actually patented a lot of strength equipment that is very well received. For example he designed the Power Racks in the football weight room which are as good as it gets and have an electronic monitoring system for tracking each players progress. Each Power Rack alone is $10,000 and they have about 20 among many other state of the art S&C machines.
