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I’d probably cancel the Hurley presser

Chief00 said:
Remember what happened to Hathaway. Due to some code of conduct issues, he did not get his otherwise contract payout.
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So timeline wise ... he signed a new contract after whatever indiscretion took place correct?

Unless he continued with new code of conduct issues I don't see how you can use that to get out of a contract that presumable was signed with the AD's knowledge of past indescrrtions.
 
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Ollie’s future remains uncertain. Nobody here knows. But, if AD has made a decision to fire, he’s not going to communicate it until the season ends and gets better beat on defections, as well as what coaches are available and interested. I personally think it’s more likely than not Ollie’s gone at end of year.
 
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crazyUCfan23 said:
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”
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Hope so. We can’t afford another year of this mess
 
crazyUCfan23 said:
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”
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Anybody who believes KO is not in serious trouble is being oblivious to the what is going on with the program. Not saying it will be easy to fire him at the end of the year, but I'm sure DB is going to try all avenues on making sure he is gone if the current trajectory continues for the rest of the season.
 
whaler11 said:
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.
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It’s February.

Throwing another random piece into this mess would likely make them worse.

He’s not a real threat to head to the NBA any time soon, so keep him on the shelf.
 
Fishy said:
It’s February.

Throwing another random piece into this mess would likely make them worse.

He’s not a real threat to head to the NBA any time soon, so keep him on the shelf.
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If I'm Wilson, I'd rather have four years instead of three and a third.
 
Chief00 said:
I think of Donovan Williams.
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Diaco was a full blown idiot; Ollie is just incompetent. Cooler heads will prevail and he will redshirt.
 
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Put yourself in Benedict’s shoes:

You have to drum up 10 million dollars to fire someone. You literally have to go out and beg for this money.

Someone that you just extended and while you didn’t negotiate the deal, your name is at the bottom.

When they ask you - who are you going to
replace him with? You say - hopefully Danny Hurley? And if he likes one of his P5 offers better - then what?

Then put yourself in Herbst’s shoes:

The state is going to clamp down on your university’s funding.

While it might be ‘private’ money that funds the buyout - your athletic department is bleeding like a hemophiliac at a razor blade factory.

The optics of the university burning 10 million dollars to make someone they just extended go away is horrendous. Herbst is a politician - she knows damn well that the UConn enemies in Hartford will use it as evidence they shouldn’t be funded as well as they are.


My employer makes billions a year and winning $10 million dollars to fund something is a monumental deal.

UConn’s athletic department looks at 2015 Radio Shack financials and says - what are you guys complaining about?
 
Fishy said:
It’s February.

Throwing another random piece into this mess would likely make them worse.

He’s not a real threat to head to the NBA any time soon, so keep him on the shelf.
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What does the NBA have to do with it?

The number of players who spend 5 years at a school is negligible.

Are we really making personel decisions with 2022 in mind?

You can’t even guess who is on the roster next season.
 
shizzle787 said:
If I'm Wilson, I'd rather have four years instead of three and a third.
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If I'm Sid, I'd rather get the game action now. Get back in some sort of rhythm, get the reps, game on tape, etc. How many pros are in college for 4 years anyway? Gotta start building stock now, tire fire or not
 
JMick said:
just curious, are you an alum?
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As Herbst says, the athletics program is just a front porch. "Flutie effect" on the school has blown it into the stratosphere.
 
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whaler11 said:
Put yourself in Benedict’s shoes:

You have to drum up 10 million dollars to fire someone. You literally have to go out and beg for this money.

Someone that you just extended and while you didn’t negotiate the deal, your name is at the bottom.

When they ask you - who are you going to
replace him with? You say - hopefully Danny Hurley? And if he likes one of his P5 offers better - then what?

Then put yourself in Herbst’s shoes:

The state is going to clamp down on your university’s funding.

While it might be ‘private’ money that funds the buyout - your athletic department is bleeding like a hemophiliac at a razor blade factory.

The optics of the university burning 10 million dollars to make someone they just extended go away is horrendous. Herbst is a politician - she knows damn well that the UConn enemies in Hartford will use it as evidence they shouldn’t be funded as well as they are.


My employer makes billions a year and winning $10 million dollars to fund something is a monumental deal.

UConn’s athletic department looks at 2015 Radio Shack financials and says - what are you guys complaining about?
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Susan knows politics. The best example is the UCONN west hartford campus. The board was all set to sell the campus to a Chinese group call Weiming for 10 mill. West hartford objected n she put a stop to the sale because of the supports she needed from WH Dems. The site was sold to WH for like a mil and then it fell through. It is still a good decision for UCONN because we were spare the massive cuts that Republican proposed. She and DB know the optics of this. KO is staying
 
Well, nice that we have other athletic departments around here to follow. Go Camels.
 
