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Message: [QUOTE="Sonova, post: 4304136, member: 7513"] That's a huge leap there Chief. I never said it was a non-event. I said that I don't believe it was the deciding factor in Kevin Ollie's success or failure as a coach at UConn. Its damn near impossible to go from an assistant to a high major head coach without ANY head coaching experience - even more so in this day and age (we'll see how Hubert Davis and Jon Scheyer pan out in the longer run). KO was put in that position with very little assistant coaching experience in general. Add in the exponentially difficult factor that KO wasn't very well prepared for managing JC (he still wanted to be very involved in the program), and I'm just saying he was the wrong choice from Day 1 - and I certainly give him credit for the National Championship. Btw, the players that I was referring to exiting, wasn't Oriaki and Roscoe. It was when JC's recruits (Lamb, Shabazz, etc) graduated. Did his divorce hasten him being exposed? Sure. How couldn't it? And did winning a natty in year create an arrogance in KO that he thought he had more answers than he actually did? No question. I just maintain he was over his head from day 1. And while being a good dad is awesome, he threw the guy who was his mentor and who is the ONLY reason he got the job under the bus in public, played the race card, and otherwise burned every bridge he could at his alma mater. He also bad-mouthed JC's involvement when KO had "all the answers" to lots of folks within the athletic department. If that makes him a good guy in your book, have it. [/QUOTE]

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