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RedStickHusky

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Although with a couple of extra doses of care and sticktuitiveness we should be ok.
Yeah, I'd rather hear him say it's helpless.. we're cancelling practices.
 
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Isn't there still hope that the AAC somehow chugs along in the shadow of the P5? Rock bottom would be Cinci, UCF or others getting the call to the show, pushing our plight below bedrock.
 
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I 'm not going to look at the events you enumerated so clearly and succinctly though rose colored glasses. I am going to choose to MANAGE MY EXPECTATIONS and take solace in the fact that we hit bottom awhile back as some chose to ignore it. A young bright light, a guiding star, Casey, was snuffed out and the hope of a bowl type 6 win season and achievement was significantly reduced.

I won't measure this season in win / loss record. This old Husky is going down a different path. I will enjoy the season in improvement, watch a new coaching staff rebuild a program. I will enjoy my tailgating fellow Huskies and not miss a game. I will enjoy a process of watching a group of young pups get better with age and experience. I will enjoy an offensive coordinator learn to fit and modify a game plan to players strengths rather than fitting a player into a desired system incapable of achieving any merit of success. I will watch a young head coach deal with adversity and become better for it giving us a foundation for years to come. Sit back, if you have any degree of strength in your own character and enjoy what we do have and the process of achievement in the next 24 months.

You have given me hope. It still sucks though, but it is hope.
 

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punters foot comes flying off after his 18th punt in a single game

LOL - they'd find a way to put us on probation for that.. are prosthetics legal?
 

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I remember when rock bottom occurred somewhere between losing to a bad Yale team in the second game of the season and having our two best players (Cliff Robinson & Phil Gamble) declared academically ineligible about six weeks later.

Rock bottom doesn't scare me. The reality is that you need to build your foundation on something solid.
 

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What? Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no! And it ain't over now. 'Cause when the goin' gets tough...The tough get goin'! Who's with me? Let's go!

What the fluck happened to the Boneyard I used to know? Where's the spirit? Where's the guts, huh? ...
 
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You'll know we've hit bottom if we keep losing yet Diaco says he's having fun.
 

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UConn football is there. This is as bad as it can get for a program.

To wit:

1) The team has looked terrible. Most likely UConn is one of the 5-10 worst FBS programs this year. The team held on to beat a bad FCS school, and got destroyed the week before against a borderline Top25 team. We are not competitive, and there is no near term fix on the horizon. Uconn could lose the rest of its games, and there may not be a game the rest of the year where UConn will be favored. SMU and Army are the leading candidates.

2) This is not a young team that could rapidly improve. The cupboard is not well stocked, and without the conference affiliation, Diaco has resorted to a lot of under-the-radar recruiting.

3) Diaco has looked lost the first two games and in the press conferences. We knew there would be some bumps with a first time HC, but i did not expect this. The team is playing significantly worse than it was playing under Weist. Wins over Temple, Rutgers and Memphis look pretty good now.

4) Cochran was a devastating loss for the program. I know that his own health is the priority, but this was a huge loss for the program at absolutely the worst time. A healthy Cochran could have chucked enough to Davis to keep us in and probably win a few against the bottom tier AAC teams. Whitmer has gotten worse since arriving at UConn, and Boyle is not ready. I am underwhelmed by the OC, and do not expect much improvement at the QB position this year. UConn is not a competitive program without Cochran.

5) The conference situation is horrendous. The AAC has ONE victory over a D1 opponent this year. This conference is really bad.

This program is in really serious trouble at the absolutely worst time for this to be happening. I expect Diaco to get better, but the rest of the problems are going to take years to sort out. UConn is a long way from the team that could easily beat South Carolina in a bowl game. I don't think there is much we can do other than take the lumps and hope Diaco can turn it around. If he can not, the rest of the problems may become permanent.

You forgot:

6) Dour fans who moan and groan and claim the sky is falling at every setback.
 

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The way I see it is we can either (1) continue to fight on and support the program or (2) go back to trailers. I'm not a fan of trailers so I will be there Saturday with my loudest voice supporting the team on the field! #GoHuskies #HuskyUp
 

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I remember when rock bottom occurred somewhere between losing to a bad Yale team in the second game of the season and having our two best players (Cliff Robinson & Phil Gamble) declared academically ineligible about six weeks later.
An article in the Boston Herald at that time said that if Gamble and Robinson were declared ineligible UConn would put on the floor "the worst team in Big East history." The first game UConn played after they got the boot was on ESPN in prime-time, back when ESPN had only one channel. It was against BCU, at BCU. And the first year coach and UConn won.

I don't mean to be a pollyanna, but I don't think things are quite that bad yet. Maybe this weekend can be our BCU game?
 
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This is rock bottom: I agree with NelsonMuntz.
Rock bottom will be losing to Army. WSe fell through the floor with Pasqualoni's hiring. Really we've been bouncing along the bottom since Towson. But we can go lower, sad to say.
 
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Yesterday was a bad day for this Husky fan. We've been waiting since Dan O to have a QB who could put up prolific passing numbers. Along comes this kid last year, the third option passes for a school record 461 yds, and we think were on our way. One start later, his career is done. This is pretty damn close to rock bottom. I had the exact same thought/choice of words yesterday.

That said all we could do as a fan base is roll up our sleeves and bear it, bare it, or beer it. My biggest fear is that if this season spirals hopelessly out of control with blowout losses you will see repeated record low crowds at the rent. Believe me, I AM NOT PUTTING THIS ON DIACO, but any casual fan that signed up due his energy and positivity will be long gone in heartbeat.

