UCONN on Delany's radar

[B1GALUM]

Last weekend Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany was in attendance at the UCONN / Michigan State game and he heard and saw that we bring the NYC market, He'll be seeing UCONN again this weekend at the Final Four and we'll be bringinging the rest of the country..Great resume builders for our new conference...

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My apologies if the following article has already been dissected on your board but a few quotes I found to be of interest.
http://www.courant.com/sports/college/hc-uconn-men-women-final-four-0404-20140403,0,3139762.story
UConn Looks To Sell Itself With Both Teams In Final Four

The past three years have been painful for UConn. Conference realignment in college athletics has left the school on the outside looking in, with what could become long-term declines in revenue, especially from TV, and loss of national relevance. But the school has fought back using the oldest, most reliable weapon in its arsenal — winning men's and women's basketball games in the national spotlight.

"This is our front porch in a sports-minded country," UConn President Susan Herbst said Thursday. "As an academic, worrying about the research mission and development of UConn, you cannot buy the kind of media we get through athletics. It's true for Michigan. It is true for Ohio State. It is true for all the great places. They would not trade [athletic accomplishment] for anything."

The most important benefit that UConn could reap from its success this month is to draw the attention of one of the so-called power conferences.

"That depends on whether or not you think the shake-up is over," Rovell said.

It has been quiet lately but that does not mean it will stay that way.

"Realignment is a dynamic that is not in our control," Herbst said. "It's not like we can go around, show PowerPoint presentations to prove how great UConn is that will make people fall down in admiration. It's not how this works. We need to win. We need to win a lot, across the sports. We need to take care of our student-athletes and we have to do well in school."

One common thread in the recent shake-up has been a desire on the part of conferences to tap into the New York market. The ACC looked for it in adding Syracuse, the Big Ten in inviting Rutgers, a decision it could now be second-guessing. UConn fans filled Madison Square Garden last week during the NCAA Tournament.

"We are taking advantage of every opportunity we have, like at Madison Square Garden last weekend," Herbst said. "Fairfield County? New York City? We are New York's college team. I don't think it could be any more evident than it was in the Garden."

Herbst mentioning UConn along with Michigan and Ohio State.
Herbst mentioning how the athletic success of UConn makes your university a desirable candidate in conference realignment.
Herbst mentioning UConn as New York's college team.
If UConn is not on Delany's radar, then Herbst appears to be moving it in a direction to put it there.
Congrats on your basketball success this year.

 

[Durks07]

hmm...still not seeing any Rutgers fans.

 

[ZooCougar]

Rutgers exists right?

 

[NotreDameJoe]

Activate the stealth device.

 

[UConnCat]

The person in charge of Rutgers athletics.

Steve Politi ‏@StevePoliti 3h
Julie Hermann thinks it would be 'great' if The Star-Ledger died. I think that makes her a callous person. Column: http://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/index.ssf/2014/04/julie_hermann_it_would_be_great_if_the_star-ledger_went_out_of_business.html…

[URL='https://twitter.com/BCgenius']Mike DiMauro ‏@BCgenius 40m
Rutgers AD Julie Hermann: "It would be great if the (NJ) Star-Ledger went out of business." Nice choice of schools, @bigtenconf
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[Seaa Blue]

“If they’re not writing headlines that are getting our attention, they’re not selling ads – and they die,” Hermann told the Media Ethics and Law class. “And the Ledger almost died in June, right?”

I followed their board for a while and understand where she's coming from. She's right, the paper was mostly about cooking up headlines to sell papers.

Now, should she have said it? Um, no.

 

[Chuck]

The person in charge of Rutgers athletics.

Steve Politi ‏@StevePoliti 3h
Julie Hermann thinks it would be 'great' if The Star-Ledger died. I think that makes her a callous person. Column: http://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/index.ssf/2014/04/julie_hermann_it_would_be_great_if_the_star-ledger_went_out_of_business.html…

Mike DiMauro ‏@BCgenius 40m
Rutgers AD Julie Hermann: "It would be great if the (NJ) Star-Ledger went out of business." Nice choice of schools, @bigtenconf

She's not excited that the guy that changes toner in the printers is losing his job. I'm a long time NJ resident and RU grad school grad. I don't support RU athletics (but I'm not a hater) as I'm all UConn, but I can verify that that the Star Ledger decided to get more readers by becoming an enemy of the local team rather than a supporter. The local paper shouldn't be a lackey, but the Ledger takes every chance it can to kick RU while being more supportive of private Seton Hall.

