I’d probably cancel the Hurley presser

[whaler11]

If Ollie was in trouble there is no way he’d leave the decision to Wilson.

Now he knows that Wilson will play so maybe he wants to put ownership for the decision on the kid and it’s not reflection of his needs - but I don’t think so.

You can probably shut down the blue ribbon committees working on a replacement and start hoping they close strong to get some momentum.

At the very least let’s get in the NIT and give ourselves a reason to party in the city. You can pretend it’s the mid-80’s and you haven’t popped your NIT cherry.

 

[JMick]

I don't follow. Did you just get back from happy hour?

 

[Huskybass]

I think you are reading way too much into this tweet.

 

[shizzle787]

The Wilson thing could be an AD decision for all we know.

 

[whaler11]

I don't follow. Did you just get back from happy hour?

Portugese wakes are not Irish. I wish.

The people working under the assumption that Ollie is gone have not wrapped their heads around how bad things are financially for the athletic department.

If Ollie felt he was at risk he’d pull out every stop like burning Wilson’s year.

I’m no insider but read Diaco being in trouble. I read the opposite here - Ollie is coming back.

 

[whaler11]

I think you are reading way too much into this tweet.

It’s not just the tweet, it’s just gave me a starting point for the thread.

 

[metsfan2323]

If a decision has already been made to keep Ollie next season AD Dave needs to make it public ASAP so Ollie can recruit.

The current silence from AD Dave grows louder by the day.

 

[JMick]

Portugese wakes are not Irish. I wish.

The people working under the assumption that Ollie is gone have not wrapped their heads around how bad things are financially for the athletic department.

If Ollie felt he was at risk he’d pull out every stop like burning Wilson’s year.

I’m no insider but read Diaco being in trouble. I read the opposite here - Ollie is coming back.

uh I think you're just misreading the tweet

 

[whaler11]

uh I think you're just misreading the tweet

You are assuming that I’m not considering things other than the tweet.

 

[Huskybass]

Portugese wakes are not Irish. I wish.

The people working under the assumption that Ollie is gone have not wrapped their heads around how bad things are financially for the athletic department.

If Ollie felt he was at risk he’d pull out every stop like burning Wilson’s year.

I’m no insider but read Diaco being in trouble. I read the opposite here - Ollie is back and not even really at risk.

You can't really believe that based on one tweet involving one player's eligibility. That is a huge reach.

 

[Banta55]

Portugese wakes are not Irish. I wish.

The people working under the assumption that Ollie is gone have not wrapped their heads around how bad things are financially for the athletic department.

If Ollie felt he was at risk he’d pull out every stop like burning Wilson’s year.

I’m no insider but read Diaco being in trouble. I read the opposite here - Ollie is coming back.

I have no idea how you can assume that from that tweet.. He's absolutely not coming back.

 

[Bryan Lord]

Based on trumps tweets today I came to the opposite conclusion. We'll see I guess.

 

[whaler11]

I have no idea how you can assume that from that tweet.. He's absolutely not coming back.

I’m not sure why even after I keep saying I’m using more than a single datapoint people keep posting this?

Oh well.

I’m on the record - I think he’s coming back.

If I’m wrong it will make a good signature for ‘Phil’ and you guys can all hammer at me.

Don’t see how anyone could say absolutely. If they win the AAC tourney they fire him?

Crazier stuff happens. The Jags were drive from winning an AFC championship on road against Tom Brady.

 

[whaler11]

One axiom I will mention.

No one has ever gone broke fading the BY.

 

[Fishy]

I think there is very, very little chance Ollie gets fired this year.

I also think ‘leaving it up to’ whatever kid is involved in whatever situation is something of an Ollie-ism. Alterique’s injury was up to Alterique, etc.

There’s zero reason to burn a season of eligibility now if Wilson somehow magically become eligible.

 

[Waquoit]

Maybe a cigar is just a cigar here?

 

[whaler11]

There’s zero reason to burn a season of eligibility now if Wilson somehow magically become eligible.

