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Nostical said:
Now all of these make believe copycat rivalries dreamed up by bloggers, sports columnists and media folk can be traced directly back to Diaco. That makes him a trend setter. Imitation is, of course, the sincerest form of flattery.
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The program might have stole from me. :confused:

I apologize to the fanbase. At least I came up with decent names for games.
 
If they beat UCF, this will have been inspired genius. Even if they lose, but have a respectable season (bowl game) then this will still have worked out positively.

You can guarantee the civil conflict will get airtime on all the college football studio shows that week.

Fwiw, I don't care if he rubs anyone on campus the wrong way, or the media or the fans. He needs the players to like him, recruits to like him, their families to like him and to win games. The rest of us will like him just fine.
 
noeynox said:
Diaco is an enigma. Seems to do a lot of talking before the season, "win the day", this that and the other, but when the games started the talk became about not sacrificing the future for a few wins.

At some point he just needs to focus on winning the games THAT day. He is frustrating guy. If he put half as much energy into not completely shutting the passing game down against USF as he did in creating this trophy we would all be happier.
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Diaco is getting dopes like us talking about football and June. He is getting his players amped up for the season, picking a fight with the best team in the league. He knows exactly what he is doing with his troops. This is all part of the building process.

Nobody was more frustrating than me with the USF game but Diaco has a plan. For one, he replaced the offensive coordinator Mike Cummings with Frank Vertucci. I am eager to see how things play out this year.
 
whaler11 said:
My only point is we see a lot
of posts of how the kids believe in him and buy in.

To your point, almost none of us have any idea what's going on inside the program.

So what I saw was a team that rolled over and played dead twice at home. The other thing we see is that schools are starting to fill their 2016 classes (Houston and Tulane have 7-8 verbals for example) and UConn still doesn't have a commit.

So since the evidence that players have bought in seems to be what they post on Twitter - I don't see a lot of compelling evidence that one can claim players have bought in either.

But yes of course plenty of good coaches in all sports have had teams mail it in at the end of the season.

I haven't declared him a failure but it certainly would give me a lot more confidence if they would start landing some players instead of giving us more reasons to question his sanity.

I'd love to shake this feeling that he'll figure it all out at his next head coaching gig. I'd prefer to not be his Cleveland.
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up until a month or so ago, Ollie was in the recruiting crapper as well. different sport, I get it.
but things change very quickly...

wait until the game is over before you complain about the outcome.
 
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Carl Spackler said:
LOLOLOL.

"UConn Promotes 'Rivalry' Game with UCF, Knights Deny Any Involvement"

The writers for the Onion couldn't come up with this even it was fake. I hope that trophy is real, and I hope it's on the sideline in Orlando in October. If we're going to suck big monkey balls on the field, might as well have some fun off.
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Check out all of these other rivalry games listed on wiki. They all had to start somewhere. As I have written, Diaco is hyping the program in June, getting people to talk about football. He is reminding his players that we beat the best team in the league last year, planting seeds of believe. He is making a statement that UCONN will take anyone on. I like the moxi and we have nothing to lose.

My wife is going to football 101 at Storrs Friday night. Drinking cocktails and catching screen passes with the girls and coaches. Diaco is a creative guy and demonstrating to all that college football is fun! Guys need to lighten up!

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NCAA_college_football_rivalry_games
 
Carl Spackler said:
The Villanova game will give a good sense of direction. By the time that game arrives, he'll have completed something like 18 months of calendar time in the HC position, he'll have 2 spring and 2 fall camps, and 1 full regular season experience under his belt. He'll have a roster that will be what he's had 18 months to determine are all his RKG's.

If we're still a disorganized and undisciplined mess on the field from individual play to team concepts, communication, and game plan execution- then I'll start worrying about this guy's plan as a head coach.
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Talked to Diaco's assistant at the golf tournament. He told me the guys are already really amped up for Villanova. Like everyone on the boneyard, I am hoping UCONN makes a major statement against NOVA with a blowout win.
 
huskymedic said:
Yup...

>>If it was the mistake of a young coach still on training wheels, so be it. If Diaco, 42, just doesn't care what others at UConn outside his program think, shame on him. From the use of the Burton/Shenkman complex to the way some people have been treated … it is no secret around campus that Diaco has rubbed a number of people, notably those in other sports, the wrong way. This trophy crash and burn doesn't help him.<<
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Ya know once upon a time there was a guy around campus who rubbed a number of people the wrong way. His name was Jim Calhoun.

I'm not saying Diaco = Calhoun...
just-saying.jpg
 
TasteofUConn said:
There are scads and scores of fans whose response to being in the AAC has been to incessantly point out what a crap conference it is, how spread out it is, how awful some of the schools are, and so on. The solution to the problem that they offer is, "we need to get out of this conference ASAP."
This is like we're all sitting on a compromised boat, complaining of its list, bemoaning the unsanitary condition, and otherwise engaging in a non-stop pity party whilst we parrot, repeatedly, "what we need is a new boat," notwithstanding that no new boat is in sight or expected any time soon.
Diaco is bailing. From what I can see, he's bailing as fast and as hard as he can. He's working with what he has. Was the rivalry thing, retrospectively, a poor choice? Yep. Did he make rookie mistakes as a head coach last year? Yep. But the dude is bailing like a madman, and I'm not exactly sure what people want him to do. Win? That's the advice. That's like yelling to a drowning man, "swim!"

