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Message: [QUOTE="UConnJim, post: 4613410, member: 1559"] Ollie did keep UConn relevant. I agree that the AAC hurt UConn, but I think the biggest AAC problem was once Ollie blew up the program, the AAC would have hurt UConn's ability to turn around the program after Ollie was fired. Look at Ollie's recruiting classes in 2015 and 2016. Here were the top recruits and their recruiting rankings: Jalen Adams #24 Steven Enoch #84 Alterique Gilbert #35 Juwan Durham. #50 Vance Jackson #77 Mamadou Diarra. #125 Christian Vital. #166 On paper, the recruiting looked good, yet his records were: 2016/2017: 16-17 2017/2018: 14-18 The problems Ollie had were poor scouting of recruits, injuries (some were previously known), poor development, and he didn't seem to recruit players to have an effective basketball strategy. I'm sure his cutting off Calhoun and his divorce didn't help either. [/QUOTE]