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[QUOTE="intlzncster, post: 3051617, member: 56"]
I don't think anybody (well somebody probably did), thought he'd be a wonderful coach right from day 1.  I wanted him here because of the disastrous state of the program at the time and his track record in building programs.  I think he'll get us off the ground.

Now, there's a number things I'd absolutely like to see better on the court.   But you can't ignore, that in less than a year, he's gotten better development from some of these guys.  Most of these guys started from such low basketball points, that even though they are still rough, they have made strides.  Some have stuff baked in that will never be changed.  It's really, really hard to unlearn bad habits; harder than picking up new  ones.

And if people don't think he's going to get better as a coach, I don't know what to tell you.   It's not a static thing.  He's younger than JC when he took over UCONN, and he had more/better D1 experience to boot.

I'm actually not worried too much about on the court yet, as so many things are off to get a great feel for that with regards to UCONN.

If anyone thought we were getting a perfect coach from Day 1, they were going to be disappointed.  That guy was simply not out there for us.  We ticked as many boxes as we could and are rolling the dice with that.
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