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Zionn said:
I wish I had decent news to share. Trust me. It is dire out there and staff still does not have a consistent message to regain/drive narrative. The brand has taken a big hit. That is the current reality.
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Seems like the only cure is winning. Unfortunately that means we will lose a lot of ground.
 
Zionn said:
Winning will solve all, or at least help folks to forget. That is also asking a lot.
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have to think next year is Ollie's UConn swan song if they don't right the ship. We can't even fill out a roster right now and if he can't get talent to come here for 2018 there is no reason to keep him.
 
husky99 said:
Sorry for being a dic k ...bad day.
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No problem....hope day improves....I know 247 is really outdated sometimes with predictions, was just surprised that (it seems) we're off his radar.

I still have faith we can right the ship with recruits but need to demonstrate early & often in 2017-2018 season we're still UConn.

Our nov/dec games carry a mountain of pressure for the team (unfortunately)...we have the dogs when healthy just need a couple more capable transfers to help.
 
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Zionn said:
I wish I had decent news to share. Trust me. It is dire out there and staff still does not have a consistent message to regain/drive narrative. The brand has taken a big hit. That is the current reality.
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If what you say about still not having a consistent message is accurate then dire may be an understatement.
 
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Zionn said:
I wish I had decent news to share. Trust me. It is dire out there and staff still does not have a consistent message to regain/drive narrative. The brand has taken a big hit. That is the current reality.
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I don't know if KO is a strategy type dude and that's really important, especially when you have to dig yourself out of a deep hole. The Miller thing was necessary but it was not handled on either end professionally. For someone that has been in the business as long as Miller, he really demonstrated a lack of maturity in his various sabotage attempts. Ironically, he further damaged his brand by doing so. But, coupled with the related transfers and De-commit it's left our program more damaged than I have seen it. Kevin did not take the precautions a good executive should take before going forward with a termination. He left customers exposed (players and recruits), apparently had no communication plan to reassure key players/recruits nor were consequences locked in if Miller went off on on a destructive path like he did.

The dogs are not eating KO's dog food, yet he seems befuddled and not crafting a new sellable product.
 
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The beauty of basketball is that, unlike football, you only need to hit on one player at this position. Everyone else could say that UConn is finished, and then a kid like Luguentz Dort could sign on the bottom line, and make all the difference.
 
Zionn said:
I wish I had decent news to share. Trust me. It is dire out there and staff still does not have a consistent message to regain/drive narrative. The brand has taken a big hit. That is the current reality.
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Hearing the same. Very bad buzz around recruiting and the team
 
What happened between Ollie and Calhoun? The Courant made it sound like they don't talk. This was JC's hand picked succesor. He talked about him like a son. Ollie talked about him like a father. And now they don't talk? Hello.
 
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Palatine said:
What happened between Ollie and Calhoun? The Courant made it sound like they don't talk. This was JC's hand picked succesor. He talked about him like a son. Ollie talked about him like a father. And now they don't talk? Hello.
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these issues have been brewing for about a year-and-a-half. But they hit a stone wall when ollie let miller go.
 
husky99 said:
these issues have been brewing for about a year-and-a-half. But they hit a stone wall when ollie let miller go.
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not sure I follow. what are you referring to when you say "these issues." If you can get specific?
 
JMick said:
not sure I follow. what are you referring to when you say "these issues." If you can get specific?
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You are not going to get any specifics that are worth a crap unless they come from KO or JC directly
Anything from anyone from Chief00 to Fishy to Bunky to Oz is hearsay or personal speculation. No more no less
 
Christ, this is sounding like UNC under Dougherty and that would be a very bad deal.

Unfortinatley, there is no proven CEO connected to the program (I.e. Williams) to take the reigns if it comes to that. Which we all hope it doesn't.
 
Northbound said:
Christ, this is sounding like UNC under Dougherty and that would be a very bad deal.

Unfortinatley, there is no proven CEO connected to the program (I.e. Williams) to take the reigns if it comes to that. Which we all hope it doesn't.
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Anyone can come in and say, look, the players don't even have to go to class under my watch, -- they'll love coming here!
 
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upstater said:
Anyone can come in and say, look, the players don't even have to go to class under my watch, -- they'll love coming here!
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i should have put a watch on when you'd come in with something like this - you're missing the point. But it's not unexpected.
 
Northbound said:
Christ, this is sounding like UNC under Dougherty and that would be a very bad deal.

Unfortinatley, there is no proven CEO connected to the program (I.e. Williams) to take the reigns if it comes to that. Which we all hope it doesn't.
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Maybe, but see Doherty never won a National Championship. His record was:
26-7
8-20
19-16

8-20 at North Carolina. Wow, somehow since then they won 3 more National Champoinships. Since their program was clearly doomed I'm not sure how that was possible.
 
80shusky said:
Maybe, but see Doherty never won a National Championship. His record was:
26-7
8-20
19-16

8-20 at North Carolina. Wow, somehow since then they won 3 more National Champoinships. Since their program was clearly doomed I'm not sure how that was possible.
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You thought Carolina was clearly doomed?
 
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They canned the c
80shusky said:
Maybe, but see Doherty never won a National Championship. His record was:
26-7
8-20
19-16

8-20 at North Carolina. Wow, somehow since then they won 3 more National Champoinships. Since their program was clearly doomed I'm not sure how that was possible.
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They canned the coach who was killing the program. Is this a rhetorical question?
 
TRest said:
They canned the c

They canned the coach who was killing the program. Is this a rhetorical question?
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I didn't ask a question. If I had, a question mark would have been involved. They look like this ---> ?
 
80shusky said:
Maybe, but see Doherty never won a National Championship. His record was:
26-7
8-20
19-16

8-20 at North Carolina. Wow, somehow since then they won 3 more National Champoinships. Since their program was clearly doomed I'm not sure how that was possible.
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I remember we beat one of these teams at Gampel by what seems like 50 points. It did not pass the expected UNC eye test.
 
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