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TasteofUConn said:
Was this necessary? Not claiming to predict the future, and was clearly wrong in 09 (also other years not mentioned). Don't be like Eli.
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Oh for gods sake, it was clearly a joke. I'm surprised you of all people are being overly sensitive about that.
 
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sammydabiz said:
ECU is helluva drug. Let see how we handle Temple in Philly first...
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Agreed....consider we haven't beaten Temple, Tulsa, SMU or Cincy in conference yet this year a little premature....coincidentally those are our next 4 opponents.
 
OkaForPrez said:
Daniel Hamilton with Amida in the lineup: 13.08 ppg, 9.1 RPG, 5.25 APG 46% shooting
Daniel Hamilton without Amida in the lineup: 10.45 ppg, 8.9 RPG, 4.63 APG 30% shooting
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Matrim55 said:
So while his return may not be statistically huge for himself as an individual, it has had a profound statistical impact on the efficiency of our best all-around player.
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That's what I was saying without the numbers to back me up. That Brimah doesn't have great stat numbers, but his return has an impact on the team.
 
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I'll admit I was a big critic of Ollie's after the Temple loss. I still think he could have done lots of things differently as a coach to change the outcome of that game.

But if you're going to be critical when deserving, you also have to give credit when credit is due. KO has done a GREAT job over the past few weeks and has helped this team seemingly turn a corner:

  1. Playing Nolan more than many (including myself) thought he should. He's been a big boost defensively, especially while Amida was out.
  2. Moving Adams to the starting line up and bringing Purv in off the bench. This has let Adams develop his game. He's a facilitator and leader as our team's only pure PG. Also allows Gibbs to play off the ball where he's more effective. And props to Purv, how many other players take that in stride?
  3. Trimming the lineup and fixing his ridiculous early-season substitution patterns. This has allowed the team to learn their roles, be more comfortable in them, and develop chemistry.
  4. Attack the rim more, live in the lane. Only good things happen when you attack the rim. We are getting higher percentage shots, drawing more fouls, and creating an inside-out game. Also doing a better job of feeding Miller and the bigs.
 
UChusky916 said:
I'll admit I was a big critic of Ollie's after the Temple loss. I still think he could have done lots of things differently as a coach to change the outcome of that game.
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IMO he's still not a great in-game coach, but he's proved to be really good at 1) recruiting, 2) adapting to his team's strengths over the course of a season, 3) coaching defense, and 4) coaxing improvement out of individual players over their respective careers.

Add in the fact that his guys don't get in trouble off the court and all seem to be killing it in the classroom, and it's hard not to be extremely excited about the future of the program.
 
8893 said:
What are you doing here then?!?!
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Saw this in a bar and made me think of all of you #SECbound
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aceboon said:
this board is going to be a mess if they lose the Temple game
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Yeah. While I think they are most like the 2003 team...they need to start winning the games that team did by the end of the year.
 
TasteofUConn said:
Was this necessary? Not claiming to predict the future, and was clearly wrong in 09 (also other years not mentioned). Don't be like Eli.
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Don't take the bait. Yours was the type of post I like from you (instead of what you wrote when I last quoted you and left you confused and requesting a PM if I wanted to clarify).

Thing is, when we are winning, petty annoyances seem to just evaporate, and internal squabbles are a distraction. Time to play like a team, even us.

Recent game play gives me the feeling that this team is moving into the Sweet 16 level, but will need to knock off a (current) E8 level team to get there. Nothing to do except play a game at a time.
 
Matrim55 said:
IMO he's still not a great in-game coach, but he's proved to be really good at 1) recruiting, 2) adapting to his team's strengths over the course of a season, 3) coaching defense, and 4) coaxing improvement out of individual players over their respective careers.

Add in the fact that his guys don't get in trouble off the court and all seem to be killing it in the classroom, and it's hard not to be extremely excited about the future of the program.
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1,2,3 are characteristics of NBA coaches. College coaches have to be much more hands on throughout the course of a game. NBA coaches let players do their stuff, observe the ebb and flow and then earn their paycheck the 4th quarter. In a college game, decisions made at the 12 minute mark of the first half can be crucial to outcomes. The talent level in college is much more unequal and coaches have to adapt more quickly to trends. In the NBA talent tends to equalize over the first 35-40 minutes of a game.

