Actually, what has been the performance issue under KO has been a constant. Inconsistency on both sides of the ball within games and from game to game. That is especially hard to explain on D. I didn’t see the Arkansas game or any recent game, coming home today from China. I don’t want his head, I want better coaching. I’m a UConn fan and if KO isn’t the guy, then he isn’t. We all want him to succeed, but even during his NC year the team was inconsistent and only a Brimah miracle enable the final run where the team, to his credit, played great D.
He got a pass for last year, so many injuries. But he can’t keep getting passes and if the intensity is erratic, that’s on him. If they don’t run an offense,, who do we attribute that to? Our league isn’t great or lousy, but if we can’t get above middle of the pack this year, what does Benedict do? I hope KO can get it done.
Calhoun did us no favors by putting Manuel in a position where we didn’t do the national coaching search the program deserved. My attitude then was , do a national search and if KO was the winner, fine. We would have done due diligence. We all know what a well coached team looks like.