Today's CT Post has zero on tonight's game

[thatguyed]

Nothing. Nada. The only UCONN mention I see is for the points spread.

I know the Post sucks but how is this even possible?

 

[Pudge]

I blame Brian Koontz.

Remember: when you have a rabid Syracuse fan (see his Twitter photo) as your sports editor/columnist, you IGNORE the State University. Koontz, FYI, followed Jake Voskuhl to the parking lot to see what the license plate on his car was. It was a gift from his uncle, much to Mr. Koontz's dismay, not some big dollar booster.

 

[Nostical]

Warde and Mike Enright need to call them out on this. I emailed Enright. That's his job. To spread the word and encourage the wordsmiths. It's called promoting the program via communications. I bet you'd see headlines in The Post if a player was stopped for littering.

 

[Jimmy Serrano]

Warde and Mike Enright need to call them out on this. I emailed Enright. That's his job. To spread the word and encourage the wordsmiths. It's called promoting the program via communications. I bet you'd see headlines in The Post if a player was stopped for littering.

Don't expect much from that incompetent buffoon Enright.

 

[Confident Carl]

Nothing. Nada. The only UCONN mention I see is for the points spread.

I know the Post sucks but how is this even possible?

Noticed the same thing. I am going to let them know I am not happy about it. Others should as well.

They have been devoting huge space lately to High School sports. Nothing wrong with that but no word about UCONN-BYU is not Sports Jounalism.

 

[Nostical]

FWIW, here's my email to Enright.

Hi Mike ,
Hope UConn has a great outing tonight in Provo. Couldn't make it out there but Ruth and I will be in Orlando next week with our granddaughters and a bunch of excited Husky fans.
FYI, I haven't seen it myself, but I was informed that today's Ct Post newspaper had zero coverage on tonight's game. Nothing. How does that happen? Can't we feed them some compelling things to write about the Football Huskies? I don't see how interest can be pumped up in our improving program if the public isn't informed about it via our in-state wordsmiths. I understand they write/broadcast and blog what they want--but a little prodding couldn't hurt--right?
Thanks and Go Huskies!

 

[Adios]

Like I said, have to hire UConn graduates (or not from the ACC).

 

[Confident Carl]

FWIW, here's my email to Enright.

Hi Mike ,
Hope UConn has a great outing tonight in Provo. Couldn't make it out there but Ruth and I will be in Orlando next week with our granddaughters and a bunch of excited Husky fans.
FYI, I haven't seen it myself, but I was informed that today's Ct Post newspaper had zero coverage on tonight's game. Nothing. How does that happen? Can't we feed them some compelling things to write about the Football Huskies? I don't see how interest can be pumped up in our improving program if the public isn't informed about it via our in-state wordsmiths. I understand they write/broadcast and blog what they want--but a little prodding couldn't hurt--right?
Thanks and Go Huskies!

well done!

 

[EdgewoodNHV]

Like I said, have to hire UConn graduates (or not from the ACC).

Not necessarily. Conner might be a Syracuse grad/fan, but he puts out plenty of UConn content. I went to UConn and work for Yale. You can certainly do your job effectively. But we need to do a better job engaging Fairfield County generally. Right now they don't care -- it's probably all Yankees/Mets right now. Though you'd think UConn could reach out and try to make something happen.

 

[Duncan Idaho]

If you read Koonz, you wouldn't care about UConn athletics.

 

[weyuo]

 

[Adios]

Not necessarily. Conner might be a Syracuse grad/fan, but he puts out plenty of UConn content. I went to UConn and work for Yale. You can certainly do your job effectively. But we need to do a better job engaging Fairfield County generally. Right now they don't care -- it's probably all Yankees/Mets right now. Though you'd think UConn could reach out and try to make something happen.

I went to UConn and work at Yale, too (as a corporate lab rat). Fairfield County is loaded on UConn graduates. This is completely bogus on part of the CT Post.

Des puts out plenty of UConn content because this message board could outdo him. I am pretty sure he wants to maintain a job in beautiful CT.

 

[Drew]

I also am a die-hard Nebraska fan and the amount of content the Lincoln Journal Star puts out absolutely ts on the amount of stuff that Des puts out, especially in the offseason. And there's been nothing serious worth writing about on the field in terms of Nebraska football since the 2009 Big 12 championship game/ensuing rematch with Texas in 2010 regular season.

Hiring UConn journalism graduates to cover UConn in both an athletic and academic manner can only help. Hiring an outsider makes it just another job. Hiring a Husky means the person writing the article has a vested interest in what is happening with the University and how it is represented. Setting up internship opportunities with the Daily Campus would be a great start for the Courant/Post/Advocate/etc

 

[uconnkelly]

The Navy/UConn game story--from AP-- was on page 7 (of 8) in last Sunday's sports section. Not even a tease about the story and its page number on the first page of the section. Emailed UConn and the Post. Not holding my breath--I bleed blue but won't turn blue waiting for the Post to figure out their problems.

 

[Nostical]

As I expected, based on past communications with him, Mike Enright responded to my email tonight.

Hi Larry...thanks for your email...glad your are making the trip to Orlando.

There is no question in the last year that the Connecticut Post has cut back considerably on their UConn coverage. They laid off their two basketball beat writers and put the football beat writer on high school coverage.
Most recently, they eliminated the position of their sports columnist, who covered many UConn events, and re-assigned him. We have worked very hard with their publisher, sports editor, etc. on convincing them that UConn coverage is vital to their paper and our University. While the writers in sports agree with us, we are struggling with the publisher.

Quite honestly, emails and communications to the publisher from readers and great Husky fans like you would go miles in trying to restore the coverage.

Thanks for everything...Mike E.

 

[uconnfan68]

As I expected, based on past communications with him, Mike Enright responded to my email tonight.

Hi Larry...thanks for your email...glad your are making the trip to Orlando.

There is no question in the last year that the Connecticut Post has cut back considerably on their UConn coverage. They laid off their two basketball beat writers and put the football beat writer on high school coverage.
Most recently, they eliminated the position of their sports columnist, who covered many UConn events, and re-assigned him. We have worked very hard with their publisher, sports editor, etc. on convincing them that UConn coverage is vital to their paper and our University. While the writers in sports agree with us, we are struggling with the publisher.

Quite honestly, emails and communications to the publisher from readers and great Husky fans like you would go miles in trying to restore the coverage.

Thanks for everything...Mike E.

Drop your subscript and make sure the publisher knows why.

 

[ScottBonz]

The publishers should pay for Daily Campus content. They could get content on the cheap and the DC could make a little bit of extra money. Even the Courant could upload DC stuff on lesser covered sports like Field Hockey and Soccer. Win Win for everyone.