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CTMike

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I've thought about emailing AD David Benedict but I can't possibly imagine what I'd say that hasn't already been said.
 
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You won't get a response, so what's the point. Go outside and spit in to the wind, it saves you some time and is just as aggravating.

Fanbases will always want more from their teams - that is, by the way, a good thing. It must really suck for our poor AD to have a fanbase who expects the ONE team that can save the athletic program to look like something better than the jv at a mid-level P5 program.
 

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You won't get a response, so what's the point. Go outside and spit in to the wind, it saves you some time and is just as aggravating.

Fanbases will always want more from their teams - that is, by the way, a good thing. It must really suck for our poor AD to have a fanbase who expects the ONE team that can save the athletic program to look like something better than the jv at a mid-level P5 program.

Yup. We check every GD P5 box but football. Properly invest in football and we can position ourselves better in time for the last CR merry-go-round in 5 years.
 

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I loved HFD because his crazy rankings contained some very good ideas.
Some good, some not so good - but he sure as hell understood the sense of urgency needed within the AD that it has desperately lacked. Our number one flaw as an AD was complacency. I think it's better understood now, but it may be too little too late.
 

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Some good, some not so good - but he sure as hell understood the sense of urgency needed within the AD that it has desperately lacked. Our number one flaw as an AD was complacency. I think it's better understood now, but it may be too little too late.

Agree. I too like HFD. I understand his banishment if he made personal insults (I have no idea what happened...just what I am led to believe). But if there is such a thing as a "UConn fan foxhole", HFD is a guy I want in that foxhole 100 times out of 100. Not all of his ideas were home runs but all of his ideas were conjured from/by love of UConn.
 

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So, who from the BY will file the FOI request? I would DIE to see AD David Benedict's end of the season e-mail inbox.
 
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