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Head Coaching and Hobbs

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There has been a lot of talk about how poor our coaching is but even without Calhoun don't we have 2 former coaches on the bench including Hobbs? Why is KO more qualified than Hobbs to coach the team? He did not have the players at GW as we have at UCONN, so why couldn't he be our coaching answer?
 
Now, or long-term? Now, ok fine, long term?

Ah, no.
 
There has been a lot of talk about how poor our coaching is but even without Calhoun don't we have 2 former coaches on the bench including Hobbs? Why is KO more qualified than Hobbs to coach the team? He did not have the players at GW as we have at UCONN, so why couldn't he be our coaching answer?
Hobbs proved he isn't a great coach. Ollie hasn't had a chance to fail.
 
Given some talent - I think Hobbs can Coach. He brings intensity that George doesn't bring - in the sense that he can transfer it to the players.

I would be up for Ollie too. George needs to turn the keys over and go back to what he does well - be Calhoun's alter ego - and talk basketball.
 
Actually, 3 former coaches. And Miller was the only one trying to light a fire under some of the guys yesterday.
 
Its a legitimate question. Hobbs a former Uconn player with head coaching experience or Ollie a former UConn player with 'extensive' NBA experience. I think Ollie is the future. It would be nice if Hobbs was willing to assist Kevin.
 
To the extent Calhoun thinks that his plan matters, my guess is that he wants KO to take over when he's done, and he wants KO to pick one of Hobbs and Lefty to be his "George Blaney." The other of Hobbs and Miller will be gone. Having too many guys on the bench who have won a ton more games than your head coach isn't a great plan either.

As for changing coaches now, you would think we were undefeated under Calhoun and fell apart when Blaney took the reigns. The truth is that this is the same disappointing team under Blaney that it was under Calhoun, and Blaney is coaching knowing that this is Calhoun's team and not tryint to remake everything how Blaney might have done it if it were his team. Blaney is not the head coach -- he is an interim coach. And there is a big difference.

When Calhoun retires, Blaney is not taking over. But until Calhoun retires, this is his team whether he's on the floor or not, and giving a different assitant coach a clipboard is merely scapegoating something that is not the problem. The problem (or the biggest one) is that the players are vastly underachieving their potential. The only short term fix is the players wanting to win more and doing whatever it takes to achieve that.

I still believe that is possible. However, it gets less and less likely every day.
 
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