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Jimmy Serrano said:
So you're saying that because Foxx was a Senior they valued giving Johnson a run up the middle more than actually winning the game?

May be time to put away the BY for a while.
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Absolutely. We gave up 3 wins I would say. This was on purpose. I don't really think he cared if we won or not.
 
Confident Carl said:
The Boneyard,is not the only good reading, the Bible contains some good reading too. Below is a verse from Romans that relates to UCONN's 2014 football season:

"More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts"

That is what Christmas is all about "Hope" for a better tomorrow!
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Man, he's even quoting scripture now. Preach it, brother!
 
This isn't about blind faith or religious faith or any type of faith. It 's all about pragmatism. It's about seeing a light at the end of the tunnel and trusting that the light isn't from an oncoming train.
 
06029 said:
I believe 20 something year old, good looking young girls would really dig fat, bald gray haired men if they only gave them a chance.

I believe that money can't buy happiness, but that it can make the sadness a whole lot easier to deal with.

I believe that there is intelligent life somewhere in the universe and they are watching us and laughing.

Belief and faith are good things to have when reality really sucks.
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You just got my vote for President in 2016
 
06029 said:
How does the equate into sacrificing wins for future success? If you are a fan of perfect practice makes for better results, then I would label his practice regimen as fairly flawed.

This season was lost before the first game because Diaco deemed it a blow up the place and rebuild from Day 1 job. The game plan and actual result was meaningless for Diaco this year He said it pretty plainly and then when people got upset about it he covered by saying he wants to win every game. Followed by the inevitable weird parable/metaphor .People can disagree about his approach and whether the complete blow up and lack of concern about wins was appropriate. He had this year as a gimmee.

Diaco either succeeds or fails. It is a binary path. No different than anyone that gets promoted. The only difference, he can't hide and he is in a very public position. After this season, everything will be under a microscope going forward. Incremental improvement that would have been cheered this year as the building blocks for the future will not be appreciated next year. He set the course and has promised success. He said this year was necessary for growth and future success but game 12 was just as bad as game 1. So for a lot of the fan base, he needs to be successful in a big way very early next year.

So have belief and faith. There is not much else to hang on to.
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It's like picking up any motor skill. If you diligently practice playing a musical instrument in the early stages it will be very mechanical. As time goes on, it becomes second nature. I really don't get why you don't understand that effective practice
equates to success.

In Martial arts everyone that practices hard and effectively doesn't become a Black belt after year one. Diaco's team
went from white belt to yellow belt last year! Black belt is a lot of intense practices and a couple of years down the road!

Merry Christmas
 
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rich1122 said:
That's Carl's Number 3. He could have thrown more to Davis and played him a lot more. Instead of going for the wins he decided to work the younger guys. Davis not part of the future.

Here is another. I really think we could have gotten more out the Wildcat with Foxx. 3rd and 1 against SMU and we could get that. Instead go up the middle and have to punt. Why? no Foxx and no Wildcat next year. Why should they waste plays.

What intrigues me is that they almost NEVER threw to a TE. Bloom caught a TD otherwise zero. Claxx never materialized out of the backfield.
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I too am curious about the Bloom? He caught the one TD and then we never heard from him. That is a question someone should ask Diaco.
 
Jimmy Serrano said:
Carl part of my problem is that I don't know what the heck he means when he says they won't take short cuts to get an extra win here or there. All I know is what I saw. What Diaco did. How the players responded to him. None of it was good.

Despite my opinion, it's possible his methods could work. I don't see it happening, but I was wrong once before. Nothing would please me more than for you and the others to shove it in my face years from now.
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I might take some satisfaction in that but truth is it's not about being right all the time. It's about all of this crap coming together for a good outcome. I'd be lying if I said I agreed with everything Diaco has done. He has said some bone head things and more times than not I was left shaking my head after a game. I watched the USF monsoon game, I was in New Orleans at the Tulane game and sat in utter disbelief at the Army game. Having said that I still believe in the big picture. If I am right that doesn't make me any better than you. I just want to see winning football again at UCONN!
 
Well said or not, I don't believe much of it. I have seen a team have bad W/L results but seen progress or at least an attitude - quite frankly I saw no positives here. This play scripting for an entire game is beyond crazy - leaving no Intra game room for adjustments. I don't understand that - case in point Whitmer replacing Casey in the red zone after he drove the team down the field (BYU) or Davis being out 3 key 3rd down plays. There is a method and it is madness.
 
Confident Carl said:
It's like picking up any motor skill. If you diligently practice playing a musical instrument in the early stages it will be very mechanical. As time goes on, it becomes second nature. I really don't get why you don't understand that effective practice
equates to success.

