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I would bet anything capel is heavily involved in Dukes sudden resurgence. And we know Carter Jr. has already had his name thrown out there. I’ll pass on him. Give me Hurley first, Bekker second, Ollie third.
 
When I read Ollie stopped recruiting MAL after he committed, it was made clear to me he hates recruiting. He was billed as our best recruiter under Calhoun at the time, but I’m assuming after he won a championship, he felt it was beneath him. Just my guess.
 
Huskyforlife said:
When I read Ollie stopped recruiting MAL after he committed, it was made clear to me he hates recruiting. He was billed as our best recruiter under Calhoun at the time, but I’m assuming after he won a championship, he felt it was beneath him. Just my guess.
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More likely he poorly judged the role of a head coach in recruiting. Inexperience.
 
I mean this is just my opinion on Shaka Smart. He's had a great, great tenure at VCU, but I just don't see what makes him better than Rick Barnes at this point in time at Texas. Also, keep Bill Coen out, please!
 
SirHypeAlot said:
Is it possible the fan base is willing Danny Hurley into the roll of our new head coach next year? We have no idea if Benedict is actually in talks with him, yet the narrative has become so mainstream it almost feels like it's going to happen because we have willed it into fruition. The AD is paid to make his own decisions but the input from the fan base is so overwhelmingly in favor of Hurley that AD Dave (probably) feels like he needs to acquiesce. I think his ass is on the hot seat- the pressure to please the fans is real. Give them what they want?
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Wouldn’t we prefer capel on recruiting alone? And Ollie in California May be a good move at a smaller program.
 
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One of the biggest challanges for the next head coach will be his ability to recruit and convince top 50 kids to come back to UConn. W-L record aside, Capel can recruit and he will at least succeed in that battle. Quite frankly, I feel UConn would be lucky(at this point) to get someone like Capel.
 
Huskyforlife said:
When I read Ollie stopped recruiting MAL after he committed, it was made clear to me he hates recruiting. He was billed as our best recruiter under Calhoun at the time, but I’m assuming after he won a championship, he felt it was beneath him. Just my guess.
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He wasn’t billed he personally is responsible for the 4 -5 highest recruits since 2012.
The 5th is Drummond who technically wasn’r a recruit.
 
Stainmaster said:
I know I’m citing an anonymous Twitter account with ~5K followers here, but given the sheer volume of personal knowledge of college coaches they display on a regular basis, I’m inclined to believe that the people running it are very well connected.

Since they’re absolutely nuts, they decided to rank who they perceive as the top three candidates for all 351 DI jobs if any of them opened up this offseason.

Here is their top three for us:



Just for yuks, Ollie is listed as #2 for the Loyola Marymount job were he to leave - which they think has a 90% chance of happening per an earlier hot seat rundown.
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Considering you think the best we could do is an assistant from St. Bonnie’s, this is quite a list. You should be thrilled.
 
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len0322 said:
The accomplisments of this trio compares to the Thursday morning 1:00 am bomb shell that we've all tried to pick up at TED's or Huskies. I count up 30 coaching years between these three candidates with 5 NCAA appearances with the elite 8 being the highlight. If they do move on from KO, I hope they find better than this group.
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It's very tough to look at numbers like these and make many assumptions. What was in the cupboard when the coach was hired? When considering schools like Northeastern and VCU and Wagner you are usually talking about programs that develop players over 2-4 years. If things go well they have a couple of years that they have good records and then most likely a couple of down years. And of course to think they would get far in the tournament is unrealistic. Sure Smart did things at VCU but not many schools at their level get that far. So it's very hard to predict what a coach will do at a major level.

Capel is tough to evaluate because he was at a major and did not have any consistent success. Is it possible he learned from his Sooners experience and would be a good choice - why not, a number of coaches have had success the second time around.

In any case we will not know until they coach at UConn. Some cannot make the leap to higher levels and some excel at it - like Calhoun.
 
There better be a much much better option for a hire than these guys if we are firing Ollie who’s winning percentage is higher in more difficult conferences...

The grass is not greener regarding these guys.. NEXT.

AD better find a real coach !!!
 
Yorkeez4 said:
Capel is tough to evaluate because he was at a major and did not have any consistent success. Is it possible he learned from his Sooners experience and would be a good choice - why not, a number of coaches have had success the second time around.
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Good post. I don't like the idea of hiring Capel. His rise and fall at Oklahoma kind of mirrors KO's at UConn, except that Ollie's highs have been higher and Ollie's lows have been higher.

If you're going to hire Capel in the hope he's figured it out, you might as well stick with Ollie in the hope he'll figure it out. Both seem like a huge cr#pshoot.

I think we need someone with more evidence of the ability to build a sustainable program.
 
Captbluefin said:
There better be a much much better option for a hire than these guys if we are firing Ollie who’s winning percentage is higher in more difficult conferences...

The grass is not greener regarding these guys.. NEXT.

AD better find a real coach !!!
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Just silly.
 
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''... you come here after a win as opposed to a loss and the tone is a lot different."
This board after a loss is ridiculous and it isn't just this year. The overreaction both ways is predictable and redundant and it has always been that way.
 