RU deserves a lot of what it gets, and my kids won't go there if I have any say (despite it being a better financial move for me), but this writer was using has bully (or in this case his "shame") pulpit for a dying industry.

 

[noeynox]

She's not excited that the guy that changes toner in the printers is losing his job. I'm a long time NJ resident and RU grad school grad. I don't support RU athletics (but I'm not a hater) as I'm all UConn, but I can verify that that the Star Ledger decided to get more readers by becoming an enemy of the local team rather than a supporter. The local paper shouldn't be a lackey, but the Ledger takes every chance it can to kick RU while being more supportive of private Seton Hall.

RU deserves a lot of what it gets, and my kids won't go there if I have any say (despite it being a better financial move for me), but this writer was using has bully (or in this case his "shame") pulpit for a dying industry.

I also think she has a point, but she is a leader of a university athletic department. The fact that she doesn't know better than to revel in someone else's misery in a public forum, yes a classroom is a public forum... where who knows a kid in the class may have a parent affected by the layoffs, calls into question her judgement and competency.

 

[Husky25]

She's not excited that the guy that changes toner in the printers is losing his job. I'm a long time NJ resident and RU grad school grad. I don't support RU athletics (but I'm not a hater) as I'm all UConn, but I can verify that that the Star Ledger decided to get more readers by becoming an enemy of the local team rather than a supporter. The local paper shouldn't be a lackey, but the Ledger takes every chance it can to kick RU while being more supportive of private Seton Hall.

RU deserves a lot of what it gets, and my kids won't go there if I have any say (despite it being a better financial move for me), but this writer was using has bully (or in this case his "shame") pulpit for a dying industry.

It's not as if The Star-Ledger is the Baltimore Sun of The Wire, Season 5 and it's not as if Scott Stapleton is making up stories about a serial killer. These controversies actually happened at Rutgers. Hermann only has herself to blame for the headlines she sees and the manner in which Rutgers is treated, no matter how sensationalized she thinks they are.

 

[noeynox]

Come to think of it, the Star Ledger should plaster her on the front page with the head line "Herman Monster-RU AD is happy NJ tax payers are losing their jobs". I'm sure that will go over real well.

 

[DarthGrumpy]

The person in charge of Rutgers athletics.

Steve Politi ‏@StevePoliti 3h
Julie Hermann thinks it would be 'great' if The Star-Ledger died. I think that makes her a callous person. Column: http://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/index.ssf/2014/04/julie_hermann_it_would_be_great_if_the_star-ledger_went_out_of_business.html…

[URL='https://twitter.com/BCgenius']Mike DiMauro ‏@BCgenius 40m[/URL]
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Only in Jersey. It's like watching a slow moving car crash, one should look away; but can't. I would love to be a fly on the wall in Rosemont when Delany hears about this story.[/URL][/URL][/URL][/URL][/URL][/URL]

 

[buggsy]

hmm...still not seeing any Rutgers fans.

Or UCONN in our conference's future.

 

[buggsy]

It's not as if The Star-Ledger is the Baltimore Sun of The Wire, Season 5 and it's not as if Scott Stapleton is making up stories about a serial killer. These controversies actually happened at Rutgers. Hermann only has herself to blame for the headlines she sees and the manner in which Rutgers is treated, no matter how sensationalized she thinks they are.

You are obviously not familiar with the scandal the Star ledger created, regarding Rutgers CB Ian Thomas..and how he told RU coach Kyle Flood he was giving up football to play baseball...then told the Star-Ledger he never told Flood anything about baseball.

The Star Ledger then allowed Thomas to call Flood a liar in a column...without getting his side of the story. A scandal erupted.

Several months later, Thomas apologized for calling Flood a liar, was remorseful...and even asked back on to the team, which Flood allowed him to do.

The Star-ledger NEVER printed a follow-up story in which Thomas apologized to Flood...instead letting the general public continue to believe it was Flood who lied, and not Thomas.

This was a scandal 100 percent started by The Star Ledger's Dan Duggan.

During our bowl game with Notre Dame, the Star-Leger ran two feel good stories about ND players from NJ....and NONE on any of the dozens of NJ players on Rutgers' teams.

Also, not that it's a big deal (it's not) but a few days ago, the Rutgers women's team won the NIT championship. Not that it deserved a spot on the front page of the sports section, but you would think they would find a spot for it somewhere.

The Ledger didn't even report on it.

 

[Durks07]

Or UCONN in our conference's future.