In Martial arts everyone that practices hard and effectively doesn't become a Black belt after year one. Diaco's team
went from white belt to yellow belt last year! Black belt is a lot of intense practices and a couple of years down the road!

Merry Christmas
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Again another analogy I can personally relate to. Well said.!
 
Not buying the golf analogy. Even with the proper coaching and rebuilt fundamentally sound swing makeover, you will still be a single digit handicap golfer (I myself would be delighted for that prospect). However, all that training and more, will not make you PGA worthy. Sometimes you're just born with a gift.

The point for UConn football is that P5 conferences are recruiting the football eqivalent of PGA players while HCBD (staying with your analogy) is busy breaking down "double digit handicap" football players so that eventually the program will attract "single digit handicap" players.

What HCBD needs to do is sell a vision. He also needs to sell opportunity - a shortcut for talented kids - to get on the field sooner and get noticed by scouts earlier rather than wait your turn (which might never materialize) at more established programs. Come to UConn and play right away (if you are as good as advertised) rather than going to a P5 school and waiting.
 
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amory said:
I can say that after this campaign it is very difficult for me to believe in Bob Diaco. But we don't have any choice but to believe in him at this point, because if he's not who we thought he was we're forever. We'll be the new UMass and even the die-hards will have a hard time naming the teams in our conference.

So sure, I believe in Bob Diaco, what have we got to lose
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That's the spirit!!!
 
I am less desirous of programs built the "right way" than I am of a good program that produces results on their schedule that say that UConn belongs at the P5 level. I want my state university to be every bit as good as Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Indiana, Kentucky, Iowa, etc.

When UConn beat South Carolina a few years ago, the only thing that mattered was the scoreboard. I wasn't comparing transcripts, making character/background checks, investigating each school to see who was closer to this concept of a program built the "right way". Just get players and win. Save the Eagle scout crap for some other endeavor.
 
TouchdownHusky said:
I am less desirous of programs built the "right way" than I am of a good program that produces results on their schedule that say that UConn belongs at the P5 level. I want my state university to be every bit as good as Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Indiana, Kentucky, Iowa, etc.

When UConn beat South Carolina a few years ago, the only thing that mattered was the scoreboard. I wasn't comparing transcripts, making character/background checks, investigating each school to see who was closer to this concept of a program built the "right way". Just get players and win. Save the Eagle scout crap for some other endeavor.
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Then you would do better off being a North Carolina fan. I don't think they care about real college courses or transcripts and those types of thing as well. Did you like it when UCONN men's Bball was suspended from post season play two years ago because of poor test scores? Also if you have any desire for UCONN to go to the B1G you had better care about transcripts/character/background checks. UCONN is close to becoming an AAU university and trust me, transcripts matter!
 
TouchdownHusky said:
Not buying the golf analogy. Even with the proper coaching and rebuilt fundamentally sound swing makeover, you will still be a single digit handicap golfer (I myself would be delighted for that prospect). However, all that training and more, will not make you PGA worthy. Sometimes you're just born with a gift.

The point for UConn football is that P5 conferences are recruiting the football eqivalent of PGA players while HCBD (staying with your analogy) is busy breaking down "double digit handicap" football players so that eventually the program will attract "single digit handicap" players.

What HCBD needs to do is sell a vision. He also needs to sell opportunity - a shortcut for talented kids - to get on the field sooner and get noticed by scouts earlier rather than wait your turn (which might never materialize) at more established programs. Come to UConn and play right away (if you are as good as advertised) rather than going to a P5 school and waiting.
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And you don't think Bob Diaco and staff shared a vision to his 20 recruits? You have to be kidding me!
 
Confident Carl said:
I just posted this in another thread but felt this was important to be on its own, so here goes. To start, I know Diaco has said a few questionable things about abilities and such. He is not perfect and it was a long season. So I cut him some slack. I believe he will become a tremendous head coach. Here goes:

UCONN football under Diaco:

6. Recruiting - Diaco (for 2015)recruited Big, tall players, smart kids that bought into his philosophy.

11. Diaco has promised us a conference championship


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Recruiting class 2015 rankings.... #76 Rivals #83 247Sports #100 Scout ... well at least they are big and tall

As long as he promised a conference championship, I say we keep him :)
 
Since he's basically claimed he wasn't 100% focused on winning each game, I'll hold off on my judgement of whether he can put together a winning gameplan until he goes all in. Question is when will we know he's done that.

