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

[Mazhude]

Some of this stuff is pretty harsh towards KO. He had a contract which was terminated with cause with many dollars at risk. KO contested the university’s claims. If any of us were in his shoes, we would have done the same thing. The parties had an opportunity to negotiate a settlement. The university decided to take a hard-line approach. KO won his money. Game over. No need for animosity. Let’s hug it out.

No, sorry, let's not hug it out. KO had an obligation to each and every one of those kids to help them advance their careers during the very narrow window they had at UConn. He left them out to dry. He walked away from his responsibility to help those kids. That's not "huggable" and never will be.

 

[casual-yardin]

4 days later and no announcement. Some may find this shocking, but Twitter might have jumped the gun.

You posted an article which stated the 3 top candidates were to meet with the owner this week.

 

[Madmannsucks]

No, sorry, let's not hug it out. KO had an obligation to each and every one of those kids to help them advance their careers during the very narrow window they had at UConn. He left them out to dry. He walked away from his responsibility to help those kids. That's not "huggable" and never will be.

OMG those poor kids.

 

[WestHartHusk]

OMG those poor kids.

So, that poor coach making millions who couldn’t be bothered to recruit or coach by the end. Let’s leave him in the past; not every situation requires reconciliation.

 

[Madmannsucks]

No, sorry, let's not hug it out. KO had an obligation to each and every one of those kids to help them advance their careers during the very narrow window they had at UConn. He left them out to dry. He walked away from his responsibility to help those kids. That's not "huggable" and never will be.

 

[Mazhude]

Amazing to see some posters here mocking the student athletes and their future careers. This game should still be all about the young men on the team.

 

[UofCT]

 

[Chief00]

I think Kevin should be hired. Say what you want about him and Bimbos, he won a NC, which is difficult and deserving of a hire vs. all these coaches whom have not won anything. Criticize Chief if you will, but fair is fair.

 

[Fishy]

Ollie is lazy and he’s a horrendous X’s and O’s guy, but at least the Pistons are also interviewing two other awful candidates.

Am guessing their dope of an owner will find a few more names to throw into the mix now that some guys have been fired.

 

[runner11]

Ollie is lazy and he’s a horrendous X’s and O’s guy, but at least the Pistons are also interviewing two other awful candidates.

Am guessing their dope of an owner will find a few more names to throw into the mix now that some guys have been fired.

The notion that you would even know what a good or bad Xs and Os guy looks like provided me a laugh, so thank you Fishy. Still the comedy guy on this board 20 years later.

 

[Jbirdp5]

The notion that you would even know what a good or bad Xs and Os guy looks like provided me a laugh, so thank you Fishy. Still the comedy guy on this board 20 years later.

There were plenty of reports from scouts that ollie ran the most basic offensive sets by the end of his tenure in storrs

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Ollie is lazy and he’s a horrendous X’s and O’s guy, but at least the Pistons are also interviewing two other awful candidates.

Am guessing their dope of an owner will find a few more names to throw into the mix now that some guys have been fired.

I agree with you. We should return the 2014 National Championship.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

There were plenty of reports from scouts that ollie ran the most basic offensive sets by the end of his tenure in storrs

Right on. That was why he was only able to out-coach losers like Martelli, Wright, Hoiberg, Izzo, Donovan and Calipari to win the title.

 

[Dove]

I agree with you. We should return the 2014 National Championship.

Why?

 

[Jbirdp5]

Right on. That was why he was only able to out-coach losers like Martelli, Wright, Hoiberg, Izzo, Donovan and Calipari to win the title.

No denying that run….did you read where I put by the end of his run…the last couple years, would you care to comment on his offense then?

 

[nelsonmuntz]

No denying that run….did you read where I put by the end of his run…the last couple years, would you care to comment on his offense then?

I think I got your gist. Ollie is the worst coach in college basketball history, other than Martelli, Wright, Hoiberg, Izzo, Donovan and Calipari.

UConn's entire athletic program got burned to the ground by staying in the AAC. Every single administrator that kept us in that hell hole of a conference is 10x more responsible for what happened to UConn athletics than Kevin Ollie. I would also hold any UConn fans that wanted us to stay in that league more responsible for what happened to the athletic program than Kevin Ollie.

The fact that they tried a stunt as stupid as firing Ollie "for cause" shows the level of idiocy of the people running UConn athletics. Amazingly, several posters, including a former Mod, still think that was a great idea.

 

[Jbirdp5]

I think I got your gist. Ollie is the worst coach in college basketball history, other than Martelli, Wright, Hoiberg, Izzo, Donovan and Calipari.

UConn's entire athletic program got burned to the ground by staying in the AAC. Every single administrator that kept us in that hell hole of a conference is 10x more responsible for what happened to UConn athletics than Kevin Ollie. I would also hold any UConn fans that wanted us to stay in that league more responsible for what happened to the athletic program than Kevin Ollie.

