the brand prediction(what u want) vs reality thread

[huskysupporter]

Also forgot to add. Have the fans get familiar with the players on the big screen. Have several players answer a question and play it on the scoreboard. When I went to Camp Randall, they asked the players what the best invention of the last 100 years was. One offensive lineman said "Dippin Dots". I would much rather watch that then 1980's sports bloopers.

 

[BoatShow]

YaHoo! sports just leaked this as our new logo

 

[junglehusky]

This really needs to happen. Just put Noonan on the big screen smiling and asking us to cheer politely.


I think this has been mentioned but for the love of God, we need to not have the spirit squad hold up the U-C-O-N-N letters during timeouts and stuff. That is a sacred chant to be used during big momentum swings in basketball and after long gains/TDs and forced turnovers in football. They are completely cheapening it and taking away the meaning.

Seriously? You may not know this but this was started up by some Boneyarders a few years ago. I don't recall who it was but some yarders came up with the idea that it would be cool if the U-C-O-N-N chant could happen at football games, but since it's harder to see Big Red in a football stadium they needed to get the cheerleaders to do the cheer. Then one yarder actually decided to cut out the big letters and delivered them to the cheerleaders. At the time the response was pretty positive. But I guess everybody's a critic these days.

 

[Dann]

i'm on boats side with this. good idea at the time but horrible ending. i have had a great idea about how to fix this for a while and i think its the answer but i see no reason to come forth with it right now with what the ad is showing us fans. btw, how freaking sad is it if true that yarders had to do the sign instead of the school. unreal.

 

[junglehusky]

i'm on boats side with this. good idea at the time but horrible ending. i have had a great idea about how to fix this for a while and i think its the answer but i see no reason to come forth with it right now with what the ad is showing us fans. btw, how freaking sad is it if true that yarders had to do the sign instead of the school. unreal.

So if Uconn adopts all your awesome ideas then that's a further indictment on them, and if they don't they're idiots. Win-win for you.

 

[Adios]

Fans are the ones who contributed and still contribute to cultures. Unless you really want the school to manufacture a culture for you. Hopeless.

 

[BoatShow]

Seriously? You may not know this but this was started up by some Boneyarders a few years ago. I don't recall who it was but some yarders came up with the idea that it would be cool if the U-C-O-N-N chant could happen at football games, but since it's harder to see Big Red in a football stadium they needed to get the cheerleaders to do the cheer. Then one yarder actually decided to cut out the big letters and delivered them to the cheerleaders. At the time the response was pretty positive. But I guess everybody's a critic these days.

It's completely inorganic that way. Having John Tuite come on the PA and say "oooooookkkkkaaaaaaay Huskies fans it's time for the U-C-O-N-N chant!" is lame. It's time for the chant when the whole arena/stadium is on their feet doing it.

Edit: Sorry if this was unclear, I'm not against the cheerleaders holding up the letters part, thats actually pretty cool. I am against them doing at timeouts and between quarters. Not the time for it!

 

[MidTown Husky]

post up what u wish uconn comes out with soon brand wise. then lets see what they come out with.

here is mine:
-take the baseball C and use it like alabama. when we have tshirts and things u can write connecticut out in block but the logo is the cursive/oe C. no crapy woutline of the C like the blockl C we have now has. just a blue or white C depending on what the background color is.
-everything on our 2 main jerseys is connecticut and needs to be written on all. for our 3rd jerseys "uconn" is fine. that 3rd jersey needs to be a new one every year that we do for 1 game. thats how u ever year keep yourself in the news with kids and pump the fanbase with cool stuff. we need to pump "connecticut" all day in everything form newspapers to sportscenter. uconn becomes our cute nickname. and yes, tell the fake cheerleaders to give us abck our u-c-0-n-n chant because i have a grand idea for that also. big red would be proud. anyway.
-everything needs to be blue and we need to redo the state flag to a darker blue. i mean everything.
-take the husky dog and drop the tounge and put some teeth in it like the florida gator or ark piggy. this is a basic logo that helps keep some tradition but its not used much. its mostly for kids gear and hopefully it fits the idea of reaching the state at a young age.
-now for our 2nd main logo. take a look at the clemson paw and make it a bit more of a triangle and agressive to fit a husky dogs paw vs a tiger. blue and white just like the new C. put the logo in the lines of football pants, check fsu or fl football pants. on bball shorts put it in the bottom left corner. stuff liek that. the C goes on the helmets like usual. u can get creative with the uniforms from there but a obvious 3rd uni would be the paw on the helemt etc...
-other small things like our bball courts need to change. websites and 3's need to be everywhere and the middle needs to be a ct outline shaded wood different with the C over it or paw print.
-husky walk gets paw prints painted and so on with small things. the brass or w/e metal life size husky on campus is great, we need to put those in several places so pictures are taken 24/7 and its a uconn bucket list thing. thisrts of "i rode the husky" shoul be big hits and so on. heres a hint to the fball program. put one in the lockerroom or somewhere inside the pf right next to where u should have manicans with our new jerseys on them to show off. when players come they try on the gear and the new cool gloves and so on and pose for pics with the family with the life size husky. then guess what, the kids who commit end up with that all ove rsocial media. its about thinking steps ahead so that u can partically control and help pump yourself. florida has a gator in the middle of its lockerroom. kids can't wait to get in and throw on the unifrom(every # is on a rack so that kids pick it for fun, we all know the emotional fun that is), they put cool gloves and all these headbands and helemts etc etc and then go pose with the gator. its a small thing but a highlight to kids. simple but effective. i'll stop before i rip uconn for lacking.

