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storrsroars said:
Jackson may not be a PG, but to suggest he's not a ball handler or initiator is absurd.
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I'm not saying that, I'm saying those are the holes that we need to fill with the PG slots.
 
tykurez said:
Hope everyone spinning this is right but not feeling warm and fuzzy with the state of the program at this very moment. Really need to hope the portal works out … as well as some of these freshman.
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That’s fine. But given how expansive the portal is, and the countless success stories we saw on rosters this year, there’s a clear reason me (and many others) are cautiously optimistic that we’ll come out better at the end of this offseason.
 
JMick said:
Yeah. He went out and got Kwintin Williams, Antwoine Anderson, David Onuorah, Sidney Wilson and Eric Cobb.

Didn't exactly work out.
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True. But he had a NC, conference tourney title and final as well. Just saying it seems like we’re giving a much longer leash with Hurley than Ollie and everyone seems content with it
 
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think most people on the same page here... all wish Gaffney and Diggins the best

NO ONE can reasonably predict whether Jackson will become a great, primary PG for an entire season

NO ONE can reasonably predict who we land in the portal, but we can remain optimistic we bring in some pieces

all have to trust Hurley and staff (no choice here since we dont control the program)... but can agree things not super peachy right now, especially if Dan Hurley is going to start pitching this as a rebuilding year. he's done some positive things, but has also been very disappointing

lets not fall into extreme rhetorical predictions
 
UConnSwag11 said:
True. But he had a NC, conference tourney title and final as well. Just saying it seems like we’re giving a much longer leash with Hurley than Ollie and everyone seems content with it
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Because the trends were completely opposite directions, one is trending up every season and the other started off with those accolades you list and then stopped doing his job
 
UConnSwag11 said:
True. But he had a NC, conference tourney title and final as well. Just saying it seems like we’re giving a much longer leash with Hurley than Ollie and everyone seems content with it
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Do you really get it?
 
SeattleHoop said:
Man, people on here really don’t like Andre’s game. Hurley is putting is trust in him and I’m all for it. Count me in the camp that believes Ajax can be a really great PG for us.
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His game is easy to like but we need a lot more production and a lot fewer "nice flashes".

In Feb/March he averaged 5.6/5.5/3.4 and shot 37.5% from the floor. It's just not great, yet. We are throwing around the idea of a massive increase in his role and responsibilities. I love him as a secondary playmaker but I think we're in deep crap if he's our starting point guard.
 
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UConnSwag11 said:
True. But he had a NC, conference tourney title and final as well. Just saying it seems like we’re giving a much longer leash with Hurley than Ollie and everyone seems content with it
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Well they're completely different scenarios and the situations aren't comparable at all. So I don't think it's unreasonable that they're being handled and perceived differently. And I mean there's also the fact that Ollie was at UConn longer than Hurley has been here

But sure otherwise everything is exactly the same and you're definitely not trying to push some agenda that everyone else seems to have gotten over
 
You are asking a guy who never played a true PG on the college level to now assume that primary role in a Top D1 program?
Being handed the ball at the top of the key is not a PG maybe a point forward which is what happened last season.
But if he is a PG and I am the other team, I am in his jock everytime he brings the ball up from underneath the opposition's hoop.
That would be a what a PG does and I don't think in a million years he could do that consistently.
 
UConnSwag11 said:
True. But he had a NC, conference tourney title and final as well. Just saying it seems like we’re giving a much longer leash with Hurley than Ollie and everyone seems content with it
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The winning percentage has gone up every year under Hurley. Ollie's first two years were his best, and his last two were flat out awful.
 
UConnSwag11 said:
True. But he had a NC, conference tourney title and final as well. Just saying it seems like we’re giving a much longer leash with Hurley than Ollie and everyone seems content with it
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I kind of disagree, Ollie was fired after not making the tournament 3 years in a row correct? I have to imagine if Hurley misses next two years he will not get a chance to make it three in a row
 
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Fishy said:
With all due respect, you and the guy who coaches high school (?) are mistaken. The movement is overwhelmingly downward in both sports.
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Didn't we just see a Baylor backcourt win the championship with 2 transfer guards in Teague and Mitchell. Where would UNC be without Manek? Where would KU be without Remy Martin? Last time I checked Gonzaga's starting backcourt was transfers. The front runner for national player of the year a transfer on Kentucky! The times have changed, catch up or stay out of the discussion.
 
UConnSwag11 said:
True. But he had a NC, conference tourney title and final as well. Just saying it seems like we’re giving a much longer leash with Hurley than Ollie and everyone seems content with it
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Kevin Ollie nearly relegated this program into a Division 3 rec league. Hurley cleaned up his disaster. Our record for next year is 0-0 right now, idk how you can say things have gotten worse with a straight face.
 
aburks41 said:
Kevin Ollie nearly relegated this program into a Division 3 rec league. Hurley cleaned up his disaster. Our record for next year is 0-0 right now, idk how you can say things have gotten worse with a straight face.
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Do you think that just maybe, changing the transfer rule so that players don't have to sit out broadens the pool of talent? Half a dozen great teams this year were entirely built on transfers. You have KO ptsd.
 
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Excalibur said:
This should be the criticism. Everyone whiffs on recruits. He whiffed on two straight at the same position. That should raise eyebrows. Let's see how he plugs the holes.
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Of course you come with the measured well thought out takes.
 
UConnSwag11 said:
True. But he had a NC, conference tourney title and final as well. Just saying it seems like we’re giving a much longer leash with Hurley than Ollie and everyone seems content with it
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Ollie had probably the two worst seasons at UConn since the 70s back to back before he was fired. If Hurley has a season that bad this upcoming year I don't think you need to worry, he'll be gone.
 
Fishy said:
Sound logic until you remember that the guy who recruited them is the one who is going to be the one to find people to replace them and he’s now shopping the discount aisle.


Not really.

Watch how many kids in the portal are out of college basketball next season. The portal is the greatest sleight of hand ever in college sports. Biggest function of the portal is to convey players downward and the ones already near the bottom are conveyed out.
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That’s definitely a function, but I don’t know if it’s the biggest one. The biggest one is to ease the movement of successful players from lesser programs to better programs.
 
CL82 said:
This actually terrifies me. I’m a big AJ fan, and I wouldn’t mind him getting some minutes at the point, but he’s a long way away from being a starting point guard.
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It would concern me more in a different era. The point guard role isn't what it used to be. Teams looking to generate offense with off the ball movement and passing rather than have it come through one guy. No matter who is the "PG" a lot of our offense is going to flow through Jackson. The biggest issue is defending opposing PGs, and I think AJ can handle most of them.
 
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