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Shop91 said:
Very disheartening to see Hopkins character being questioned. I am very close to him and the truth is Coach Edsall did not tell the truth about why he left . There was no conversation about him having a limited role , in fact it’s the complete opposite . Kid has no blemishes on his record , has good grades and works his tail off . It’s unfortunate there are head coaches who will be dishonest to the media about players . Not sure why he wasn’t honest , but now it leads to people questioning his character and being called a quitter .
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Thanks for posting. Could you help us understand why Hopkins left?
 
TheDoggPound said:
All that aside he clearly didn't want to compete for a role. Sounds a bit like entitlement to me..
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It wasn’t about competing for a role , he was and had been doing that .
Jimmy Serrano said:
Then just tell us what really went down, Nate.
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Fans will decide what they want to believe . I was just pointing out the dishonesty from your head coach , if that’s how you interpret that then so be it .I just know for a fact that’s not the case . I played big time college football and I have a pretty good understanding that if a kid doesn’t want to compete he’s not going to stay for 2+ years . There’s a lot of talk about the culture in this program and I think that starts with a head coach who doesn’t lie about a kids motive for doing something . And a coach who actually takes the time to get to know kids and their families at some level to at least give the impression that they care .

This isn’t Nate nor is it Nate’s parents , he would never read a blog . He’s focused on competing for a job at a division 1 school in Texas . Which he will start doing in a week .

Just wanted to address the comments in the interview . I will be rooting for the huskies because there is a good group of young men in the program and I wish them the best .
 
Shop91 said:
Very disheartening to see Hopkins character being questioned. I am very close to him and the truth is Coach Edsall did not tell the truth about why he left . There was no conversation about him having a limited role , in fact it’s the complete opposite . Kid has no blemishes on his record , has good grades and works his tail off . It’s unfortunate there are head coaches who will be dishonest to the media about players . Not sure why he wasn’t honest , but now it leads to people questioning his character and being called a quitter .
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Call me crazy, but if asking for a transfer and leaving school is not the dictionary definition of quitting the program, it's not far off.

He may not be a "quitter" in life per se, but he certainly quit the football program at the University of Connecticut.

BTW, the term "quit" was used twice in 6 pages (3 here and 3 here). Neither were used as nouns.
 
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Shop91 said:
Very disheartening to see Hopkins character being questioned. I am very close to him and the truth is Coach Edsall did not tell the truth about why he left . There was no conversation about him having a limited role , in fact it’s the complete opposite . Kid has no blemishes on his record , has good grades and works his tail off . It’s unfortunate there are head coaches who will be dishonest to the media about players . Not sure why he wasn’t honest , but now it leads to people questioning his character and being called a quitter .
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Hey - curious which part of this synopsis is factually incorrect?

>>Sophomore Nate Hopkins, who led the Huskies with seven touchdown runs in 2017 as a redshirt freshman, has left the team according to Edsall. “We had some changes in the depth chart,” Edsall said. “He told me he wanted to go somewhere else. I think we have some decent players at running back and I think the competition is pretty good. We told him what we thought his role would be as a short-yardage and goal line guy. We just try to be honest and if guys don’t want to do the role that we think and they think they can have a bigger role somewhere else, God bless them and good luck to you.”<<

Was the role discussion before or after NH told the staff he was transferring?
 
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Shop91 said:
It wasn’t about competing for a role , he was and had been doing that .


Fans will decide what they want to believe . I was just pointing out the dishonesty from your head coach , if that’s how you interpret that then so be it .I just know for a fact that’s not the case . I played big time college football and I have a pretty good understanding that if a kid doesn’t want to compete he’s not going to stay for 2+ years . There’s a lot of talk about the culture in this program and I think that starts with a head coach who doesn’t lie about a kids motive for doing something . And a coach who actually takes the time to get to know kids and their families at some level to at least give the impression that they care .

This isn’t Nate nor is it Nate’s parents , he would never read a blog . He’s focused on competing for a job at a division 1 school in Texas . Which he will start doing in a week .

Just wanted to address the comments in the interview . I will be rooting for the huskies because there is a good group of young men in the program and I wish them the best .
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Thanks for the post. Can you help us understand why Hopkins chose to leave?
 
Shop91 said:
It wasn’t about competing for a role , he was and had been doing that .


Fans will decide what they want to believe . I was just pointing out the dishonesty from your head coach , if that’s how you interpret that then so be it .I just know for a fact that’s not the case . I played big time college football and I have a pretty good understanding that if a kid doesn’t want to compete he’s not going to stay for 2+ years . There’s a lot of talk about the culture in this program and I think that starts with a head coach who doesn’t lie about a kids motive for doing something . And a coach who actually takes the time to get to know kids and their families at some level to at least give the impression that they care .

This isn’t Nate nor is it Nate’s parents , he would never read a blog . He’s focused on competing for a job at a division 1 school in Texas . Which he will start doing in a week .

