Enoch is transferring

[usedtoberats]

But yeah the 5 is going to be more of an adventure for the foreseeable future. Brimah stunk at times but you might just start to appreciate what he did here when next season unfolds without him.

ya, same when someone stole my broke ass 15 yr ole car , i couldnt get to work....but when I got a new one , I now realize how I actually got along without navigation, power windows and XM in the dash

 

[superjohn]

Emeka isn't a coach and the days of using UConn basketball as a jobs program for former UConn players isn't working.

Amen. Staff shakeup is overdue.

 

[boog204]

Really, really surprised and kind of upset about this one... Thought for sure he would be our starting center next year and I really thought he was close to being a solid player. Had his warts, for sure. But there was some legit talent there. Comparing this to Lubin transferring or any of the other big men projects we've taken on is quite foolish.

 

[UcGrkFrk]

Bad bad sign.

This program has so much turnover lately, and not the good kind of turnover where you put bodies in the NBA, the kind of turnover where guys don't pan out, transfer out, and leave us coming off an underachieving season now trying to scramble to fill in the late exit with whatever recruiting scraps are left at the end of the particular class cycle.

This rebuild just got set back.

Who like Enoch, Sam Cassell Jr. and "The Rock"?

 

[Penfield]

No.

Good. Probably time to shake things up.

I've wanted someone on this staff that is willing to question what Ollie is doing in game situations.

 

[tjc1888]

I am very worried about what's happening behind the scenes right now.

Do you have any specific insight into this? Or did 1 kid transferring and 1 tweet lead you to post this?

 

[KembaStepback]

Offensively, Steve has a nice jumper to about the foul line. I don't know about post moves. I know he looked less awkward than Brimah, but that's not saying anything. Defensively he was a liability. I wish him well and I hope we have an another answer coming soon.

 

[HuskyFich]

Do you have any specific insight into this? Or did 1 kid transferring and 1 tweet lead you to post this?

Welcome to the boneyard

 

[Stainmaster]

good bye. potential??? LOL. if you thought enoch was good/had potential to be good, literally WHAT were you watching? "Oh he had a few good moves down low and scored 8 points sometimes for us." Did you watch the kids body language?? Talk about dazed and confused. He looked like he had ZERO interest in being out there, and literally looked like a deer in headlights. Thanks for wasting our time Steve, go play at Hofstra, where your mind can wander about other things other than basketball. What a waste. Pathetic. Potential....lmao. Thats too funny.

God, what a scummy guy you are.

 

[superjohn]

I like Enoch a lot and there is potential in there but the days of waiting for any of our big men to figure some things out until they are seniors has to be over. Need to bring in ready made big men and need someone to coach them up.

 

[tjc1888]

Who like Enoch, Sam Cassell Jr. and "The Rock"?

Right? I can't name 1 kid that has transferred since Ollie has been here, that I didn't think was a good move for both the kid and UConn.

 

[Candyman]

IMO- He speaks to his people, they advise him this is a guard oriented program now and if he wants to develop and get the ball consistently he needs to go some where else.

I'm not worried about whats going on behind the scene because the Benedict is fed up with this Blue Blood program being an average team in the AAC. Moore and Miller should go. I like DK and if you watch games Ollie really only talks to DK.

 

[ScottBonz]

good bye. potential??? LOL. if you thought enoch was good/had potential to be good, literally WHAT were you watching? "Oh he had a few good moves down low and scored 8 points sometimes for us." Did you watch the kids body language?? Talk about dazed and confused. He looked like he had ZERO interest in being out there, and literally looked like a deer in headlights. Thanks for wasting our time Steve, go play at Hofstra, where your mind can wander about other things other than basketball. What a waste. Pathetic. Potential....lmao. Thats too funny.

This (Edit, not the what a Waste and all that, you're right thats being a just the dear in highlights). He never knew when to set a pick or go down low. He'd walk around with little idea of where he needed to be on offense.

Maybe that's more big man coaching as well....I noticed that no one knew when they were supposed to set picks so maybe not his fault.

 

[Matrim55]

Right? I can't name 1 kid that has transferred since Ollie has been here, that I didn't think was a good move for both the kid and UConn.

We could've used TSam the last two years. And unless we land a postgrad, my guess is we could end up using Enoch next year.

This blows.

 

[Walker11]

There is an astounding variety of bad takes in this thread. Impressive. A year sitting out is going to be huge for Steve. I won't be surprised to see him being one of the top bigs in the country in 3 years.

 

[Penfield]

We could've used TSam the last two years. And unless we land a postgrad, my guess is we could end up using Enoch next year.

This blows.

TSam is on the market...

 

[methodology]

"Steve will be one of the best centers ever in UConn history."

A week later KO signs a JUCO big because "we have a rebounding problem."

How is this confusing to people? The writing was on the wall.

Except that wasn't the quote and cobb is depth that was needed anyway

 

[KembaStepback]

This. He never knew when to set a pick or go down low. He'd walk around with little idea of where he needed to be on offense.

Maybe that's more big man coaching as well....I noticed that no one knew when they were supposed to set picks so maybe not his fault.

How is not knowing when to set a pick a big man coaches fault? Is he asleep during practice? They must run their sets OVER and OVER and OVER. How can he not know?

 

[husky99]

Things are a Trainwreck/ Titanic with our program. Less than 24 hours ago I heard one of our top guards could be gone and another player also. Heard another coach or two could be gone in the next 2 weeks.

I am not bulllshiting ask BFieldHusky, i Pm some of this today to him...

 

[SirHypeAlot]

Call me cold hearted but losing Travis and Glen Miller is precisely the shake-up we need.

Enoch leaving is a kick to the nuts. Next year looks grim. If we need to take yet another step back to take many steps forward so be it. I can suffer til this tshow is sorted out

 

[freescooter]

Look I really dislike this transferring in and out over playing time but it happens and in this case it was appropriate. Been a while since I've seen a guy getting regular playing time at UConn who was so over his head. We were practically begging for front court player and he couldn't stay on the floor. The idea that he is some great offensive machine is simply belied by his stats. If Cobb is simply slightly below average all around player we are in better shape. If he is just adequate defensively and as a rebounder we are ahead of the game.

 

[Matrim55]

TSam is on the market...

Yeah. I've made my argument in other threads that he'd be a useful pick-up if we can't find someone else for the spot. We really do need to carry a 5th guard.

But even so, he won't be as useful next year as he could've/would've been the last two.

 

[Fishy]

Enoch wasn't very good and no one on the staff made him any better....which makes him pretty much like every UConn big man since Ollie took over.

Now, Enoch is gone and we're replacing him with thin air and expecting the same coaching staff to figure it out? We were already walking on a tightrope with the front court and now we've thrown away the balance pole.

Don't stand under the wire next season.

 

[donyell34]

Thought so myself stairs.. A little too harsh.