you have my support 100%. lets not skip a beat. i hope you warde and susan finish up that contract 2night and JC can usher you in 2moro.
Obviously the real story is losing a Hall of Fame coach. But I want to say that I am on the Kevin Ollie Bandwagon, I am drinking KO Kool-Aid, and I am excited about the future of UConn Men's Basketball. Nervously excited. But excited.
COURANT SPORTS ALERT: Courant confirms Calhoun leaving UConn; Ollie to step in, Karl Hobbs promoted to assistant. http://cour.at/RMN4FX *Txt STOP UCONNMB 2quit
What narrative seems more like 5 years from now? 1) Calhoun shoehorns his hand-picked, inexperienced choice into the job; nepotism backfires 2) Ollie is a coaching prodigy and despite minimal experience, excels at the job It seems like there are a lot more ways for #1 to turn out to be correct.
I'm with nomar and I am and will drink the KO Kool Aid too........mentioned here after my son went to 2 KO camps at Loomis Chaffee and heard KO's words of wisdom and the way he spoke to the kids it was just a matter of time......he will be real good!!!
I'm KO supporter all the way. I wouldn't be fit to lick the shoes of JC if I started out with a defeatist attitude. I'm not sure I can admire someone like JC and come away thinking negatively. That wasn't his attitude.
Courant says Ollie's contract has language that is a middle ground between interim and permanent HC. what else is there?
If we're hiring the guy, gotta give him 3-4 years, no? He has to coach with some of his "own" players. I don't love the move. Worse than the move, though, is not diving in and giving the guy a real chance. If you're going with Ollie, you don't merely stick your toes in the water.
Ollie =calhoun stays apart of the program to mentor him... shaka like coach mean calhoun plays 18great holes ever other day
thesee are ollies players. i think u guys dont realize how much he has been running the ship. recruiting is all him and kh. the future is now here.
Frankly, though, it seems best if, when he retires, he retires. He's a figurehead whose ring every incoming coach needs to kiss, but then they move onto autonomy. I don't like this "in-between" phase. Ollie's the coach, or he's not. (To be clear, they do need to respect him and his legacy.)
I don't like seeing a coach with less than 3 years on their deal. It makes that coach a target in recruiting. Ollie won't cost that much, so why not give him 3-4 years?
That's bs. Give the guy four years with the first two guaranteed. It shows recruits that Ollie will be here. Also, I suspect Herbst told Manuel he had to give Ollie the job.