He makes them better and what are the chances he uses the year on the back end?

I’m super-conservative with eligiblity on the football side - the percentage of good players in basketball who exhaust their eligibility after four years in the same place is so low - who cares.

 

[whaler11]

Maybe a cigar is just a cigar here?

And maybe they have a magic bitcoin tree?

 

[Whtdmd]

I recommend the unions at UCONN file a grievance if the school swallow the 10 mil for Ollie and spend another 15 mil for a new hire. There is no money at UCONN. The athletics department is a sink hole now. The state legislature and more importantly; Susan knows that. Kevin is coming back

 

[Chief00]

Remember what happened to Hathaway. Due to some code of conduct issues, he did not get his otherwise contract payout.

 

[JMick]

I recommend the unions at UCONN file a grievance if the school swallow the 10 mil for Ollie and spend another 15 mil for a new hire. There is no money at UCONN. The athletics department is a sink hole now. The state legislature and more importantly; Susan knows that. Kevin is coming back

if it weren't for basketball we'd be a crappy regional university still. money to right the ship shouldn't be an issue. I don't get your obsession with Ollie. are you a personal friend or something?

 

[whaler11]

if it weren't for basketball we'd be a crappy regional university still. money to right the ship shouldn't be an issue. I don't get your obsession with Ollie. are you a personal friend or something?

10 million dollars is an issue everywhere.

 

[JMick]

Guy fighting his employer for 4 figure bonus thinks 8 figures isn’t an issue.

10 million dollars is an issue everywhere.

i didn't say it won't be an issue. i said it shouldn't be. finance it if you have to. the opportunity window is closing. we don't want to be completely mediocre or flat out bad at our flagship sport if conference realignment kicks off again

 

[whaler11]

i didn't say it won't be an issue. i said it shouldn't be. finance it if you have to. the opportunity window is closing. we don't want to be completely mediocre or flat out bad at our flagship sport if conference realignment kicks off again

Conference realignment is dead. Dead iddillly dead.

 

[crazyUCfan23]

FWIW, not putting much stock in this, but I heard from a very well connected HS b-ball coach (in terms of knowing college coaches and communicating them regularly) and he said that he had recently heard that Ollie is “serious trouble”

 

[JMick]

Conference realignment is dead. Dead iddillly dead.

I might be a pessimist by nature but I can't accept that as truth or I'll give up on college athletics all together

 

[Huskybass]

FWIW, not putting much stock in this, but I heard from a very well connected HS b-ball coach (in terms of knowing college coaches and communicating them regularly) and he said that he had recently heard that Ollie is “serious trouble”

My car wash guy said the same thing.

 

[Whtdmd]

if it weren't for basketball we'd be a crappy regional university still. money to right the ship shouldn't be an issue. I don't get your obsession with Ollie. are you a personal friend or something?

No, we r the premier university in NE. Its no longer basketball. It is the international reputation that send us several hundred international students per freshman glass. It is the fact that we have the best public medical, law and business school in NE. It is the new research hubs outside the med school in Farmington that just double their venture capital money in the past 12 mths. We can always go the Illinois route now and increase our international enrollment to make up for some of the financial shortcomings. This is the new UCONN that we have to keep. This is much more importat then basketball

 

[JMick]

No, we r the premier university in NE. Its no longer basketball. It is the international reputation that send us several hundred international students per freshman glass. It is the fact that we have the best public medical, law and business school in NE. It is the new research hubs outside the med school in Farmington that just double their venture capital money in the past 12 mths. We can always go the Illinois route now and increase our international enrollment to make up for some of the financial shortcomings. This is the new UCONN that we have to keep. This is much more importat then basketball

just curious, are you an alum?

 

[Rewster]

FWIW, not putting much stock in this, but I heard from a very well connected HS b-ball coach (in terms of knowing college coaches and communicating them regularly) and he said that he had recently heard that Ollie is “serious trouble”

"In serious trouble" meaning likely to be fired or
"Serious trouble" meaning not a good guy etc?