UConn Football Insider: Transforming Program No Easy Task, But Foundation Is Set

[huskymedic]

 

[CL82]

"A football program has to be run like a business, not a traveling circus with head-turning sights, sounds and ridiculous attractions. It has to be run by a CEO, not a car salesman."

#moreDiacoabuse

"All one should need right now is a return to sanity, a reason to hope and believe, for the program to get back to the serious business of football, and for those involved to act like they've been there before."

Couldn't agree more.

 

[blue93]

I can only imagine that there is some serious dirt that was promised to be kept of the record by the media guys. If anybody runs into a horde member at a bar and can convince them to spill it, the drinks are on me.

 

[CL82]

I can only imagine that there is some serious dirt that was promised to be kept of the record by the media guys. If anybody runs into a horde member at a bar and can convince them to spill it, the drinks are on me.

It may be as simple as people being pissed that he ran our program into the ground.

 

[History Geek]

Mike Anthony rocks.

While the #moreDiacoabuse is evident, it is fair. I also thought this assessment of Diaco's future is fair.

"So Diaco's gone. He was fired and he landed at Nebraska as the defensive coordinator, where he'll probably do well as a specialist and, therefore, eventually get another shot to run a program. He's a very bright guy who could succeed if he learns to trust others, care about both sides of the ball, turn some passion into organization, not always need to be the smartest guy in the room — especially in rooms, such as the offensive meeting room, one has to assume he rarely enters."

 

[blue93]

It may be as simple as people being pissed that he ran our program into the ground.

You could be right, but a lot of these comments sound personal. We don't often get that tone from the local media. Maybe they've just been hanging around this board too much.

 

[Stainmaster]

You could be right, but a lot of these comments sound personal. We don't often get that tone from the local media. Maybe they've just been hanging around this board too much.

People at the Courant have told me Diaco's relationships with pretty much all of the Horde were horrendous. I didn't get too many details, but it was clear they had a very personal dislike of him.

 

[jostar1]

You could be right, but a lot of these comments sound personal. We don't often get that tone from the local media. Maybe they've just been hanging around this board too much.

Maybe because of Diaco banning media coverage. That was in another Mike Anthony story:

"Early in the offseason, Diaco requested a complete ban of media coverage for a program starving for attention."

 

[huskymedic]

You could be right, but a lot of these comments sound personal. We don't often get that tone from the local media. Maybe they've just been hanging around this board too much.

People at the Courant have told me Diaco's relationships with pretty much all of the Horde were horrendous. I didn't get too many details, but it was clear they had a very personal dislike of him.

They didn't like to be patronized/talked down to.

 

[Jimdish255]

You could be right, but a lot of these comments sound personal. We don't often get that tone from the local media. Maybe they've just been hanging around this board too much.

Not if you re-read the stories from last season. Very few outside the Boneyard who are using terms like competence and sanity to describe the current regime, were using the terms incompetence or insanity while the circus was still in town. They just feel free to call it like it was after the fact. But it was painfully apparent immediately after the Navy debacle and ensuing scapegoating and excuse-fest that we had a coach who was detached from reality.

 

[blue93]

Not if you re-read the stories from last season. Very few outside the Boneyard who are using terms like competence and sanity to describe the current regime, were using the terms incompetence or insanity while the circus was still in town. They just feel free to call it like it was after the fact. But it was painfully apparent immediately after the Navy debacle and ensuing scapegoating and excuse-fest that we had a coach who was detached from reality.

I know how bad they were. I guess my original post was more geared towards potential rumors of things going on behind the scenes that maybe they've heard but wouldn't want to put in writing. The DW redshirt burning "conversation" type of stuff.

 

[Drew]

Omaha radio talked about this article yesterday/Diaco. Starts at 6 mins:

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