You know a thread is good when people start throwing out "poopy head" comments.

(04-04-2014 11:47 AM)BigEastHomer Wrote:  Why do we have these NBE dewshes on this site, trying to stir the pot surrounding our members?

Could it be that the NBE board is about as popular as FS1?

Sounds about right to me...

Some here have an individualistic, me-first, attitude regarding alignment. Like it' a war or something... Fine. Then you should go independent!! When you CHOOSE to join a conference... you therefore should commit to SUPPORT that conference. That's a union of 12 schools. Don't like it, then don't join. Better yourself, strive to be the best memember of that conference... all fine. But we all should be supporting and promoting our conference, from our best members, to our worst members.

Otherwise, just get out. Not to be inflammatory, but if you don't want to be here go ahead and move along... why in the world would you stay?? And I get we'd all grab the invitation, please don't beat me with that old dead horse. That's not what this discussion is about. Uconn does not have any invitation to accept.

All that said, these are not the worst comments I've ever read in this regard... but I would prefer to see at least some positive comments from Uconn about their CURRENT conference. Oh well. Maybe we'll see some when they win the championship. I'll be rooting hard for the Huskies.

Am I supposed to be upset with these comments?

I don't see where he said anything negative about the aac. He simply said we are doing what we always did. Regardless of what the conference is.

(04-04-2014 11:53 AM)Bull Wrote:  Some here have an individualistic, me-first, attitude regarding alignment. Like it' a war or something... Fine. Then you should go independent!! When you CHOOSE to join a conference... you therefore should commit to SUPPORT that conference. That's a union of 12 schools. Don't like it, then don't join. Better yourself, strive to be the best memember of that conference... all fine. But we all should be supporting and promoting our conference, from our best members, to our worst members.

Otherwise, just get out. Not to be inflammatory, but if you don't want to be here go ahead and move along... why in the world would you stay?? And I get we'd all grab the invitation, please don't beat me with that old dead horse. That's not what this discussion is about. Uconn does not have any invitation to accept.

All that said, these are not the worst comments I've ever read in this regard... but I would prefer to see at least some positive comments from Uconn about their CURRENT conference. Oh well. Maybe we'll see some when they win the championship. I'll be rooting hard for the Huskies.

I guess you missed the end of the UCONN-Michigan State game when the UCONN fans were chanting A-A-C!

(04-04-2014 11:48 AM)HuskyU Wrote:  

(04-04-2014 11:47 AM)BigEastHomer Wrote:  Why do we have these NBE dewshes on this site, trying to stir the pot surrounding our members?

Could it be that the NBE board is about as popular as FS1?

Sounds about right to me...

I just don;t understand why any school would denigrate their conference, even if they feel they are above it. Perception matters and if the AAC is publicly attacked it does nothing for UConn. Meaning, a reduced AAC perception hurts UConn no matter if they are winning or losing. If they lose, it makes them look worse, if they win it makes it seem like they accomplished little because they were supposed to beat up on these bums.

I am sure they are just placating to alums that are frustrated with the conference, but ultimately it is unproductive.

(04-04-2014 11:37 AM)SteveUCF19 Wrote:  

(04-04-2014 11:34 AM)3rdWardCoog Wrote:  I think he might wished to said it better. UCONN basketball would be good in the MAC. They are a good basketball school. However, like he said you can't be a one trick pony and expect a call up. No school can just be visible half the year. Every school that wants a call up or hopes for one needs and overall good athletic department.

Rutgers disagrees with this.

Rutgers programs may not be great, but they were ALWAYS part of the old man's club, they got the invite for being an old guard school in a major market. No one who was part of the club by the start of the BCS was left behind.

UCONN only started top level football in the last decade.

(04-04-2014 11:14 AM)BE4evah Wrote:  Just when I thought that Uconn was getting it.


Uconn athletic director Warde Emanuel: "No conference made us. We are doing what I said we'd do all along. We will focus on ourselves and our success."

Uconn President:
"Realignment is a dynamic that is not in our control," Herbst said. "It's not like we can go around, show PowerPoint presentations to prove how great UConn is that will make people fall down in admiration. It's not how this works. We need to win. We need to win a lot, across the sports. We need to take care of our student-athletes and we have to do well in school."

http://www.courant.com/sports/college/hc...ory?page=2

Expect Uconn to get a call from Aresco, just like he did to Cincy's president. The AAC is on a roll. Schools have to pipe down. If they hate the conference so much, just leave it. Oh, wait. They can't. So uconn, guess what? The AAC made you, whether you like it or not.

