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nelsonmuntz said:
I am sure most of you have figured out that UCONN knows that if it brings Diaco back, a big chunk of the season ticket base will vanish for good and that there will be a lot of transfers.

I think that we should understand that if UCONN brings Diaco back, it is sending a message to the fans.
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I stated the same a couple of weeks ago.
 
RioDog said:
I've already communicated to the AD that I will gladly buy season tickets and donate to the program the moment Bob Diaco is let go.
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I'm in.
 
I had season tickets for a decade, went to 4 bowl games and I just don't care anymore. Watched maybe a total of 30 minutes of Temple, BC and Tulane.

I literally just can't fathom how terrible we are and if Diaco is retained I will consider financially boycotting the program until he is fired.
 
RioDog said:
I've already communicated to the AD that I will gladly buy season tickets and donate to the program the moment Bob Diaco is let go.
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Bomber36 said:
I'm in.
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Sadly, we're at a point where current season ticket holders not re-uping sends a stronger message. I fall into that group.
 
formerlurker said:
Sadly, we're at a point where current season ticket holders not re-uping sends a stronger message. I fall into that group.
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And as was said...no one should re-up until the ultimate change is made. Give BD his walking papers and I will support the new regime. Keep him, and my Saturday's will look a lot different next fall. I always enjoyed high school football. This is the only way we can make ourselves heard.
 
Bomber36 said:
And as was said...no one should re-up until the ultimate change is made. Give BD his walking papers and I will support the new regime. Keep him, and my Saturday's will look a lot different next fall. I always enjoyed high school football. This is the only way we can make ourselves heard.
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I learned a long time ago that it's more fun to respond to the last post in a thread than it is to read down from the first one.
 
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formerlurker said:
I learned a long time ago that it's more fun to respond to the last post in a thread than it is to read down from the first one.
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I'm not even sure what you mean...I read the other posts, I stated my position and you actually agreed with me and others. Don't renew unless changes are made. Big (BD) changes. What's the issue?
 
nelsonmuntz said:
I am sure most of you have figured out that UCONN knows that if it brings Diaco back, a big chunk of the season ticket base will vanish for good and that there will be a lot of transfers.

I think that we should understand that if UCONN brings Diaco back, it is sending a message to the fans.
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A message that will consist of extending a big middle finger to us all.
 
UConnNick said:
A message that will consist of extending a big middle finger to us all.
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I wouldn't interpret keeping Diaco as giving us the middle finger. I would interpret keeping Diaco as the university telling us that they can keep funding the football program for a while longer for the 20-30k fans that care about it, but that their hiring mistakes are our hiring mistakes, and there is not enough money to pay to correct them when they go bad. We are a mid major program now with mid-major resources, and we are going to start looking like one.
 
nelsonmuntz said:
I wouldn't interpret keeping Diaco as giving us the middle finger. I would interpret keeping Diaco as the university telling us that they can keep funding the football program for a while longer for the 20-30k fans that care about it, but that their hiring mistakes are our hiring mistakes, and there is not enough money to pay to correct them when they go bad. We are a mid major program now with mid-major resources, and we are going to start looking like one.
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This is all well and good but if we are going to be a "mid-major" then we need to start having mid-major buyouts. This insanity of the cost is beyond stupid and is going to drown this program. Moving forward, unless a coach gets you to 9-2 for two straight years, they don't deserve any extension.
 
formerlurker said:
How dare any of us blame the young men on this team. They may have finally given up on their coach but I'd never accuse a single one of them of "quitting".
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Players win and lose games. They were certainly not helped by the lack of a competent football coaching staff, but they are the ones who didn't block and tackle at all the last month. I know it's easier to blame coaches because that can be fixed in one offseason, but that's not the reality.
 
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Excalibur said:
How can they not understand that the cost of prolonging this is greater than the cost of the buyout?
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Please correct me if my thought process on this is sideways..........Fire him now = 5 million cost. Fire him after 1/17 = 3.4 million cost. Fire him following another season after 1/18 = 1.7 million cost. So if UConn retains him until 1/18 and we have another "disappointing" season and lost revenue from 1/17 thru 1/18 is more than 1.7 million, why doesn't UConn exercise the buyout option 1/17?
 
UCFBfan said:
This is all well and good but if we are going to be a "mid-major" then we need to start having mid-major buyouts. This insanity of the cost is beyond stupid and is going to drown this program. Moving forward, unless a coach gets you to 9-2 for two straight years, they don't deserve any extension.
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I agree. If we are truly commiting to be a mid major forever, then why don't we pay the 5 million buyout and go out and hire a coach for $700k per year? If you give him a five year deal, that's 1 million less per year than Fiasco is getting, so at the end of five years you haven't spent any more money than you would have to retain him.

