Blowout City- KO soft

[Bagel&Cheese]

On one bench is a Basketball Hall of Fame Coach in Larry Brown........... On the other bench is a smoke and mirrors wanna be college coach who needs to learn the X's and O's before he should be allowed to coach another game..... This is not on the players. It's solely on Ollie's recruiting, talent evaluation and lack of player development. Enough said.....

 

[Chin Diesel]

Stop with this. I have been a big KO defender on this board but the fact is that we are probably the most talented team in this league. Who has a better roster on paper? KO has had a god awful year.

Gotta disagree. No one looked at the game last night and thought UConn had more talent. SMU consistently put 5 players on the floor who could move within the flow of an offense, pass the ball, maintain space and be aggressive. They were better rebounders, played better man defense, help defense and every other facet of the game.

One could say UConn has recruited players with a higher ranking, but UConn has the 5th or 6th best talent in the league right now. Coaching and development matter.

 

[Marty Jackson]

He still has a National Championship under his belt... got that 2 years ago... chill out... 3 years before that he got one as an assistant here too...
S@it happens.. I remember when KO was the starting PG for #1 ranked UCONN at home (in Gampel) vs. Nova... That Kerry Kittles led squad came in and SMASHED us by like 30, on National TV.. at home...

My point: We'll be alright... We have a ton of talent but, chemistry is OFF... way OFF.. Too much belief in the perimeter guys offensively, with not enough meshing of our frontcourt guys into the equation.. Wish we could still bring back Clyde Vaughn to help get that frontcourt in order..

When this season ends I do see us making some coaching changes on the bench... I see some guys getting head coaching gigs elsewhere which will probably be the main culprit. Might be their time (again.. Miller, Hobbs) ... IMO, we could use a guy that can better prepare our frontcourt kids when the assistant search starts.

Great, so we can expect Mendeldove and Donnell Beverly on the bench... Just what we need.

 

[KemBuckets21]

Coach Calhoun needs to have a sit down with coach Ollie. There needs to be staff changes this offseason, this clearly isn't working.

I mentioned this in a previous thread. Maybe Ollie is too proud to call upon Calhoun's wisdom, but after last night we need all the help we can get. Flat out embarassing. Not sure why i'm surprised though, even when we win we still have some of the same glaring weaknesses, we just hit a few more threes than in games we lose.

 

[dogpause]

Ollie certainly deserves a majority of the blame, but I also believe that this roster is seriously flawed. The two biggest flaws, IMO, are not having an experienced PG; and having core players who in reality, are mostly one-trick-ponies. I'm referring to Brimah, Hamilton, Gibbs and Purvis -- players who have failed to develop fully, have yet to become complete players, and who play like role players, not stars.

They improve their area of strength, but mostly fail to expand beyond that.

I put Brimah at the top of that list simply because after almost 3 years, he's still not much more than just a tall kid who can block shots. He simply hasn't grown in ways that can't be measured with only a ruler. But the same is nearly true of Hamilton. He's not one-trick, but mostly, he's just the same player he was when he came into the program.

Gibbs frustrates me. I find him hard to watch, but I also have some sympathy for him because he's been put in a role, as PG, that he's not qualified to play.

As for Purvis, I consider him a balanced player -- half of what he does helps his own team; half helps the opponent.

So is all of this really Ollie's fault? Maybe.

 

[CTFIRERETIRED]

I was waiting till the season started to wind down, and give my thoughts, but after last nights 30 point blowout, maybe it's time to get this off my chest. In the beginning there was so much hope for KO and the program. Sadly after that one championship season, things have not gone well, in Storrs. With the departure of Wade Manuel as AD, maybe it's also time to jettison KO. A new AD might just want his own person. Maybe it's time to 'start over'. Let's be real, there is not going to be another Jim Calhoun on the bench at Storrs. Right now it's becoming clear that to make it to the big dance, UC may have to have a long run in the AAC tourney. I think it's painfully evident that another year in the NIT will not sit well with the fans or the administration. Yes, I think it's time to show the door to KO, and to pick a new coach..................NOT FROM THE FAMILY. Maybe a totally new name, and face for the program. No Ray Allen, No Glenn Miller, No Donny Marshall, NO ONE.
OK, Rant is over. Time to make the change.

 

[KemBuckets21]

KO has to take a share of the blame

but the main problem with this team is that they're not any good, and they don't play hard. they go up weak for layups and dunks in the first 5 minutes of the game, get that sent right back in their face, and then they go back to what's easy: contested 3 point shots.

when DHam is supposed to be your best player, you're not a good team

Dham could and should be good enough to be the best player on a competitive team. Lets hope next year he can prove me right.

 

[amory]

Dham could and should be good enough to be the best player on a competitive team. Lets hope next year he can prove me right.

Yeah, people said the exact same thing last year at this time.

 

[KemBuckets21]

Yeah, people said the exact same thing last year at this time.

Well let's say it one more year before we write him off.

 

[amory]

Well let's say it one more year before we write him off.

Sounds good. Let's hope in the offseason he adds another move to the "wait until the shot clock shows 5, headfake, spin move, drive to the elbow and clang a shot off the rim" thing. I think he's perfected that.

 

[jibsey]

I blame it on former President Bush giving Nick Moore a hug in the pregame.

So bis team is Texas in the tourney? Go paint a dog.

 

[KemBuckets21]

Sounds good. Let's hope in the offseason he adds another move to the "wait until the shot clock shows 5, headfake, spin move, drive to the elbow and clang a shot off the rim" thing. I think he's perfected that.

I don't necessarily think that's his fault. If we had an offense in place that would allow him to succeed he wouldn't need to force bad shots. We tried the hi-lo set two or three games ago. Ollie knows other sets other than this dribble nonsense stuff.