Kevin Ollie makes Second Round Interview with Pistons > takes job w/ Brooklyn Nets

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That would be surprising given how far back Weaver and Monty Williams go

Monty was option number one of course but it was going to take a lot to get him to not take a vacation year.

After that Ollie was Weaver’s choice but Gore fought against it.

Hence backing up the brinks truck to get Monty from taking the year off.

 

[AdamaNation]

Monty was option number one of course but it was going to take a lot to get him to not take a vacation year.

After that Ollie was Weaver’s choice but Gore fought against it.

Hence backing up the brinks truck to get Monty from taking the year off.

So Ollie must be finding himself on some short lists to assist on some nba bench next year. Probably the best to get reacquainted with the newer 3 happy league.

 

[arnie3]

Oh, shut up.

Want to make this board better? Leave it.

Well you were always a man of a few good words. Well said!
First post in a decade.

 

[Psolo12]

It is official. UConn has the absolute worst fans of any college. The Big 12 should read this board, then run as fast as they can as far as they can.

Stating factual information = worst fan of any college. I watch every game, follow all the guys on social media, buy NIL gear, and flew to Houston and supported the team during the Final Four run, please tell me more about how terrible of a fan I am.

 

[Psolo12]

Sick burn dude! You killed it! Let’s keep this going as long as it takes to forget the fact that UConn had to write him a gigantic check!

Us wrongfully firing him "for cause" doesn't dispute any of the things that I said. It's really not surprising he didn't get the job, hasn't done merely enough recently to justify getting a job of that caliber.

 

[kobebeanbryant]

Ollie was as serious a candidate for this job as Michael Scott was for the corporate position.

 

[HuskyBaggins]

Sick burn dude! You killed it! Let’s keep this going as long as it takes to forget the fact that UConn had to write him a gigantic check!

Like that fact changes anything he said. I suppose the NCAA show-cause penalty was just for fun, right ?

 

[UofCT]

So Ollie must be finding himself on some short lists to assist on some nba bench next year. Probably the best to get reacquainted with the newer 3 happy league.

Celtics might have 3-4 assistant coach openings.

 

[UConn990411]

Celtics might have 3-4 assistant coach openings.

Hard pass.

They need experienced NBA assistant coaches and maybe one former coach around Mazzulla. Ollie brings none of that.

 

[tykurez]

Big day for the folks who make hating Kevin Ollie their personality

 

[gtcam]

Stating factual information = worst fan of any college. I watch every game, follow all the guys on social media, buy NIL gear, and flew to Houston and supported the team during the Final Four run, please tell me more about how terrible of a fan I am.

Pat yourself on the back for all the wonderful things you did in the past 9 months
You still made a BS statement.

 

[gtcam]

Hard pass.

They need experienced NBA assistant coaches and maybe one former coach around Mazzulla. Ollie brings none of that.

There are many former and current NBA players and coaches who disagree but until you own a voice with the C's you don't have a ball to pass.

 

[gtcam]

I can agree the circumstances aren’t 1:1.

Don’t think admin had to lie to him about the Big East necessarily, but in the article it states the rumors were already out about it when he was being interviewed. He probably had a good idea that it was going to happen, especially if Benedict and Herbst wanted it to happen.

Sounds like the whole set low expectations and be excited when we pass them thing on their side. On Hurley’s side it’s reasonable to expect they would be able to get it done. Public facing wise he gains nothing out of saying he would not have came if the Big East wasn’t on the table but gains a lot more saying otherwise. It’s a smart way to go about it.

Our problem during Ollie’s tenure I think was that we were shooting for the AAC and Big Ten trying to hold onto our football teams relevancy. Once they gave up on those the Big East was a no brainer. That’s my rough memory of it at least.

No way Hurley comes to UConn without knowing for sure that the school was leaving the AAC within a few short years. He couldn't recruit squat in the AAC.

"I wanted to be the coach at UConn regardless," he said. "That had been a dream of mine my whole coaching career, is to be the head coach here. I had hoped it would happen. When I first met with [AD] Dave Benedict and President Herbst, they made it clear to me that it might not, and take this job with the understanding that you could very well be in the American and don't take it based on rumors that we could be relocating."

What a complete pile of BS - when he 1st met maybe but it is 99.9% likely they leaked the news during follow-up pre-hire talks. If UConn was to remain in the AAC, his staying at URI would remain a better situation.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

No way Hurley comes to UConn without knowing for sure that the school was leaving the AAC within a few short years. He couldn't recruit squat in the AAC.

I don't believe this is true (and for the record, Hurley said it wasn't, multiple times).

Why would they tell Hurley something (that they were pursuing BE membership) that they would not tell any other coach at the school?

 

[Inyatkin]

Amazing how these things develop. Hurley is on record saying he was coming to an AAC school. A couple posters say there's no way that's true, he must have known the Big East was coming.

Based on what? Nothing. But from that they've turned it into something "everyone knows."

 

[UConn990411]

There are many former and current NBA players and coaches who disagree but until you own a voice with the C's you don't have a ball to pass.

I’m not entirely sure what you’re trying to say here.

 

[superjohn]

Amazing how these things develop. Hurley is on record saying he was coming to an AAC school. A couple posters say there's no way that's true, he must have known the Big East was coming.

Based on what? Nothing. But from that they've turned it into something "everyone knows."

We don't know for certain, Hurley is loose with stuff like Calhoun was loose with stuff.