The guy inherited this from PP:
toilet-overflowing.jpg


It's been only a year and a bit. He barely knows his players. He's had little to time to learn how to be a head coach.
It's striking to me how aggressive the more radical fans are are at calling for his head. If the more belligerent fans had their way, he may already be gone, and some new guy would be sitting there, surveying the sinking vessel, having people scream at him, "we need a new ship. This ship sucks. You have 3 hours to find one."
It's becoming normal in our world to quickly and openly mock people for any perceived failure through distal media portals, and with impunity and without accountability. We're becoming a nation, and world, of mean girls, perching like vultures, waiting for anybody to slip so we can caw out at them, mock and laugh and condescend. Shame on us for not supporting Diaco through thick and thin, particularly given the short time he has been here and the fecal mess he inherited. The guy didn't put the gash in the hull. He just was the guy who agreed to come aboard and work to right it.

I don't use this word lightly - I think the guy is incredibly brave to put himself out there, likely knowing what the reaction would be. He's soldiering on. I respect that immensely, notwithstanding any missteps along the way, and I think it's petty and small to pile on our head coach when his single and obvious motivation is to improve the team and the program.
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Not everyone on the Boneyard is down on Bob Diaco. I agree 150% that it is way too early to judge. I believe in Diaco and his staff. We are fortunate to have him at this place and time. UCONN fans expect to win and it has been a long and frustrating 4 years, I totally get it. It has been extremely frustrating but we need to hang in for a little while and as you say get behind Diaco. if he fails then as many have said,he will be fired. Until then let's get behind him.

Here is a good word from Romans on the subject of dealing with difficult circumstances in life.

" We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance. And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of victory. Rom - 5:3

Diaco is building a team of Character. We all, including me have to work on building Character. Winning is wonderful but how we go about winning is important. I like the integrity I have seen in both Coach Ollie and Coach Diaco.
 
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The guys absolutely nuts. I mean that's 100% obvious... if he wins games then I don't care.
 
IMind said:
The guy is absolutely nuts.... If he wins games then I don't care.
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So here's the reality. If he's nuts and loses, he won't be here long. But if he wins, he won't be nuts. You'll see articles by the same schnooks who chortled at his outside-the-box maneuvers but now they'll be headlined " How Diaco Saved UConn Football" "The Little Coach Who Could" They'll talk about his unorthodox methods, how he sacrificed a season to find his way. It will be the new blueprint. And this Civil Conflict thing will be viewed as a brilliant stroke to ignite interest in an uninteresting team. His personality will have him on lots of TV. The exposure for UConn and Diaco will grow. Success somehow turns "nuts" into "savvy futurists" willing to risk the slings of criticism and derision until they become the sought after subjects of interviewers wanting to touch the king.
 
Confident Carl said:
Check out all of these other rivalry games listed on wiki. They all had to start somewhere. As I have written, Diaco is hyping the program in June, getting people to talk about football. He is reminding his players that we beat the best team in the league last year, planting seeds of believe. He is making a statement that UCONN will take anyone on. I like the moxi and we have nothing to lose.

My wife is going to football 101 at Storrs Friday night. Drinking cocktails and catching screen passes with the girls and coaches. Diaco is a creative guy and demonstrating to all that college football is fun! Guys need to lighten up!

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NCAA_college_football_rivalry_games
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I think that Football 101 thing is genius.... the Civil Conflict not so much.

For all those portraying HCBD as Bond villain level genius with all the chatter being part of the master plan...I don't see it. I see Bob as a bright motivated guy without an internal filter who may or may not be in over his head. I agree though that winning solves all issues.
 
Disco joins a list of other UConn coaches without an internal filter see Geno (not going to try to spell his last name) and Calhoun. Hopefully he has the same results in lifting a program.
 
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slmandel 12:25pm via TweetDeck
Mailbag: A Tobacco Road surprise team, what to do about the Army-Navy date, UConn's fake rivalry and more.

>>Is coach Bob Diaco creating a rivalry between UCONN and Central Florida -- and even presenting a trophy -- only to be promptly rejected by UCF an embarrassment or a total embarrassment? -- Mike Jones, Hartford, Conn.

I'm glad you brought this up, because this story is not getting nearly the coverage it deserves. I have so many thoughts.

* First of all, give Diaco a little credit. He managed to not only "manufacture a rivalry" but have it be a "one-sided rivalry." That's two clichés for one.
* Presumably he coined it "Civil Conflict" because "Civil War" was taken, but if you put the word civil in front of any other word it comes off as something ... well, civil. You might as well call it the Cordial Conflict.
* Most people use countdown clocks for either the first or last game of the year (like Ohio State-Michigan). The UCF game is Oct. 10. Hope the Huskies don't look past that Sept. 19 trip to Missouri.
* I love that Diaco is all in not only on why he didn't bother looping in UCF on his plans ("They don't get to say whether they're our rival or not") but why the rivalry magically began only last year, when UConn won (because he wasn't the coach yet).
* If UCF does happen to win this year's rematch in Orlando, does it get to keep this trophy it didn't ask for? Or does it go back to Storrs?
* But even better, imagine if UConn wins and proceeds to celebrate on the Knights' home field by hoisting up a trophy it created?

