In 2017 they started mid-March. 2018 they started first week of March. In 2019 and 2020 they changed things up and started beginning of February and ended in March.
“One cannot fly into flying.”
Mmm, I kind of feel like at this point it’s either wins or bust. Just not losing ugly probably isn’t enough anymore.
I’m a patient man but this is where I am too.
I want wins too. But I also know how I felt walking away from the Illinois and Houston games. Those were fun. There are games on the schedule where we need to win in order to show we’ve turned the corner though.
I’m happy with .500 or better with competing in almost every game (Clemson will most likely be very ugly)
I agree with he owns it now - it's his staff etc
Randy is practically confessing what many of us thought. His Covid excuse was BS as 127 D1 other schools knew how to manage. Contrary to the NYTs article Randy was all about the money - receiving another $1M year and a $300k retention bonus while he had a year of immunity from loses and being fired. It’s funny how they could practice, live and workout together but couldn’t play games. Rather than talk about how he kept them safe from Covid - and that’s not true either cuz over 20 guys got it, he’s talking about how everyone used that time in the gym together getting bigger and stronger.
Isn't it basketball season? Did you click on the wrong board?
And let’s see who they win against. This is the most unbalanced schedule I have ever seen. The extreme haves and have nots.
I agree they could have made it work if they wanted to. They didn’t. No need to blame others. I don’t believe RE didn’t play because he could collect money. Guessing he is financially set for life. Maybe if they were part of a conference they would have played but we’ll never know. My personal opinion is that it is a quitters mentality not to try but it is over with and looking forward to next season.
I don’t think you read the article closely to come to your conclusions. Without a conference, the schedule blew up. I guess you could have winged it for a few games like UMass, but I’m not sure what that would have accomplished. And, as it has become obvious during the basketball season, Connecticut’s COVID rules has made it very difficult to practice and play games. (Case in point is Butler played basketball on Saturday, but UConn could not.). Remember, 23 UConn football players tested positive for COVID and 70 had to isolated at some point in the fall. And, some football players ended up going home. As for practices, they practiced in smaller groups to limit COVID risks.
Again, the reason given for not playing was players’ health safety and Randy accepted the praise of the NYTs for doing so. Now he’s implying that it was all about the Red Shirting he previously wasn’t able to do. What’s the Truth? Sign up for Randy 101 class? It is true some football players went home, eventhough he said they voted enthusiastically not to play. Sure thing Randy. I get banned if I comment on CT’s DPH, so I won’t. He scheduled some very winnable home games next season in the mix with some sure loses. We stopped playing Yale decades ago, since they were no longer competitive with our level. Holy Cross is another win, if we are competitive.
You don’t think financially secured people, want more money?
That's the Army scheduling philosophy and it's worked pretty well for them. Within the next 5 years I expect that Navy will also return to independent status and do likewise.
Of course more money is better, just don’t think he is desperate to keep a job or this job particularly for financial reasons.
