Transfer portal - outbound

[kris1]

John Robinson IV Podcast UConn Football

A few takeaways:

• It’s an interesting listen, we don’t often get to hear a (former) players perspective
• JRob has a way to go in terms of becoming a Sports Journalist but I appreciated his effort, honesty and perspective
• His personal experience under Edsall’s staff and how they handle(d) Diaco’s recruits corroborate conversations w/ Arkeel (including how RE affected their opportunities to get to the next level)
• He makes some valid points about the program and echoes much of how the fan base feels
• I don’t feel JRob had an axe to grind. He admits he’s trying to advance his career in sports journalism
• Players pay attention to the fan base and what they’re saying good and bad

 

[SubbaBub]

The blame I have on this one is with Edsall, why did we waste a precious scholarship roster slot on a one dimensional special teams guy? Should have used it on LB or just about any other position.

Who dis? Seriously, who is this? I'll take the word of all the guys who made it to the NFL despite playing in a CFB desert over guys who couldn't crack the lineup of a team that went 3-33 the last two years.

This smacks of a guys who absolutely wouldn't fit in Randy's program.

 

[Exit 4]

Who dis? Seriously, who is this? I'll take the word of all the guys who made it to the NFL despite playing in a CFB desert over guys who couldn't crack the lineup of a team that went 3-33 the last two years.

This smacks of a guys who absolutely wouldn't fit in Randy's program.

Mid/late summer we used our last scholarship spot on this grad student who was a kick off specialist. He appeared in one game for us...guess he was injured the rest of the time. I have no idea what his injury was.... but wondering aloud, did he come here injured and duped the staff? Who knows what really happened.

 

[noeynox]

Mid/late summer we used our last scholarship spot on this grad student who was a kick off specialist. He appeared in one game for us...guess he was injured the rest of the time. I have no idea what his injury was.... but wondering aloud, did he come here injured and duped the staff? Who knows what really happened.

Yeah, they gave you a scholarship for a year, maybe don't trash them considering you did next to nothing.

 

[Jimdish255]

Some who left the program were nudged out. For others it was either leaving for a chance to play at an FCS school or not playing at all. I heard Coyle was the only real surprise. He and Nino Leone (teams always need centers) will likely be the two players who get FBS slots.
We’ll know soon whether this purge happened because they weren’t good enough, weren’t team players, or whether it’s a darker indication of a real disconnect between Edsall and reality. Since I don’t think Edsall’s going anywhere, our hope should be that he’s putting together a heck of a recruiting class along with some key selections from the portal. Until we see what he announces on signing day we’re all viewing these moves through the prism of our existing opinions about Edsall.

And that would be appropriate given the extent of our experience and data accumulated with Coach Edsall.

 

[Jimdish255]

Plus, this medical opinion stuff...well - lets just say everyone has an opinion. Universities and coaches are often in a can't win situation on these matters.

I've had a lot of surgeries. Outcomes generally determined my opinion and that always included whether the Doctor actually listened to questions and concerns and explained options and possible damage. Many aren't great at that. A young man late teens early 20's and even his parents may not know how to navigate the process. You just want it fixed and you do some research but mostly you trust. Never any guarantees but I've been on both sides of the Doctor Lottery. Mostly good but when it's bad you never forget.

 

[RSTuthill]

3-9, 1-11, 2-10. And you get another year!

Incorrect. Two more years.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[Duncan Idaho]

Mid/late summer we used our last scholarship spot on this grad student who was a kick off specialist. He appeared in one game for us...guess he was injured the rest of the time. I have no idea what his injury was.... but wondering aloud, did he come here injured and duped the staff? Who knows what really happened.

I thought it was the wr/te from Canada?

 

[Exit 4]

I thought it was the wr/te from Canada?

You are thinking of Dixon

 

[HobokenHusky]

Really - how did Edsall handle Eli Thomas? Or how did he handle the Jazz Howard situation? Find out all the facts before you make a judgement because this doesn't jive with the two above examples.

