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You really get that inside scoop, huh? One of my contacts told me UConn went 16-17 this year. Don't tell any casual fans though.
You really get that inside scoop, huh? One of my contacts told me UConn went 16-17 this year. Don't tell any casual fans though.
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Vivisection is painful. You should keep checking the news to see if Brimah's OK.
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Tyler Olander scored the first UConn points in both 2011 Final Four games. I blame Glen Miller.
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And look how those games turned out!
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Out of how many games as a starting center? I don't find this remarkable.
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His lack of development has been severely overstated, mostly because people overrated the hell out of him as a freshman.
I thought he would have been more after his freshman season, but he's still nothing other than a success story as far as development goes and I say that as someone who has been critical of the staff.
I thought he would have been more after his freshman season, but he's still nothing other than a success story as far as development goes and I say that as someone who has been critical of the staff.
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I have a somewhat different take on this.
The staff deserves credit for identifying him as someone who, as a freshman, would outperform their recruiting ranking. I'd say many of us were pleasantly surprised by what a sub-200 recruit could give us right off the bat.
The staff did not, by any means, develop him. He was, at best, incrementally better in years 2-4 than he was in year 1.
If the staff wants to take credit for anything, it's identifying underrated talent, not developing that talent.
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This season. Add the wins and loses and you get the total number of games.
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Quite frankly, everyone has their opinion, however calling this " a success story as far as development"'seems way over the top from my perspective.
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Sir, do some analysis and get some facts and come back and talk to me.
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To the fans out there , I will do the best I can to respond to your questions as soon as I can.
Why review aspects of a disappointing season? That's how you can learn and avoid repeating the same mistakes. Are personnel changes necessary? Generally, in business if an organization fails to make target - one makes adjustment and staff changes.
Why review aspects of a disappointing season? That's how you can learn and avoid repeating the same mistakes. Are personnel changes necessary? Generally, in business if an organization fails to make target - one makes adjustment and staff changes.
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Who's asking you questions?
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This is sad.
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Brimah was a project - pure and simple
He whetted many an appetite with some good things during his freshman year when he had a very good team surrounding him.
When it came to him being one of the "contributors", his short comings really appeared
Granted it didn't help that he had some injuries.
However, not claiming to be an insider, I don't think the kid had enough basketball IQ to process most of the things kids his age should already know and I feel he could not apply many of the skill sets he was being taught. I am in no way saying AB is not smart but he just isn't basketball smart. Maybe in practice he showed he could do some of it but either froze or just couldn't translate it in real game situations.
On a light side - I sure hope the guy was not a soccer goalie - but maybe he was thus its now basketball
As some have said, on to the next guy, but, I personally feel that AB was the most frustrating and the one UConn player who could have made a huge difference and fizzled more as time went on.
I hope he succeeds in whatever he pursues in life - he was always a great team rep.
He whetted many an appetite with some good things during his freshman year when he had a very good team surrounding him.
When it came to him being one of the "contributors", his short comings really appeared
Granted it didn't help that he had some injuries.
However, not claiming to be an insider, I don't think the kid had enough basketball IQ to process most of the things kids his age should already know and I feel he could not apply many of the skill sets he was being taught. I am in no way saying AB is not smart but he just isn't basketball smart. Maybe in practice he showed he could do some of it but either froze or just couldn't translate it in real game situations.
On a light side - I sure hope the guy was not a soccer goalie - but maybe he was thus its now basketball
As some have said, on to the next guy, but, I personally feel that AB was the most frustrating and the one UConn player who could have made a huge difference and fizzled more as time went on.
I hope he succeeds in whatever he pursues in life - he was always a great team rep.
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Sorry Professor Chiefoo but I really need to see your credentials
But you can scream to high heaven but Miller ain't going anywhere until he wants a change
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Chief coaching has definitely been a problem with this team, but its not Miller, but Ollie who you should be looking to. If Brimah is your biggest complaint, what does that say about the fact that 2 top 80 recruits in Facey and Enoch have actually been worse than Brimah a sub 200 recruit. By this logic, Miller and Ollie should be hammered for not developing properly supposedly talented players "unlike" Brimah who was "unreachable" according to our experts.
