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Matt (Chicago) said:
not worried at all brother. hope you're excited as i am to do some cold weather tailgating friday!
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i can't go to the game. im a casual fan and we are not allowed to root for uconn unless they are a winning team. joke over.
 
HuskyfanDan said:
i can't go to the game. im a casual fan and we are not allowed to root for uconn unless they are a winning team. joke over.
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Why joke - you finally have it. This is the exact point!
 
BlueDogs said:
You know what? I guess you're right. I don't like him. I don't him, Herbst, P, GDl or anybody else that is presiding over this utter debacle. Either they are taking action or they are part of the problem. They are now part of the problem. Whether they are there for 5 second or five years, they alone can make a difference and they have not. So, no apologies to a big bag of whose shown zero leadership. I'm angry and I've paid up for 12 years to be angry.
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So to be clear, BlueDogs is saying that hiring an up and comer for either BB or FB is a non-starter. I still disagree with Herbst - she ran the entire Georgia system (including an SEC program). So while he can be mad, you can't argue that she wasn't a big time hire. If so, I'd like to hear who we should have hired (other than someone that would have fired PP on day one, because HFD would have done that).

And then tell me (and this is much easier for BB) - which $4M a year coach would leave where they are to come to UCONN? Approximately NONE of them. The ESPN guys were saying on Saturday that Tennessee isn't even an attractive job in the SEC because they don't have a lot of home-grown talent and it is hard to recruit. Urban Meyer would have taken the job? Tell me who is on your short list, and don't give me a bunch of MAC guys and Assistants out there because then you are contradicting yourself. If you can find a top 20 coach that would leave their job for UCONN let me know.
 
J187Money said:
So to be clear, BlueDogs is saying that hiring an up and comer for either BB or FB is a non-starter. I still disagree with Herbst - she ran the entire Georgia system (including an SEC program). So while he can be mad, you can't argue that she wasn't a big time hire. If so, I'd like to hear who we should have hired (other than someone that would have fired PP on day one, because HFD would have done that).

And then tell me (and this is much easier for BB) - which $4M a year coach would leave where they are to come to UCONN? Approximately NONE of them. The ESPN guys were saying on Saturday that Tennessee isn't even an attractive job in the SEC because they don't have a lot of home-grown talent and it is hard to recruit. Urban Meyer would have taken the job? Tell me who is on your short list, and don't give me a bunch of MAC guys and Assistants out there because then you are contradicting yourself. If you can find a top 20 coach that would leave their job for UCONN let me know.
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Money clarifies and crystallizes decisions. Don't be so quick to discount what a few million bucks does. Plus, Connecticut is a great place to live. I always wonder why folks are so quick and sure that Connecticut is the last place people want to be...yet live here.
 
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BlueDogs said:
Money clarifies and crystallizes decisions. Don't be so quick to discount what a few million bucks does. Plus, Connecticut is a great place to live. I always wonder why folks are so quick and sure that Connecticut is the last place people want to be...yet live here.
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If your suggestion is to pay twice market to lure a top 20 HC away from their job I think you value football at the expense of all else. Which is admirable but unrealistic. Do you think Saban would leave Alabama for an extra million a year?
 
Best route is to find up and coming talent and pay him fair market value. Then if he delivers you roll out the big money for him and you keep him happy with big salaries for the coordinators and assistants.

Talk about luring a Saban here is crazy. How much is enough? 5? 6? Million a year, plus you are spending half as much or more on his coaches.
 
BlueDogs said:
So, no apologies to a big bag of whose shown zero leadership. I'm angry and I've paid up for 12 years to be angry.
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You're calling the AD " a big bag of ?" Grow up.
 
BlueDogs said:
You know what? I guess you're right. I don't like him. I don't him, Herbst, P, GDl or anybody else that is presiding over this utter debacle. Either they are taking action or they are part of the problem. They are now part of the problem. Whether they are there for 5 second or five years, they alone can make a difference and they have not. So, no apologies to a big bag of whose shown zero leadership. I'm angry and I've paid up for 12 years to be angry.
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BlueDogs I hope you felt the same way about Hathaway, Hogan and Austin!
 
Isn't fair to wait until December before you decide they have taken no action?
 
whaler11 said:
I know I only 'self-identify' as a UConn fan, but the number of posters who are saying they aren't going to Rentschler the rest of the year is surprising.

One of the best games every played at Rentschler, one that people talk about all the time was against Pitt in a season where UConn went 1-6 in the Big East.
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Funny how I remember full or near full capacity when the team was competitive. Another Pasqualoni legacy.....plenty of empty seats!
 
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I wanted to revisit this thread. How many people stayed home to watch a great hoops win and watched the football game on TV? It was an easy decision for me, why miss out on a team and coach that get it to sit in the cold and watch a team and coach that don't get it.
 
UC990411 said:
I wanted to revisit this thread. How many people stayed home to watch a great hoops win and watched the football game on TV? It was an easy decision for me, why miss out on a team and coach that get it to sit in the cold and watch a team and coach that don't get it.
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Glad you enjoyed yourself... I went to the game and was able to watch both games, had great appetizers, a nice steak, some garlic mashed potatoes, few bottles of wine w/ friends. I don't consider mid 40's @ night cold.
 
UC990411 said:
I wanted to revisit this thread. How many people stayed home to watch a great hoops win and watched the football game on TV? It was an easy decision for me, why miss out on a team and coach that get it to sit in the cold and watch a team and coach that don't get it.
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You have no sense of adventure.
 
d1reality said:
The ACC move with adding Pitt and Cuse looking quite smart right now. Their b-ball and football teams poised to enter ACC as very competitive. ND likely to have regained its national power stride in football and will sell many tickets across the ACC conference stadiums. Years down the round, if ND considers giving up the NBC money to join ACC full time, it is doubtful Uconn will get the call to even out the list with its state of football and basketball right now, look for Louisville or Cincy to fill that role if the ACC were to go Big East again.

If coach Kelly keeps the Irish on this pace, look for NBC to lay out a really $weet contract for the Irish and the ACC stays at 12.
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The Great Carnac has spoken!!!
 
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