He is talking about track record, not rumors for the current team or crop of recruits. Ollie lost three returning players and MAL (incoming player) over the summer. Again, these people QUIT on him and/or rejected him. He didn't "press" any "reset" button. It was pressed for him, because of him. He labeled those guys as players that "didn't want to be here" but the truth was probably closer to them "not wanting him to be their coach". Since this just happened, it is more like to keep happening than not. It is possible that Ollie loses no one this summer but that is not what a reasonable person assumes will happen. There is inertia here and it isn't good inertia. If the boosters want Ollie back, we will see what happens. We have no choice. If more kids/recruits quit on him, that is almost worst than the dreadful on-court performance. If such a scenario plays out, you can't keep giving the guy "one more year" to fix the messes he is creating. Eventually the buy out will be manageable and/or the boosters will give up on Ollie.
You're the guy with the crypto fortune.
That hasn't stopped players in the past. I'm not sure Daniels or Hamilton made good decisions but they still left. Hamilton seems to be making out OK but I am not sure one more year wouldn't have helped him. Point is, players sometimes leave even when it doesn't seem to make sense.
Yeah, but he's a socialist. With that he's obligated to share 1/1000 of 1% of it with each of the poorest 100,000 people he can find.
It was made pretty clear before the season started that Larrier was only here for this season.
Didn't read it that way either.
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It's not about a ranking; it's about what this guy is going to bring to the table. Something we have been desperately missing since Shabazz.....The school isn't going to approve a $10M buyout. The squad that it looks like we will have next year will have a good chance of getting us back on track and to stop the bleeding. You guys can't focus exclusively on player rankings. Look at the tape and how they fit into what we want to do. Look at the upside of that player. We've had plenty of highly rated players flame completely out.
If you think 5'11" James Akinjo will save Ollie's program then I want what you're having.
Many donors are not Ollie supporters and the UConn Foundation and AD David Benedict are very much aware of that.
Or, some people who inexplicably believe all large donors prefer to disclose their generousity.
Thanks for the backup, but he knows that's what I was talking about.
It was a 5'11", non-athletic looking guard that led us to our first national championship, Khalid El Amin. It's not his stature, but ability to run the team and be a leader that will matter most. I have no idea if he's that kind of player but let's not write him off already.
