(05-15-2020 11:02 AM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(05-15-2020 10:35 AM)Bogg Wrote:  

(05-15-2020 10:07 AM)Fighting Muskie Wrote:  UConn was either naive or arrogant in thinking that they could take their historically strong revenue sport out of the AAC while leaving behind their historically weak revenue sport.

The only problem is that there's absolutely no indication that this was the case. Everything that's happened indicates that UConn anticipated they'd be going independent once they left the AAC.


I thought we were done with the "Maybe Benedict's sitting by his phone hoping the AAC reconsiders" posts.

From what I understand, UConn was told clearly on several occasions well before the move that UConn football could not stay in the AAC if UConn moved its basketball elsewhere. That said---I do think many in the UConn administration probably believed there was a strong possibility that the AAC was simply bluffing UConn on this issue. I suspect the UConn leadership thought it was very possible the AAC would have a different position once it was clear UConn was leaving and the only realistic replacement options were unattractive Sunbelt/CUSA type schools offering little to no value. The UConn AD's statements early on in the exit process tend to reflect that the UConn brass still thought it might be a possibility.

Everything I read from Benedict was along the lines of "well we'll talk to the AAC and then take it from there", and there were rumblings that Benedict may have been having some awfully specific hypothetical discussions about scheduling in advance of the announcement.

I think it's hard to argue that UConn went into this unprepared to put together an independent schedule.