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.... and good versus potentially not so good attorneys? How's @Stainmaster's LSAT preparation progressing?This past week has done a great job of separating the lawyers from the non-lawyers.
.... and good versus potentially not so good attorneys? How's @Stainmaster's LSAT preparation progressing?This past week has done a great job of separating the lawyers from the non-lawyers.
We agree on this part. We disagree as to what, exactly, Ollie had to do with that development. I think Ollie had little or nothing to do with the development over those 2 years. I think it had more to do with: 1. Players having the JC mindset. 2. JC being around. 3. Miller. Maybe other things. But not Ollie.But the real development of the championship core occurred between 2012 and 2014.
We agree on this part. We disagree as to what, exactly, Ollie had to do with that development. I think Ollie had little or nothing to do with the development over those 2 years. I think it had more to do with: 1. Players having the JC mindset. 2. JC being around. 3. Miller. Maybe other things. But not Ollie.
Citing the 2 sentences above, which facts directly support your opinions? Regarding "public/taxpayer money" purportedly funding a coaching buyout, what if any historical precedent or knowledge do you have to make such a statement? Ever ponder why UConn gave away a game at the Rent to play a supposed home football game at Fenway? ... breach of fiscal duties/obligations to the University/taxpayers? Facts @Point6 ?UConn is a public institution and the buyout would (presumably) be public/taxpayer money. Giving Ollie the buyout in a case where it is not technically due under the language of Ollie's contract would arguably breach Herbst and Benedict's own fiscal duties/obligations to the University/taxpayers.
.... and good versus potentially not so good attorneys? How's @Stainmaster's LSAT preparation progressing?
We agree on this part. We disagree as to what, exactly, Ollie had to do with that development. I think Ollie had little or nothing to do with the development over those 2 years. I think it had more to do with: 1. Players having the JC mindset. 2. JC being around. 3. Miller. Maybe other things. But not Ollie.
I definitely respect that you have a different opinion. Certainly there is support for your conclusion.
Citing the 2 sentences above, which facts directly support your opinions? Regarding "public/taxpayer money" purportedly funding a coaching buyout, what if any historical precedent or knowledge do you have to make such a statement? Ever ponder why UConn gave away a game at the Rent to play a supposed home football game at Fenway? ... breach of fiscal duties/obligations to the University/taxpayers? Facts @Point6 ?
That wasn't my point, just that there were violations so in that case it's ok for UConn to seek relief. No violations, pay up.He was responding to the notion that the university should go after the $ irrespective of whether or not there are violations. Get it now?
Reasonable queries in my message, and dead serious. Additionally, your subsequent Diaco article is irrelevant to your initial buyout comments. Based on the dearth of supporting information in your posts, I'm fairly confident a reasonable person could not agree with your statements. Your answers @Point6?Sorry I have not been following close enough to know but if this is sarcasm I am with you. If not, look at Diaco still being on this list:
Congrats. I wish you well.I’ve been touring the schools I’ve gotten into all week. I scoped out ’s alma mater (who gave me a very nice scholarship) on Monday.
Sure. In a vacuum that sounds great. All but a few programs in the country would sign up for a 5 year stint that included a NC.
Of course, you've ignoring a massive elephant in the room. MASSIVE.
It's like you're making a pitch on Harvey Weinstein by saying, "which movie company wouldn't want a guy who has produced so many great films and has so many awards?"
So, at the risk of attempting to force a morsel of obviousness into the mouth of a recalcitrant toddler . . . .
HE WON WITH JC's RECRUITS. The day their stays ended, so did the winning ways.
With his own recruits, it's been a nightmare.
His players have not played hard for him.
He posted two losing seasons in a row - something that hasn't been done in 35 or so years.
He had multiple top recruits flee the program and burn a year rather than stay and play for him with ample playing time available.
He failed to develop - AT ALL - any player he brought in.
His performance at UConn was SO BAD that UConn - a public school of relatively moderate means - is choosing to fire him and eat upwards of 10 million in contract breach losses to rid the building of his infestation.
He single-handedly took UConn from national prominence to openly mocked irrelevance in a mere 4 years.
Quite plainly Ollie's trajectory is aggressively downward. Flat out, he is a demonstrably awful coach.
He'll find a spot as an assistant somewhere, where he can be a good-guy mentor to marginal players. Preach work ethic. Be a shoulder to lean on or cry on. Fabricate and propagate 10-toes metaphors and such. Run rebounding drills. Use his "awwww maaaaan" face to induce sympathy.
But he'll never head-coach in the NBA - no way imaginable, and the only head coaching job he'll ever get in college would be at a school where his ability to recruit talent would compensate for his completely barren basketball mind. I figure D-II. Off chance of a marginal D-I program. But even then, when his team posts the 3rd worst D-I stat for something such as assists, who would want him? The team posting the worst?
This guy was HANDED a golden goose, he smashed the life out of it, squandered the eggs, and left us with a broken carcass and a bunch of goose s----t.
His pet saying was, "we take the stairs, not the escalator." He started on top - he didn't have far to ascend. The better metaphor is that he took the garbage shoot and rapidly took us from the top to the trash heap.
I'm blown away by these Ollie fan boys. They either have Stockholm syndrome or battered wife syndrome. I can't figure which.