how do we feel about KO comments on Mike and Mike

[PcketknfNiels]

I'm not sure that anyone doubted Ollie, but at the same time you can't blame Warde for not giving him a 5 year contract right away. Calhoun suddenly pulled the plug and we had the hottest young coach in the country yearning to take over. Plus we were in an extremely precarious position, one where Warde could have been justified by going with the known commodity over a guy who was completely unproven as an X's O's basketball mind, or someone who could run the program.

I don't think either side could be blamed, and it's turned out for the best.

 

[Rondogg]

Things are a lot more clear now what a great choice he is to succeed JC. JC saw it firsthand when he was an assistant. Boneyard saw it over the last few weeks. To say you KNEW he would be this great the moment he was hired was a hopeful guess. Nobody outside the inner circle knew...

 

[TheChamps990411]

Ollie is just 41 so he has all the time in the world to go to the NBA and i believe he will eventually and he absolutely should because i think he will be a star on the pro level. I say he should remain at uconn for the next 10 years. If the interest is still there from the league and he feels hes accomplished enough at the college level he should move on.
I dont see him moving on any time soon because he has one thing left to prove to himself and others and that is can he do it with his own players? Man this is going to be fun!!!

 

[nomar]

I was saying exactly the opposite of we're never going to land any recruits. I was saying from the start that this guys entire resume showed he was going to be killer on the recruiting trail. In fact, when it comes to recruiting, what happened with Warde saved UConn, because a certain New Yorker's people told the New York Post that he wasn't coming to UConn because of the interim tag. Thank god for that, because otherwise UConn would have recruited a kid who got in trouble for alleged s e xual assault. So that's good. But the fact is many of us took a lot of guff for NEVER doubting Ollie on this board, so I'm a gonna crow now that I knew he was the right choice, for a variety of reasons which we don't really need to go into, and that if he wants to max out now, he deserves it, and he can't be blamed. He's a rising star. And the fact is, even if Ollie isn't vindictive (I don't know why you phrased it like that, since this isn't a matter of revenge at all; it's a matter of playing hardball instead of taking a hometown discount), we do know that a whole slew of people in Ollie's camp were none too thrilled by the interim tag. They knew this guy was held in high esteem in many quarters, and they thought it was total bush league. And before people defend Warde on this one (Manuel actually gets a pass now for everything from me if only for the dumb luck of not landing Austin) realize that many of us took a lot of guff here for defending Ollie 100% from the start.

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.

 

[sportsart]

Can anyone name an elite program, where a coach won multiple championships (I believe he will) , and then left for the NBA to have a great career?

In other words has Duke, Indiana, UNC, UK, UL, UCLA or Kansas ever had a coach leave for the NBA and be a rock star?

If he stays long enough to win one more NC he ain't goin' nowhere....EVER.

 

[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.