I have major doubts about our OC given the lack of progress throughout the season in terms of production, playcalling and use of personnel. If that can change and HCBD can mold this talent to his systems on offense and defense (neither of which seem like thrilling schemes) we can see strides being made. I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt on o-line improvement, QB improvement and strength and conditioning. With the young talent at RB DL and I think DB and improved TE play I see no reason for us not to get to four wins by accident. We'll need to get more than that to get me to believe the coaches have really started to turn things around and are done making excuses. If we see another QB carousel all bets are off.
 
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Confident Carl said:
Then you would do better off being a North Carolina fan. I don't think they care about real college courses or transcripts and those types of thing as well. Did you like it when UCONN men's Bball was suspended from post season play two years ago because of poor test scores? Also if you have any desire for UCONN to go to the B1G you had better care about transcripts/character/background checks. UCONN is close to becoming an AAU university and trust me, transcripts matter!
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Carl, don't buy into that BS, AAU status and transcripts do not matter...it's big time college athletics. On field performance, fan support/TV ratings, merch dollars that's what matters.
 
I understand and appreciate everything Carl is saying. I even agree with most of it. However, there is an elephant in the room called Conference Realignment, which means that UConn may not have (or have had) the luxury to use Diaco's approach. Maybe the quick fix would have been more valuable, to show our ability to compete in football again, immediately. I am inclined to believe that those in the know at other schools and conferences can perhaps look past last season, but I don't think they can look past another. 6-7 wins next year is critical. I don't care if it sets back some key developmental process Diaco has, he has to win 6-7 games next year. More would be better. We are out of time in our rebuilding process.

No other school in the country faces the urgent need to win right now that exists at UConn. That's what upset me and I think many others. Had we been safely in the ACC in place of Louisville, I would have had no problem with his approach. We weren't. UConn football is hanging by a thread. Wins and attendance are everything, because nothing HCBD can do in building the program can possibly be as important to our future as getting into a P5 conference.
 
nycscooby said:
Carl, don't buy into that BS, AAU status and transcripts do not matter...it's big time college athletics. On field performance, fan support/TV ratings, merch dollars that's what matters.
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Not if you want to get into the B1G! Scholastic ratings and AAU matters! Nebraska just lost their AAU status around the time they were entering the B1G. However UCONN chances of a B1G invite would be greatly enhanced if they belonged to the Association of Accredited Universities.

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/...ska-chancellor-harvey-perlman-big-ten-members
 
Confident Carl said:
Not if you want to get into the B1G! Scholastic ratings and AAU matters! Nebraska just lost their AAU status around the time they were entering the B1G. However UCONN chances of a B1G invite would be greatly enhanced if they belonged to the Association of Accredited Universities.

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/...ska-chancellor-harvey-perlman-big-ten-members
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That crap is a red herring. The B1G took a name brand school in the first round (Nebraska) and then went heavy for markets (NY & DC) the second round. Academics played little to no role at all. Our academics are plenty good enough for the B1G. Unfortunately we don't have the cache of a Nebraska or the geographic golden ticket that the other 2 schools have.
 
d1reality said:
Recruiting class 2015 rankings.... #76 Rivals #83 247Sports #100 Scout ... well at least they are big and tall

As long as he promised a conference championship, I say we keep him :)
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Read what Bob Diaco says about the star system. Don't get me wrong, I will take a bucket load of 5 stars but listen to what he says:

Diaco was more direct on the ratings.

"The star rating is ridiculous, convoluted, non-essential for team building," he said. "It is a fan, money-making component, which I respect and I'm good on. I love the fact that football — high school, [youth] football, college football — gets more and more and more [publicity] and press and excitement. That's not a bad thing, but we're not going to do our business based on it. And whether one guy was a one-star, two-star, four-star, five-star is irrelevant to what our needs are."

It's all about the evaluation of players and then the development of those players that will determine success.

"They key is, if you're UConn and you don't win games, you're not going to win the hearts of the four- or five-star ballplayers right now," Lemming said. "So what you do is make sure your coaching staff is out there working their butts off to find athletes that are going to develop into four- or five-star type-players while the big schools don't take a chance on them. Barry Alvarez did that at Wisconsin, Kirk Ferentz did it at Iowa. They turned around programs that were struggling, and they turned them around by evaluating and developing.

"There's no secret, genius coach out there ... you win with impact players. If you can't get them outright, you get ones that have the potential to be an impact player and develop them, and that comes down to very, very strenuous and hard-working recruiters that know how to get there and get the job done."

Brian Dohn, the northeast recruiting analyst for Scout.com, said you can't compare this round of recruiting to any other at UConn, but he sees the path Diaco is following.

"He's done a good job assembling guys that have certain characteristics: big frames, athletic but need to grow into their bodies a little more or need to develop physically," Dohn said. "I've seen a lot of the players, and there's a lot of talent there. It's a class heavy on projection, and I mean that in a good way. You look at a kid like Tyler Davis who I've seen a few times. He throws a good ball. Refine his mechanics a little bit, get him stronger and he could have really good arm strength.