Of course for $700k you aren't getting anybody good unless you get really lucky, but that's OK if you're comfortable with mid major status forever.
 
nelsonmuntz said:
I wouldn't interpret keeping Diaco as giving us the middle finger. I would interpret keeping Diaco as the university telling us that they can keep funding the football program for a while longer for the 20-30k fans that care about it, but that their hiring mistakes are our hiring mistakes, and there is not enough money to pay to correct them when they go bad. We are a mid major program now with mid-major resources, and we are going to start looking like one.
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You stopped short of saying drop football. I admire your newfound restraint. Bravo.
 
nelsonmuntz said:
I wouldn't interpret keeping Diaco as giving us the middle finger. I would interpret keeping Diaco as the university telling us that they can keep funding the football program for a while longer for the 20-30k fans that care about it, but that their hiring mistakes are our hiring mistakes, and there is not enough money to pay to correct them when they go bad. We are a mid major program now with mid-major resources, and we are going to start looking like one.
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"start"?
 
nelsonmuntz said:
I wouldn't interpret keeping Diaco as giving us the middle finger. I would interpret keeping Diaco as the university telling us that they can keep funding the football program for a while longer for the 20-30k fans that care about it, but that their hiring mistakes are our hiring mistakes, and there is not enough money to pay to correct them when they go bad. We are a mid major program now with mid-major resources, and we are going to start looking like one.
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Sadly, all those "mid-majors" are now better football programs.
 
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ShakyTheMohel said:
Sadly, all those "mid-majors" are now better football programs.
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Remember in the buildup to FBS, scheduling a plethora of MAC opponents, & feeling that after the ramp up, playing MAC teams would be beneath us? Well, the table has turned, and it this point, even Oral Roberts might be favored if they were scheduled.
 
Butch said:
We lack booster power. If I was a billionaire, I would have bought him out after the Maine game.
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If you were a billionaire, minimum wage would be $295,000 an hour, Diaco would be making $3.25 billion a year and his buyout would be $45 billion.
 
I've been in a suite standing next to a university president during a tough football season (knowing from a couple players on the team that the coach had lost all respect and control), and in the middle of our conversation (about much more important things, with big boosters standing nearby) the president (who was born and raised in Asia) clammed up midsentence as he watched the opposition return a kickoff for a TD. All conversation stopped. His jaw clenched (I guess his buttcheeks did too), his back stiffened, he swallowed hard, and managed to utter the words "That is very unfortunate," and then I literally (yes, literally) saw thousands of virtual hundred dollar bills blowing through the top of his skull. No one said a word.

I don't know why university presidents get themselves in this predicament. Like gambling in Vegas. Don't go there unless you can afford to lose. It is quite a sight to see the so-called decision-makers look at the cards they've been dealt, knowing that soon, very soon, someone is going to call, and they are going to have to fold, and lose all the money they ante-d up.
 
If Diaco is staying....gag....my Christmas gift to him will be.......

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DefCONNOne said:
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This will be pretty accurate. I have a source inside the AD who is at every practice, and let's just say that the vitriol the fan base has for Diaco is not matched by the players. Maybe a couple of individual guys, but by and large there is not a team-wide feeling of animosity towards him.

FWIW this is coming from someone who has been with UConn for decades, not a Diaco frat buddy.
 
Stairmaster said:
This will be pretty accurate. I have a source inside the AD who is at every practice, and let's just say that the vitriol the fan base has for Diaco is not matched by the players. Maybe a couple of individual guys, but by and large there is not a team-wide feeling of animosity towards him.

FWIW this is coming from someone who has been with UConn for decades, not a Diaco frat buddy.
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This is very true...players don't hate BD the way fans do.
 
What's really troubling is his reference to the contract. He's basically saying to everyone that you can't get rid of him, so nobody can tell him what to, most notably the AD and school administration. So you either pay him the buyout and he wins, or you allow him to continue doing things his way, and he wins. Either way, they've put him in a position where he wins no matter what, so he doesn't have to listen to anybody. It shows the depth of his arrogance and his total disdain for the fanbase and his superiors.
 
firstnline said:
To me it looks like everyone in the administration is saying its not my fault, its someone elses' fault for this dumpster fire. It would not surprise me if their are verbal fights within the administration in the coming weeks. Would love to see that.
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There is absolutely no evidence this is going on. There is ample evidence everyone agrees Diaco needs to go but they can't fire him because the buyout is too large.
 
huskymedic said:
Keylon Dixon (2016 redshirt).
Yung@Iam_KeyDixVII5 mins ago
Have to stay patient, for Rome wasn't built in one day! #UConnNation #5yearplan
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Oh good, now it's a 5 year plan. Next year is year 4. Does that mean we will get another 2014 season in 2017? If so, there is zero incentive to buy tickets.
 
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