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How has this team not improved

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I think I might stop watching games. I don't think I ever did that in my 30 plus years of watching UCONN basketball. Yeah, my first impression is always why can't we even see some improvement from the team. We seem to be regressing with each game.
 
I believe they've just given up on the season. Just that simple. And they weren't that good to start. Any predictions on how many games under .500 when this mercifully ends??
 
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3rdbass said:
I think I might stop watching games. I don't think I ever did that in my 30 plus years of watching UCONN basketball. Yeah, my first impression is always why can't we even see some improvement from the team. We seem to be regressing with each game.
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I also stopped recording and watching games this year. My first since I started watching in 1991. Never in a million years would I have ever guessed that I wouldn't care about a Uconn Basketball game. Never say never I guess.....wow!
 
With a new shot clock (after a made bucket) Vital catches the ball which just crossed half court, with only 6 seconds in and hoists a 3 point bomb, that misses. The opponent rebounds (because no UConn player in rebound situation) and scores. 2 minutes later Vital does it again.

What I don't understand (and this is the growth issue) is that Ollie sees this and after the miss, simply returns to his seat. This is every freakin game. No offense, no look to pass, no effort of getting others involved, just shoot the shot with no regard for game situation.

Ollie let's this happen game after game, with no repercussion, no changes to this non-play, and no effort to correct Vital's bad habit. It makes Vital look uncoached.

(I'm not picking on Vital, just as an example, there are many more un-coached scenarios).

Albert Mouring was a much better shooter but I know JC would have choked him after the 1st 'selfish shot.
 
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Kitaman said:
With a new shot clock (after a made bucket) Vital catches the ball which just crossed half court, with only 6 seconds in and hoists a 3 point bomb, that misses. The opponent rebounds (because no UConn player in rebound situation) and scores. 2 minutes later Vital does it again.

What I don't understand (and this is the growth issue) is that Ollie sees this and after the miss, simply returns to his seat. This is every freakin game. No offense, no look to pass, no effort of getting others involved, just shoot the shot with no regard for game situation.

Ollie let's this happen game after game, with no repercussion, no changes to this non-play, and no effort to correct Vital's bad habit. It makes Vital look uncoached.

(I'm not picking on him, just an example, there are many more un-coached scenarios).

Albert Mouring was a much better shooter but I know JC would have choked him after the 1st 'selfish shot.
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The man lacks a plan......or even a clue.
 
Chief00 said:
The problems runs deeper than lack of talent and poor shooters. How many times the last few games has our opponent scored on inbounds plays? Do we even have one that tries to score?
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That’s why they work so well against us....we don’t recognize what inbound plays are.
 
uconnever said:
I also stopped recording and watching games this year. My first since I started watching in 1991. Never in a million years would I have ever guessed that I wouldn't care about a Uconn Basketball game. Never say never I guess.....wow!
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I probably will still watch on and off as I'm a die hard fan but if I have other stuff I'm doing with my wife I won't stop that to check out a game.
 
I'd like to remind everyone a bunch of 18-22 year olds who have rarely faced adversity on a basketball court have been gut punched and are trying to figure out how to regroup all within a 3 month period.

They need an adult to steady the ship while they are doing what normal teens do.
 
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Chin Diesel said:
I'd like to remind everyone a bunch of 18-22 year olds who have rarely faced adversity on a basketball court have been gut punched and are trying to figure out how to regroup all within a 3 month period.

They need an adult to steady the ship while they are doing what normal teens do.
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Absolutely and of course they do. Unfortunately they have kevin ollie.
 
Coaching aside, there’s just not nearly enough talent on the roster.

Outsider of Carlton and Diarra who gets jerked around to no end, the front court is the Dead Sea. We have a few interesting mid-major types, but that’s the extent of it.

We’ll win six or seven games if we try to do this again next year without Adams.
 
Kitaman said:
With a new shot clock (after a made bucket) Vital catches the ball which just crossed half court, with only 6 seconds in and hoists a 3 point bomb, that misses. The opponent rebounds (because no UConn player in rebound situation) and scores. 2 minutes later Vital does it again.

What I don't understand (and this is the growth issue) is that Ollie sees this and after the miss, simply returns to his seat. This is every freakin game. No offense, no look to pass, no effort of getting others involved, just shoot the shot with no regard for game situation.

Ollie let's this happen game after game, with no repercussion, no changes to this non-play, and no effort to correct Vital's bad habit. It makes Vital look uncoached.

(I'm not picking on Vital, just as an example, there are many more un-coached scenarios).

Albert Mouring was a much better shooter but I know JC would have choked him after the 1st 'selfish shot.
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No accountability. What KO fails to realize is if he held some guys accountable we would lose the game we would have lost anyways but just maybe to would he the message and stop doing it.

And yes, we have very little to no talent. But it doesn't matter you still have to coach.
 
Come on people, no coach in America can win with this collection of talent. David Onuorah averaged 3 pg at Cornell but started games at UCONN, Kwintin Williams? Cobb averaged 1 pg at South Carolina and 10 at Chipola college, Anderson averaged 11 pg his senior season at Fordham and shot 41%. Gilbert hurt, Diarra and Larrier coming off injuries.

Did anyone really expected us to win with this roster?
There is a difference in hoping we win the game and we will win the game. Winning changes everything. Great players make ok coaches look great.
 
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Javjudah said:
Come on people, no coach in America can win this collection of talent. David Onuorah averaged 3 pg at Cornell but started games at UCONN, Kwintin Williams? Cobb averaged 1 pg at South Carolina and 10 at Chipola college, Anderson averaged 11 pg his senior season at Fordham and shot 41%. Gilbert hurt, Diarra and Larrier coming injuries.

Did anyone really expected us to win this roster?
There is a difference in hoping we win the game and will will win the game.
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Nope, just looking for some measure of improvement.
 
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3rdbass said:
I think I might stop watching games. I don't think I ever did that in my 30 plus years of watching UCONN basketball. Yeah, my first impression is always why can't we even see some improvement from the team. We seem to be regressing with each game.
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If you're over 50 and would like to be around the next time we make the Tournament, taking a break might be a good option.
 
Failure to improve over the course of the season is bad but worse to me is failure to improve year to year. That was a Calhoun stock in trade. Not just him, but all the great coaches. It used to be fun to imagine a player realize his potential. I haven't seen a player improve other than marginally in 3 years. Probably my strongest indictment on a coaching staff and players. There is no path to success in a backwater conference like this.
 
Javjudah said:
These guys have been playing college basketball for 4 or 5 years now. They are who they are. We need an injection of new blood.
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Especially on the bench. The guy who is running the program simply isn't up to it. Can't find many good players, can't keep many of them around, and can't coach them up when he does manage the the first two on this list.
 
Jimdish255 said:
If you're over 50 and would like to be around the next time we make the Tournament, taking a break might be a good option.
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I actually have been watching since I young kid. I miscalculated the years as it is about 40 to 41 but I’m still under 50. My father use to take me to the games at the civic center we’re I got to see corny Thompson and mike McKay play and then Vern Giscome and Karl Hobbs, chuck alexssinas, Norman bailey.
 
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well personally i've seen carlton improve on offense and kwintin improve his positioning on offense for dribble handoffs and positioning himself for an alley oop, etc. despite being caught out a bit at this level kwintin definitely has made some improvement since his last game which I believe was against Temple in which he couldn't do much. as for whaley, his help defense positioning has gotten much better. for larrier he seems to just force shots per usual and vital got to the line quite a bit despite that one pull up three pointer in the first half. jalen was jalen last night and he's the only reason we aren't 6-17 or something worse.
 
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