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FourRings said:
How did Jacobs find the time to write this article? I thought he was dedicated to find out why UConn isn't in a P5.
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He will write that article after a few visits to the CRB board.
 
pnow15 said:
Actually, Jacob's remarks show a profound ignorance of the purpose of any board of this nature. In truth, it is a mild debating society in which people hold different perspectives and represent them. If everyone agreed and no one was provocative then we might as well have a town hall meeting in Amish county America. How boring would that be?
Sports fans argue sports. It's part of the fun.
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Agree, and he knows this. He also knows that many fans do not want to delve that deeply into Husky hoops. Look around you even in Ct. most people are like "did they win?" We are a hyper focused bunch with a lot of detailed analysis some good some bad. Even sportswriters can gain a thing or two from other's opinions.
 
Jacobs should walk to Storrs from Hartford if UConn ends up in the NIT. Until then, I'll chill. I agree with his article but I do think he has a hard on for KO. I do too, but I'll still criticize him when needed.
 
The people who still hold grudges against Jacobs are missing out on one of the only quality UConn writers. I don't agree with everything he says, but he writes a lot of good stuff that's worth the read.
 
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TRest said:
Let's not mistake playing crap offensive teams with awesome defense.
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UConn is ranked 13th in the country in adjusted defense (which accounts for competition). They've held eight straight opponents to 40% or less from the field.

Ollie has earned some criticism this year. But if you're going to bash him for the offensive execution and not credit him for how far the defense has come, you're not being reasonable.

And, on the topic of that offense, well, as Jacobs said, the man didn't forget how to coach. Ollie is absolutely correct when he says the offense needs to get the ball to the third side. This offense is night and day when they reverse the ball from strong side to weak side andthen sometimes back again.
 
Two things that are mutually exclusive:

1) Many of us often overreact (on a message board...go figure)
2) Jacobs is a hack. 70% of the Husky Fan Base has never seen the BY, yet a few yahoos here now represent the entire base.....idiot.
 
is Jacobs right about Ollie? or the Boneyard?

the BY thinks Ollie will be fine too, the BY has not called for his firing at all. JJ is a lying buffoon, which is what his profession does best
 
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next week, JJ will tell the world the BY said Ollie can't recruit either
 
willie99 said:
next week, JJ will tell the world the BY said Ollie can't recruit either
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If he framed it in the past tense, it would be 100% correct. Remember last season?
 
Not only do I agree with this article at or almost 100%, but it hits on why people (like myself) had quick retorts for people criticizing only Ollie: Just because his players continue to do the wrong things in certain instances doesn't mean he thinks that's ok or is telling them "that's how it's done."

People DID make assertions like that and contend that he had no clue and could be out of his element and a junky coach.

If your assertions were "he made some mistakes and it's on the coach to get rid of the players' mistakes" that's fine, it's true, and most agreed. People claiming that some mid-season stagnant offense and poor play by his players meant he had no idea how to run an offense and is lost as a coach, in general, is the ridiculous part.
 
You'd have to be stupid or a Courant columnist to think that UConn is putting a team playing up to its potential on the court right now.

This team lost to Syracuse, Temple, Tulsa and Gonzaga. Which one of those teams would you trade rosters with?

But yeah, blame the Boneyard. It's our fault.
 
Fishy said:
You'd have to be stupid or a Courant columnist to think that UConn is putting a team playing up to its potential on the court right now.

This team lost to Syracuse, Temple, Tulane and Gonzaga. Which one of those teams would you trade rosters with?

But yeah, blame the Boneyard. It's our fault.
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Tulsa...but it could have been Tulane that night.
 
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BLUEDOGHOUSE said:
Tulsa...but it could have been Tulane that night.
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Ugh. I constantly use Tulane instead of Tulsa - I don't think I'll ever accept being in a conference with Tulsa.

But the Tulane game was a wreck as well.
 
JJ is a - always was always will be
If you think what he wrote was right on - so be it
The guy is an antagonist whose only aim is to rile - it may be players, coaches, officiating people or fans.
The Courant is a rag and is only in business because it has no competition in it's market
If he thinks a majority of BYers want KO gone - he is sadly mistaken
Ask everyone at a sold out XL or Gampel and I would wager 85% don't know what the BY is
No sense wishing he would not write for the Courant because that's the only rag that would hire/employ him
 
MilliniumPrince said:
The Boneyard never said that....a few boneheads did.
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Quite a bit more than a few boneheads. That contingent included a number of posters who are universally respected here, and given the overall character of their posts deservedly so.
 
gtcam said:
JJ is a - always was always will be
If you think what he wrote was right on - so be it
The guy is an antagonist whose only aim is to rile - it may be players, coaches, officiating people or fans.
The Courant is a rag and is only in business because it has no competition in it's market
If he thinks a majority of BYers want KO gone - he is sadly mistaken
Ask everyone at a sold out XL or Gampel and I would wager 85% don't know what the BY is
No sense wishing he would not write for the Courant because that's the only rag that would hire/employ him
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Sometimes at games if I am making small talk with the people around me, Ill just throw it out there and ask if they ever heard of The Boneyard, 90% of the time they look at me like I have 3 heads. The only time I got a yes was the Indiana game at MSG 2 years ago when some kid behind me said his uncle was a member. The only other time I heard somebody acknowledge this place was on the train back from the Michigan St game when two guys walking by my seat mentioned "a thread on the boneyard"
 
I actually agree with Jacobs "Keep out of the Boneyard". I suppose he never complained about anything in his life. Oh wait...that is all he does.
 
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Do I listen to myself? Of course not. I'll hold out for a few weeks, but then I give in to the worst angels of my masochism. It's just so entertaining being exposed as a nitwit by the fanatics.

Classic Jacobs! I think someone got their feelings hurt... again.

Jacobs is a self-absorbed (and yes, Jeff I used that word just for your self-righteous indignation - you're welcome) but he wrote a column that arguably was supportive of Ollie. Tough for me find fault with that. If the cost of that is his calling out some BY posters as idiots, I can live with that.

I will also say that Jacobs can write a good column when he isn't navel gazing. It's when he puts himself in story or indulges himself by writing a retaliatory article over a perceived slight that he becomes unreadable. His inability to see that is his tragic flaw.

That said, this thread is on its second page, so kudos to him for successfully flaming us.
 
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