Oh buggsy, I love it when you come crawling around here. I want to give you a like. Seriously. Not for your limp-wristed attempt at a retort (clever is just not a strong suit for you is it?), but rather, when I posted this joke I knew that you would sniff it out and break out your simple trash-talking to try and combat it.

I can't figure out what impresses me more, the dedication you display towards your crusade of paying attention to us, or your ability to sniff these posts out like flies buzzing towards a horse's @ss. Were you a truffle-sniffing pig in a past life?

 

[buggsy]

Oh buggsy, I love it when you come crawling around here. I want to give you a like. Seriously. Not for your limp-wristed attempt at a retort (clever is just not a strong suit for you is it?), but rather, when I posted this joke I knew that you would sniff it out and break out your simple trash-talking to try and combat it.

I can't figure out what impresses me more, the dedication you display towards your crusade of paying attention to us, or your ability to sniff these posts out like flies buzzing towards a horse's @ss. Were you a truffle-sniffing pig in a past life?

No, in the past I rooted for a team that shared a BCS (Big Boy) conference with UCONN.

 

[Husky25]

You are obviously not familiar with the scandal the Star ledger created, regarding Rutgers CB Ian Thomas..and how he told RU coach Kyle Flood he was giving up football to play baseball...then told the Star-Ledger he never told Flood anything about baseball.

The Star Ledger then allowed Thomas to call Flood a liar in a column...without getting his side of the story. A scandal erupted.

Several months later, Thomas apologized for calling Flood a liar, was remorseful...and even asked back on to the team, which Flood allowed him to do.

The Star-ledger NEVER printed a follow-up story in which Thomas apologized to Flood...instead letting the general public continue to believe it was Flood who lied, and not Thomas.

This was a scandal 100 percent started by The Star Ledger's Dan Duggan.

During our bowl game with Notre Dame, the Star-Leger ran two feel good stories about ND players from NJ....and NONE on any of the dozens of NJ players on Rutgers' teams.

Also, not that it's a big deal (it's not) but a few days ago, the Rutgers women's team won the NIT championship. Not that it deserved a spot on the front page of the sports section, but you would think they would find a spot for it somewhere.

The Ledger didn't even report on it.

No one outside of Piscataway is aware of Ian Thomas.

Be that as it may, this was on nj.com in January.
http://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/index.ssf/2014/01/rutgers_cb_ian_thomas_to_return_to_team.html

 

[Durks07]

Or UCONN in our conference's future.

No, in the past I rooted for a team that shared a BCS (Big Boy) conference with UCONN.

See? This is what I mean by clever. Two jabs that are substantially similar in theme. No originality. Its a shame really, because a good comeback would have been he's probably looking for the laptop that was stolen on the way into the arena. I would have chuckled at that.

Even lobotomy patients can string together two occasionally independent thoughts. Expand your horizons buggsy. I'd reiterate my truffle pig remark, but apparently pigs are one of the most intelligent animals (You can read up on it a little bit here!), and I can't in good conscious insult them with a comparison.

Oh, and by the way, if you are going to go for the "history" argument you like to drop here, you've gone to that well too many times already, so maybe something different?

 

[buggsy]

No one outside of Piscataway is aware of Ian Thomas.

Be that as it may, this was on nj.com in January.
http://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/index.ssf/2014/01/rutgers_cb_ian_thomas_to_return_to_team.html

Yep, and not a mention of why he said he left the team in the first place, and how he first apologized to Flood for calling him a liar (about making up the baseball part.)

So in other words, no mention of the scandal they created.

 

[buggsy]

See? This is what I mean by clever. Two jabs that are substantially similar in theme. No originality. Its a shame really, because a good comeback would have been he's probably looking for the laptop that was stolen on the way into the arena. I would have chuckled at that.

Even lobotomy patients can string together two occasionally independent thoughts. Expand your horizons buggsy. I'd reiterate my truffle pig remark, but apparently pigs are one of the most intelligent animals (You can read up on it a little bit here!), and I can't in good conscious insult them with a comparison.

Oh, and by the way, if you are going to go for the "history" argument you like to drop here, you've gone to that well too many times already, so maybe something different?

Wow, if you really think "truffle pig" somehow makes you some sort of wordsmith, then you're the one who should be sorely disappointed in yourself.

I didn't even think real men used "truffle" in everyday language....but if you think that makes you intelligent.....knock yourself out.