Just wanted to address the comments in the interview . I will be rooting for the huskies because there is a good group of young men in the program and I wish them the best .
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He’s going to UNT, right?
 
tiger8mush said:
Thanks for posting. Could you help us understand why Hopkins left?
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I really don’t want to speak for him but I will say this
huskymedic said:
Hey - curious which part of this synopsis is factually incorrect?

>>Sophomore Nate Hopkins, who led the Huskies with seven touchdown runs in 2017 as a redshirt freshman, has left the team according to Edsall. “We had some changes in the depth chart,” Edsall said. “He told me he wanted to go somewhere else. I think we have some decent players at running back and I think the competition is pretty good. We told him what we thought his role would be as a short-yardage and goal line guy. We just try to be honest and if guys don’t want to do the role that we think and they think they can have a bigger role somewhere else, God bless them and good luck to you.”<<
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he was never told his role was limited to short yardage not once .. he was told he was competing for an every down back type role. He had been competing for number 1 back since spring as you guys probably know . There was never ANY discussion of his role other than being a starting back .
 
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Shop91 said:
I really don’t want to speak for him but I will say this

he was never told his role was limited to short yardage not once .. he was told he was competing for an every down back type role. He had been competing for number 1 back since spring as you guys probably know . There was never ANY discussion of his role other than being a starting back .
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Thanks for the reply. If he felt he was competing for the starting back job, and was never told otherwise, I don't understand why he left. Did he not feel he was going to win the competition?
 
Ldandy said:
Julian Campeni out of PA.
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Solid player. What did players think of diaco? I got the sense that they really liked and believed in him despite how bad of a coach he was
 
This is reminiscent of the situation surrounding a quarterback out of Plano, TX.

I don't think anyone who posts here legitimately holds a grudge against Hopkins. He made a decision. Hopefully for his own sake, it is in his best interest. Fans will be fans, and while most are supportive of individual players, especially those on "their" team, the name on the front of the jersey will always be more important than the one on the back. Hopkins cannot control the reaction, so why worry about it?

I do find it ironic that in order to demonstrate Hopkins' good character, there exists a need to chip away at another's.

I've said my piece. Checking out of this portion of the thread...
 
uconnphil2016 said:
Solid player. What did players think of diaco? I got the sense that they really liked and believed in him despite how bad of a coach he was
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I have a friend in coaching and we have a mutual friend who played under Diaco - He told my buddy and I that they thought he was a joke.
 
uconnphil2016 said:
Solid player. What did players think of diaco? I got the sense that they really liked and believed in him despite how bad of a coach he was
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This is not accurate. Most thought he was a great recruiter but they quickly lost respect for him once it became apparent he didn’t know what he was doing.
 
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Shop91 said:
I really don’t want to speak for him but I will say this

he was never told his role was limited to short yardage not once .. he was told he was competing for an every down back type role. He had been competing for number 1 back since spring as you guys probably know . There was never ANY discussion of his role other than being a starting back .
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About 17 people care that he left at all... so why would Edsall frame it incorrectly which would impact his relationship with the remaining players?

He was dead and buried on the depth chart last year. Good luck at Rice.
 
Jimmy Serrano said:
This is not accurate. Most thought he was a great recruiter but they quickly lost respect for him once it became apparent he didn’t know what he was doing.
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Why did his recruiting classes suck so bad then?
 
Jimmy Serrano said:
They had no other options.

Not that offers matter.
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Ah so those particular players thought he was a good recruiter but the players with options weren’t blown away with his prowess.
 
Jimmy Serrano said:
Nobody ever said he was a good evaluator of talent.
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He wasn’t but if you go back and look at who he offered... he offered every good player on the east coast he just didn’t land ANY of them.
 
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whaler11 said:
He wasn’t but if you go back and look at who he offered... he offered every good player on the east coast he just didn’t land ANY of them.
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He just had more juice when he had the ND polo on...
 
huskymedic said:
He just had more juice when he had the ND polo on...
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It’s so odd thinking back to that team and trying to figure out how they had any success with him.

But then I think about him sitting at the T’eo press conference lying like a fool to a national audience and enjoy watching his ongoing embarrassments.
 
whaler11 said:
It’s so odd thinking back to that team and trying to figure out how they had any success with him.

But then I think about him sitting at the T’eo press conference lying like a fool to a national audience and enjoy watching his ongoing embarrassments.
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He probably didn’t have much power. Brian Kelly is calling the shots on D there
 
Shop91 said:
I really don’t want to speak for him but I will say this

he was never told his role was limited to short yardage not once .. he was told he was competing for an every down back type role. He had been competing for number 1 back since spring as you guys probably know . There was never ANY discussion of his role other than being a starting back .
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Frankly, it almost seems Edsall was giving him a break by making it sound more like it was Hopkins' desire for a different role that lead him to transfer rather than deciding to transfer because several other running backs were deemed better and he was now a couple steps down on the depth chart.
 
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