Anybody else kind of miss Phil Nolan?

[neezy]

outside of Brimah's defensive presence, our front court play makes me appreciate Nolan's efforts a bit more. At least he was good for a charge or two, effort and desire to establish post position and call for the ball down low (despite what usually ensued), and visible effort on the glass

 

[Huskyforlife]

No

 

[huskiesnyc]

No. I do miss Shonn Miller a hell of a lot more than I thought I would tho

 

[pnow15]

Nolan was usually in the right spot to make a play even though he didn't have much talent. Enoch is clueless. And Facey is the new Claude Rains.

 

[HuskyFich]

The only thing I miss about Phil Nolan is the gifs. He shouldn't have sniffed the floor again after his freshman year.

But hey, he was a great ambassador for the university and that's all the matters to UConn fans anymore.

God I miss Jeff Adrien

 

[neezy]

my point exactly. Obviously shonn miller is missed, but I used nolan to highlight the glaring lack of awareness our bigs are currently displaying. Before last season Ollie noted that Brimah and Facey had improved their face up 12-15 ft jumper game. Where is that?? Forget about trying a jump hook off balance, brimah should post up, face up, and shoot. Way better chance of that going in

 

[neezy]

This team with Josh Boone as a senior in HS would be 2-0

 

[Fairfield_1st]

I miss someone with the rebounding desire of Kevin Freeman. [SARCASM] I wonder what he's doing these days? [/SARCASM]

 

[RayIsTheGOAT]

I miss having a center with the slightest bit of toughness and half the rebounding ability of Okafor or Thabeet.

 

[GemParty]

I thought Enoch had that kind of potential.

 

[Candyman]

No

 

[QDOG5]

Basketball wise No.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

This team with Josh Boone as a senior in HS would be 2-0

Dartmouth would be 2-0 with this schedule.

 

[Edward Sargent]

outside of Brimah's defensive presence, our front court play makes me appreciate Nolan's efforts a bit more. At least he was good for a charge or two, effort and desire to establish post position and call for the ball down low (despite what usually ensued), and visible effort on the glass

NO

 

[Bagel&Cheese]

Not one bit.

 

[FartMan69]

Maybe this is just me being nostalgic but big men used to come into college a lot more polished then they do now. I mean for a UConn example Boone/Charlie V were able to contribute right away. Obviously there are outliers (Anthony Davis,etc) but lately it just seems we're never going to see a Greg Oden type on a consistent basis. Instead we'll get Chase Jeters, Skal and to a lesser extent Diamond Stone types who just can't dominate right away.

 

[Caronimo]

Given Nolan's history of flops, I would think he is probably playing in some euro soccer league right now

 

[jibsey]

Maybe this is just me being nostalgic but big men used to come into college a lot more polished then they do now. I mean for a UConn example Boone/Charlie V were able to contribute right away. Obviously there are outliers (Anthony Davis,etc) but lately it just seems we're never going to see a Greg Oden type on a consistent basis. Instead we'll get Chase Jeters, Skal and to a lesser extent Diamond Stone types who just can't dominate right away.

If we had a Diamond Stone like his freshman year, our problems would be over.

 

[Huskygamble19]

outside of Brimah's defensive presence, our front court play makes me appreciate Nolan's efforts a bit more. At least he was good for a charge or two, effort and desire to establish post position and call for the ball down low (despite what usually ensued), and visible effort on the glass

Oh yeah..He was a real rebounding machine.

 

[WhereistheDove?]

Maybe this is just me being nostalgic but big men used to come into college a lot more polished then they do now. I mean for a UConn example Boone/Charlie V were able to contribute right away. Obviously there are outliers (Anthony Davis,etc) but lately it just seems we're never going to see a Greg Oden type on a consistent basis. Instead we'll get Chase Jeters, Skal and to a lesser extent Diamond Stone types who just can't dominate right away.

I think Greg Oden was just as much an outlier as Anthony Davis.

 

[gtcam]

I miss the Nolan effort during the NC run - yes he was doing some good things
I can't say he had a career that was worthy of special mention
But he does have a NC ring!!!!

 

[Calhoun's Court]

And Miller , Gibbs & DHam

 

[UConn990411]

I mean no disrespect, but why in the world is there a Phil Nolan thread?

 

[Huskyforlife]

I mean no disrespect, but why in the world is there a Phil Nolan thread?

Because every thought must be shared.

 

[Northbound]

Phil's got a title and he was the consummate team guy.

I'll always love Phil - the guy seemed to actually have fun