Coaching

[Doheny]

[QUOTE="Jim Calhoun could see a guy and decide whether he would pan out or not. [/QUOTE]
I think JC looked for athleticism. It is probably easier to teach an athelete to play BB than to teach a player to be an athelete.

 

[AZHuskiePop]

It's hard to watch. Love Brimah. Feel bad for Boat. Right now DeAndre looks like he made a great call.

We would be a much better team with DD
One player who could knock down 3's solves a bunch of problems and hides some weaknesses.

 

[pnow15]

Talent is also the ability to play intelligently, not just running and jumping. Thousands of guys could out run and jump Bazz. But, Bazz could think his way through the game, make the correct plays and keep his composure. So, we are not as talented as people
on this board seem to think we are.

 

[Kitaman]

Its the youth and inexperience and good but not great talent Coach is working with. Anyone can see that. Not sure God himself could get better results.

This team needs more time and unfortunately this season is used for development, chemistry and education. Can't lose what we did and expect a quick fix.

Oh and it sure ain't Ollie bouncing the ball off his leg, shooting bricks or throwing lazy passes to opponents.

 

[zls44]

People recruit against us using three letters, "AAC."

Overcome it.

 

[weaver99]

I'm putting this on the players. Remember Jim Calhoun didn't have good teams every year. How many times has coach k lost in the tournament to a heavy underdog. Very few teams are great every year, UConn will never be one of them. Ollie deserves more of a chance. Don't loss hope though, aac tournament is in Hartford.

 

[CL82]

It's hard to watch. Love Brimah. Feel bad for Boat. Right now DeAndre looks like he made a great call.

The team would be much, much better with Daniels. Having a reliable person to kick the ball who can either drive or hit a three is huge. A lot tougher to smother Boat if you have worry about Daniels as well. Daniels adds a reliable rebounder that makes Amida looking for the block less of risk. Plus add the fact that kids like Hamilton's confidence are as roughed up at this point with less pressure on them. We're easily a ranked team with DD and right now the board would talking about another post season run rather that hoping we could string together enough wins to tourney championship guarantied bid.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

More talent than Cincy and every other team we have lost to besides Duke and Texas.

I'm jealous that I'm still in my office and not smoking what you're smoking. You still think we have the best back court in the country?

 

[Husky999]

Have to see what KO does with his own set of players. He won with JC's players last year. All the major pieces were JC guys. So far not looking so good.

 

[Doheny]

Talent is also the ability to play intelligently, not just running and jumping.

Good point. And that is a talent that must be difficult to assess while recruiting. I remember Calhoun saying something like that he wasn't a very good coach because it took him half a season to realize that Nadev should be a starter.

 

[superjohn]

I'm jealous that I'm still in my office and not smoking what you're smoking. You still think we have the best back court in the country?

So what teams that we have lost to have more individual talent than us outside of Texas and Duke? I'll help you out since you probably don't know who we've lost to. Cincinnati, Tulsa, Stanford, Temple, West Virginia and Yale. I know you just like to be critical of everything everyone says but let's try and add a little substance this time, BigErn. It's okay you don't know much about the sport but give it a whirl big guy.

 

[tcf15]

Have to see what KO does with his own set of players. He won with JC's players last year. All the major pieces were JC guys. So far not looking so good.

Ugh, I hate this sentiment that Kevin Ollie walked into a situation where he was guaranteed a national championship within 2 years. If you want to use the argument that KO won with Calhoun's recruits, then your argument stops at Shabazz, Niels and Tyler.

Kevin Ollie joined the staff in the summer of 2010 and was a lead recruiter for both Ryan Boatright and DeAndre Daniels (as well as all the other players on the team not named Shabazz, Niels, or Tyler) and convinced Lasan Kromah to transfer to UConn. And as soon as Calhoun retired, KO made it a priority to convince Shabazz to stay, as he was considering transferring, so the point about Shabazz only being a Jim Calhoun recruit is kind of moot, too.

You're lying if you looked at the team at the end of the 2011-2012, with Jim Calhoun retiring and a postseason ban on the horizon, and thought to yourself that Kevin Ollie had a great chance at winning a national championship because he still had a roster full of "JC guys".

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

So what teams that we have lost to have more individual talent than us outside of Texas and Duke? I'll help you out since you probably don't know who we've lost to. Cincinnati, Tulsa, Stanford, Temple, West Virginia and Yale. I know you just like to be critical of everything everyone says but let's try and add a little substance this time, BigErn. It's okay you don't know much about the sport but give it a whirl big guy.

You're going to say we have the best back court in the country and lecture someone else about not knowing about the sport, "big guy"?

 

[Danzz]

Too much talent to look this bad.

Talent, really? When the lineup is Boat, Tsam, Hamilton, Facey and Brimah we have two scorers. Where are the points supposed to come from? This looks like a pretty easy lineup to defend.

 

[Dribbles]

We have played okay against the 2-3 tonight. It hasn't been pretty but we have done a pretty decent job of getting looks in the paint. I think that one of our problems has been we are just looking to shoot the long jump shot rather than making quick passes, setting a screen on the zone, or running different looks at the defense.

Yeah, we shot just over 30%. Isn't that OK?

 

[AZHuskiePop]

Have to see what KO does with his own set of players. He won with JC's players last year. All the major pieces were JC guys. So far not looking so good.

Really JC deserted ship and many left with him
His last season With JC BYers were calling SN one of the worst PG in our history,
DD who only came here because of Ollie was the biggest bust in history.
We couldn't recruit so we had to go to Germany to get non-athletes NG and Wolf. UConn was dead,
Ryan Boatright only came here when Huggy recruited over him ,and he had nowhere else to go. That's the hand KO was dealth. Somehow he managed to win a NC with these losers,so maybe there is still hope for you.

