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Message: [QUOTE="Matrim55, post: 1962252, member: 3376"] Disagree, but feel that's not an unreasonable take. Disagree and it's an unreasonable take. Facey was a fringe top 100 player, and the only reason Brimah has had NBA interest is because of UConn. If he was at USF or something you'd never hear his name mentioned. And you're mischaracterizing Adams. He was a combo guard/shooting guard in high school & AAU who never played as the primary PG on ANY team until Gilbert got injured this year. That is a hard transition to make -- Westbrook, for example, couldn't make it over two college seasons with any grace, and neither did Kemba. Neither did Terry Rozier. Neither did a whole host of combo guards who we only remember for their stellar final college seasons (and subsequent NBA careers to one extent or another) after they made the transition to fulltime PG. Here is the bottom line with the Ollie era: [LIST] [*]Recruiting was hamstrung from 2012-2015, with 2016 being our first "complete" class [*]We have lost our best player after each of the last three seasons (Bazz, Boat, DHam) [*]We lost our THREE best players from last season [*]We have not had a true PG since Bazz left, though Adams is very much on the verge [*]We have been ravaged by injuries this year [*]We have one upperclassman in the backcourt, and he is one of the most frustrating in UConn history [*]Our upperclassmen project bigs have developed into serviceable players, but nothing more than that [*]Recruiting has improved each season in spite of some big misses [/LIST] Results-wise, this year is the bottom. In terms of stabilizing the program for the long haul, the bottom was the 2014 recruiting class and it's been steadily upward since then. Just have to have some patience and perspective. [/QUOTE]

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