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Message: [QUOTE="Sonova, post: 2504321, member: 7513"] I guess in a world of short memories and instant gratification, some people’s definition of a good season is micro thin. I don’t think most of the fans who think we need a new coach base their opinion of KO on one game or certainly on one play. It’s a much larger body of work that has brought people to this conclusion and place of no joy. If Jalen doesn’t hit a 3/4 shot, we don’t win the conference tourney (we go to the tournament though) and we’re defining that season as a baseline/minimum of what we should expect. Ollie is no better or worse of a coach because that miracle shot went in. Similarly (though obviously different), if Amida doesn’t make the 3 pt play vs St Joe’s in ‘14, it’s an average (maybe even disappointing given the talent) season at UConn with a rather middling regular season and a 1st round exit to an A-10 team. Ollie deserves all the coaching credit in the world for what happened next, but the line between success and average/disappointing for him is a play here and a play there. We used to win regular season championships and tournament championships and be ranked and win 25-30+ games without having to go deep in the NCAA tourney. Sure we had some disappointments in the tourney, but that aside many of those were really successful years in total. We got joy and success from regular season and big wins and the team getting better. It was rare (if ever) that one play defined success or failure because the overall body of work was so good and satisfying. I get it - I’m and I recognize that the world (and certainly sports) is no longer quite like that, but KO (and takes like this ^) have lowered the bar below what should be expected and tolerated. [/QUOTE]

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