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Jeff Jacobs: UConn basketball has hit rock bottom

You can't hit rock bottom if you're falling in a bottomless pit.

That's us.
 
CTMike said:
If UConn Football has taught me anything, it’s that things can always get worse after thinking you’ve hit rock bottom.
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ConnHuskBask said:
Beat me to it Mike.

The term "rock bottom" has been bandied about a lot on the football board the past decade.

Don't ever underestimate what the real rock bottom is.
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Add me to this list as also a hardcore follower of CR back in the day. Every time we thought we hit Rock bottom, BE fall out, ACC snub, and then RU to B1G something new came up. So yeah, rock bottom is not here yet
 
tcf15 said:
First thing I thought of...
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If this is a violation, it’s time to sue Emmert. His vendetta has gone on too long.
 
Storrs ...I would assume he would have someone as a coach in waiting ala Tom Moore for example at his side to take over after 1-2 years
But again it’s not like I’m betting the house on it. I’m just saying don’t be stunned.
 
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The Viking said:
Storrs ...I would assume he would have someone as a coach in waiting ala Tom Moore for example at his side to take over after 1-2 years
But again it’s not like I’m betting the house on it. I’m just saying don’t be stunned.
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There's a 100% chance JC's family would not allow it. They'd like to keep him alive as long as possible for the grand kids et al. You know, the important stuff.
 
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GemParty said:
So Geno takes the men's job & receives a raise. A new Wbb coach steps in. Simple. How long before we make the tourney again Jeff?
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It used to be said, maybe by Geno himself, that if he were to take over the men's program, it would make both teams worse.

That is obviously no longer the case.

That said, he shouldn't jeopardize the dominant WBB program that is the only calling card this AD has at the moment.
 
Ya, finishing 8th in the AAC and losing to a seriously depleted 9th place team is pretty darn low. At this point, going on like this, with Ollie in tow, Tulane might pass the Huskies next year. The AAC positioning might be....ep, double digits, holding off the likes of USF and ECU. I mean, didn't USF absolutely demolish SMU just the other day?
 
Say what you want about Jacobs, but either he - or his editors - are genuinely poop journalists in the most rudimentary of definitions.
 
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The football team never hit rock bottom. Rock bottom is where Diaco was going to take us before AD Dave fired him. No doubt in my mind we would have 0 - 12 in 2017 if Diaco were the coach.

I expect AD Dave to make the same move now with Ollie.
 
The Viking said:
the Calhoun mention in the Jacobs article is interesting. I heard something two months ago that makes me think if Calhoun was asked to return he would be all over it.
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If Calhoun returned and everyone worth keeping on the roster (including Larrier) came back we could have a very quick turnaround. Calhoun would probably turn Adams into a first team All American.

Break out the puke buckets!
 
Tenspro2002 said:
It used to be said, maybe by Geno himself, that if he were to take over the men's program, it would make both teams worse.

That is obviously no longer the case.

That said, he shouldn't jeopardize the dominant WBB program that is the only calling card this AD has at the moment.
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Not true...field hockey!
 
The only way Calhoun is even a consideration is if there is a succession plan in place the day he walks in, and it's pre-determined that he's only here two years max. That said, I'd put the probability of this happening at about 1%.
 
brasssbonanzaa said:
I get the sense Calhoun would put up with Larrier's idiocy on the court for about 15 seconds.
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Honestly feel that he wouldn't have taken Larrier for USJ after watching him in practice and at VCU. Sometimes it just isn't worth it.
 
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Tenspro2002 said:
It used to be said, maybe by Geno himself, that if he were to take over the men's program, it would make both teams worse.

That is obviously no longer the case.

That said, he shouldn't jeopardize the dominant WBB program that is the only calling card this AD has at the moment.
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That's nonsense. He's got a thing going as best WBB coach of all time. He's 2.5 seasons away of passing Pat Summit for all time wins. That's pretty much the only record he doesn't own. If he already had, maybe he'd take a shot, but I doubt it.
 
Bryan Lord said:
I was at rock bottom once. Now I have 590 trophy points on a failing message board.
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Took the time to request a new password after forgetting, specifically to like this post. Wonderful!
 
Well, I haven't watched a game in some time. Waiting on Ollue getting fired and all.
Happy to see us lose so miserably. The worse, the better. I'm hoping we get invited to the Class L invitation in Hartford and get beat by Weaver or East Hartford. By 50.

Whatever it takes to convince the powers to Shoo Ollue, that's what I want. Making a run in the AAC tourni would have been a disaster.

