Two UConn greats (Photo)

[ctchamps]

Edsall and JC suffered the same fate regarding their relationship with Hathaway. I'm not against standards and would support Hathaway's standards towards athletics and academics if it was based on principles. But it wasn't imo. Hathaway was so egocentric and controlling he needed to sabotage those equally strong minded males who he butted heads with. So he set standards at UConn that were different than only a handful of universities regarding their approach to athletes and academics. And that put UConn at a disadvantage relative to other programs. In football it translated to a plateau of accomplishment, albeit an incredibaly quick rise from nothing. In basketball it ended with an apr fiasco.

The hire of PP was not based on progressing the football program. It was about getting a soft spoken, agreeable person into a prominent sport to make the AD's life easier.

 

[Huskies4ever]

I think Edsall already hit his ceiling and while he left the program in a good place they still needed to hire a more exciting personality and game changer.........and look what they do?? Awful, awful job by the university!

And quite honestly as bad as they were this past year, a team who could not even put points up on the boards in the 2nd half of a game, they keep him? Losing another year will not help get us in a good conference they need to make the changes necessary to help people in the state excited......for now they're not close!!

I know, mau. I just feel like, as a men's bball fan first and foremost, that I'd rather be in any league than what we're left with. I'd rather we join the basketball only C-7. It sucks that our bball program has to suffer because of college football.