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RMoore1999 said:
Criticizing President Herbst for issuing gratuitous public statements that I/we consider ignorant, arrogant and patronizing doesn't make me/us "toddlers", especially when silence or "no comment" would suffice. Just represents that a segment of the fanbase is dissatisfied with the nature of her "leadership".
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I don't think its Susan's job to please you. Or this board.

I also believe she has more insight into what is happening than you. So you are coming from a place of relative ignorance.

I also believe that as a president of one the great flagship state Universities, she is more accomplished than you (maybe not, however, I don't know).

In any event, the complaining on this board is silly.

What matters is how well she does her job and pleasing this board is not one of her top priorities, IMHO.
 
sdhusky said:
I don't think its Susan's job to please you. Or this board.

I also believe she has more insight into what is happening than you. So you are coming from a place of relative ignorance.

I also believe that as a president of one the great flagship state Universities, she is more accomplished than you (maybe not, however, I don't know).

In any event, the complaining on this board is silly.

What matters is how well she does her job and pleasing this board is not one of her top priorities, IMHO.
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Thanks for the education. I didn't claim she didn't have insight, or that I'm more accomplished. Interesting conclusions on your part.

And I could care less if she pleases this Board. I do care that she performs her job well. IMHO, hiring Warde and issuing ridiculous public statements make her look ignorant and clueless about how to perform her job, at least as it relates to the administration of our athletics programs.

Those disappointments don't mean that she's failed in promoting Connecticut's case as it relates to conference affiliation behind the scenes. The jury is still out on that. But she hasn't distinguished herself with the public opportunities she's had.
 
Man I missed this; do they not let you on the internet from jail? Listen they will let him out in a few months, give him a blow and go so he can make it to all those workout sessions with the CBC and he will be back on here spouting his nonsense and you will realize that you could indeed have lived without it.
 
The Funster said:
I kinda liked huskyfandan. I know he's just a kid but he reminded me of a crazy old grandfather.
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It's amazing how fast people on here will turn on you, call you a fair weather fan and say hasta la vista like you were a BCU troll.

HFD brought more recruiting info and passion to this board than most ever will.

What happened to taking care of your own?
 
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sportsart said:
It's amazing how fast people on here will turn on you, call you a fair weather fan and say hasta la vista like you were a BCU troll.

HFD brought more recruiting info and passion to this board than most ever will.

What happened to taking care of your own?
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He had gone way off the deep end and was making this place unreadable for weeks before he called it quits.
 
sportsart said:
It's amazing how fast people on here will turn on you, call you a fair weather fan and say hasta la vista like you were a BCU troll.

HFD brought more recruiting info and passion to this board than most ever will.

What happened to taking care of your own?
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What happened to sticking to your team through thick and thin?
 
sdhusky said:
In any event, the complaining on this board is silly.

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I appreciate your opinion. So I guess we should shut down the Boneyard? Well it's been a good run.
 
CL82 said:
I appreciate your opinion. So I guess we should shut down the Boneyard? Well it's been a good run.
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Yeah. if we can't talk about Susan's press conferences, there really is much else to say...

Unless.... (and I know this is a bit crazy)

Here me out....

How about if we talk about UCONN football and basketball???
 
Excalibur said:
He had gone way off the deep end and was making this place unreadable for weeks before he called it quits.
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Exactly.

1) Dan is a good sort. The football recruiting stuff is great. He's got a good sense of humor when he's brief.

2) The svengali act was overplayed, annoying and ultimately bizarre. When you decide to anoint yourself as the leader of a movement, it's a good idea to check behind you occasionally to make sure people are actually following.

3) He'll be back. He's not really gone, but still, he'll be back. I'm sure the lack of people throwing themselves on his self-erected funeral pyre is something of a surprise to him, but he'll be back.
 
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He provided more recruiting insight than anybody. Really interesting stuff. Usually spot on. Love the passion, but there were the elements of post unreadability and if I can't have it my way I am going to make everybody suffer.

He wanted to fire everybody and instead he fired himself. Too bad.

I miss your posts Dan (well about 50% of them).:)​
 
rich1122 said:
He provided more recruiting insight than anybody. Really interesting stuff. Usually spot on. Love the passion, but there were the elements of post unreadability and if I can't have it my way I am going to make everybody suffer.

He wanted to fire everybody and instead he fired himself. Too bad.

I miss your posts Dan (well about 50% of them).:)​
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His holier-than-thou attitude of "I get how conference realignment works, these idiots in charge know nothing" attitude irritated me. I appreciated his contributions to the board, but he also had a serious lack of respect for people with much more knowledge than him.

It's a lot easier to make wild claims about your superiority when you never have to prove it.
 
Irish Loop said:
His holier-than-thou attitude of "I get how conference realignment works, these idiots in charge know nothing" attitude irritated me. I appreciated his contributions to the board, but he also had a serious lack of respect for people with much more knowledge than him.

It's a lot easier to make wild claims about your superiority when you never have to prove it.
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Feel better?
 
That POS really pissed me off with what he had to say about me.

Hey HFD, you don't see me wavering in my support, do you? What a "great fan" you are. weakling. Go support Western Connecticut.
 
Irish Loop said:
No, I'm just saying that HFD, like most people, had his ups and downs. Also, I feel pretty certain he'll be back.
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Ups and downs? Over sports? I hate to say this, but he showed his true colors when he puts down the "disadvantaged". He can go duckk himself. Those others who consider him a hero, whatever. I couldn't give a duckk. Just puts in perspective how ridiculous humans are.
 