There's just so much potential here. I hope Diaco comes up with one for Tulane next.<<
 
What are the chances this thread gets 50,000 hits by October? If we've got a winning record and so does UCF? 100,000 hits? Where is whaler11. I want odds.
 
I have expressed my reservations about Diaco before and this incident did nothing to change things. But I sort of agree with Jacobs that this was probably meant more core internal than external consumption. Probably should have sent it to the team not the world. I also think he put more pressure on himself. This team quits again this season and you have to wonder if he is the guy we need. When you look at what guys like Addazio and Franklin did in their first years in arguably as bad (BC, Temple) or worse (Vandy) situations you have to be concerned, I think.
 
BlueDogs said:
Ouch indeed. Just making sure any last shred of dignity is stripped away. Cocoa Puffs better win some games.
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I guess you didn't get the memo no potential recruits, their coaches or their parents read thses sites, no big deal.
 
SubbaBub said:
If they beat UCF, this will have been inspired genius. Even if they lose, but have a respectable season (bowl game) then this will still have worked out positively.

You can guarantee the civil conflict will get airtime on all the college football studio shows that week.

Fwiw, I don't care if he rubs anyone on campus the wrong way, or the media or the fans. He needs the players to like him, recruits to like him, their families to like him and to win games. The rest of us will like him just fine.
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Is your measuring stick seriously Bowl game = resepctable season? If so, wow, I'm afraid you are setting yourself up for disappointment. If Diaco gets us to a bowl he will be up for Coach of the Year and I may ask to be the presenter!!!!

Our Vegas over/under right now is 3. So not only are you expecting 4 games better than that (which would be at the far right end of any bell curve) but you would only call that "respectable". Goodness gracious.
 
huskymedic said:
slmandel 12:25pm via TweetDeck
Mailbag: A Tobacco Road surprise team, what to do about the Army-Navy date, UConn's fake rivalry and more.

>>Is coach Bob Diaco creating a rivalry between UCONN and Central Florida -- and even presenting a trophy -- only to be promptly rejected by UCF an embarrassment or a total embarrassment? -- Mike Jones, Hartford, Conn.

I'm glad you brought this up, because this story is not getting nearly the coverage it deserves. I have so many thoughts.

* First of all, give Diaco a little credit. He managed to not only "manufacture a rivalry" but have it be a "one-sided rivalry." That's two clichés for one.
* Presumably he coined it "Civil Conflict" because "Civil War" was taken, but if you put the word civil in front of any other word it comes off as something ... well, civil. You might as well call it the Cordial Conflict.
* Most people use countdown clocks for either the first or last game of the year (like Ohio State-Michigan). The UCF game is Oct. 10. Hope the Huskies don't look past that Sept. 19 trip to Missouri.
* I love that Diaco is all in not only on why he didn't bother looping in UCF on his plans ("They don't get to say whether they're our rival or not") but why the rivalry magically began only last year, when UConn won (because he wasn't the coach yet).
* If UCF does happen to win this year's rematch in Orlando, does it get to keep this trophy it didn't ask for? Or does it go back to Storrs?
* But even better, imagine if UConn wins and proceeds to celebrate on the Knights' home field by hoisting up a trophy it created?

There's just so much potential here. I hope Diaco comes up with one for Tulane next.<<
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* But even better, imagine if UConn wins and proceeds to celebrate on the Knights' home field by hoisting up a trophy it created?

Now this would be great!
 
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Carl Spackler said:
What are the chances this thread gets 50,000 hits by October? If we've got a winning record and so does UCF? 100,000 hits? Where is whaler11. I want odds.
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By October that everyone but 100 posters here have long forgotten all this: -10000
 
Perfect Hair said:
Is your measuring stick seriously Bowl game = resepctable season? If so, wow, I'm afraid you are setting yourself up for disappointment. If Diaco gets us to a bowl he will be up for Coach of the Year and I may ask to be the presenter!!!!

Our Vegas over/under right now is 3. So not only are you expecting 4 games better than that (which would be at the far right end of any bell curve) but you would only call that "respectable". Goodness gracious.
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The level of analysis drops precipitously once you leave the Top 25. It's flat out invisible past #100. I believe there is little difference in talent between #'s 50-70, where bowl teams reside and the bottom. There is only a difference in resources and attitude. UCONN has the resources, it's up to Bob to deliver the attitude.

If you're not expecting a bowl game in the AAC, you should just give up and go home. If this team plays better than it did against USF, Army, ECU, Tulane and SMU, then 6 wins is easier than you think.

Short version is show up committed to play smart, tough, mistake free FB, and go bowling. That's all there is to it really.
 
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