Can someone explain to me why UConn didn't put all their eggs in these two baskets? If you see that we're missing a dominant big man, and there are 2 available from the state of new york, why are we not getting at least 1? Next year (assuming everyone stays), we will arguably have the best backcourt in the country. Why couldn't we get these big men to accompany them and potentially win a national title? i just don't get it. I want to point fingers at Warde Manuel and Susan Herbst for not giving ollie the contract, but i feel like the problem is bigger than that.
i'm referring to them as well. You don't find it strange that we don't land these recruits. And you don't think this is Warde Manuel's fault for not giving KO a contract?
and you think that the Jabari visit was successful? He had us on his list for 2 weeks. Then, KO visits and we are cut off the list. WHY????? hmmm....because our coach doesn't have a contract.
For you to put me down and say "you can't be serious" makes you look like an idiot. I've been to 2 of the 3 final fours we have been in and have been to most home games since the 1990's. Based on my knowledge, we should be landing these recruits. When you say they have "no interest" and you try to look like you know what you're talking about, you sound dumb. What kid from NY who witnessed 3 uconn national championships in their lifetime wouldn't be "interested". Go **** yourself dude- or go become a providence fan by being complacent with an average team.
How the hell do the two bolded sentences correlate? Or the two bolded and underlined?
So you reference two kids and say UConn should have put all it's eggs in their baskets, but you are also referring to two completely different kids. WTH.
What the hell do you mean by the statement, "the problem could be bigger than that"? Your implication is that Ollie sucks as a recruiter in the first post, in the second you blame it all on Warde. Make up your mind and write it out clearly (hell HFD makes more sense).
Listen, congrats on going to 2 of the final fours. That is wonderful. I don't think I questioned your "fandom" but honestly you are the one who isn't making any sense. I am not a mind reader. Either say what you mean or STFU when someone calls you out for your statements that make no sense.
I also can't read Dakari Johnson or Lawrence mind but I am capable of logical reasoning and do follow high school hoops in NYC quite a bit. They maybe had UConn in their top 20s at best. I don't think either had UConn in their top 10's. It's been quietly whispered for awhile in NY that Johnson was a huge Cuse lean and Lawrence liked Cuse also. Neither have been big on UConn. Why? Again I'm not a mind reader and I don't stalk players. I talk to people that coach in high school down here and occasionally go see a game or watch it on TV if it's big enough.
and for the record, the dumbest thing i've ever seen UConn do is use a coach's visit on Jabari Parker. So useless man... what a joke.
The you can't be serious remark was mainly in regards to the Jabari visit. If the number one kid asks to see you, you go. It's never a waste at the time. Sure you can call it one now, but you can call any visit Ollie made that didn't pan out a waste by that logic. It's an incredibly Monday-morning quarterbacking comment.
