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Message: [QUOTE="bmayuc, post: 2205480, member: 493"] Some people think the sky is falling, and have ample evidence to back that. TRANSFERS! RECRUITING! RECENT RESULTS! Some people think this was a blip, and they have ample evidence to back that. OLLIE WON A SHIP ALREADY !! So lets let go of that constant ( and constantly boring) argument. The goal of this is to understand what everyone thinks the likely best case/worst case scenarios are for UConnMBB specifically, and Athletic Department 5 years from now. [U]Best Case [/U] Ollie, the consummate survivor, knows how to self-evaluate and re-make himself and his team. His willingness to hire Chillious underscores the introspection that properly comes with a tire-fire season. The injury bug & transfers that decimated the squad reminds Ollie to properly balance the roster, and focus on the "right" kind of recruit rather than chasing rankings. Ollie has built a solid foundation by 2018-2019, and we return to the Elite 8. The Athletic Department buoys our Tire-Fire BBall for a couple years because the Football team has a bounce-back in relevancy under HCRE while Ollie rights his ship. As always, UConn WBB keeps the good press rolling with another nearly perfect season. Notre Dame officially announces a committee to look at ACC integration. [U]Worst Case[/U] Ollie, under siege from the AD and barely takes Calhoun up for advice. Former players start to question his aversion to leveraging the Hall-of-Famer. He turns his energy and focus inward, trying to white-knuckle success. This approach further alienating players and continuing to centralize decision-making and development. After a .500 season, a quick exit in the AAC tourney, and missing the NCAAs again due to an imbalanced roster, young players not being trusted with developmental minutes, and an injury to a major cog, Ollie enters 2018-2019 under a lot of stress, and centrally on the hot seat. The athletic department as a whole has a series of awful items hit the press, continuing the public perception of program collapse. Geno announces his retirement, effective at the end of the 2018-2019 season to pursue his new venture, the olive oil business. Mens BBall, with now 4 full years of mediocrity or worse after their miracle 2014 championship, is in full-fledged crisis. Randy Edsall struggles at 3-9 in his first year, unable to change the narrative with 1AA players. It seems that will be a full, true rebuilding process that could take a decade. Notre Dame confirms it will stay Independent through at least 2025, and the Power 5 strengthens its financial foundations with digital contracts. No Expansion looks likely until mid 2020's, if that. Ok, What do you guys think? [/QUOTE]

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