I'm still not buying #4 yet. We haven't seen any of the players develop above their entrance level. No one has exceeded expectations. Yet.
 
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We don't have the lights-out jump shooter our other top teams have had. That's keeping down the irrational exuberance for me.
 
If we beat Temple Thursday night and can win at least one of the SMU games and beat Cincinnati at home, I'll start to feel it. The Temple game I think is big. We need to tie them up in conference. Same with splitting with SMU and Cincinnati.
 
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Waquoit said:
He's the our best bet. But he's no Rip, Shad, Ben, Kemba or Bazz. He's not even a Giffey.
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Our memories of them are undoubtedly influenced by their strong finishes, when they stringed together consistently great shooting performances that were key to those championship runs. Ben didn't find that place until Emeka went down in the BET and he had to take over. Bazz never put together a string of consistent shooting performances until the NCAAT, and Giffey only really kicked into gear down the stretch that year as well. Even Kemba looked like he was running out of gas before he found a higher gear in the BET.

As I say every year, the stories are all written in March.
 
Waquoit said:
He's the our best bet. But he's . . . not even a Giffey.
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In fairness, Giffey was unique, and nobody we've had gave us the same combination of killer open-3 shooting, relentless defending, dogged rebounding, and general glueiness. Nobody. And if anybody disagrees with that assessment, poops to him.
 
Hans Sprungfeld said:
Don't take the bait. Yours was the type of post I like from you (instead of what you wrote when I last quoted you and left you confused and requesting a PM if I wanted to clarify
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Bait? It was a joke for crying out loud. Hence the winking smiley face to make it beyond obvious. Ya'll are beyond sensitive right now.
 
Matrim55 said:
IMO he's still not a great in-game coach, but he's proved to be really good at 1) recruiting, 2) adapting to his team's strengths over the course of a season, 3) coaching defense, and 4) coaxing improvement out of individual players over their respective careers.

Add in the fact that his guys don't get in trouble off the court and all seem to be killing it in the classroom, and it's hard not to be extremely excited about the future of the program.
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And it's worth mentioning (or emphasizing) that any guy is going to have some weaknesses. Especially a relatively green coach. It's unsurprising that his weakness is in0-game coaching, as that comes with time and experience. Get a couple hundred games under his belt, and I don't think we'll be talking about it.
 
Chin Diesel said:
1,2,3 are characteristics of NBA coaches. College coaches have to be much more hands on throughout the course of a game. NBA coaches let players do their stuff, observe the ebb and flow and then earn their paycheck the 4th quarter. In a college game, decisions made at the 12 minute mark of the first half can be crucial to outcomes. The talent level in college is much more unequal and coaches have to adapt more quickly to trends. In the NBA talent tends to equalize over the first 35-40 minutes of a game.

I'm still not buying #4 yet. We haven't seen any of the players develop above their entrance level. No one has exceeded expectations. Yet.
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Facey, Hamilton, and Brimah have all markedly improved (at different things). Wait til Hamilton is a junior. Boatright improved. Shabazz improved immensely. Daniels got better. Giffey definitely. Those guys late careers were all under Ollie, not Calhoun.

And Gibbs, Jalen, Enoch, and Miller are first year guys. Phil isn't going to improve under any coach on the planet.
 
8893 said:
Our memories of them are undoubtedly influenced by their strong finishes, when they stringed together consistently great shooting performances that were key to those championship runs. Ben didn't find that place until Emeka went down in the BET and he had to take over. Bazz never put together a string of consistent shooting performances until the NCAAT, and Giffey only really kicked into gear down the stretch that year as well. Even Kemba looked like he was running out of gas before he found a higher gear in the BET.
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Kemba was getting beat to sh_t in the BE. Once reffing returned to normal, he shined again.
 
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