If you were AD

[tower1]

Your right!

 

[Mokum]

Problem is, if Uconn hires an up and coming coach who suceeds in getting Uconn back in the national picture, will they be able to keep him in light of the financial crisis in CT? Time for Connecticut to follow what other states are doing. Legalize weed and the money will start flowing into state coffers

 

[temery]

My solution is so simple I’m surprised nobody has thought of it ...

Ask Clyde Vaughan to take the coaching staff out for a night of partying.

 

[TRest]

My solution is so simple I’m surprised nobody has thought of it ...

Ask Clyde Vaughan to take the coaching staff out for a night of partying.

I think the coaching staff has the partying part locked down already.

 

[temery]

I think the coaching staff has the partying part locked down already.

Clyde was far better at “trick” or treating.

 

[HuskyHawk]

I'd be talking to my contacts to see who might be available, and what they would cost.

I would be talking to Kevin Ollie and suggesting that he talk to his contacts across the NBA. Firing him now is stupid. Firing him at the end of the year crushes our strained budget and puts a 2-3 year monkey wrench in his career plans. It is in his interest and ours that he move on to the next stage of his career in coaching at the end of the season. Benedict needs to make that happen.

He also needs to get that hockey rink built since it looks like XL isn't getting an upgrade any time soon. He also needs to be looking into a successor men's soccer coach.

 

[DMIL]

1. Shy of something near criminal (on KO's part) occurring between now and April there is no way he doesn't finish the season (as an in-season firing would not make much sense). I could well be wrong but due primarily to the buyout, unless he does something off the court that embarrasses the university, I don't see KO being relieved of his duties prior to the end of the 2018-2019 season. I agree fully. I still see the first (of a few) things that started the fall of the program was when Donyell was overlooked (I believe in favor of promoting Ricky Moore to assistant and hiring Kevin Freeman as Director of Ops). My belief (I could again be wrong) was that KO didn't want someone with Donyell's veritas on his staff, basically preferring a weaker than possible staff out of comfort. This is a situation where there is sufficient blame to pass around. Adams has a ton of questionable habits on the floor (and possibly during practice as well) and he seems very content in falling back to them at critical times. KO (perhaps due to the limited roster over the past couple of seasons, perhaps due to his nature) has refused to punish JA (or any other player) for questionable, insufficient or even misguided effort. The thing is leadership starts at the top and this is fully on KO for not doing whatever is necessary to have the guy leading the team on the court demanding the best from all players, including himself, at all times. Granted, JA is not the type of PG we've become accustomed to here (he really isn't a PG) but there is no reason someone who wants to be the leader (JA obviously does) can't be required to be a leader. I'm curious as to what Larrier's best role (outside of being a scorer in a different setup than what we can offer) would be. He seems to want to be a 20 ft from the basket two (doesn't really have the game for that) and shies away from a lot close to the basket. He did look good at times yesterday and hopefully he'll continue to improve (it could be health of his knee or confidence in the strength of his knee). He's a bit too passive at the moment to be the offensive player we need and I believe he would be more effective if we had another forward who could play close to the basket and somewhat consistently score and rebound. At different times (I believe against Columbia) we had one of Polley, Whalley and Carlton on the floor for decent periods of times. While the game didn't allow for it (once again a questionable effort) I would have loved to have seen a three to four minute stretch with all three (this may be our future front court) on the floor together. Each has some skill, good size and athleticism, each being someone that an earlier version of UConn could have turned into quite a productive player a few years in. Now there is only hope we can do that. This is the most frustrating part. The lead players seem to think they can turn it on at will. Quality teams, teams that win through will when talent is reasonably equal, teams that make runs in March (instead of disappointing their fans more often than not) always put in the effort. This team has taken a game off after every legitimate effort to date. That's on the coach. That's on the players. That's on everyone and everything involved with the program. See my answer to #7. The effort against Tulsa will speak volumes.

If Adams and Larrier are gone so be it. They may have talent but neither is a guy a legitimate program can do without. I don't know what either sees himself as but I'll wager heavily that it is far above what most who make a living judging basketball talent sees them as. We will have some nice pieces next year and hopefully KO can learn to again be a teacher. Perhaps within the current freshman class there is someone who can be an on-court leader (something we haven't had since Napier).

K.O is teaching however the core issue as it stands is that we have key pieces missing bottom line. We do not have shooters on the squad. Adams is a scorer with questionable decision making including shot selection; not a PG and Larrier has a nice jumper that he need a true PG to give him the ball in the right position and spot on the floor. He also has a descent mid-range game. Also remember the ACL injuries really take a couple of years so next year I believe you will see more of what we were expecting prior to the injury last year. Our only true PG is done for the season, back to back injuries. We have no true 5 position and certainly been in effective by committee. You can't expect players to be something that they are not. KO is addressing these holes in the next class. We get Larrier back, Adams. Gilbert along with Sid Wilson, the freshman class and all of our returning freshman from this class and we will be back in the mix with a chance to put together a couple of good recruiting years back to back. This team has no shooters, no PG and does not value the ball. Personnel is 90% of this.

 

[Paesano]

K.O is teaching however the core issue as it stands is that we have key pieces missing bottom line. We do not have shooters on the squad. Adams is a scorer with questionable decision making including shot selection; not a PG and Larrier has a nice jumper that he need a true PG to give him the ball in the right position and spot on the floor. He also has a descent mid-range game. Also remember the ACL injuries really take a couple of years so next year I believe you will see more of what we were expecting prior to the injury last year. Our only true PG is done for the season, back to back injuries. We have no true 5 position and certainly been in effective by committee. You can't expect players to be something that they are not. KO is addressing these holes in the next class. We get Larrier back, Adams. Gilbert along with Sid Wilson, the freshman class and all of our returning freshman from this class and we will be back in the mix with a chance to put together a couple of good recruiting years back to back. This team has no shooters, no PG and does not value the ball. Personnel is 90% of this.

Yep, another "one more year" post. Go to bed. You are drunk.