Your fascination with pigs is pretty interesting, though, considering the slop you'll be playing next year, while Rutgers will be in a conference with Penn State, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, and lot of other great programs.

 

[Durks07]

Wow, if you really think "truffle pig" somehow makes you some sort of wordsmith, then you're the one who should be sorely disappointed in yourself.

I didn't even think real men used "truffle" in everyday language....but if you think that makes you intelligent.....knock yourself out.

Your fascination with pigs is pretty interesting, though, considering the slop you'll be playing next year, while Rutgers will be in a conference with Penn State, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, and lot of other great programs.

You started strong here. You suggest that I should be disappointed in myself for thinking that I'm a wordsmith. It's different. I commend you, but unfortunately, you are misguided. I never suggested that I am a wordsmith, just that you're ability to craft an insult that is different from any other you try is abysmal.

You keep it going! Insulting my manhood! It's not original, nor does it address that I'm commenting on your inability to form a unique insult for me to laugh at, but at least you are going for the throat now! Nor am I suggesting that I am intelligent, just that you have less intellectual capacity than a lobotomy patient.

But, yet, you just can't help yourself. Again with the "we're in different conferences thing?" Come on bugs, you had so much promise! Develop it further. I believe in you!!!!

 

[buggsy]

You started strong here. You suggest that I should be disappointed in myself for thinking that I'm a wordsmith. It's different. I commend you, but unfortunately, you are misguided. I never suggested that I am a wordsmith, just that you're ability to craft an insult that is different from any other you try is abysmal.

You keep it going! Insulting my manhood! It's not original, nor does it address that I'm commenting on your inability to form a unique insult for me to laugh at, but at least you are going for the throat now! Nor am I suggesting that I am intelligent, just that you have less intellectual capacity than a lobotomy patient.

But, yet, you just can't help yourself. Again with the "we're in different conferences thing?" Come on bugs, you had so much promise! Develop it further. I believe in you!!!!

Well, if you want to win the "I'm smarter than you in the insult department" contest ....while I take the "we were wanted by the Big Ten Conference and you weren't" contest....we can call it even.

 

[btstimpy]

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Well I'm told that he's a genious for signing up a public flagship. A flagship that never wins anything and has been a constant of bad publicity. So he will just need to deal with it and keep counting his cable boxes.

 

[Durks07]

Well, if you want to win the "I'm smarter than you in the insult department" contest ....while I take the "we were wanted by the Big Ten Conference and you weren't" contest....we can call it even.

Buggsy, no! I'm trying to help you, not win. I want you to be able to stalk our board incessantly, and have something worthwhile to contribute. It just gets boring to read the same canned response about what conference you're in, that's all. You only do one, and its unfortunate. There is so much potential here...

You insulted my manhood, and sure, while that insult loses any offensive force once you enter middle school, it still was growth! I know you can do better than that. There is also an element to add: understanding irony. For instance, having your manhood insulted by an (presumably anyway) adult who trolls the internet message board for a team he doesn't cheer for, and then posts comments designed to get a rise out of those fans. A "real man" doesn't clamor for attention in that way. Its juvenile at best. There is nothing masculine about it. That is why it is funny. See the irony here? I appreciated it anyway. Now that you can see it, utilize it! I believe in you!

 

[Ldandy]

Well I'm told that he's a genious for signing up a public flagship. A flagship that never wins anything and has been a constant of bad publicity. So he will just need to deal with it and keep counting his cable boxes.

Dude you have a hard on for Rutgers like Buckaineer has for the ACC. What gives? Did The Situation bang your girlfriend? Did you choke on a sandwich made of chicken tenders and Mozzarella Sticks? You sure spend a lot of time commenting on an entity you find completely irrelevant. Very strange.

 

[Ldandy]

I were Rutgers I would try to find away to turn this grease fire into an inferno. Julie has been a train wreck for them from before she even moved into her office. Since that time she has bungled nearly everything she has touched, and continually put her foot in her mouth. Can her ass, hire a real AD, and then send the Star Ledger a muffin basket as thanks.

 

[NotreDameJoe]

Well I'm told that he's a genious for signing up a public flagship. A flagship that never wins anything and has been a constant of bad publicity. So he will just need to deal with it and keep counting his cable boxes.

We gotta admit, all of your criteria made Rutgers an ideal candidate for the BUG10, an "institutional fit" as they call it.

