I’d probably cancel the Hurley presser

[whaler11]

I gave you the incremental cost this year vs next year. If you are choosing to be a nitwit then be a nitwit.

They have to pay the entire buyout when they fire him.

So other than a lump 9.5 million - you nailed it. Nitwit.

 

[boog204]

You make me sick. You should never boo your own team. Terrible fan. He's had bad luck for two years and still will probably be above .500 this yr. You make it sound like Ollie slept with your wife.

There's a whole lot more than bad luck going on here...

 

[JMick]

You make me sick. You should never boo your own team. Terrible fan. He's had bad luck for two years and still will probably be above .500 this yr. You make it sound like Ollie slept with your wife.

No he just destroyed our basketball program

 

[KembaStepback]

There's a whole lot more than bad luck going on here...

No kidding. Look. I get it. Ollie has made some mistakes. He hasn't landed a shooter, etc. But don't try to tell me Terry's ACL and Gilberts shoulder are his fault. I don't want to hear it. If KO leaves and the whole team leaves is a new coach going to bring in an entire roster of players better than we have now? No way. Firing Ollie right now would be a huge mistake. They've got talent coming in. Lets play it out and see what happens.

 

[KembaStepback]

No he just destroyed our basketball program

He won a NC and he ruined the program because of 2 injury filled seasons? My god. I hope you don't have kids...because Id feel sorry for them.

 

[KembaStepback]

No he just destroyed our basketball program

Id argue that fans like you are ruining the program with all your BS negativity. Give it a rest.

 

[swami7774]

Four years ago we won the national championship.
Seems like 40.

 

[Waquoit]

Why don't we just sell a bunch of OOC games to get money the way Texas Southern does? Instead of one-for-ones with P5 schools we could do a season or two of one and dones for cash. It's not like we have any pride left after giving BCU one of our home FB games.

 

[Travelman6]

Just picture March 2019, when we finish our third straight losing season in a row. That’s what we’re headed for with Ollie. Getting 1000 people in the civic center will be a chore.

Aren't they giving away free tickets to the Tulsa game to people who hold season tickets for football?

 

[August_West]

No kidding. Look. I get it. Ollie has made some mistakes. He hasn't landed a shooter, etc. But don't try to tell me Terry's ACL and Gilberts shoulder are his fault. I don't want to hear it. If KO leaves and the whole team leaves is a new coach going to bring in an entire roster of players better than we have now? No way. Firing Ollie right now would be a huge mistake. They've got talent coming in. Lets play it out and see what happens.

Im no insider or guru like Chief00 but I would put the probability of that exact thinking by the decision makers at 95%

Which will make the April melts by people like this ... dot dot dot

No he just destroyed our basketball program

dot dot dot ... endless.


#poorJmick

 

[HuskyBandDad]

Aren't they giving away free tickets to the Tulsa game to people who hold season tickets for football?

Yea but I might take the hockey or women's game.

 

[whaler11]

Yea but I might take the hockey or women's game.

you get all three

 

[HuskyBandDad]

you get all three

Even better. I thought you had to pick one.

 

[boog204]

No kidding. Look. I get it. Ollie has made some mistakes. He hasn't landed a shooter, etc. But don't try to tell me Terry's ACL and Gilberts shoulder are his fault. I don't want to hear it. If KO leaves and the whole team leaves is a new coach going to bring in an entire roster of players better than we have now? No way. Firing Ollie right now would be a huge mistake. They've got talent coming in. Lets play it out and see what happens.

Never said fire him now. But saying he's been snakebit is also completely incorrect. With both Gilbert and Larrier, we lost to Wagner and Northeastern and were down 15 eight minutes into the game against Okla St when we lost Larrier. The team was awful fully intact, too. Those injuries, of course, are not KOs fault, but saying it was bad luck is implying that we were rolling and then we got screwed. And that's absolutely not true. We don't know if they would have gelled over time or not.

If we replace KO, it is likely that someone might leave. But it's up to the powers that be to bring in a coach who CAN bring in players. We already know that KOs name and UConn's for that matter in this regime are not exactly lighting it up in the recruiting world. Recruits know that all is not right here. If we make the right hire, we should be able to sell to a prospective recruit that the ship has been righted. Will it take a year or two of lumps? Quite probably. But I'd rather know that we are looking to change then continue to try the same thing that has not worked.

As far as the players coming in, they are solid. But I'm not sure if any of them are day-one impact players except out of necessity. Akinjo looks like he can play but small guards often take some time to figure out how to play against bigger and better competition and he's still just a borderline top 100 player. Matthews looks like he is talented and may be underrated, but he's rated (I know imperfect science) lower than Polley, and the big man looks like a garbage type guy. Useful, yes. Impact player? Not likely.

