Rich Mitchmond

mostly well intentioned

[Rich Mitchmond @leakyfumunda]

@heatdaddy69420 Am I high or could this be seamlessly placed into a Jason white chocolate Williams highlight reel and it would just fit right in?

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@ArrogantHusky So let’s say Cam goes for 30/5/5 & 27/7/6 in back to back losses at home to Villanova & Creighton. Scheirmann avgs 19/8/5 in 2 wins and Creighton is 1st in league on Monday. Spencer is your POTW?

[Rich Mitchmond @leakyfumunda]

@ArrogantHusky You don’t think team performance should factor in to POTW?

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@ArrogantHusky It’s pretty simple: Hall had the best week of anyone in conference play; they’re sitting atop the conference; their best player/guy who led them to those 2 huge wins deserves POTW.

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Spoiler alert: it’s all the same dorks

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Wonder if all you dorks that complained season ticket prices going up are the same dorks bitching about paying to to park…

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@TimFromUConn I asked "as a fan, would you rather watch your team have a chance to win every game or watch them play multiple guaranteed losses” & got 4 tangential questions as a response & I’m the one incapable of conversation. Got it. Good luck to all 19 of your beloved soccer teams kiddo ✌️

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@TimFromUConn When you said “this is a ridiculous conversation.” I didn’t realize that simply asking questions about what other people think the direction, goal, ceiling, etc. of the program is somehow complaining or pretending but, that’s on me. I’ll look for normal conversation elsewhere.

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@TimFromUConn Why is it ridiculous to ask a fellow fan what they think the future holds and what their expectations are? Genuinely curious.

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@TimFromUConn And where do you truthfully predict the program being 5 years from right now

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@TimFromUConn I'm not complaining, and I'm not arguing. I'm genuinely thinking about what the goal of said rebuild is. Here's a fun question. 5 years from today, what would UConn football's situation look like that would make you as a fan say "I love where were at?"

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@TimFromUConn Colossal rebuild? Absolutely. But being realistic about what is being built is important. Maybe it's not FCS. Maybe the goal is to be a top 50 or top 100 FBS team. Don't care what "level," I just want to watch my favorite team have a chance to win every game they play.

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@TimFromUConn I didn't say it's a given. I said it's a more realistic goal to have. I think winning sells more tickets and I think UConn fans buy into winning. When Memorial Stadium was packed it was because UConn was winning. Didn't matter who it was against.

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@TimFromUConn No thought? Did I say UConn+FCS=success? Sure didn't. I said building a successful program at that level is a more realistic goal than building a successful FBS program. If 7-8-9 win seasons with wins in the non-buy games come in a few years then yes, that is a level of success.

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@TimFromUConn As a fan, would you rather watch a team that has a chance to win every game they play & compete to be the best at the level they play, or watch them have no chance in 8/12 games so they make money to hopefully compete at a level they have no chance of reaching the pinnacle of?

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@TimFromUConn Winning and the product trumps all. If we had a powerhouse FCS program competing for a title, the Rent would be sold out because ppl want to have something to root for.

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@TimFromUConn What does that even mean? UConn football can never ever reach the level of truly competing for the CFP. It is not possible. As a fan, I want to see the team I root for compete to win and build towards a championship. That is a realistic goal in FCS.

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@TimFromUConn Personally, I'd rather watch the team actually compete and have something to root for. Being at the level it takes to win in FBS was never happening for the program. Delaware, NDSU, & the schools that have built great programs should've been the goal all along, especially now.

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@TimFromUConn Wanting to watch a team compete at a level they have a chance to compete at, i.e. FCS, is not a "take." It's the level that the program can actually succeed at. There never was/will be success in FBS. Unless you consider 7-8 wins and getting paid to lose to elite teams "success."

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@TimFromUConn @UConnReport How much? I’d like to go