five coaches you are ok to be the next head coach at uconn

[husky99]

My purpose is not to flame, but to get some possible names people like

Shaka
butler coach
ollie
Matt painter
zona coach

Off my list
Head duke astt who is there point on recruiting (yes i said duke

 

[husky91]

Shaka
Jay Wright
Brad Stephens
Matt Painter
Grant

 

[husky99]

Ok taking the duke guy off and putting painter

 

[alexd]

Pat Riley
Phil Jackson
Rudy Tomjanovich
Norman Dale
Kevin Ollie

 

[dsturdy5]

Kevin Ollie
Doc Rivers
Red Auerbach
Shaka Smart
Bill Belichick

 

[Husk-E]

Ollie
Shaka
Brad Stevens
Sean Miller
Jay Wright

 

[huskiesnyc]

Ollie
Shaka
Brad Stevens
Sean Miller
Jay Wright

+1

 

[3uconn]

Kevin Ollie
Sean Miller
Shaka Smart
Billy Donovan
Ed Cooley

It might be pretty different than your five but each have lots of pros and less cons.

 

[huskiesnyc]

Kevin Ollie
Sean Miller
Shaka Smart
Billy Donovan
Ed Cooley

It might be pretty different than your five but each have lots of pros and less cons.

I don't understand the Ed Cooley hype. Please remove EC from your list and replace him with a real coach!

 

[3uconn]

I don't understand the Ed Cooley hype. Please remove EC from your list and replace him with a real coach!

You might say that he has a lot of hype. However he did get 2 top 20 recruits last year. He did that with everything at PC. Their facilities are much worse that UCONNs current facilities not even counting the new practice facilities being built. If he can do what he did their with their stuff he could do very well here.

 

[husky99]

I bet belichick has 20 win season in less then 3 years..seriously some good names

Kevin Ollie
Doc Rivers
Red Auerbach
Shaka Smart
Bill Belichick

 

[huskiesnyc]

I know what you're saying 3uconn, but lets take a look at how he got those top 20's. 1) He recruited Kris Dunn while he was a no name 2 star recruit at Fairfield. Dunn's stock exploded last summer and he is a loyal kid so he committed to EC. Still more of a fluke bc he wasn't a high major recruit until last summer. 2) He landed Ricky Ledo by default. He is not eligible, and although schools like UCONN, Cuse, and UK looked at him, they did not offer him a scholarship. His talent is undeniable but he the chances of him ever playing at PC are less than 10%. So until Cooley proves he can recruit top 20 players across the country I am not sold. He also doesn't seem like the brightest xo's coach, considering all the close games his team choked last year on way to 4 BE wins.

 

[Huskies4ever]

Kevin Ollie
Doc Rivers
Red Auerbach
Shaka Smart
Bill Belichick

I'd take Red from beyond the grave!

 

[3uconn]

I know what you're saying 3uconn, but lets take a look at how he got those top 20's. 1) He recruited Kris Dunn while he was a no name 2 star recruit at Fairfield. Dunn's stock exploded last summer and he is a loyal kid so he committed to EC. Still more of a fluke bc he wasn't a high major recruit until last summer. 2) He landed Ricky Ledo by default. He is not eligible, and although schools like UCONN, Cuse, and UK looked at him, they did not offer him a scholarship. His talent is undeniable but he the chances of him ever playing at PC are less than 10%. So until Cooley proves he can recruit top 20 players across the country I am not sold. He also doesn't seem like the brightest xo's coach, considering all the close games his team choked last year on way to 4 BE wins.

They didn't necessarily choke in the games. Remember, they did beat us. They ran like a 6 man and if they had to maybe 7 man rotation. At the end of the games they would get tired and lose explosiveness while running, jumping and elevation of their shots. Also remember who they had on their team. I would have to say only maybe 1 to 3 of their players would have even seen time on UConn. Also most of those players were not his. They were Keno Davis kids. That is why they had all of the transfers this offseason. Then Ed Cooley did go out and get what he needed, big guys. However 2 of them can't play this season because of transfer rules, Carson Drosiers and Tyler Harris. The. They have Sidiki Johnson who was top 100 coming out of hs playing in the 2nd half of the season.

 

[Yonick]

You might say that he has a lot of hype. However he did get 2 top 20 recruits last year. He did that with everything at PC. Their facilities are much worse that UCONNs current facilities not even counting the new practice facilities being built. If he can do what he did their with their stuff he could do very well here.

I'm sure a lot of programs passed on Ledo because of his grades. As far as Dunn, UConn had no room for him. I believe Louisville passed on him leaving PC as his best option.
Let's see how Cooley does over the next 2 years. That's what it took for them to dump Keno Davis.