 

[btstimpy]

Dude you have a hard on for Rutgers like Buckaineer has for the ACC. What gives? Did The Situation bang your girlfriend? Did you choke on a sandwich made of chicken tenders and Mozzarella Sticks? You sure spend a lot of time commenting on an entity you find completely irrelevant. Very strange.

None of the above, and my comment was in response to another poster speculating on Jim Delaney's reaction more than on Rutgers anyway. And what part of what I said do you dispute? I have been told on this forum many times that Rutgers was a brilliant addition, much better than Syracuse, Boston College, and Pittsburgh, and that Jim Delaney got himself a flagship that is much more strategic. Do you dispute that Rutgers wins all the time, or that they are never having bad publicity? Or do you dispute that Jim Delaney will have to swallow this and count his cable boxes?

I comment on Rutgers because they keep coming up in conversation when I'm trying to comment on something else. In this case it was about Jim Delaney. And I do like chicken tenders and mozzarella sticks. Perhaps too much.

 

[ruthetiger]

Just a question but how do we deserve what we get? That is an interesting assessment you brought up BTW. Besides Mike Rice and now this, Hermann, how and in what way do we constitute this bs? Before we were relatively quiet. Now...well sort of dramatic.

She's not excited that the guy that changes toner in the printers is losing his job. I'm a long time NJ resident and RU grad school grad. I don't support RU athletics (but I'm not a hater) as I'm all UConn, but I can verify that that the Star Ledger decided to get more readers by becoming an enemy of the local team rather than a supporter. The local paper shouldn't be a lackey, but the Ledger takes every chance it can to kick RU while being more supportive of private Seton Hall.

RU deserves a lot of what it gets, and my kids won't go there if I have any say (despite it being a better financial move for me), but this writer was using has bully (or in this case his "shame") pulpit for a dying industry.

e="Chuck, post: 921197, member: 1646"]She's not excited that the guy that changes toner in the printers is losing his job. I'm a long time NJ resident and RU grad school grad. I don't support RU athletics (but I'm not a hater) as I'm all UConn, but I can verify that that the Star Ledger decided to get more readers by becoming an enemy of the local team rather than a supporter. The local paper shouldn't be a lackey, but the Ledger takes every chance it can to kick RU while being more supportive of private Seton Hall.

RU deserves a lot of what it gets, and my kids won't go there if I have any say (despite it being a better financial move for me), but this writer was using has bully (or in this case his "shame") pulpit for a dying industry.[/quote]
Just

 

[Ldandy]

None of the above, and my comment was in response to another poster speculating on Jim Delaney's reaction more than on Rutgers anyway. And what part of what I said do you dispute? I have been told on this forum many times that Rutgers was a brilliant addition, much better than Syracuse, Boston College, and Pittsburgh, and that Jim Delaney got himself a flagship that is much more strategic. Do you dispute that Rutgers wins all the time, or that they are never having bad publicity? Or do you dispute that Jim Delaney will have to swallow this and count his cable boxes?

I comment on Rutgers because they keep coming up in conversation when I'm trying to comment on something else. In this case it was about Jim Delaney. And I do like chicken tenders and mozzarella sticks. Perhaps too much.

Who in this thread or any thread for that matter has ever claimed that Rutgers wins all the time, or that they have never had bad publicity?(Rutgersal does not count) For purposes of the B1G, Rutgers was a far superior addition to Syracuse, BC, or Pitt. Rutgers fits the academic and institutional profile that the B1G looks for, while neither BC or Syracuse ever would. Pitt while a match for the academics, could never bring anything to the table on the TV side of things.

Rutgers is an AAU Member, and yes a Flagship State University located in the wealthy and populous Northeast. Being situated on the door step of NYC sealed the deal for RU once The BTN became a reality. If Rutgers was the State University of Delaware, New Hampshire, or West Virginia they would still be in the AAC. College Sports are big business, so you are damn right that Delany will swallow this nonsense by Hermann and count his cable boxes.

Hopefully with the massive influx of cash and exposure they will see from inclusion in The B1G, they will be able to improve their overall athletic department. That said even if it never happens they will still be a good institutional fit with the other schools of The B1G. On the flip side the other member schools will see increased exposure in the media capital of the world, increased access to NJ Recruiting, and wheelbarrows full of cash.

 

[Durks07]

Well, if you want to win the "I'm smarter than you in the insult department" contest ....while I take the "we were wanted by the Big Ten Conference and you weren't" contest....we can call it even.

Why did you run away? Did the "real man" get his feelings hurt? What an embarrasing punk you are. Now that my sad pathetic friend, is wordsmithing.