Sterling Gibbs
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It took sometime for Sterling to find his role on the team, he played great down the stretch of the season we don't win any one of those AAC tourney games or the Colorado game without him, watching him in that press conference was tough, thank your for choosing to play for Uconn.
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Class Act All The Way Around!!!! Thanks Sterling, Omar, Shonn and Phil. What a great group of guys, played your hearts out! A few shots here and there and the outcome would have been different. Kansas is good, but that home court advantage didn't hurt either, atmosphere was insane!! Thanks Coach Ollie, this team will be back next year for sure. One thing is we need for our bigs to put in some serious off season work. Thanks for being all heart guys, thanks for a great season, proud to be a Husky win or lose. GO UCONN!!!!
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Damn SG bleeds blue.
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Thank you.
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4:40 mark for those who want to see it. It's very sad, so I'm sure a few folks on this board will revel in it.
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Big ups for SG for laying it all down for UCONN today! You can tell from his and KO's emotion that the team could have accomplished so much more if they could have gelled earlier in the year. Unfortunately for us they didn't start to gel until the AAC tourney. Even with that the team still needed more time for everybody to really find their roles.
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Granted it was an emotional day for me for me before the game, but holy shnikes...not to get all sappy but watching that moved me. Woah. Thank you for everything, Sterling.
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Can't like that enough!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
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Just saw that. What a classy kid. Heard him on an interview recently, incredibly articulate and well spoken. He'll do well in life.
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Wait, that's not a Husky.
Looks like that PenisfullofNails dude was right; his heart was never in it here and he was just a mercenary.
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Jacobs article piece:
There would be no ice cream for UConn, only the sad taste of a season ending, one that left in Gibbs in tears as he struggled to talk about what it meant to battle with this group of players.
There would be no ice cream for UConn, only the sad taste of a season ending, one that left in Gibbs in tears as he struggled to talk about what it meant to battle with this group of players.
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What a difference a week makes.
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Wow, that is tough to watch. How can anyone question whether Gibbs was a "true husky" after seeing that? It's one thing to question Gibb's play at times but it is outrageous to question his commitment, loyalty, and legacy at UConn. Gibbs deserves better than the way some of our fans have treated him
Thank you, Sterling...you are always a part of the UConn family....that interview is something I'll never forget.
Thank you, Sterling...you are always a part of the UConn family....that interview is something I'll never forget.
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An old coach once told me that every coach loves their recruits and their former players, it's just the current guys who have all the problems.
That can effect the fan base too. Coming in, there was maybe some hope that SG could be a Kemba/Bazz lead guard type and he wasn't that guy (through no fault of his own). During the season, his weaknesses were picked apart. Going out, though, i think we can all appreciate he bought in to our program and gave this team a much needed lift, and we can feel confident we have another alum who will talk highly of our program in the future.
I'm just grateful that Colorado didn't finish off that come back - maybe that same Tweet on Thursday night would have brought out some hate.
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Sterling Gibbs = Brian Fair. As someone already pointed out, put him next to a Ryan Boatright, Shabazz Napier, etc., Gibbs would have fit a lot better.
It seemed like Kevin Ollie tred to use him as a dribble-drive penetration type players something he's just not athletic enough. But to his credit, he did make some nice plays driving to the basket at times, and really improved his skills on the defensive end of the floor, which I think has gone very unnoticed by most fans.
Where he hurt us most, was the half court offense tended to bog down when he was at the point.
Bottom line, he is a Husky and I always rooted for him.
It seemed like Kevin Ollie tred to use him as a dribble-drive penetration type players something he's just not athletic enough. But to his credit, he did make some nice plays driving to the basket at times, and really improved his skills on the defensive end of the floor, which I think has gone very unnoticed by most fans.
Where he hurt us most, was the half court offense tended to bog down when he was at the point.
Bottom line, he is a Husky and I always rooted for him.