Again, an in-season fire is asinine on all accounts and simply will not happen unless they think Chill, Kill, or Ricky Moore is the next head coach and I think there is zero chance of that happening. But, I'm growing weary of just riding it out with KO because we are worried about what change may come. We need change or we are going to be completely irrelevant.

 

[BlueMAB]

You make it sound like Ollie slept with your wife.

You sound like you'd thank him for sleeping with yours.

 

[August_West]

But saying he's been snakebit is also completely incorrect. With both Gilbert and Larrier, we lost to Wagner and Northeastern and were down 15 eight minutes into the game against Okla St when we lost Larrier. The team was awful fully intact, too.

Wagner and Northeastern we had a full squad, true. And should not have lost those games but we incorporated a ton of new people. It would have been interesting to see if that team couldve gotten better over the course of the year intact.

Gilbert was already gone by OK state.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Wagner and Northeastern we had a full squad, true. And should not have lost those games but we incorporated a ton of new people. It would have been interesting to see if that team couldve gotten better over the course of the year intact.

Gilbert was already gone by OK state.

Not that it's any excuse but Rodney was in a daze the first half dozen or so games last year.

 

[August_West]

Not that it's any excuse but Rodney was in a daze the first half dozen or so games last year.

yes he was.

 

[Huskybass]

No kidding. Look. I get it. Ollie has made some mistakes. He hasn't landed a shooter, etc. But don't try to tell me Terry's ACL and Gilberts shoulder are his fault. I don't want to hear it. If KO leaves and the whole team leaves is a new coach going to bring in an entire roster of players better than we have now? No way. Firing Ollie right now would be a huge mistake. They've got talent coming in. Lets play it out and see what happens.

I am pretty sure we all know what happens if we play it out. I will be exactly like the past 4 disappointing seasons.

 

[JMick]

Id argue that fans like you are ruining the program with all your BS negativity. Give it a rest.

Yes it's me, not the head coach. You are delusional

 

[Stainmaster]

Yes it's me, not the head coach. You are delusional

Fans were bailing before Ollie went to sh t for garbage reasons like not getting jazzed up by who we play in conference. Do people go to games to watch UConn or their opponents?

 

[WestHartHusk]

Not that it's any excuse but Rodney was in a daze the first half dozen or so games last year.

If only we had someone responsible for having his players ready last year.

Can we please get a filter that removes any excuses related to Larrier and AG injuries? Both risks were known to KO and he failed to secure any insurance against them going down, all the while running a solid recruiting class out of town and snoozing through the recruiting season.

 

[BlueMAB]

Fans were bailing before Ollie went to sh t for garbage reasons like not getting jazzed up by who we play in conference. Do people go to games to watch UConn or their opponents?

Even when we were in the Big East, it was tougher to get tickets for BC, Syracuse, Nova and Georgetown than it was St. Johns, Providence, Rutgers and Seton Hall. We had a shared history of meaningful/competitive games with those teams. You can pretend like the opponent shouldn't matter, but it does to more people than not. And we need those people to show up whether you like it or not.

 

[boog204]

Wagner and Northeastern we had a full squad, true. And should not have lost those games but we incorporated a ton of new people. It would have been interesting to see if that team couldve gotten better over the course of the year intact.

Gilbert was already gone by OK state.

I obviously think we are better than 16-17 w/ Gilbert and Larrier. But we suffered two of our most embarrassing losses of all-time while the team was intact and struggled to beat a .500 Loyola Marymount team for our first win. While it does take time for the parts to come together, that team got thoroughly outplayed by a 16-14 Wagner team and was putrid against a 15-16 Northeastern team. If those were legit mid-majors, I could give some leeway with it being a new team, etc. Similar to how we've lost to Ohio or St Bon in the past when our team was coming together.

More than anything though, it's the way that we play. It's bad basketball. Even if you do not have the talent, you can still execute an offense, come out with effort, and not make the same mistakes over and over (player and coach). It's not that we do not have guys to hit shots (a talent issue), it's that we are not even able to get guys in position to take shots (a coaching issue.) I'm fine (well not really) if AA misses a good look from 3. But we rarely get a good look. Every shot is contested, every shot is rushedThat's the overriding issue that we ignore far too often. When you watch us run a "set" and the players are running to their spots at 70% and guys are olaying their screens, and getting beat up and down the court. That's as much on the coach as it is the players. When timeouts are continually not taken, rotations are maddeningly perplexing, we have players explaining that they were not ready to play every game, and the coach compares the program to a sinking ship with rats aboard... I mean my god what the hell happened.

I think back to JCs first year (obviously KO does not equal JC). We were 9-19 playing a soccer player Greg Economou at the 2G. There was a dearth of talent on that team. But they played freaking hard. We've looked two steps slow for four years. And that's not just because of S&C issues.

 

[August_West]

It's not that we do not have guys to hit shots (a talent issue), it's that we are not even able to get guys in position to take shots (a coaching issue.)

Absolutely disagree with that. We get PLENTY of makeable shots.