thats my 2 cents, its a wild change but imho the best to capture the fanbase and new fans and also at the same time be attractive to hs kids and recruits looking at uconn in there future. i would liek to hear what others think the brand should end up as.

here is a combo picture of what i'm thinking.

cute ideas Dan..draw me some sketches

 

[junglehusky]

It's completely inorganic that way. Having John Tuite come on the PA and say "oooooookkkkkaaaaaaay Huskies fans it's time for the U-C-O-N-N chant!" is lame. It's time for the chant when the whole arena/stadium is on their feet doing it.

Edit: Sorry if this was unclear, I'm not against the cheerleaders holding up the letters part, thats actually pretty cool. I am against them doing at timeouts and between quarters. Not the time for it!

Oh, OK. After touchdowns is good, we just need to score more of them!

 

[BoatShow]

Oh, OK. After touchdowns is good, we just need to score more of them!

Something we can all agree on!

 

[joey3$trike$]

Somebody referred to a song that could be played every game, wasn't their a bon jovi song that the student section was singing at the final game of the season. I remember people saying it was a high point of the game. Since the J-E-T-S- can have some drunk guy wearing a firemans helmet, maybe we can get HFD to wear one and start the U-C-O-N-N- chant. C'mon HFD u can do it

 

[ConnHuskBask]

The Cheerleader led U-C-O-N-N cheer makes me cringe and depending on how many Rolling Rocks I've had tailgating, nearly makes me puke.

It's contrived, the cadence is off and at best maybe 25% of the stadium does it. I mean, I hate to be a jerk about it, but it's a pretty simple chant and the fact they mess it up every single time is bewildering.

Nothing and I mean NOTHING gets me more pumped than a Big Red 'U-C-O-N-N' chant. Just do it right after TD's and not after TV time outs.

Also, DJ Joey genius needs to stop jumping on the U-C-O-N-N chants at the games.

Scenario: Big basket, crowd goes wild, timeout, Big Red gets up. and.....

YO YO YO YO YO HUSKYYYY FANZZZ IN DA HOWSSE MAKE SUMMMM NOISSEEEE.

Way to try and kill off any tradition we have UConn Athletic Department.

Also, the BLUE WHITE chant is pathetic. Just please stop embarassing ourselves.

The great thing about tradition is that it happens organically. Not because some student intern jerk off played NCAA Football 2011 and saw something and forces it on UConn.

Sorry for the rant!

 

[junglehusky]

Somebody referred to a song that could be played every game, wasn't their a bon jovi song that the student section was singing at the final game of the season. I remember people saying it was a high point of the game. Since the J-E-T-S- can have some drunk guy wearing a firemans helmet, maybe we can get HFD to wear one and start the U-C-O-N-N- chant. C'mon HFD u can do it

Nah, FDNY99 should do the U-C-O-N-N chant and HFD should slide down into a pool of beer like the Milwaukee Brewer mascot.

 

[weyuo]

the(The) issue is were(we're) never going to be michigan(Michigan) or bama(Bama) or usc(USC).when(When) were(we're) 100 they will be 200 age wise. so(So) in the mean Tim(time) in order to close the gap any way possible we should be doing.if(If) thats(that's) giving our brand a 1up, then do it. in(In) bball we will never be the 6 blue bloods. were(We're) winning our way towards there stat lines but its simply a tradition thing. but once the mania kicked off, what did we do? we tried to play big boy any way possible and that includes back then changing/updating our brand. we have done it once before actually twice. but ppl here think im nuts.