For those who say that means i'm not a fan, wrongo, boyo. It means I'm not a short sighted fan.

Kill this. Remove the carcass. Disinfect the area. Start again.
 
MadDogRevival said:
Happy to see us lose so miserably. The worse, the better. I'm hoping we get invited to the Class L invitation in Hartford and get beat by Weaver or East Hartford. By 50.

Whatever it takes to convince the powers to Shoo Ollue, that's what I want. Making a run in the AAC tourni would have been a disaster.
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Frank, you’re not a UConn fan. Why would someone who’s a UConn fan be happy that the team lost? You really should leave this website permanently and stop creating new accounts every time the rest of us are tired of your awful shtick.
 
Stainmaster said:
Frank, you’re not a UConn fan. Why would someone who’s a UConn fan be happy that the team lost? You really should leave this website permanently and stop creating new accounts every time the rest of us are tired of your awful shtick.
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How many times do you think you need to write that to communicate your point? Three? Four? Do you think you're being clever? Do you think you're uncovering some ruse I'm perpetrating? You're Geraldo Rivera breaking into the safe - there's nothing there for you. If you don't like my posts, why not just put me on ignore? Why so desperate to try to draw the attention of others to me? Everyone has gotten your point. How many times do you think you need to make it to be understood?

Why do you think you speak for "the rest of us"? Lot of people on this site hate your @$$.

I don't "create" new accounts because knobs like you are "tired." I get bored, burn the password, restart 1/2 year later. Or so. I could give 2 craps less what you think.

As simply as I can put it - - - I'm happy we lost because the sooner we get Ollie out of here the sooner we can start rebuilding. It's really that simple. The leg has gangrene. I'm advocating cutting the leg off, staunching the flow of blow, sewing up the skin, and starting again with a stump and a prosthetic. You, OTOH, are advocating attempting to treat the gangrene as it persists in infecting the rest of the body. Because you've conflated love of the leg with love of the body. Wrong.

Ollie is cancer. Get rid of him. Him losing helps that. There is no way he will win consistently. Him winning in the short term is fool's gold.

Your gold, as it were, you tool.
 
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MadDogRevival said:
How many times do you think you need to write that to communicate your point? Three? Four? Do you think you're being clever? Do you think you're uncovering some ruse I'm perpetrating? You're Geraldo Rivera breaking into the safe - there's nothing there for you. If you don't like my posts, why not just put me on ignore? Why so desperate to try to draw the attention of others to me? Everyone has gotten your point. How many times do you think you need to make it to be understood?

Why do you think you speak for "the rest of us"? Lot of people on this site hate your @$$.

I don't "create" new accounts because knobs like you are "tired." I get bored, burn the password, restart 1/2 year later. Or so. I could give 2 craps less what you think.

As simply as I can put it - - - I'm happy we lost because the sooner we get Ollie out of here the sooner we can start rebuilding. It's really that simple. The leg has gangrene. I'm advocating cutting the leg off, staunching the flow of blow, sewing up the skin, and starting again with a stump and a prosthetic. You, OTOH, are advocating attempting to treat the gangrene as it persists in infecting the rest of the body. Because you've conflated love of the leg with love of the body. Wrong.

Ollie is cancer. Get rid of him. Him losing helps that. There is no way he will win consistently. Him winning in the short term is fool's gold.

Your gold, as it were, you tool.
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You're a POS you know that. Ollie is cancer? Wanting them to lose - go away.
 
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intlzncster said:
There's a 100% chance JC's family would not allow it. They'd like to keep him alive as long as possible for the grand kids et al. You know, the important stuff.
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Not coaching might be riskier than coaching for some.
 
mauconnfan said:
I think The Boneyard is at rock bottom, has been for a year or so now. But there's another level to rock bottom here, just watch if they bring KO back LOL:eek:
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It won't be worse than Ollie's coaching.
 
Storrs South said:
It's such a pipedream and I'm not sure it makes sense.

Maybe it keeps the roster in place but then what? He's old and he isn't traveling the country to recruit and the travel demands of this conference don't help either.

It could be fun and would certainly bring fans back but I wouldn't count on it and I'm not convinced we would want it to happen.
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Id dont think its happening but i just imagined the roar from Gampel Pavillion as coach walked back onto that court for the first time. Kinda like the time i heard "We kicked some A and we broke some hearts". Chills.
 
Storrs South said:
One source indicated there has been some NCAA scrutiny recently on some potential workout violations involving a couple of UConn players, but it’s difficult to tell how much impact something like that could have.

What is a workout violation?
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Wait, are you saying we actually practiced this year? Hard to believe.
 
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