"Kevin Murphy [defensive tackle from West Chester, Pa.]? I love Kevin Murphy. He's a grinder. His motor never stops. Ian Campbell [Pompton Plains, N.J.] is a big tight end. If he gets bigger and stronger — I always think of UConn as having good tight ends — I think he can fit that mold. Nazir Williams [wide receiver from Bridgeton, N.J.] can play a couple of positions. He just needs to get a little bit stronger. I think if you look at what Diaco has done ... recruiting is about projections. He has taken kids that are athletic and maybe slightly under being BCS kids, but that's the situation they're in."

Diaco alluded to that reality as well.

"It's important that everybody understand it's a different parameter now, period," he said. "We don't play in a BCS conference. We don't have an automatic tie-in. There's a conversation about the Power 5. It's just flat-out the reality.

"Now, can we put a good-to-great team together? Absolutely. And we will — with the guys we need."

Diaco said he has the best strength and conditioning coach in the United States in Matt Balis, who has been working to change body composition of players so each is in optimal condition to perform.
 
Jimmy Serrano said:
That crap is a red herring. The B1G took a name brand school in the first round (Nebraska) and then went heavy for markets (NY & DC) the second round. Academics played little to no role at all. Our academics are plenty good enough for the B1G. Unfortunately we don't have the cache of a Nebraska or the geographic golden ticket that the other 2 schools have.
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It's not crap. Rutgers and Maryland are both AAU members. Nebraska lost their accreditation around the same time they entered the B1G. They are the only school in the B1G that is not an AAU member.

http://studychacha.com/discuss/192770-list-aau-accredited-universities.html
 
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rich1122 said:
That's Carl's Number 3. He could have thrown more to Davis and played him a lot more. Instead of going for the wins he decided to work the younger guys. Davis not part of the future.

Here is another. I really think we could have gotten more out the Wildcat with Foxx. 3rd and 1 against SMU and we could get that. Instead go up the middle and have to punt. Why? no Foxx and no Wildcat next year. Why should they waste plays.

What intrigues me is that they almost NEVER threw to a TE. Bloom caught a TD otherwise zero. Claxx never materialized out of the backfield.
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How much did playing Whitmer help next year? How does playing any senior help next year unless having the best guy play and winning this year helps next year?

Don't understand how playing to win this year hurts next year. It's not like the starters were so good that the 2nd string could not get any burn, or that injuries wouldn't get younger guys playing time or that didn't need to keep DL fresh by playing a lot of guys.

Had 4 running backs with oldest a junior. Lot of young TE's. These guys were going to play even if fhcRE was the coach, needed bodies out there.









Had
 
Confident Carl said:
Then you would do better off being a North Carolina fan. I don't think they care about real college courses or transcripts and those types of thing as well. Did you like it when UCONN men's Bball was suspended from post season play two years ago because of poor test scores? Also if you have any desire for UCONN to go to the B1G you had better care about transcripts/character/background checks. UCONN is close to becoming an AAU university and trust me, transcripts matter!
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And even more importantly, just win baby. Gonna play against the big boys, you better have the big boy talent to match it. UConn's gonna need to take chances on kids because the choir boy types (if they are talented) are gonna be at the Notre Dames of the college football world.
 
Husky68 said:
How much did playing Whitmer help next year? How does playing any senior help next year unless having the best guy play and winning this year helps next year?

Don't understand how playing to win this year hurts next year. It's not like the starters were so good that the 2nd string could not get any burn, or that injuries wouldn't get younger guys playing time or that didn't need to keep DL fresh by playing a lot of guys.

Had 4 running backs with oldest a junior. Lot of young TE's. These guys were going to play even if fhcRE was the coach, needed bodies out there.

The quarterback situation was kind of weird. It was always a fluid situation. Once Casey was out, it became clear that Whitmer was the better QB/leader. My guess is that Diaco stuck with him and gave Boyle limited play for any of the following or all of the above:
1. He made certain commitments to Chandler to convince him to come back and wanted to keep his word
2. He had a better chance of winning (even with all the experimentation) with Whitmer
3. Early on he didn't want to get Boyle too discouraged or too beat up because of inexperience and poor O line play
4. Prior to the Army loss there was an outside chance UCONN could become Bowl eligible
5. Once we were no longer Bowl eligible and the line play improved we saw more of Boyle and less of Whitmer







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Football coach tree:

If recruiting class is highly ranked: Ignore our record the calvary is coming.

If recruiting class isn't highly ranked;
Ignore our record and class ranking the calvary is coming.
 
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