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Guys...I know we are all pretty much irritated to say the least about last night's game. for those of us coming from locations south of the stadium traffic SUCKED to say the least (my ride from Port Chester took 3 hours..left at 1:30 arrived at the Rent at 4:30...with no traffic leaving at that time puts me at the Rent at 3 pm)...it actually halved my tailgate crew. Just remember this...Bob Diaco and his staff didn't take over a team fresh off a BCS/Fiesta Bowl berth against Oklahoma. He inherited a program that had been run into the ground...a RUNAWAY TRAIN WRECK!!! It isn't going to get fixed overnight.
This is from a Jeff Jacobs piece he wrote for season preview:
Diaco often chooses his words carefully when talking about the condition of the program he inherited. Speaking to the Waterbury Republican earlier in the summer, he dropped more than pretense. He dropped a bomb.
“The team was terrible, right? They won three games against the worst three teams on the schedule. They stunk, horrendous, horrible culture. ... The locker room was a mess. The players' lounge had nothing in it. It was just chairs and the words were, there's nothing in there because stuff keeps getting stolen. Was the program broken? Yeah, it still is. We're fixing it.”
Ka-boom.
Entire article is here:
http://www.courant.com/sports/uconn...-bob-diaco-column-ss-20140828,0,7827276.story
I saw some positives last night...not lot but enough to make me think he will get this thing turned around. Am I a fan of the dual QB system, and the rotating substitution issue...nope not one bit. The fake FG was about as dumb a play as I have seen in a LONG time as a college football fan. But I saw enough plays by the defense last night where everyone kept their responsibilities and Hill had no play...I saw kids giving their all till the end of the game...I saw NO false start penalties...I saw kids forcing turnovers in the 2nd half...I saw a team that was not physically able to compete for 4 quarters because they were out of shape.
And something happened lost night we have not seen here in a LONG time...adjustments were made at halftime that gave us a chance...put us in the game if we score in the red zone.
I saw enough to see that this is a work in progress. If they improve each week that's all we can ask for. Just remember the quote Diaco made above when you start to get down to realize how bad things really were here. That kind of stuff makes me even more furious at the former regime!!!
This is from a Jeff Jacobs piece he wrote for season preview:
Diaco often chooses his words carefully when talking about the condition of the program he inherited. Speaking to the Waterbury Republican earlier in the summer, he dropped more than pretense. He dropped a bomb.
“The team was terrible, right? They won three games against the worst three teams on the schedule. They stunk, horrendous, horrible culture. ... The locker room was a mess. The players' lounge had nothing in it. It was just chairs and the words were, there's nothing in there because stuff keeps getting stolen. Was the program broken? Yeah, it still is. We're fixing it.”
Ka-boom.
Entire article is here:
http://www.courant.com/sports/uconn...-bob-diaco-column-ss-20140828,0,7827276.story
I saw some positives last night...not lot but enough to make me think he will get this thing turned around. Am I a fan of the dual QB system, and the rotating substitution issue...nope not one bit. The fake FG was about as dumb a play as I have seen in a LONG time as a college football fan. But I saw enough plays by the defense last night where everyone kept their responsibilities and Hill had no play...I saw kids giving their all till the end of the game...I saw NO false start penalties...I saw kids forcing turnovers in the 2nd half...I saw a team that was not physically able to compete for 4 quarters because they were out of shape.
And something happened lost night we have not seen here in a LONG time...adjustments were made at halftime that gave us a chance...put us in the game if we score in the red zone.
I saw enough to see that this is a work in progress. If they improve each week that's all we can ask for. Just remember the quote Diaco made above when you start to get down to realize how bad things really were here. That kind of stuff makes me even more furious at the former regime!!!