J. Adams under Ollie & Hurley

[ClifSpliffy]

Would you consider taking Jalen out of the starting 5? I think he needs some tough motivation and discipline.

wait, what? no, just no.

 

[mauconnfan]

You're on the right track, and you can trace KO's success or failure along the lines of what he did with JC's recruits vs. his own recruits.

Simply put, he could coach up JC's guys, who were tough, disciplined, and eager to learn. Bazz, Boat, Giffey, etc.

In contrast, he had no idea how to identify that sort of player on the recruiting trail, no idea how to get them to buy in, and no idea how to instill those traits in those that needed a push. Daniel Hamilton, Purvis, Larrier, Adams, etc.

Hamilton was a good player under KO but it almost turned out as if his plan was 2 years and he was out no matter. He, like Jalen, had trouble caring for the ball though. Rodney bought in, he loved it at UConn and worked his tail off while here. Problem was he was more limited than we thought but all in all he did rep UConn really well. Larrier, well he wasn't even close to the same guy they took as a transfer after the injury speaking of limited. None of Larrier was on KO or the staff either he just wasn't the same athlete or close for that matter.

I do agree over all though that he was much better with JC's guys who already were coached up but needed to find their way to earn more time. He obviously worked with those guys, that type of kid much better than the young kids coming in.

 

[CL82]

You're on the right track, and you can trace KO's success or failure along the lines of what he did with JC's recruits vs. his own recruits.

Simply put, he could coach up JC's guys, who were tough, disciplined, and eager to learn. Bazz, Boat, Giffey, etc.

In contrast, he had no idea how to identify that sort of player on the recruiting trail, no idea how to get them to buy in, and no idea how to instill those traits in those that needed a push. Daniel Hamilton, Purvis, Larrier, Adams, etc.

That's fair and an equally possible answer.

 

[HuskyHawk]

All this speculation as to why Jalen isnt who we expected him to be is really silly. Jalen is a very good college player who isnt quite the leader or dominant player many hoped he would become. His first three years were in a funky environment and this year is under a new coach with a new system and seemingly higher expectations. Will he find his way and be on par with our elite guards of the past? It doesnt seem like it currently, but it sure would be fun if I was wrong on this one.

He's an interesting player to be sure. Except for a couple of bad games, he has been very efficient. Shooting a high percentage. What he doesn't seem to be able to do is take over for a short stretch and be the guy who stresses the other defense. He's done it at times, including last year in the duel with Rob Gray against Houston.

He's not a SG. Never has been, never will be. He is better with the ball in his hands. So is Gilbert. That's a personnel problem. Bazz and Boat both had the ability to shift from PG mode to SG mode. Jalen doesn't have it and I don't think Al does either. Can they figure it out? They have at times, so yes. I think we will see some very big games from Jalen in conference play. But he's not Kemba, Shabazz, Gordon level. He's just not. Don't think he's as good as a healthy AJ Price really.