Amore: Kevin Ollie Wants To 'Outlast The Rest' When It Comes To Recruiting

[tcf15]

Go get em, Coach.

http://www.courant.com/sports/uconn...im-calhoun-golf-0813-20130812,0,4445839.story

 

[arnie3]

He's relentless! And a pleasure to have here.

 

[Kitaman]

Its nice to be young, successful, energetic, determined, persistent, confident and have 10 toes in at all times. Our Coach!!

 

[ctchamps]

Alright nail me, but when Ollie talked about closers all I could think of was Cuse and Laurie Fine! I've been on this board too long.

 

[Dove]

Alright nail me, but when Ollie talked about closers all I could think of was Cuse and Laurie Fine! I've been on this board too long.

She's more like an "opener". Legs and mouth.

Yep, been on here too long.

 

[jleves]

Alright nail me, but when Ollie talked about closers all I could think of was Cuse and Laurie Fine! I've been on this board too long.

I read that too quickly and thought you were asking for Lauie to nail you....

 

[ctchamps]

I read that too quickly and thought you were asking for Lauie to nail you....

I was hoping someone would catch that phrase. But Laurie, heck no. And out of respect for our coach I won't say who I was thinking. And there is a warped part of me that does have some fantasy for SH. But I have hundreds more fantasies a head of her.

 

[tcf15]

She's more like an "opener". Legs and mouth.

Yep, been on here too long.

 

[Husky1964]

Ollie was recruited for us by Howie D. whose motto was "if you're snoozing you're losing" , !!!!! Kevin just replicating!!!​

 

[cohenzone]

It did occur to me though, that if Ward Manuel was quoted at a golf outing about out working everyone else, some would ask why the hell he was at a golf tournament. Go get 'em KO.

 

[Kitaman]

It did occur to me though, that if Ward Manuel was quoted at a golf outing about out working everyone else, some would ask why the hell he was at a golf tournament. Go get 'em KO.

Be nice, the golf course is the best place to work. Its hard enough to work the ball in the direction and distance you want, let alone accomplish a low score. I would be more concerned if he were at some business conference which are for leisure.

 

[cohenzone]

Be nice, the golf course is the best place to work. Its hard enough to work the ball in the direction and distance you want, let alone accomplish a low score. I would be more concerned if he were at some business conference which are for leisure.

You mean a golf ball is supposed to go a particular direction and distance? I'll have to try that. A good pencil is very important to keeping a low score. BTW, is it true that KO's caddie was some 7'2" kid?

 

[FASTEDDY]

ADWM always seems to be "hard at work" on the golf course, at some Carribean island , the donut shop, the diner etc. everywhere except where he should be, the office.

JMO, but this guy has been a DISASTER ZONE so far.

Jurcih from Louisville wiped the floor with this guy on the eve of the last ACC expansion.

 

[upstater]

ADWM always seems to be "hard at work" on the golf course, at some Carribean island , the donut shop, the diner etc. everywhere except where he should be, the office.

JMO, but this guy has been a DISASTER ZONE so far.

Jurcih from Louisville wiped the floor with this guy on the eve of the last ACC expansion.

Jurich had a small advantage. FSU had a hissy fit about northern schools. Short of moving the UConn campus to Savannah, Ga., there was nothing to change that situation. Louisville could have had Bozo the Clown as the AD and the result would have been the same.

 

[RMoore1999]

Jurich had a small advantage. FSU had a hissy fit about northern schools. Short of moving the UConn campus to Savannah, Ga., there was nothing to change that situation. Louisville could have had Bozo the Clown as the AD and the result would have been the same.

Agreed. Had, in fact, Warde been Louisville’s AD and not UConn’s, the result would have been the same….

 

[ctchamps]

Agreed. Had, in fact, Warde been Louisville’s AD and not UConn’s, the result would have been the same….

Agreed. And a lot of decisions have been made recently that should have been made six-eight years ago. I'm not sure if they are SH or WM or a collaboration of the two but they are definitely pushing the university in the correct direction.
Included are the push for hiring more faculty, more research, getting the bb practice facility going, creating an outreach to the Fairfield and NYC area, growing the endowment, pumping up the out of conference schedules for the three primary sports, rebranding, fixing the relationship with JC and hiring KO. Some of these things were started prior to this group but they are making sure to get exposure and putting things on the fast track.

 

[Chief00]

We weren't in the room but I just don't buy that our fate was sealed. Every indication was we were the front runner until we got both outwork and out maneuver that last couple weeks