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UConn’s plan for cutting $10 million from its athletic budget will be presented Friday and could shape the department for years to come (Amore)

Bobol said:
To enhance UConn’s academic image it should move its men’s rowing to varsity level to compete against and beat the Ivies. UConn should strive to regularly compete against Harvard and Yale.
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When I was a kid growing up in New London the Yale Harvard race on the Thames River was one of the biggest spectator events in New England. There were often thousands of people lining the river and lots of spectator boats. I always wore blue that day.
 
RSTuthill said:
I would not be shocked to see Men's Hockey cut. The basketball programs see hockey as a threat and we all know that the basketball programs get what they want at UConn. Women's Ice Hockey might stay to preserve gender equity but maybe not even them.
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I’ve heard something similar. The worry is that they will become a national player while basketball is stuck at the “ strong regional” level. Not an impossible scenario.
 
When VIrginia beat Yale in the Lacrosse Final last year in Philadelphia, announced attendance was 31,000....not too shabby.
 
freescooter said:
I’ve heard something similar. The worry is that they will become a national player while basketball is stuck at the “ strong regional” level. Not an impossible scenario.
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Our basketball is going straight back to major, national program before our eyes. Hockey won’t hurt it and it will certainly never overshadow it.

College hockey is very regional, the Northeast and Upper Midwest are the only regions that deeply care about it. I’d like to see hockey strengthened because we are such a natural fit for playing hockey and for Hockey East. On top of that, a good hockey team sells tickets and can pull some of its own weight financially.
 
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UConn to Hockey East happened because Dan Malloy wanted it. Basically he made the arrangements and informed Warde and Susan. There was no big push. No plan. And there are people in the Atletic Dept who had always made sure it wouldn’t happen because it would be unseemly for UConn to have a successful nonbasketball program. The governor knew it which is why he, not UConn made the decision
 
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Slick said:
Wow, I think this is one of the dumbest posts I have ever seen on the boneyard. Mr Tuthill may be joking, if he is then I understand but otherwise this is ridiculous .
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If he is joking why would you call it dumb? Ask him
 
gtcam said:
If he is joking why would you call it dumb? Ask him
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Not joking. Didn't say it would be smart. In fact it would be really stupid. But UConn doesn't exactly have a track record of making smart moves in its AD.
 
RSTuthill said:
Not joking. Didn't say it would be smart. In fact it would be really stupid. But UConn doesn't exactly have a track record of making smart moves in its AD.
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How and why would UConn hoops programs see hockey as a threat? Hockey is a niche regional sport. UConn hockey hasn’t done anything and have not even had one “magical season” where even casual fans jumped on board complete with a great post season run. Both UConn hoops programs are monsters. National brands. The women’s team is the best ever and the men’s team is clearly on its way back to regular Top 25 status. I don’t believe for one second that either Hurley or Geno see hockey as a threat and would laugh at the assertion. Yeah maybe one day UConn hockey will finish in the Top 3 of Hockey East let alone win the league. When Minnesota State, Bemidji State and Minnesota Duluth are top 25 schools in hockey, I don’t think you are going to get mass appeal from UConn fans. Ludicrous.
 
Vuce said:
How and why would UConn hoops programs see hockey as a threat? Hockey is a niche regional sport. UConn hockey hasn’t done anything and have not even had one “magical season” where even casual fans jumped on board complete with a great post season run. Both UConn hoops programs are monsters. National brands. The women’s team is the best ever and the men’s team is clearly on its way back to regular Top 25 status. I don’t believe for one second that either Hurley or Geno see hockey as a threat and would laugh at the assertion. Yeah maybe one day UConn hockey will finish in the Top 3 of Hockey East let alone win the league. When Minnesota State, Bemidji State and Minnesota Duluth are top 25 schools in hockey, I don’t think you are going to get mass appeal from UConn fans. Ludicrous.
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This idea that success in one sport will somehow diminish fandom in another one must strictly be a Connecticut Thing. I swear I’ve read it nowhere else. Kentucky and Kansas are basketball first schools, but their fans seem pretty happy when their football teams experience even moderate success.

What happened to the idea that a rising tide lifts all ships? Hockey making a surprise NCAA Run shouldn’t suddenly make fans not care about basketball. If anything it should make fans more excited to experience additional success in other sports, basketball included. Somebody please explain this ______ team only fandom that exists seemingly only here.
 
