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Message: [QUOTE="LStudfellow, post: 2449353, member: 5436"] Why is it that so many of you KO haters have to go as far as to say that it was because of Jim Calhoun and Shabazz only that we won that National Championship in 2014? As I said on another thread, the recent trend and moreover KO's recent acceptance of mediocrity are definite negatives and if he does not turn them around he will not last too much longer. But to continue take it to this extreme canard that he got lucky in 2014 is not only ridiculous, but it makes you and anyone else who makes this similar claim look like an ignorant fool. Yes, Shabazz was obviously the best player in that tournament for 5 1/2 of the 6 games and without him we have no chance. But go through each game and I can show you points where Kevin Ollie obviously out-coached each and every other coach he faced in that tournament - including Jay Wright, the great Tom Izzo (who I happen to think is a great coach), Billy Donovan and John Calipari. Here is just one example: our coach who you so obviously think has always been terrible is the one who devised and actually implemented essentially a 4-guard 1-forward lineup with 6'5" white guy Niels Giffey defending the center position in the National Championship game for significant portions of that game - and it worked. I am quite sure that you think you could have come up with the same strategy BlueDogs because as you say, you along with everyone else is smarter than Kevin Ollie. And I am quite sure on that point that you are 100% full of crap. Honestly, I have never seen a segment of a fan base so disrespectful of a National Championship in my life. It really is pathetic, and reflects much more on you than on Kevin Ollie. [/QUOTE]

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