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I have a few thoughts on this. None of them positive I'm afraid.
1. Someone has to take the fall for this utter and complete miscalculation. Not sure he deserves it at this point, but if I were Ward Manuel Id be updating my resume. It won't be immediate, but he'll be gone in 6-12 months. He can't survive this and be effective in my estimation.
2. UConn basketball is now a mid-major. At the end of the day, they might as well give Ollie a 5 year deal. He's the perfect kind of coach for mid-major programs. Young, high potential. He'll lean the ropes here, make his mistakes and move on when a major program has an opening or become one of those guys like they have in the MAC who coach for 20 years and occasionally get to the NCAA and win a 5-12 game as the 12. National Championships are a thing of the past for UConn.
3. Expect to start playing money games in football in a year or two. And forget about 1-1s with majors. We'll be getting 2-1 deals lots of times. those of you who wanted to play anyone anywhere will get your wish, so maybe that's good.
4. Is it too late to reprogram some of the money from the basketball center to upgrade or replace the Ice Arena? At the end of the day, as a Hockey East member, UConn Hockey will be the only program that is part of a national power conference. Hard to believe, but true.
5. Expect attendance for football, basketball and ultimately womens basketball to take a huge hit. Good news is you'll be able to get day of the game tickets...Expect to see donations fall too.
6. Lastly, this played out exactly as I was told it would on Friday at a holiday gathering. Two old friends, on with Miami connections and one who once was on the BC Athletic Advisory Board, former Alumni Association president or some name like that, said a combination of football schools and southern schools who were upset about the northern direction of the league were combining forces to block UConn. At the time they said the two names out there were Louisville or South Florida. They ultimately coalesced around Louisville. I didn't believe it, but apparently it was right on.
1. Someone has to take the fall for this utter and complete miscalculation. Not sure he deserves it at this point, but if I were Ward Manuel Id be updating my resume. It won't be immediate, but he'll be gone in 6-12 months. He can't survive this and be effective in my estimation.
2. UConn basketball is now a mid-major. At the end of the day, they might as well give Ollie a 5 year deal. He's the perfect kind of coach for mid-major programs. Young, high potential. He'll lean the ropes here, make his mistakes and move on when a major program has an opening or become one of those guys like they have in the MAC who coach for 20 years and occasionally get to the NCAA and win a 5-12 game as the 12. National Championships are a thing of the past for UConn.
3. Expect to start playing money games in football in a year or two. And forget about 1-1s with majors. We'll be getting 2-1 deals lots of times. those of you who wanted to play anyone anywhere will get your wish, so maybe that's good.
4. Is it too late to reprogram some of the money from the basketball center to upgrade or replace the Ice Arena? At the end of the day, as a Hockey East member, UConn Hockey will be the only program that is part of a national power conference. Hard to believe, but true.
5. Expect attendance for football, basketball and ultimately womens basketball to take a huge hit. Good news is you'll be able to get day of the game tickets...Expect to see donations fall too.
6. Lastly, this played out exactly as I was told it would on Friday at a holiday gathering. Two old friends, on with Miami connections and one who once was on the BC Athletic Advisory Board, former Alumni Association president or some name like that, said a combination of football schools and southern schools who were upset about the northern direction of the league were combining forces to block UConn. At the time they said the two names out there were Louisville or South Florida. They ultimately coalesced around Louisville. I didn't believe it, but apparently it was right on.