So Uconn is one of 3 teams that is not playing football this year. That means the prospects of playing a shortened schedule in the spring is a non starter unless they find some FCS teams or lower that play in the spring, but I don't see any benefit to that.
THE POTENTIALLY BAD RESULT:
The NCAA has passed legislation that no football player will use eligibility this year regardless of the number of games played. What a missed opportunity. Instead this is what the result is. We will have some kids on our roster that were red shirted in 2018 as freshman. They will not have played a game in 3 years come fall of 2021. Moreover, these kids will academically be juniors. Some will perhaps rise into the depth chart and start or be on the 2 deep. Others will head into their senior year academically and not have seen the field. These kids will likely visit the transfer portal, or just forget about football. The key issue for all of them, is heading into what would be their sophomore year athletically, from an eligibility standpoint, they will also likely be graduating. These kids have a strong likelihood to enter the transfer portal, and have 2 years of eligibility remaining, making UConn a training portal for other teams.
THE POTENTIALLY GOOD:
There could be a huge log jam of kids because of eligibility used and academic year being much wider than any time ever before. There very well could be a lot of "better" players out there for immediate improvement. The caveat to that is our hard and fast coach says he won't go that route, so any opportunity to benefit is dismissed. When people make closed statements, and have a closed mind, success is hard to come by. "We will not change." Does that also come with a warning in doing so, that says our record won't change either. Unfortunately, if he does change, he destroys his credibility, and if he does not change, and opportunity knocks, the door sadly is closed. I'm sure by all or most counts RE is a standup guy, and has good intentions, but at some point the win column has to be addressed. The final chapter in this book may read "I did it my way." That way, to this point hasn't exactly proven to be the best plan.
THE POTENTIALLY BAD RESULT:
The NCAA has passed legislation that no football player will use eligibility this year regardless of the number of games played. What a missed opportunity. Instead this is what the result is. We will have some kids on our roster that were red shirted in 2018 as freshman. They will not have played a game in 3 years come fall of 2021. Moreover, these kids will academically be juniors. Some will perhaps rise into the depth chart and start or be on the 2 deep. Others will head into their senior year academically and not have seen the field. These kids will likely visit the transfer portal, or just forget about football. The key issue for all of them, is heading into what would be their sophomore year athletically, from an eligibility standpoint, they will also likely be graduating. These kids have a strong likelihood to enter the transfer portal, and have 2 years of eligibility remaining, making UConn a training portal for other teams.
THE POTENTIALLY GOOD:
There could be a huge log jam of kids because of eligibility used and academic year being much wider than any time ever before. There very well could be a lot of "better" players out there for immediate improvement. The caveat to that is our hard and fast coach says he won't go that route, so any opportunity to benefit is dismissed. When people make closed statements, and have a closed mind, success is hard to come by. "We will not change." Does that also come with a warning in doing so, that says our record won't change either. Unfortunately, if he does change, he destroys his credibility, and if he does not change, and opportunity knocks, the door sadly is closed. I'm sure by all or most counts RE is a standup guy, and has good intentions, but at some point the win column has to be addressed. The final chapter in this book may read "I did it my way." That way, to this point hasn't exactly proven to be the best plan.
