Weight Lifted off UCONN Football Program (Player Thoughts)

[rich1122]

I'm getting a tad sick of hearing this. We know how dreadful the P regime was. We know the players love Diaco and the culture is changing.

All of it means sheet if we don't start winning games. We don't need to win 7 games this year, but I want to see all of this talk translate on the field. Cause if it doesn't, it doesn't mean jack.

Where's the beef?

 

[BlueDogs]

Does leadership matter? You better believe it. He's even got these guys using the same words... "family, fellowship,..." In CFB , motivation and belief is the great equalizer. I expect great things just because of that alone. He is also working on building a winning character so they can weather the ups and down that will come. If they have a semblance of execution and discipline, they will be way, way ahead of where they were.

 

[uconnfan68]

I'm getting a tad sick of hearing this. We know how dreadful the P regime was. We know the players love Diaco and the culture is changing.

All of it means sheet if we don't start winning games. We don't need to win 7 games this year, but I want to see all of this talk translate on the field. Cause if it doesn't, it doesn't mean jack.

If they feel the same way after the season we will be on the right track. That said, I love hearing it anytime.

 

[Confident Carl]

Don't misunderstand my comment to mean that I'm not pumped for the season. Quite the opposite actually. I'm done with the talking. In exactly 2 weeks from this second I'll be packing up my car. I'm ready for action. No more talking.

• Have you ever played offensive line? We could use you! Seriously, We all believe in Diaco: fans, coaches, players. Don't worry Jimmy, in two weeks, it's jello time! It's gonna happen.

 

[huskymedic]

NoelThomas059:15am via Twitter for iPhone
IT WILL BE DIFFERENT THIS YEAR!

sheridenL449:24am via Twitter for iPhone
There isn't a word in the dictionary that could describe how great of a coach Bob Diaco is

 

[ShakyTheMohel]

 

[FfldCntyFan]

I know of quite a few horror stories. I'm confident that Nostical, Sportsart and Solocup know them as well.

That said I want the past to remain in the past. I won't question any comments made by the kids who were involved but those of us on the outside (who were not personally attacked/abused by the prior coaching leadership) should be able to move on at this point.

 

[huskymedic]

Max44Delo9:43am via Twitter for iPhone
LAST day of camp and my head coach cancels practice for SIX FLAGS!!!
#diaco #rules

 

[huskymedic]

Max44Delo9:43am via Twitter for iPhone
LAST day of camp and my head coach cancels practice for SIX FLAGS!!!
#diaco #rules

... and with matching Diaco Bucket Hats!

larson8er10:50am via Twitter for iPhone
Oh and all the UConn players are wearing bucket hats at Six Flags today @NoEscalators

 

[cttxus]

... and with matching Diaco Bucket Hats!

larson8er10:50am via Twitter for iPhone
Oh and all the UConn players are wearing bucket hats at Six Flags today @NoEscalators

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I hope those hats have chin straps on them or they'll be flying around like pizza pies gone wild.

 

[B1GEast]

Wow, I hope we can keep coach D around for a long time.

 

[Chin Diesel]

I'll take this as a very positive sign.

A large part of the job for Diaco has been team building from within and this trip should lead to future buy in from the players.

And I take this as a positive sign because no football coach has ever sacrificed a needed practice day for a team building exercise.

To me this means the staff has settled on the 2-deep, player conditioning and anything else they could get out of another practice.

 

[huskymedic]

NoelThomas059:15am via Twitter for iPhone
IT WILL BE DIFFERENT THIS YEAR!

sheridenL449:24am via Twitter for iPhone
There isn't a word in the dictionary that could describe how great of a coach Bob Diaco is

“@DBradley_1: Coach Diaco is the G.O.A.T. .. ”

 

[epark88]

If the student section isn't fully decked out in UConn bucket hats for the BYU game, then they're doing it all wrong.

Good on ya, Coach D...

 

[SubbaBub]

It's a ball possession exercise. Lose your hat on Bizzaro, run a mile. Leave it at the fried dough stand, run a mile. Get cotton candy stuck to it and BD will break his foot off in your , and then you'll run a mile.

It's times like this I miss HFD to ask why they aren't blue. But seriously, this needs to become a thing. If a hairy scrotum costume can inspire a good season, certainly a cool lid can do it.

 

[Dogged]

Who the is this P and PP? Leave it in the toilet.

Pasqualoni macaroni. It's all in the past-a!