Whtdmd said:
Susan knows politics. The best example is the UCONN west hartford campus. The board was all set to sell the campus to a Chinese group call Weiming for 10 mill. West hartford objected n she put a stop to the sale because of the supports she needed from WH Dems. The site was sold to WH for like a mil and then it fell through. It is still a good decision for UCONN because we were spare the massive cuts that Republican proposed. She and DB know the optics of this. KO is staying
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if Susan knew politics she'd have handled the sexual assault lawsuit differently. she floundered through that one even though she was right.
 
Chief00 said:
Remember what happened to Hathaway. Due to some code of conduct issues, he did not get his otherwise contract payout.
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I've asked others this, maybe I'm the only one that doesn't know. What are the code of conduct issues by Ollie? If bad why not fire right now?
 
whaler11 said:
Put yourself in Benedict’s shoes:

You have to drum up 10 million dollars to fire someone. You literally have to go out and beg for this money.

Someone that you just extended and while you didn’t negotiate the deal, your name is at the bottom.

When they ask you - who are you going to
replace him with? You say - hopefully Danny Hurley? And if he likes one of his P5 offers better - then what?

Then put yourself in Herbst’s shoes:

The state is going to clamp down on your university’s funding.

While it might be ‘private’ money that funds the buyout - your athletic department is bleeding like a hemophiliac at a razor blade factory.

The optics of the university burning 10 million dollars to make someone they just extended go away is horrendous. Herbst is a politician - she knows damn well that the UConn enemies in Hartford will use it as evidence they shouldn’t be funded as well as they are.


My employer makes billions a year and winning $10 million dollars to fund something is a monumental deal.

UConn’s athletic department looks at 2015 Radio Shack financials and says - what are you guys complaining about?
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Yep. It's tough to see how anybody is going to make this work, short of Ollie just flat out quitting. I'm afraid we're destined for a really rough go of it regarding whatever is left of our fanbase if we don't go on some kind of miracle run in the AAC tourney.

"...bleeding like a hemophiliac at a razor blade factory." That's LMAO hysterical, but also the sad truth regarding our athletic dept.
 
Whtdmd said:
Susan knows politics. The best example is the UCONN west hartford campus. The board was all set to sell the campus to a Chinese group call Weiming for 10 mill. West hartford objected n she put a stop to the sale because of the supports she needed from WH Dems. The site was sold to WH for like a mil and then it fell through. It is still a good decision for UCONN because we were spare the massive cuts that Republican proposed. She and DB know the optics of this. KO is staying
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Couldnt of played politics well enough when we could have left the conference
 
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Whtdmd said:
Susan knows politics. The best example is the UCONN west hartford campus. The board was all set to sell the campus to a Chinese group call Weiming for 10 mill. West hartford objected n she put a stop to the sale because of the supports she needed from WH Dems. The site was sold to WH for like a mil and then it fell through. It is still a good decision for UCONN because we were spare the massive cuts that Republican proposed. She and DB know the optics of this. KO is staying
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The optics of keeping him will be far worse when no one starts to showing up for games and support is at an all time low.
 
crazyUCfan23 said:
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”
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I've no doubt he's hearing it vis a vis negative recruiting. Other coaches are hammering it I'm sure. Not that they need all that much ammo these days.
 
Whtdmd said:
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
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I recommend the state unions stop bilking the state treasury and raping tax payers.
 
whaler11 said:
Put yourself in Benedict’s shoes:

You have to drum up 10 million dollars to fire someone. You literally have to go out and beg for this money.

Someone that you just extended and while you didn’t negotiate the deal, your name is at the bottom.

When they ask you - who are you going to
replace him with? You say - hopefully Danny Hurley? And if he likes one of his P5 offers better - then what?

Then put yourself in Herbst’s shoes:

The state is going to clamp down on your university’s funding.

While it might be ‘private’ money that funds the buyout - your athletic department is bleeding like a hemophiliac at a razor blade factory.

The optics of the university burning 10 million dollars to make someone they just extended go away is horrendous. Herbst is a politician - she knows damn well that the UConn enemies in Hartford will use it as evidence they shouldn’t be funded as well as they are.


My employer makes billions a year and winning $10 million dollars to fund something is a monumental deal.

UConn’s athletic department looks at 2015 Radio Shack financials and says - what are you guys complaining about?
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So cut football, move basketball to the A-10 and let's all go find other things to do with our spare time.
 
Lefty2one said:
So cut football, move basketball to the A-10 and let's all go find other things to do with our spare time.
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That’s a more likely outcome than most people want to admit.
 
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