 

[bfs3]

Honestly I would have been happy for Ollie to get the job. I’m not an Ollie fan and he wasn’t who I wanted to follow Calhoun. I was worried he wouldn’t recruit and we would become a middling AAC team. Arguably my fears were warranted but not in the path that brought us there.

My reasons for wanting to see Ollie on an NBA bench is mostly because he would be mentioned as a NCAA winning former coach at UConn. That’s a good sentence to have repeated on television regardless of the way it ended. Lastly I’m sure he would be less sour when collecting an NBA paycheck, even as an assistant. That would just leave him as a former player/coach who reminds people UConn is a multi championship winning school each time his name is brought up. The more players, coaches etc who are shown on tv with UConn under their name the better.

 

[bfs3]

No way Hurley comes to UConn without knowing for sure that the school was leaving the AAC within a few short years. He couldn't recruit squat in the AAC.

"I wanted to be the coach at UConn regardless," he said. "That had been a dream of mine my whole coaching career, is to be the head coach here. I had hoped it would happen. When I first met with [AD] Dave Benedict and President Herbst, they made it clear to me that it might not, and take this job with the understanding that you could very well be in the American and don't take it based on rumors that we could be relocating."

What a complete pile of BS - when he 1st met maybe but it is 99.9% likely they leaked the news during follow-up pre-hire talks. If UConn was to remain in the AAC, his staying at URI would remain a better situation.

Yeah I’m sure it was discussed as an option. I wonder if it was a done deal at that point or if he just knew we were in discussions but either way we’re done with the AAC first chance we had.

 

[August_West]

I don't believe this is true (and for the record, Hurley said it wasn't, multiple times).

Why would they tell Hurley something (that they were pursuing BE membership) that they would not tell any other coach at the school?

Really?

 

[Psolo12]

Pat yourself on the back for all the wonderful things you did in the past 9 months
You still made a BS statement.

What about the statement was BS?

 

[August_West]

Ollie pretty much had that job. Why he didn't get it was last minute social media bullying to Piston office. Now the thing is, what Kevin did (and more unfortunately for us, didn't do) for his last few years as UConn HC was the ammunition for that campaign. I have no tears for that, we all live with the consequences of the decisions and actions we make and take along the way. KO just paid that price here. So all of you wanting to spit on the man, this one is for you. Enjoy it. That's life. I guess in some way he earned it.

But I believe in redemption. I believe in 2nd chances. I was rooting for him here. It was a long shot, but I watched that man give everything running point on some great UConn teams and then coach us to a Natty off a suspension. Did I like the way he finished his coaching here? Nope, But man I root for him still.

 

[Dogdeacon]

Ollie pretty much had that job. Why he didn't get it was last minute social media bullying to Piston office. Now the thing is, what Kevin did (and more unfortunately for us, didn't do) for his last few years as UConn HC was the ammunition for that campaign. I have no tears for that, we all live with the consequences of the decisions and actions we make and take along the way. KO just paid that price here. So all of you wanting to spit on the man, this one is for you. Enjoy it. That's life. I guess in some way he earned it.

But I believe in redemption. I believe in 2nd chances. I was rooting for him here. It was a long shot, but I watched that man give everything running point on some great UConn teams and then coach us to a Natty off a suspension. Did I like the way he finished his coaching here? Nope, But man I root for him still.

Based on what info do you make this very strong assertion?
If the Pistons ownership & front office truly made a coaching decision based on a social media campaign then being a head coach there is not such a good thing.
I cannot imagine this being THE reason.

 

[August_West]

Based on what info do you make this very strong assertion?
If the Pistons ownership & front office truly made a coaching decision based on a social media campaign then being a head coach there is not such a good thing.
I cannot imagine this being THE reason.

In trilly we trust

 

[Dogdeacon]

In trilly we trust

Sorry need you to decode that for me

 

[brihman]

Hard pass.

They need experienced NBA assistant coaches and maybe one former coach around Mazzulla. Ollie brings none of that.

Ollie used to occasionally call a time out so I think he’d be an asset to the Celts

 

[UConn990411]

Ollie used to occasionally call a time out so I think he’d be an asset to the Celts

He was somehow even worse than Mazzulla in that regard, lol.

 

[brihman]

You’re right come to think of it. Both are doing their part to speed up games.

 

[arnie3]

Pat yourself on the back for all the wonderful things you did in the past 9 months
You still made a BS statement.

You made my day! I left this board because of the negativity that was pervasive. It's a board about college bball. No more no less.
I started posting in the nineties when we shared it with Syracuse fans.
That alone tells you how times have changed.

 

[Woof 101]

Big day for the folks who make hating Kevin Ollie their personality

He could still have the love if he did not take the school to the bank for robbery! Many of us would hope and pray for a better man.
He simply dropped the ball call it what you want. Admit the mistake and don't sue the school for your downfall.

I’m not trying to diminish the impact something like a divorce can have on one’s job performance. But it doesn’t excuse the 3+ years he stopped doing a job he was paid millions of dollars to do.

Badda bing bodda boom, and so funny so many think he did no wrong. I have no hate for Ollie but the school was cheated out of millions of dollars and a couple of years of set back in the game.

It is official. UConn has the absolute worst fans of any college. The Big 12 should read this board, then run as fast as they can as far as they can.

Are you a fan or just another popping in? Like Uconn has no fans???????