J-e-s-u-s C-h-r-i-s-t please tell me this guy was NOT a UConn grad with grammar like that. I could only make it through half of that diarrhea. I'm embarrassed for the poor guy.

 

[BoatShow]

Does anyone know the Mexican wrestler guy who hangs out around section 221? Is he a poster on here?

 

[huskymedic]

we are saddled with aging facilities which limit opportunities

?? The Rent is 10 years old...???

 

[Dann]

I think it is important to keep "Branding" and "Fan Experience" in separate categories.

First, I am excited in the direction we are going in terms of branding, especially with the simplifying of logos so all the teams are united as UConn Huskies. And that comes from the student-athletes themselves; with every team having a different logo, how can any sense of community/culture even be built. Also, as a recent grad, I like the current Jonathan but the a redesigned one isn't going to be the end of the world and regardless half the people are going to hate it anyway. (Also the Jonathan logo previous to the current one is horrible, you can't convince me otherwise). At least with a freshened look and new jerseys, it is something for recruits to get excited about.

Now in terms of Fan Experience, you guys have literally no idea how many people work incredibly hard to make it the best experience possible. I agree it is far from perfect and we are saddled with aging facilities which limit opportunities and we need more engaging content, but the idea that UConn administrators are just sitting around, doing nothing and don't care about the fans is just wrong. This doesn't excuse past mistakes but we are making strides (okay baby steps) in the right direction, i.e. Family Fun Days, Season Ticket Holder Receptions, Mini-Plans, etc. I just hope with the new management group coming in, that they put their money where their mouth is so we can continue to make improvements.

Alright, that's enough typing, it's the most of written since my English final

i relaize the ath dep sent u here to say good and thats a cool pic fo a avi that gives i away. so i am sorr in advance. u may not even want to read this. but....

u must be a warde crony.... aging facilities? not in fball. this is a fball board. mabe your talking bball? were a top bball program with a new facility coming. the xl and gampel may be getiing old, but they are not the issue with this school. fball drives the bus. i am so lost in your post i actually think u are warde. brand and fan expiernce are not the same thing, but the ofthemplay a huge role togetehr and vbuild off each other. i wouldn't expect warde or his buddys to understand that. the new husky is goin to suck, thanks for giving us the heads up. we all already knew thisbecuase the ppl in chare suck.

did anyone here the best excuse in this? he gave the effort and i care chi chat about the ppl in charge and how hard they work. sound familiar???? thats the same bswe got about gdl and the great offense he ran this fall. the culture, leadership and vision in the mother frucking ad s so far off tht ppl here are blind if they dont see it. its god dam crazy.

 

[Dann]

J-e-s-u-s C-h-r-i-s-t please tell me this guy was NOT a UConn grad with grammar like that. I could only make it through half of that diarrhea. I'm embarrassed for the poor guy.

im just trying t get thru middle school brah

 

[Woof 101]

Alright, that's enough typing, it's the most of written since my English final

UI I hope this final went well for you. Not being a hard ass but usually two mistakes in the same sentence can lead to trouble.
Kind of like reality.....

 

[Dann]

I was referencing basketball, I like the Rent and hope at some point we can expand it and make it better.

And don't worry, I know being a newbie in the Boneyard, I'll be taking my fair share of lumps from HFD, and I can't argue with you, the conference situation is currently a disaster. I personally would lay a lot of the blame on Hathaway for a complete lack of vision, but you're right, Warde and Herbst bungled it. But if you were at signing day or have spent 5 seconds with Warde, that dude loves football and wants to build this program. You have every right to be frustrated about conference realignment, but right now we need to win football games and Warde needs to hit a homerun with whoever replaces PP.

But as pessimistic as you are HFD, I'll try to balance it with optimism. This is my state and my school so if that makes me a "crony", that's fine (FYI, I have my sources but have never worked for the Ath Dept). All I'm saying is you act like you know everything that goes on at UConn, but you really don't. I just hope you like the rebrand so we can finally pull you off that ledge.

(PS - Woof 101, I have no idea how I passed English, I need a deluxe version of spellcheck at all times)

i dont like part of what they did so it wont be a good day for me when it comes out. thought it was going to drop this week but i guess not. it has to soon...anyway, quality post on your side. hats off to ya.

