how do we feel about KO comments on Mike and Mike

[upstater]

I'm confused. Are you one of the people who was up in arms about how Manuel was screwing over the program by not giving KO a multiyear deal right away? That's how I read your post.

You misunderstand my point about not getting recruits. Very few people doubted KO's ability to recruit. I'm talking about KO being prevented from successfully recruiting because of the interim tag. That was an argument that a lot of people made. Were you one of them?

For the record, I was 100% in favor of KO being JC's successor and wanted him to get a multiyear deal; but I understood Manuel's position even if I disagreed with it and thought the handwringing over it was ridiculous. As you point out, it actually may have helped us out. I'm not sure if it caused us to lose anyone critical.

Frankly, as someone who defended Ollie 100% from the start, I don't think we got a whole lot of guff. (Unless I somehow in your mind wasn't 100% behind KO because I wasn't calling for Manuel's head.) It was a pretty small group of people who doubted KO, as I recall.

Other than Austin, I didnt get the sense UConn was losing out on anyone. That wasn't my concern. My concern was signaling to the rest of the country that you were not fully behind the coach, as though you were unaware of what you had. And yes, the people criticizing Manuel for his position received a ton of blowback.

 

[metsfan2323]

The most troubling thing KO said today is that he loves Mike Francesa. We now have to follow the leader and be nice to Mike.

 

[CL82]

http://www.the-boneyard.com/threads/ko-and-geno-coming-up-on-mike-and-mike.58369/#post-928144

Did they boo Emmert? I didn't hear it on tv.