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

 

[Kitaman]

Yess I see Phil being good for this freeze frame mannequin challenge phenomenon going around. Keeping the losers team loose.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Without reading this thread, no I don't miss Phil. He was as bad as Facey is currently.

 

[Woof 101]

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

Nothing against Nolan but if the topic is missing someone, I miss Jim Calhoun....
Just my opinion but he would have won both of these very winnable early season games. The team would have been better prepared, there would have been a early yank or two. This along with some serious F- bombs, spittle and foot stomping that would put the Celtic Dancers to shame. .. Embarrassing for the nuns in the first few rows but they loved the W's....

 

[Dogbreath2U]

Phil was very good at certain things and his specific skills fit the need of the 2014 team very well. He was able to guard bigs on the perimeter pretty well, played positional defense well, and could set some screens without running away.