Donnie Freeman in the portal

[donniesyracuse]

Can people stop repeating this trope? Many of us disagree with this ridiculous assertion. Of course they are.

Shouldn’t rivals play each other on a regular basis?

 

[jdubs30]

Assuming we don’t play them this year …. It’ll have been 8 years since we last played each other.

We haven’t been on the same level as them program-wise the past 5 years. Not even close.

It was a great rivalry for 30 years. But I don’t think it’s relevant anymore….a lot of rivalries have lost their luster tho, not just that one

 

[stlorange]

I can guarantee you the huskies no longer think of us as rivals. A one-sided rivalry is not a rivalry. Our "rivals" now are only BC and Pitt based on the number of prior games and the fact that we now play them every year and that we all generally field mediocre teams, with exceptions every few years.

 

[Chip]

Shouldn’t rivals play each other on a regular basis?

Yeah, that's what I think. We're not rivals anymore. We're not in the same league, we never play each other.

That said, if we did play at Storrs or Hartford or MSG or obviously the Dome, both fanbases would be jacked up for the game. There's still history and bad blood. No matter how much more success they've had than us in recent years.

But rivals no more.

 

[sufandu]

For those who don't think Donnie could be a player with the right coaching, Uconn has had a great eye for talent in recent years

I don't think people doubt he COULD be a player with the right coaching. I think people doubt he would accept the coaching. He clearly has all the talent. Is he willing to get dirty and do the hard stuff? Maybe for a different staff.