Another overlooked thing in the anti Miller and Travis diatribe is confidence. Our big men lately all seem to lack any assertiveness, confidence, or swagger on the court. Not a strength and conditioning problem as Brimah is plenty strong and athletic enough for his size. They play timid and tentative and like they have no sense of understanding where to be and what to do both defensively and offensively. Like it or not Brimah has been our best big man since 2014.
Every team in America including Calipari would love to have a Brimah on their team. The big problem is coaching, developing players, utilizing them correctly, and recruiting over them if need be. How Brimah has not been developed into an NBA first round pick in 4 years is a tragicomedy.
PS: It's the head coach who chooses a system to implement and for Ollie it has been small ball and neglecting the bigs. Calhoun was the exact opposite of this where he sought a balance between the two.
Another overlooked thing in the anti Miller and Travis diatribe is confidence. Our big men lately all seem to lack any assertiveness, confidence, or swagger on the court. Not a strength and conditioning problem as Brimah is plenty strong and athletic enough for his size. They play timid and tentative and like they have no sense of understanding where to be and what to do both defensively and offensively. Like it or not Brimah has been our best big man since 2014.
Every team in America including Calipari would love to have a Brimah on their team. The big problem is coaching, developing players, utilizing them correctly, and recruiting over them if need be. How Brimah has not been developed into an NBA first round pick in 4 years is a tragicomedy.
PS: It's the head coach who chooses a system to implement and for Ollie it has been small ball and neglecting the bigs. Calhoun was the exact opposite of this where he sought a balance between the two.
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Huh? It wasn't until Emeka's sophomore and junior year that we really went inside with any regularity. Before that we were Wing U. Sure, Sellers got some touches and Donyell too, but we were always a baseline double screen for a wing coming off a curl team. That's part of the reason our half court offense was an achilles heel for so many years and the book on us was to prevent our transition and watch us stagnate. See Florida 94 and Miss St. 96 for excellent examples of this in action.
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And if any of these 15 were on the first or second possession, or off offensive rebounds, or after 3 or 4 empty trips, these first buckets would actually be examples of success.
Point is, this statistic is meaningless unless you have evidence that they went to Brimah, repeatedly, until they got that first hoop.
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In recent years, Warde differentiated himself from Hathaway by improving the APR. Unfortunately, that was our top priority, so we did not benefit in recruiting as much as we should have from the 2009 and 2014 Championships. Some of that was NCAA sanctions and some was self imposed constraints. Another factor was not really having a recruiting guru. I also think lacking a credible Bigs Coach and S&C Coach hurt.
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He had 20% of our offensive rebounds or 67/336. Since we essentially played a 6-8 man rotation - the average player had 48 offensive rebounds. So I don't think that was much of a factor in terms of scoring our first basket. Granted I am not going to completely relive the season and go to the tape.Miller and KO also emphasized many times that was our strategy - going inside - taking less threes.
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Think about this for a second, basketball genius.
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Ditto.
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Quite frankly, I can't agree that the guy that I have seen thrown around like a rag doll for 4 years is "plenty strong". I can't remember a guy spending more time on the floor - and it was from being knocked down or falling over himself not usually aggressively diving into a crowd for a loose ball.
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I would expect a starting Center to have more than the average amount of offensive rebounds; just like I would expect a guard to have more assists or 3 point FGs. But when you spread his rebounds over 30 games he average only 1 more offensive rebound than average spread over potentially a 40 minutes game. So offensive rebounds converted into points is unlikely why he scored our first basket half the time. More likely it was by design and the coaches often said that going inside was their plan.
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I liked the dude as a person. He had limitations but I think he could have improved more in 4 years. I don't really think he learned to prize every possession and the ball. For whatever reason he wouldn't own that responsibility.
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Brimah had no lower body strength, weak hands, little BBIQ but he did rebound better senior year. He ended up on the floor nearly every game. The one think I want to emphasize is that he was a great teammate and he tried very hard by all appearances, and we had no one much better to put in for him though I wish Enoch had gotten more minutes. I'm watching the tournament and seeing mid major talent in the 5 position that would easily surpass what we had and I ask myself how did these programs get these players and how does a 4 time national champion not get them? The recruiting staff not identifying, not trying, making the judgement that what we had was good enough? I'm perplexed.
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