 

[CTMike]

The Cheerleader led U-C-O-N-N cheer makes me cringe and depending on how many Rolling Rocks I've had tailgating, nearly makes me puke.

It's contrived, the cadence is off and at best maybe 25% of the stadium does it. I mean, I hate to be a jerk about it, but it's a pretty simple chant and the fact they mess it up every single time is bewildering.

Nothing and I mean NOTHING gets me more pumped than a Big Red 'U-C-O-N-N' chant. Just do it right after TD's and not after TV time outs.

Also, DJ Joey genius needs to stop jumping on the U-C-O-N-N chants at the games.

Scenario: Big basket, crowd goes wild, timeout, Big Red gets up. and.....

YO YO YO YO YO HUSKYYYY FANZZZ IN DA HOWSSE MAKE SUMMMM NOISSEEEE.

Way to try and kill off any tradition we have UConn Athletic Department.

Also, the BLUE WHITE chant is pathetic. Just please stop embarassing ourselves.

The great thing about tradition is that it happens organically. Not because some student intern jerk off played NCAA Football 2011 and saw something and forces it on UConn.

Sorry for the rant!

Not sure if Big Red goes to football games or not... But I would settle for a video of him leading the chant on the video board, played at key moments.

 

[Dann]

Not sure if Big Red goes to football games or not... But I would settle for a video of him leading the chant on the video board, played at key moments.

how about we have a cermony at a bball game during halftime where big red grants b/w kid the right to run fball game cheers for the u-c-o-n-n chant. like the jets fireman guy etc...my idea is he will be the big red for the next run of years. time to get that going. cheerleaders should not getr to lead that chant. its a special timing and crowd thing.

this all leads to the whole issue here, uconn is a great slang nickname and is a great term for certain things. but once u let the name get out of hand its no longer spoecial. the school let it take over the brand of connecticut and its been a mess since. its the small things that will lead a change to getting back to a real schools standards for this stuff.

 

[UConn Dan]

Big red is going to choke on his hot dog soon. We need some young blood. Bring in a little red that will grow big one day. Or maybe a Big Blue that's ready to go.

 

[Mr Blueskin]

i dont like part of what they did so it wont be a good day for me when it comes out. thought it was going to drop this week but i guess not. it has to soon...anyway, quality post on your side. hats off to ya.

HFD...please give me something about this new look...all you have to say is red or no red in all the unis and cursive or block? Teeth or no teeth?

 

[Husky25]

A few changes would go a long way to improve my game day experience:

1) HD Video Board - The Rent is 11 years old and so is the video technology. Hopefully with a new mgmt company taking over, their will be some $$ left over from the XL renovation to spend on a larger High Definition video board.

2) Dispose of DJ Jazzy Joey. No further explanation...

3) 3rd down music - They sprinkle in a little Crazy Train with the ad nausiem occurances of Welcome to the Jungle. They need to do it more often and with more variety. Better yet...

4) Have the "Pride of Connecticut" play the first few bars of our fight song when UConn makes a first down AND on defensive third downs.

5) Reconfigure parking to allow for fathers and sons / tailgaters (You know patrons?) to at least throw a football. The field in Rentschler Field refers more to the fact that the structure is built on a former airport field (read: acres upon acres of land) than the stadium itself.

6) Ushers and parking attendants act with some common sense. Examples to the contrary are too numerous to convey.

 

[Husky25]

7) No more "Everybody clap your hands" cheer. We're not in Flushing, We are not the Mets!!!

 

[Dann]

HFD...please give me something about this new look...all you have to say is red or no red in all the unis and cursive or block? Teeth or no teeth?

hsikcolb. luahrevo a tog yksuh. der emos. nnocu.

 

[pj]

7) No more "Everybody clap your hands" cheer. We're not in Flushing, We are not the Mets!!!

8) Please, do not even consider playing "Sweet Caroline." We're not the Red Sox and even the Red Sox won't remain the Red Sox if they keep playing Sweet Caroline.

 

[pj]

hsikcolb. luahrevo a tog yksuh. der emos. nnocu.

I concur!

 

[junglehusky]

If you really want to switch from UConn back to Connecticut, you're going to have to borrow the time travelling prof's machine and go back to ~WWII , when that name became common. Cat's out of the bag now. But if you had a time machine I hope you'd first get rid of Hitler and Stalin etc., stop the assassinations of Lincoln and JFK... oh and bet on the Jets in SBIII.

Also, I think that prof published a paper with a mathematical proof that time travel is only possible in the forwards direction, you can't go backwards. Oh well.