 

[CallMeBruce]

Was the national championship not enough. We are down this year we lost our whole team besides boat. No one played over 10 min

Is it so hard to actually look at some stats from last year?

 

[Waquoit]

Overcome it.

First, get a million dollars...

 

[8893]

First, get a million dollars...

I'm a sucker for classic Steve Martin stand-up references. To my surprise, they increasingly meet with blank stares when I use them. It's *almost* as if most people aren't old enough anymore to remember that he was a stand-up comic.

 

[superjohn]

You're going to say we have the best back court in the country and lecture someone else about not knowing about the sport, "big guy"?

Once again you make a dumb statement and then don't back it up, answer 'n question.

 

[methodology]

Even the announcers indicate in their conversation that Brima's free throw motion is awkward and incorrect - needs help and coaching badly. This from Bob Knight.

Not completely accurate of what Knight said at all. Brimah's first trip to the line he said he had great form and no wasted movement. Was fluid and had a soft touch. The next time he was at the line he commented he needs to work on keeping his head in front of his feet. With his head behind his feet he is making it much more difficult and it makes you use more energy.

That was what Knight said. He did not bash his form.

 

[freescooter]

They have gotten worse.

This program also can't seem to navigate a regular season schedule anymore. The 2011 team had no business finishing 9th in the Big East and the 2014 team finished 5th in a league with 5 good teams. So 2 teams who won the National Championship performed as badly as they could have in the regular season those years.

Now this program cannot manage an AAC regular season schedule in a league of no ranked opponents. It's a disgrace. Something is going wrong somewhere. Unbelievably they cannot seem to prepare them for an November-March grind. I can't even imagine what would happen to this program playing in the old Big East or ACC playing against ranked competition every game.

Well that is at least partly a function of Ollie's NBA mindset. Regular season doesn't really matter. Problem is that sometimes that mindset gets you into trouble, as it has this year. In the pros you just want to win enough games to get to the post season. In college at our level you really can't do that because winning 18-20 leaves you out. It isn't t he old Big East.

 

[Waquoit]

UConn plays tough D. That's good coaching. This team can't throw the ball in the ocean. That's a different nut to crack.

 

[mauconnfan]

UConn plays tough D. That's good coaching. This team can't throw the ball in the ocean. That's a different nut to crack.

Eh the defense isn't the same either, too many not so smart defenders out there to be the same as seasons past. I mean Cincy is a mason team and they grew 70 up there, many with drives to the basket in our bigs faces. Problem is while they can block some shots they also get lost on when to play D on a penetrator.

It's a tough season, we're NIT bound and that's a done deal accept it. Now it's time to add some talent for next year besides JA and SE and have the rest of these guys improve if they can.

 

[BLUEDOGHOUSE]

Eh the defense isn't the same either, too many not so smart defenders out there to be the same as seasons past. I mean Cincy is a mason team and they grew 70 up there, many with drives to the basket in our bigs faces. Problem is while they can block some shots they also get lost on when to play D on a penetrator.

It's a tough season, we're NIT bound and that's a done deal accept it. Now it's time to add some talent for next year besides JA and SE and have the rest of these guys improve if they can.

Let the season run its course brodie. Our ticket will be stamped in back door style. A ticket is a ticket. Once at the dance coming off some success....??? I think we can win a game or 2.

 

[imno1]

Even the announcers indicate in their conversation that Brima's free throw motion is awkward and incorrect - needs help and coaching badly. This from Bob Knight.

This is what you bring? You might have an argument but not based on this. First AB is shooting about 65% from the line which is not terrible for a big man. Second Have you seen J Okafor from the line this season. Does Duke need a better big man coach? Because JO is probably gonna be POY. And C) Brimah (with an h) has been improving considering he was a hit or miss not highly recruited big who is only beginning to sniff his potential.

 

[RMoore1999]

Ugh, I hate this sentiment that Kevin Ollie walked into a situation where he was guaranteed a national championship within 2 years. If you want to use the argument that KO won with Calhoun's recruits, then your argument stops at Shabazz, Niels and Tyler.

Kevin Ollie joined the staff in the summer of 2010 and was a lead recruiter for both Ryan Boatright and DeAndre Daniels (as well as all the other players on the team not named Shabazz, Niels, or Tyler) and convinced Lasan Kromah to transfer to UConn. And as soon as Calhoun retired, KO made it a priority to convince Shabazz to stay, as he was considering transferring, so the point about Shabazz only being a Jim Calhoun recruit is kind of moot, too.

You're lying if you looked at the team at the end of the 2011-2012, with Jim Calhoun retiring and a postseason ban on the horizon, and thought to yourself that Kevin Ollie had a great chance at winning a national championship because he still had a roster full of "JC guys".

This is one of the better posts of the last few months around here; ironically, it appears in about the worst thread in weeks by one of the BY's most tiresome homegrown trolls.

 

[Marty Jackson]

Have to see what KO does with his own set of players. He won with JC's players last year. All the major pieces were JC guys. So far not looking so good.

it's posters like this that suck the fun out of being a fan. Uconn DID win the NC last year. And Ollie pulled off some awesome coaching adjustments.
Now, in the years he doesn't win (and this year isn't quite over yet) he's somehow lost his ability to coach?

Just for the record, it took JC about 13 seasons before winning his first NC. There was some serious talent that got close, but came up short (a Hall of Famer in the NBA being one of them)... And, if I recall, there were seasons where an NIT invite was all that came in March.