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Butch said:
Ups and downs? Over sports? I hate to say this, but he showed his true colors when he puts down the "disadvantaged". He can go duckk himself. Those others who consider him a hero, whatever. I couldn't give a duckk. Just puts in perspective how ridiculous humans are.
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I don't know about that. People are just insensitive and stupid and HFD gets pretty emotional sometimes. He did a pretty insane amount of work on the recruitment board. Not saying it excuses his behavior. Can't say I know the specific incident you're referring to, but he wouldn't be the first person to say something stupid and regrettable on the Internets.
 
Irish Loop said:
I don't know about that. People are just insensitive and stupid and HFD gets pretty emotional sometimes. He did a pretty insane amount of work on the recruitment board. Not saying it excuses his behavior. Can't say I know the specific incident you're referring to, but he wouldn't be the first person to say something stupid and regrettable on the Internets.
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I am well aware. I'll just say I am disabled (been permanently disabled since I graduated college) and try to go to games when I can, went to 5 out of 6 games last season. I've been supported by very kind people last season who made it much easier for me to attend games and I am very grateful for that. Finances have been very tight for me. But for him to put me down for that, he can go duckk himself.
 
Fishy said:
Exactly.

1) Dan is a good sort. The football recruiting stuff is great. He's got a good sense of humor when he's brief.

2) The svengali act was overplayed, annoying and ultimately bizarre. When you decide to anoint yourself as the leader of a movement, it's a good idea to check behind you occasionally to make sure people are actually following.

3) He'll be back. He's not really gone, but still, he'll be back. I'm sure the lack of people throwing themselves on his self-erected funeral pyre is something of a surprise to him, but he'll be back.
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This is all exactly true about HFD.

Also, Butch is taking a beating lately. I've met him a few times - he's a good guy.

Butchy - you've got to understand - posters are venting about UConn's situation. Everyone truly understands at the end of the day what is really important. No one on their death bed is really going to curse Edsall over too many blocked punts in 2006. You've got to stop equating real life problems with conference realignment problems. Everyone understands the difference, but this is the one place the hundred or so people who deeply care about this stuff can talk about it with others who follow it.

Few have had more battles with fellow UConn fans here than me. I still understand that Dan97, Pudge, Nelson and Spackler are on the same side as me, we just approach things differently.

Someone like Spackler can talk himself into timezones. Pudge can convince himself that the league is collecting media markets. Dan truly cares if the field hockey team makes the Final Four. I look at everything skeptically and see four time zones as a joke, there is no strategy at all in the schools the Big East has added and I don't care if the school disbands every team but football and men's basketball. In short you can't take it personally.
 
Thank you very much for your kind words. I learned what you are saying. To each, their own.
 
whaler11 said:
Few have had more battles with fellow UConn fans here than me. I still understand that Dan97, Pudge, Nelson and Spackler are on the same side as me, we just approach things differently.

Someone like Spackler can talk himself into timezones. Pudge can convince himself that the league is collecting media markets. Dan truly cares if the field hockey team makes the Final Four.
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It's true. Nancy Stevens has built close to a juggernaut of a field hockey team. Hall of Famer. Been the the tourney 16 of the last 17 years, no joke!

http://www.uconnhuskies.com/sports/w-fieldh/spec-rel/010213aaa.html

I still have a respect for Whaler, even if we fight every fourth thread. We all care about UConn in our own silly little ways; otherwise, we wouldn't show up here on a near-daily basis. And I'm well aware that I'm a crackpot weirdo who actually follows whether or not our friggin' Polo Team wins the National Championships (not just because I used to live in East Campus!). This university has brought a great many positive things into my life, as I'm sure it has for everyone else....including HFD! He won't throw in the towel, nor should he. Nor should I. Nor should any of you.

Each one of us is an optimist, and a pessimist, and a realist, and a dreamer, and a lunatic. Does that answer your question? GO HUSKIES!!! :cool:

 
No matter what anyone thinks of whaler11, I can assure you all he is a very good man.

There's others here who are very nice people as well. I've been treated very, very well by people at the Rent, for the most part. It is humbling to be treated so well.
 
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UConnDan97 said:
It's true. Nancy Stevens has built close to a juggernaut of a field hockey team. Hall of Famer. Been the the tourney 16 of the last 17 years, no joke!

http://www.uconnhuskies.com/sports/w-fieldh/spec-rel/010213aaa.html

I still have a respect for Whaler, even if we fight every fourth thread. We all care about UConn in our own silly little ways; otherwise, we wouldn't show up here on a near-daily basis. And I'm well aware that I'm a crackpot weirdo who actually follows whether or not our friggin' Polo Team wins the National Championships (not just because I used to live in East Campus!). This university has brought a great many positive things into my life, as I'm sure it has for everyone else....including HFD! He won't throw in the towel, nor should he. Nor should I. Nor should any of you.

Each one of us is an optimist, and a pessimist, and a realist, and a dreamer, and a lunatic. Does that answer your question? GO HUSKIES!!! :cool:

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I would have preferred the first reply be someone complaining about Edsall's special teams.

Or someone lamenting that Old Dominion got screwed in Field Hockey by conference realignment.
 
Butch said:
No matter what anyone thinks of whaler11, I can assure you all he is a very good man.

There's others here who are very nice people as well. I've been treated very, very well by people at the Rent, for the most part. It is humbling to be treated so well.
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If you can get there you should go to the signing day event. Fun event for all that show up. Heck you get access to the coaches which is something we all want at one time or another.
 
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