 

[Dann]

anyone who buys into the ed cooley hype and bs is a fool. he is a great example of winning offseasons in fanbase minds. the guy loves media hype and he is going to recruit average to above average at what ever level he goes to. he is not a good game coach. the guy up multiple times at fairfield on the court. it was silly bad. providence is falling off a cliff and had no where else to go coach wise. he will fail there in the long run. in the short term he will "turn around" a sinking ship by putting a bit higher rated players on the court and winning a few more games but he won't have them ever be important to the cb landscape. this rant is how mad even the mention of his name or anyone on his level makes me when ppl talk who is going to coach uconn years from now.

jc built us a top10 program all time. we have the illest pf coming soon and we are a title town in cb. we don't need the cool guy. we dont need the killer recruiter. we dont need the guy who is good at building a program.

5 names:
family- ko/kh
splash- miller, donovan
interested in somewhat but reaching- grant, few


please stop with:
not acomplished enough for our job- shaka, stevens......100 miles down the road cooley
never good enough for our level- wright, dixon.....

were not a 1 aspect program, we are a top top top program. most programs do 1 or 2 things well and are ok at others to make them a top 25 program. wright at nova recruits guards very well and builds in years for a major run every so often, dixon builds teams for strenght and not lenght and as result is a matchup monster, other guys blah blah. at uconn we can recruit very well, compete every year for a f4 and win ships. not many programs can do that all day. so please stop with the names being thrown around.

i'm family 100% as i think what KO/KH have done the past 20 years in the bball world are more than enough for the job. if warde does not agree i will be upset but fine with a splash hire. after that i start to really question things. the real question is if the school will pony up $$ wise? i suspect we may not be able to land my splash hires based off $$ alone. that makes ko/kh an even smarter hire as where you can start $$ wise with them vs others. not to mention all the other factors of already recruitng for the program, family ties, style and alum face etc...

 

[ConnHuskBask]

Billy Donovan and Sean Miller wouldn't even consider picking up the phone for UConn.

They'll be paid more at their current jobs, they'll coach in an actual conference, and Arizona and Florida are elite national programs, why would they leave?

Just stop with any notion of either of these guys coming to UConn.

 

[huskiesnyc]

Billy Donovan and Sean Miller wouldn't even consider picking up the phone for UConn.

They'll be paid more at their current jobs, they'll coach in an actual conference, and Arizona and Florida are elite national programs, why would they leave?

Just stop with any notion of either of these guys coming to UConn.

Some good points but are you implying that UConn isn't an elite program? Sorry but UConn is a superior bball program to both those schools.

 

[Husk-E]

Some good points but are you implying that UConn isn't an elite program? Sorry but UConn is a superior bball program to both those schools.

I completely agree. Anyone who thinks that UConn isn't superior to both those schools needs a good slap across the face.

 

[ConnHuskBask]

Some good points but are you implying that UConn isn't an elite program? Sorry but UConn is a superior bball program to both those schools.

No, I didn't mean for it to come across that way.

UConn's accomplishments are clearly superior Arizona and Florida. However, we're splitting hairs talking about Top 10 Nationally Elite programs. As great of a job UConn is, it's only a few places above those two schools in the National pecking order. Not enough to warrant a move.

By contrast, say VCU, Purdue or Villanova to UConn would be a huge upgrade.

 

[husky99]

Some good points but are you implying that UConn isn't an elite program? Sorry but UConn is a superior bball program to both those schools.

I think sean miller and family want to leave the west coast. I think he is from outside balt

 

[rw005]

Ollie
Shaka
Brad Stevens
Sean Miller
Jay Wright

Yeah I agree with this

my notable pick: would be to give a look at Frank Haith just an interview

 

[Dann]

No, I didn't mean for it to come across that way.

UConn's accomplishments are clearly superior Arizona and Florida. However, we're splitting hairs talking about Top 10 Nationally Elite programs. As great of a job UConn is, it's only a few places above those two schools in the National pecking order. Not enough to warrant a move.

By contrast, say VCU, Purdue or Villanova to UConn would be a huge upgrade.

this move is more than u think.

bluebloods or tier 1-duke/unc/uk/ku/ind/ucla
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tier 2 or new bloods -uconn/az/lville/cuse/msu/fl
space
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tier 3 is a group of like 10 schools-mich/gtown/tosu.....

uconn is a f4/ship away from going to blueblood or tier 1 type status and being the first school to break that hump that has been the "blueblood" group for years. any other school in our tier 2 group needs multiple ships and big time nba players etc to sniff the top group. big time coaches will see that as a higher job. now the $$ thing is something i brought up also, i ffind it hard to believe that uconn pays out the $$ for miller or donovan therefore making ko/kh a easier choice for the short term and long run idea...

 

[Dann]

Yeah I agree with this

my notable pick: would be to give a look at Frank Haith just an interview

stay away from him. dirty news is close to him.

 

[Husk-E]

stay away from him. dirty news is close to him.

I don't know about the dirty news part, but he's done one hell of a job at Missouri. Granted we definitely do not want any more bad media exposure than we're already getting.