As for Boyle, he is going to play there is no doubt about that. It's just a matter of when.
 
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I'm trying with all of my might to disagree with Nelson because A) I don't like him and B) I want him to be wrong about this.

I can't disagree though.
 
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Coming from a UMass fan who has seen rock bottom, believe me when I tell you that you guys will be fine. Granted, the timing is bad to have a down year but I can still see you scratching out 4 or possibly 5 more wins. Burning Boyle's redshirt could turn out to be a blessing. Good skillset, strong arm...he has the tools. Now is the time to get him the experience. You put your trust in him to play in the toughest part of your schedule last year....trust him again. You've still got a WR who will be playing on Sundays next year. I believe Boyle can get him the ball. You've got a good defense that will continue to get better. I believe you've got a HC that will continue to grow in that position and become more comfortable.
Rock bottom?....been there....you're not even close!
 

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As others have mentioned, rock bottom is when we come off a couple more bowl ineligible seasons and UCF/Cinci are snatched up by the Big12.

At that point, I have no idea what you even do.
 
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Well rock bottom could mean different things to different programs, but thanks for the kind words.
 
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As others have mentioned, rock bottom is when we come off a couple more bowl ineligible seasons and UCF/Cinci are snatched up by the Big12.

At that point, I have no idea what you even do.
I'd say we need to pump more money/resources into football but we all know that ain't possible.
 
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Well rock bottom could mean different things to different programs, but thanks for the kind words.

Agree...expectation levels are set at very differently for the two schools. I guess I just see a much higher ceiling for UConn this year than some others. Going through what you went through under the past regime I would expect a 5-6 win season to be considered a positive. I still think that will happen. I was at the BYU game and was very impressed with what I saw in the second half. I thought Coach D made great adjustments and the team played a very good half. The Stony Brook game was a fluke. Chalk it up to thinking ahead to Boise...whatever. Deep down you guys know you are light years better than them. You got the win.
 

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An article in the Boston Herald at that time said that if Gamble and Robinson were declared ineligible UConn would put on the floor "the worst team in Big East history." The first game UConn played after they got the boot was on ESPN in prime-time, back when ESPN had only one channel. It was against BCU, at BCU. And the first year coach and UConn won.

I don't mean to be a pollyanna, but I don't think things are quite that bad yet. Maybe this weekend can be our BCU game?

I may be overly optimistic (about the program's long term prospects) myself but for the program to get to where I want it to be it needs to be built over more than one offseason.

I don't know what some of the whiners have been watching from 2011 forward but their current reactions lead me to believe they felt we entered this season with a team ready to make a run at double digit wins. We need to build this, this year, next year, the following few seasons. Thinking that this could be turned around in a few months is as silly as believing that this past spring or summer we would hear from the B1G about joining their conference.

Would I prefer a winning season and a bowl game to another year that ends the first weekend in December? Absolutely. Do I believe that we need a bowl game this year in order to rebuild the program? Absolutely not. This year is about starting a foundation. A positive win-loss record would be gravy, nothing else.
 

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The first rule of CR is "Thou Shall Kick UCONN In The Sack". There is no doubt in my mind that UCF and Cincinnati are next up on the P5 invite list, likely to the B12 in a few years once they realize that their round robin tournament doesn't generate the cash that other P5 conferences get from CGs. CCSU and Fairfield University will be the replacements.

But not young?? We play 200 guys per game and over half of them are FR. How could this roster get any younger?
 
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I may be overly optimistic (about the program's long term prospects) myself but for the program to get to where I want it to be it needs to be built over more than one offseason.

I don't know what some of the whiners have been watching from 2011 forward but their current reactions lead me to believe they felt we entered this season with a team ready to make a run at double digit wins. We need to build this, this year, next year, the following few seasons. Thinking that this could be turned around in a few months is as silly as believing that this past spring or summer we would hear from the B1G about joining their conference.

Would I prefer a winning season and a bowl game to another year that ends the first weekend in December? Absolutely. Do I believe that we need a bowl game this year in order to rebuild the program? Absolutely not. This year is about starting a foundation. A positive win-loss record would be gravy, nothing else.

I hear you, but if we don't have a reasonable QB back there, we could lose every game by 25 points. I'm more optimistic than most, and I'll be ok if we end up a very competitive 4-8. But if we end up 2-12 and get blown out weekly, how in the world will Diaco even be able to recruit kids to come play here?

I'm going to go to games even if it means I'm in the stadium by myself. I'm mostly worried about apathy reaching even higher levels and we end up with 12K in the seats by the end of the season.
 

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I don't know what some of the whiners have been watching from 2011 forward but their current reactions lead me to believe they felt we entered this season with a team ready to make a run at double digit wins. We need to build this, this year, next year, the following few seasons. Thinking that this could be turned around in a few months is as silly as believing that this past spring or summer we would hear from the B1G about joining their conference.

See, this is just bs. Yeah, everyone complaining on here really expected 10 wins and to contend for an AAC Title. Please.

My hope was we could get back to respectability and at least be able to beat the bad teams like at the end of last season. A bowl was the goal, but I thought 4/5 wins was more likely.

With all that being said and given the injury to CC, it's still unacceptable for ANY team that UConn fields, in any season to get pushed all over the field by Stony Brook and if Foxx doesn't return that punt... potentially lose to them at home.

My expectations are low but under no circumstance is last week's game even remotely tolerable.
 
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You really could say that the top of the bottom was P's introductory press conference, but Towson was definitely a branch we hit on our plummet down to the bottom of the canyon.

You mean the one that half the board was swooning over because he said we'd try to get more big plays a game on offense?
 
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