So I'm driving to a job site and hear the Suze on the radio...

[J187Money]

Mostly fair enough. Where I disagree with you, upstarter, ctmike, jungle, bill and seemingly the majority of the fanbase is your last sentence. Im terrified at the proposition of Warde selecting the next coach. Only time will tell, but I pray your confidence in him is well placed and my instincts are wrong.

I don't think most people think he will choose a bad replacement. They are just mad he hasn't done it yet.

 

[Dooley]

I am not scared of Manuel making a hire. I am scared to death of Larry McHugh & BOT limiting his candidate list. I think if you give Manuel a reasonable budget and no limitations, he will find good candidates.

 

[J187Money]

I am not scared of Manuel making a hire. I am scared to death of Larry McHugh & BOT limiting his candidate list. I think if you give Manuel a reasonable budget and no limitations, he will find good candidates.

Right.

 

[huskymedic]

I am not scared of Manuel making a hire. I am scared to death of Larry McHugh & BOT limiting his candidate list. I think if you give Manuel a reasonable budget and no limitations, he will find good candidates.

McHugh can be neutered by a booster. He's stubborn but by far not dumb.

 

[ruskin]

McHugh can be neutered by a booster. He's stubborn but by far not dumb.

Burton couldn't neuter him the last time around -- although when he wrote The Letter he hadn't figured out Larry/CTHSFB coaches foisted P on Hathaway. Wonder what the Burton/McHugh relationship is like now?

Burton's chest-thumping in that letter is tough to swallow, but it's still an entertaining read.

 

[huskymedic]

Burton couldn't neuter him the last time around -- although when he wrote The Letter he hadn't figured out Larry/CTHSFB coaches foisted P on Hathaway. Wonder what the Burton/McHugh relationship is like now?

Burton's chest-thumping in that letter is tough to swallow, but it's still an entertaining read.

Doesn't have to be Burton...

McHugh is very politically connected and is a survivor. At this point in his career/life, he's no different than other BOT Chairs across the country. They begin to think about their legacy and PP won't be his legacy. Loyalty only goes so far.

 

[ruskin]

They begin to think about their legacy and PP won't be his legacy.

Hopefully in five-10 years PP is a Dom Perno-like blip and LMcH's legacy is off the hook. But it's resting very comfortably there right now.

Going back to the The Letter: classic line "You hired a coach who only knows CT coaches and players. CT players alone will not put UConn's program where we want it to be".

 

[junglehusky]

Help us Donny Marshall, you're our only hope.

 

[upstater]

Burton couldn't neuter him the last time around -- although when he wrote The Letter he hadn't figured out Larry/CTHSFB coaches foisted P on Hathaway. Wonder what the Burton/McHugh relationship is like now?

Burton's chest-thumping in that letter is tough to swallow, but it's still an entertaining read.

And how does anyone even know whether that was a football assessment by Burton, when it could have been about PP's treatment of Burton's son?

 

[ruskin]

And how does anyone even know whether that was a football assessment by Burton, when it could have been about PP's treatment of Burton's son?

Oh, undoubtedly he was still bitter about that and a major factor in his diatribe. Bob Burton is no angel. But UConn/LMcH/JH forgot the Golden Rule - he who has the gold makes the rules. Not saying that's right, but in this case wish it had been followed.

 

[upstater]

Oh, undoubtedly he was still bitter about that and a major factor in his diatribe. Bob Burton is no angel. But UConn/LMcH/JH forgot the Golden Rule - he who has the gold makes the rules. Not saying that's right, but in this case wish it had been followed.

T. Boone Pickens he ain't. No one is handing over the keys for $3 m.

 

[J187Money]

And the recruiting hasn't been the issue. It has been the actual coaching.

 

[Drew]

Burton couldn't neuter him the last time around -- although when he wrote The Letter he hadn't figured out Larry/CTHSFB coaches foisted P on Hathaway. Wonder what the Burton/McHugh relationship is like now?

Burton's chest-thumping in that letter is tough to swallow, but it's still an entertaining read.

i actually had never read that letter but burton sounds like an absolute boss

 

[Jarhead_1775]

Help us Donny Marshall, you're our only hope.

That's why I cast my vote for him.

 

[CTMike]

Burton couldn't neuter him the last time around -- although when he wrote The Letter he hadn't figured out Larry/CTHSFB coaches foisted P on Hathaway. Wonder what the Burton/McHugh relationship is like now?

Burton's chest-thumping in that letter is tough to swallow, but it's still an entertaining read.

Haven't read that in a while. He comes across as an arrogant ... Who happens to be 100% correct.

 

[junglehusky]

Haven't read that in a while. He comes across as an arrogant ... Who happens to be 100% correct.

Yeah, reading that again, I'm nodding my head, nodding my head, then wincing at lines like "... my personal friend Dr. Billy Graham...", then nodding my head again.