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The two schools you mentioned are P5 schools in conferences bringing in mega bucks. UConn has been floundering since getting left at the altar. Combine that with a state legislature that gives the company that helped destroy UConn athletics tax breaks and a state legislature that is so divided on funding the flagship state university, what would you expect? UConn fans don't know if there will be athletics next month, let alone next year or the year after that. The other problem which as been raised repeatedly is that it seems like there are UConn fans for individual sports, but not many UConn fans that support all sports. Women's basketball fans support women's basketball. Men's basketball fans support men's basketball. Hockey fans think that hockey matters. They all hate UConn football, except for the football fans. It is that simple.
 
buddy said:
The two schools you mentioned are P5 schools in conferences bringing in mega bucks. UConn has been floundering since getting left at the altar. Combine that with a state legislature that gives the company that helped destroy UConn athletics tax breaks and a state legislature that is so divided on funding the flagship state university, what would you expect? UConn fans don't know if there will be athletics next month, let alone next year or the year after that. The other problem which as been raised repeatedly is that it seems like there are UConn fans for individual sports, but not many UConn fans that support all sports. Women's basketball fans support women's basketball. Men's basketball fans support men's basketball. Hockey fans think that hockey matters. They all hate UConn football, except for the football fans. It is that simple.
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While some think this way, there are many that cheer on all sports. The only problem with football is losing. Put an average+ team on the field and football is breaking even or better.
 
buddy said:
The two schools you mentioned are P5 schools in conferences bringing in mega bucks. UConn has been floundering since getting left at the altar. Combine that with a state legislature that gives the company that helped destroy UConn athletics tax breaks and a state legislature that is so divided on funding the flagship state university, what would you expect? UConn fans don't know if there will be athletics next month, let alone next year or the year after that. The other problem which as been raised repeatedly is that it seems like there are UConn fans for individual sports, but not many UConn fans that support all sports. Women's basketball fans support women's basketball. Men's basketball fans support men's basketball. Hockey fans think that hockey matters. They all hate UConn football, except for the football fans. It is that simple.
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Thanks for the reply, but it doesn’t address the fundamental question of why? Is it strictly a monetary issue that these fans believe supporting other teams is taking resources away from their favorite program? This seems to fly in the face of conventional wisdom that a stronger overall AD is better business for everybody.
 
This hockey take is so dumb. The best they've done is 5th place and yet when they play well they put 6K-7K fannies in the seats. They aren't getting rid of hockey.
Covid killed what could have been a final 4 Friday night matchup in the TD Garden against a team like Boston College. I'm willing to bet UConn would have had a damn good showing of fans up in Boston as well.
 
For an "outsider"...this thread has become so "UConn"...

An identity crisis of sorts. Caught between the basketball oriented Big East fan and a few fans sayin "let's play sports with the Ivies to be more like them" and the fans excited about the opportunity to upgrade football as an Indy.

It isn't really at an either-or state yet....yes, there will be some sports cut. And maybe that should have occurred some years back. UConn carries a few more than most. jmho
 
billybud said:
For an "outsider"...this thread has become so "UConn"...

An identity crisis of sorts. Caught between the basketball oriented Big East fan and a few fans sayin "let's play sports with the Ivies to be more like them" and the fans excited about the opportunity to upgrade football as an Indy.

It isn't really at an either-or state yet....yes, there will be some sports cut. And maybe that should have occurred some years back. UConn carries a few more than most. jmho
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Correct. We play too many sports. A solid football team will help the AD make money. The outrage should be at the acceptance of losing, not the spending on football.
 
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I have never understood the animosity some fans have between individual sports. And I certainly don’t understand how one sport is a threat to another. I went to Uconn. It’s my school. I want every sport to win every game. I want every research project to be a home run. Any success is great for the school overall. Maybe I am not the normal fan but I go to any game in any sport I can and check the results of every game we play.
 
TheDoggPound said:
Those of us who support all the sports programs are definitely in the minority. The majority root solely for Men's basketball and most of those 'fans' go out of their way to drag the football team through the mud.
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I'm one of those people who support all UConn teams, checking on scores in almost all sports and enjoying when they win. That said, the main reason the football team gets dragged through the mud is that they have been one of the worst teams in the country. I don't think there is a person on this board who would complain about a team that averaged 7-5 seasons. Dragging them through the mud could be considered pulling them out of the hole they have been buried in the last 6 years.
 
Ldandy said:
Thanks for the reply, but it doesn’t address the fundamental question of why? Is it strictly a monetary issue that these fans believe supporting other teams is taking resources away from their favorite program? This seems to fly in the face of conventional wisdom that a stronger overall AD is better business for everybody.
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Maybe you can ask Warde when you go to the Michigan game.
 
TMB4405 said:
I have never understood the animosity some fans have between individual sports. And I certainly don’t understand how one sport is a threat to another. I went to Uconn. It’s my school. I want every sport to win every game. I want every research project to be a home run. Any success is great for the school overall. Maybe I am not the normal fan but I go to any game in any sport I can and check the results of every game we play.
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I'm with you. I've said it before and I'll say it again; I even want the chess team to go undefeated...
 
Listen to Russillo today he was talking bout some of the top schools that are still paying coaches (including us)and some of RE’s bonus structures... mama Mia!!
 
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Is there a gofund me page for any of the sports impacted? X-Country, Tennis, Golf, etc. If so, please share because I'd love to donate
 
buddy said:
Maybe you can ask Warde when you go to the Michigan game.
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I'll pass. I've been to AA on more than occasion. I'm in no hurry to go back any time soon. That said I figured it would be easier to ask Uconn Fans why this peculiar condition exists here and seemingly nowhere else.
 
And don’t forget that once popular bumper sticker UConn basketball where the men are men and the women are Champions
 
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