Captbluefin said:
Ollie has the best winning percentage over all candidates ironically. He is the only one over .600
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Ok, let's look at the trend for KO:

Years 1 and 2 combined: 52-18

Years 3 and 4 combined: 45-26

Years 5 and 6 combined to date: 30-33

It is the trend that is concerning, not the overall winning percentage. Also, of this season's 16 losses, HALF are by 20 or more points. To put things in perspective, the previous high in the history of the program was 5 losses that large in a single season.
 
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Who can get us the best talent? That’s it in a nutshell.
 
Captbluefin said:
There better be a much much better option for a hire than these guys if we are firing Ollie who’s winning percentage is higher in more difficult conferences...

The grass is not greener regarding these guys.. NEXT.

AD better find a real coach !!!
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When you are talking about building or restoring a program, the overall winning % is obviously going to be lower. Take a look at the trend of winning percentage by year. That's more important.

And who are these better options anway?
 
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Kevin Ollie

Connecticut Huskies (Big East Conference) (2012–2013)
2012–13 Connecticut 20–10 10–8 T–7th Ineligible
Connecticut Huskies (American Athletic Conference) (2013–present)
2013–14 Connecticut 32–8 12–6 T–3rd NCAA Champions
2014–15 Connecticut 20–15 10–8 T–5th NIT First Round
2015–16 Connecticut 25–11 11–7 6th NCAA Second Round
2016–17 Connecticut 16–17 9–9 T–5th
2017–18 Connecticut 14–16 7–10
Connecticut: 127–77 (.623) 59–48 (.551)

There are plenty of programs and coaches who would like to have those winning percentages - including URIne and Hurley
I know the last 2 years and what have you done for me lately
.623 overall - hell KO can walk away with his head high - there are HoFers who don't come close
To be honest I knew he was above .500 but that opened my eyes

Hurley has been at URI longer and only 1 NCAA appearance????

I hope, for his sake, KO does leave - he'll find another gig in the NBA but I am not in any way fashion or shape convinced Hurley is the man
 
gtcam said:
Kevin Ollie

Connecticut Huskies (Big East Conference) (2012–2013)
2012–13 Connecticut 20–10 10–8 T–7th Ineligible
Connecticut Huskies (American Athletic Conference) (2013–present)
2013–14 Connecticut 32–8 12–6 T–3rd NCAA Champions
2014–15 Connecticut 20–15 10–8 T–5th NIT First Round
2015–16 Connecticut 25–11 11–7 6th NCAA Second Round
2016–17 Connecticut 16–17 9–9 T–5th
2017–18 Connecticut 14–16 7–10
Connecticut: 127–77 (.623) 59–48 (.551)

There are plenty of programs and coaches who would like to have those winning percentages - including URIne and Hurley
I know the last 2 years and what have you done for me lately
.623 overall - hell KO can walk away with his head high - there are HoFers who don't come close
To be honest I knew he was above .500 but that opened my eyes

Hurley has been at URI longer and only 1 NCAA appearance????

I hope, for his sake, KO does leave - he'll find another gig in the NBA but I am not in any way fashion or shape convinced Hurley is the man
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Big difference. First off, URI and UCONN are entirely different situations. URI isn't even expected to make the tournament every year. UCONN is expected to not just make, but do well in the Tournament annually.

Hurley was handed a pile of feces. And turned it around. KO was handed a relatively full cupboard. And has what he has at this point. Trend is contextually very important for both guys.

I don't even know if Hurley is the guy or not, but he's turned around multiple programs.
 
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selles said:
Just silly.
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Huskybass said:
Ok, let's look at the trend for KO:

Years 1 and 2 combined: 52-18

Years 3 and 4 combined: 45-26

Years 5 and 6 combined to date: 30-33

It is the trend that is concerning, not the overall winning percentage.
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The point is that the AD better find a Coach that’s much better than what is being discussed.

Ollies years 1-4 are better than these candidates. year 5 was injuries. Year 6 had several band-aids from the transfers.

But 4 out of the 6 years here Ollie was a better coach. I thought the object was a serious upgrade not justva diffrent face in a suit.
 
Captbluefin said:
The point is that the AD better find a Coach that’s much better than what is being discussed.

Ollies years 1-4 are better than these candidates. year 5 was injuries. Year 6 had several band-aids from the transfers.

But 4 out of the 6 years here Ollie was a better coach. I thought the object was a serious upgrade not justva diffrent face in a suit.
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Trend and context are very important.

The only guys who are much better than what is being discussed are at established programs. We've no choice but to go for an up and comer.
 
SirHypeAlot said:
Is it possible the fan base is willing Danny Hurley into the roll of our new head coach next year? We have no idea if Benedict is actually in talks with him, yet the narrative has become so mainstream it almost feels like it's going to happen because we have willed it into fruition. The AD is paid to make his own decisions but the input from the fan base is so overwhelmingly in favor of Hurley that AD Dave (probably) feels like he needs to acquiesce. I think his ass is on the hot seat- the pressure to please the fans is real. Give them what they want?
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As a long time UCONN fan who lived in NJ for 25 years ita a little weird looking at a Hurley, the name we all thought to be hated by JC, a Seton Hall grad, nice kid the number of times I met him, tough point guard, but not the brother from Duke!
 
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