Trolling. Trolling. Trolling on the river.

Anyway, the AAC didn't "make" UConn because UConn already "made it" before the AAC was a twinkle in Mike Aresco's eye.

The Big East "made" UConn, and even that statement isn't accurate. It is a little bit of a chicken and egg thing. The Big East allowed UConn to be successful, but I could argue that UConn "made" the Big East. For two-thirds of the Big East's history, UConn was the dominant men's basketball team. We brought the league more national titles than any other single team and we never choked in the tourney (looked at you, Cuse).

What Manuel and Herbst said is on the money. Nowhere did they complain about the AAC or belittle it. However, it is only honest to suggest that UConn wants out of the AAC if a better opportunity arises. Every team in this conference wants that, too. Anyway, we weren't a former CUSA school like the rest of the teams in the AAC (minus Temple). For us, the league isn't a step-up (or even a lateral move)...it is a step down. That is not a slam on the conference and the other schools in it, it is an accurate assessment. Excuse UConn for not doing back-flips about things. While the AAC is providing some new member schools more opportunity than they had, it is providing UConn with less opportunity.

I don't think UConn really said anything bad about the AAC. In fact, they didn't really say anything about the AAC. I wish they would've promoted the conference and talked about what a great basketball conference it is.

(04-04-2014 12:03 PM)SteveUCF19 Wrote:  I don't think UConn really said anything bad about the AAC. In fact, they didn't really say anything about the AAC. I wish they would've promoted the conference and talked about what a great basketball conference it is.

I fully agree with you. They could have thrown in what a great year the AAC was having, but they also didn't take a shot at the conference.

I think you have to put this article in context. The writer obviously was following a line of questions about UConn moving to a power conference. Given that context, the answers are completely reasonable and do not put down the AAC. In fact, the writer is the only one who says anything remotely negative about the AAC referring to it as a "lower profile" conference---not exactly the worst thing every said about the AAC. I'd prefer we have some sort of standard boiler plate answer we give to all the presidents/AD's to throw out---but that's not going to happen. On the whole, given the context, I really don't have an issue with the comments.

Football is what matters

(04-04-2014 11:53 AM)Bull Wrote:  Some here have an individualistic, me-first, attitude regarding alignment. Like it' a war or something... Fine. Then you should go independent!! When you CHOOSE to join a conference... you therefore should commit to SUPPORT that conference. That's a union of 12 schools. Don't like it, then don't join. Better yourself, strive to be the best memember of that conference... all fine. But we all should be supporting and promoting our conference, from our best members, to our worst members.

Otherwise, just get out. Not to be inflammatory, but if you don't want to be here go ahead and move along... why in the world would you stay?? And I get we'd all grab the invitation, please don't beat me with that old dead horse. That's not what this discussion is about. Uconn does not have any invitation to accept.

All that said, these are not the worst comments I've ever read in this regard... but I would prefer to see at least some positive comments from Uconn about their CURRENT conference. Oh well. Maybe we'll see some when they win the championship. I'll be rooting hard for the Huskies.

We didn't "choose" to join this conference. We were already here. If we want to be technical, UConn is the only founding member of this conference. The new Big East is a completely new league with an old name (Big East). The American is the old Big East with a new name (and UConn is the only original member). Technically, the new members chose to join UConn's conference.

That said, I don't think UConn is "complaining" so much as maximizing the opportunity of being in the spotlight thanks to our men and women being in the Final Four. The school SHOULD be pounding its chest. We have put the men and women in the Final Four in the same year FOUR times and no other school has done it more than once. It says something about UConn basketball.

I agree with the uconn AD. I'm a Memphis fan. Don't really care about our conference past the point they pay us money and provide us media access.

It doesn't matter if the comments are true or false you just don't say them... The UConn AD should be marketing not only UConn but the conference they look like they are going to be in for awhile and there is no reason to even make these comments. I really wish Cincy and UConn learned the art of public speaking.

Wow, title of this thread missed the mark of the article big time.

Wasn't it Yogi Berra that said it's "deja vu all over again"?

This thread is much ado about nothing, just like the UC/Mike Bohn thread was.

I could be wrong, but I don't see any "P5" conference wanting to hitch their wagon to UConn football. That thing is a like a million pound anchor dragging down the rest of the athletic department.