Edsall used both of those highly publicized events to stroke his own image/ego. I was not a buyer of his Notre Dame post game speech.

 

[hardcorehusky]

Edsall used both of those highly publicized events to stroke his own image/ego. I was not a buyer of his Notre Dame post game speech.

Didn't even think about the Notre Dame post game speech. Was thinking how he was at Maryland and donated to the statue that sits in front of the scoreboard. How he was the guiding light after the tragedy and held everything together.

Eli Thomas couldn't play anymore and Randy kept his word by keeping him on scholarship. Team made him a captain. Happened many years ago with a Center he had recruited that couldn't play due to injury and Randy still kept him on scholarship.

We'll never know the truth about Sean Young because HIPPAA rules prevent the University to speak about it. If history is a teacher in this case, I will go with RE's track record over Sean Young's account every time.

By the way, Hoboken Husky, what should Randy have done in those circumstances since you didn't buy what he did?

 

[UCFBfan]

Who dis? Seriously, who is this? I'll take the word of all the guys who made it to the NFL despite playing in a CFB desert over guys who couldn't crack the lineup of a team that went 3-33 the last two years.

This smacks of a guys who absolutely wouldn't fit in Randy's program.

I had same thought but the bottom line is, no matter who the kid is, the narrative is getting out of hand here. No one outside the few fans here know whether these kids played one down or three seasons? They see a negative, highly negative, tweet and link it with other past player ones and we have a crap storm on hand.

Someone in the PR department, along with DB and RE need to do some serious damage control. Inspirational quotes won't do it. This is spiraling out of control, and at a rapid pace

 

[don356]

Randy’s twitter purge continues - dropped from 504 follows to less than 440 today.

He's no Kardashian.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[huskymedic]

 

[huskysupporter]

Tone deaf and clueless. You have to show more than marginal progress DB. Please leave.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[GridironGR8]

And there you have it. Makes no difference whether you want Randy out now or next year. My suspicion remains that HCRE has at least 12 and perhaps 24 more months or more to work his transition from putrid to.bad to... average? above average?

You can denounce DB's take on Randy all you want but it changes nothing. Go ahead and vent but please support the kids in the program, the recruits, and potential recruits.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[noeynox]

Its been said many times, but Coyle, Nino Leone, Hubbard, and Degeorge are significant losses, but i really just hope to move forward with the kids that want to be here.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[huskysupporter]

Make it stop. Please. Make it stop.

so What happens after five seasons???? An admission you waited two years too long?

This program is a disaster and it’s not just because our head coach runs his offense like it’s 1957 and recruits like he is the head coach for Wesleyan. This administration refuses to help.

 

[Pudge]

I am laughing at the silly comments. Benedict DID probably the most ballsy Athletic Director move in the last half decade in leaving the AAC to the Big East ... and you have the nerve to use the word "coward".

The departure of significant blocks of a 2-10 team has to hit Benedict like an earthquake ... shaking your belief. But, we aren't a Football power. If someone told me that WE have money folks to fund a new baseball stadium & build a state of the art soccer facility & fund Ollie's exit/Hurley's arrival ... well that makes sense. With all the infrastructure we have in Football & the Capital Investment of many 100s of millions of dollars, I would not be surprised to hear that there is NOBODY to step up & place a new top body in the HC spot.

Our AD - despite the barbs from the peanut gallery - needs to be stabilized & kicked forward. Begins with Hurley; continues with Auriemma getting back into the FF; improves with Hockey growing & Soccer reinvesting & Pender having more success ... there is simply no energy and dollars to scape and collapse the Edsall regime: Start anew. Remember: the Capital needed to buy out of the AAC & enter BE is significant.

 

[uconndogs]

Edsall used both of those highly publicized events to stroke his own image/ego. I was not a buyer of his Notre Dame post game speech.

Well then, Edsall missed his calling in Hollywood.

Not sure what ax it is you need to grind, but it’s obvious you have one with posts like that.