This board is getting really tough to read.
I 100% agree with you. Nothing worse than seeing posts like, "I am getting close to calling a time of death"
stuff like that is hardly constructive criticism, complaining about the incoming class is hardly constructive either.
Will give you more time to defend the AAC and that is time well spent.
I 100% agree with you. Nothing worse than seeing posts like, "I am getting close to calling a time of death"
stuff like that is hardly constructive criticism, complaining about the incoming class is hardly constructive either.
I root for UCONN sports and because of that and only because of that I root for the conference they are in to do well. Do you have a problem with that?
Rip us all you want
Quite Frankly
Jimmy Serrano & whaler11 have driven the mildly positive posters away. I've been on this board as long as any. What you 2 & a few others do is deplorable. Imagine whaler11 saying I'm the "name caller". Shame on you all. We've invested as much as any of you in this Program. I've been on this board asking as any. I'm certain you'll rationalize your bad behavior; you're like the worst Ex wives.
We need the regular guys ... NOT more of your grousing. You don't know football more. You don't know business more. You aren't a Vegas king of gambling. You are just s few guys that have made this board far less for many.
Quite Frankly
Jimmy Serrano & whaler11 have driven the mildly positive posters away. I've been on this board as long as any. What you 2 & a few others do is deplorable. Imagine whaler11 saying I'm the "name caller". Shame on you all. We've invested as much as any of you in this Program. I've been on this board asking as any. I'm certain you'll rationalize your bad behavior; you're like the worst Ex wives.
We need the regular guys ... NOT more of your grousing. You don't know football more. You don't know business more. You aren't a Vegas king of gambling. You are just s few guys that have made this board far less for many.
Yeah Pudge, sure. Whaler and I have driven people away. Has nothing to do with winning 5 games the last 2 years and getting screwed in conference realignment. Maybe you can blame us for keeping all those people home for Senior Day against SMU.
You didnt keep me home on that lovely autumn day, if that makes you feel any better...no one on the BY could keep me away; people in the AD office could if the past isnt changed fairly soon and we end up in the same conference as Stony Brook...
I am against all poster attacks - fyi.- it doesnt win any discussion.
I still have yet to see anyone comment on how our recruiting rankings were at the bottom of the Big East and the AAC and the fact we've only had two winning seasons in conference the past decade.
Must not be related at all.
And a Fiesta Bowl appearance.
And a Fiesta Bowl appearance.
2 winning conference seasons, to 8 losing conference seasons.
I feel like I'm losing my mind on here sometimes.
It's kind of like saying a high payroll in baseball doesn't give you the best shot to field a successful team.
The payroll (recruiting stars) isn't the end all be all, but it's certainly a huge predictor of success.
You make a comment like that here and people go nuts and point to the Royals and Devil Rays as their debate when in reality the Yankees and Sox alone combined for over half the AL world series appearances the past twenty years.
I agree with you wholeheartedly. What I don't get is that people who lauded Edsall's recruiting knock it now.Once again, this board refuses to live in a world outside of simple black and white. Uggh.
Fact 1: There are a lot of undervalued recruits at the 2 star level (and sometimes 3 star) that have a great deal of upside. Some of them even have enough upside to turn into NFL-caliber talent.
Fact 2: The teams with the 4 and 5 star recruits as their entire recruiting base are the teams that win a lot of games and win championships at the college level. Period.
When people act like Fact 2 doesn't exist, it drives me up a friggin' wall. Yes, we at UConn have to make our living with Fact 1, and hope that we are better at identifying those kids than the other programs are, in order to get our program running well again. But by all means, feel free to name for me the last national championship team that didn't feature in the top 25 of the college recruiting rankings? Don't worry....I'll wait...
Then take a look at the class Huggins was in, and the class RU promoted Flood to keep. Outside of Leonte Caroo who they had fall into their lap because Michigan had issues with his character and cut ties..pulling their offer at the end of the recruiting cycle they haven't really made a splash..Darius Hamilton included (who was the prize of that class). Now Whaler if you want to tell me that those kids have made RU a better 2 deep overall..I'll buy that. But history shows that your 3 star kids usually elevate their games and turn into 4-5 star college players. I can see your point, but you seem to have gone from supporting the moves Diaco has made with replacing Cummigs as OC, to dumping on him and ready to bail on the program after he talks about the Walk-On-Program.It's not about one player. It's a numbers game.
Then take a look at the class Huggins was in, and the class RU promoted Flood to keep. Outside of Leonte Caroo who they had fall into their lap because Michigan had issues with his character and cut ties..pulling their offer at the end of the recruiting cycle they haven't really made a splash..Darius Hamilton included (who was the prize of that class). Now Whaler if you want to tell me that those kids have made RU a better 2 deep overall..I'll buy that. But history shows that your 3 star kids usually elevate their games and turn into 4-5 star college players. I can see your point, but you seem to have gone from supporting the moves Diaco has made with replacing Cummigs as OC, to dumping on him and ready to bail on the program after he talks about the Walk-On-Program.
I agree with you wholeheartedly. What I don't get is that people who lauded Edsall's recruiting knock it now.
Given our current status in CFB, we have zero chance of landing 4,5 star kids. Some chance of landing kids with multiple offers. If the argument is Diaco isn't a good enough coach to win with the caliber of player he is recruiting off of one year I think it's premature. I don't think any is making that arguement per se, but 5-19 as you say the last two years. The American Conference, the fact that all of our regional conference rivals from the Big East have ended up in better/P5 conferences, make recruiting tough. I can't realistically expect to see a huge "uptick" in recruiting given our current overall standing/status.
I'm just resigned to another tough year, and year 3 of Diaco we will see if there is any chance he is the guy