The fact that they tried a stunt as stupid as firing Ollie "for cause" shows the level of idiocy of the people running UConn athletics. Amazingly, several posters, including a former Mod, still think that was a great idea.

I have no problem with you disagreeing with me, but if you want to go back and forth and I ask you a question could you at least address it instead of repeating the same line again and ignoring the basis of what I said?
Respond to the photo I’ve attached if you are actually interested in making a point

 

[king conn]

I have no problem with you disagreeing with me, but if you want to go back and forth and I ask you a question could you at least address it instead of repeating the same line again and ignoring the basis of what I said?
Respond to the photo I’ve attached if you are actually interested in making a point

That was the UConn administrations fault! And the AAC's! What don't you understand?

 

[Deleted at users request]

I have no problem with you disagreeing with me, but if you want to go back and forth and I ask you a question could you at least address it instead of repeating the same line again and ignoring the basis of what I said?
Respond to the photo I’ve attached if you are actually interested in making a point

Divorce and being stuck in a non P5 basketball conference probably led to a lack of care by the end of his tenure. Just my theory.

I don’t think Hurley comes here without the assurance of getting us in the Big East. But the AAC was Ollie’s reward for not taking the Lakers job after winning a NC and having to fight for his job in the first place. Tough pills to swallow. He got bent over by the administration at every turn during his time here.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

I have no problem with you disagreeing with me, but if you want to go back and forth and I ask you a question could you at least address it instead of repeating the same line again and ignoring the basis of what I said?
Respond to the photo I’ve attached if you are actually interested in making a point

I saw the games too. Ollie struggled at the end.

The debating strategy of using Ollie's own words about his team against him is weak. Should we go digging around in Calhoun's post-game press conferences for times he lit up his own teams and then use it as evidence that he couldn't coach? If it works for Ollie, it must work for Calhoun too, right?

Or should we use a single, off the record source. You want to use some of them against Calhoun? Because there were a lot of coaches that freaking hated him. One of the reasons that UConn was so easy to game plan against by the end of Ollie's tenure was that the talent was not very good.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Divorce and being stuck in a non P5 basketball conference probably led to a lack of care by the end of his tenure. Just my theory.

I don’t think Hurley comes here without the assurance of getting us in the Big East. But the AAC was Ollie’s reward for not taking the Lakers job after winning a NC and having to fight for his job in the first place. Tough pills to swallow. He got bent over by the administration at every turn during his time here.

+1000

 

[HooperScooper]

I don’t think Hurley comes here without the assurance of getting us in the Big East.

Hurley has refuted that many times. Maybe he lied about it?

 

[Fishy]

The notion that you would even know what a good or bad Xs and Os guy looks like provided me a laugh, so thank you Fishy. Still the comedy guy on this board 20 years later.

Lol….do you think he’s a good bench coach?

Just started watching basketball this season or what?

 

[Deleted at users request]

Hurley has refuted that many times. Maybe he lied about it?

Yeah, I doubt he actually would have. It sounds good to say though.

I’m sure he knows that he would not be setup for success if our conference rivals remained Houston and MSU, teams that played 2 time zones away.

 

[Fishy]

Divorce and being stuck in a non P5 basketball conference probably led to a lack of care by the end of his tenure. Just my theory.

I don’t think Hurley comes here without the assurance of getting us in the Big East. But the AAC was Ollie’s reward for not taking the Lakers job after winning a NC and having to fight for his job in the first place. Tough pills to swallow. He got bent over by the administration at every turn during his time here.

Say, why’d he get divorced?

Also, darned shame that millions of dollars a year wasn’t enough to keep him interested in doing his job.

He’s really a victim if you think about it.

The waterboys on this site are embarrassing.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Hurley has refuted that many times. Maybe he lied about it?

Do you think Hurley really turned down an ACC job (Pitt) to coach in the American?

 

[HooperScooper]

Do you think Hurley really turned down an ACC job (Pitt) to coach in the American?

Yes.

So you're calling Hurley a liar?

 

[Deleted at users request]

Yes.

So you're calling Hurley a liar?

Not trying to attack Hurley’s character when I say this, but he already lied for no reason about the whole being on the phone with a recruit when the president called thing. It’s not out the question that he may have said something that just sounded good about being at UConn, even if we were in the American, to rile up a fan base. He has no reason to answer that question honestly.

 

[Jbirdp5]

Divorce and being stuck in a non P5 basketball conference probably led to a lack of care by the end of his tenure. Just my theory.

I don’t think Hurley comes here without the assurance of getting us in the Big East. But the AAC was Ollie’s reward for not taking the Lakers job after winning a NC and having to fight for his job in the first place. Tough pills to swallow. He got bent over by the administration at every turn during his time here.

Not putting effort into the teams effort and execution falls on nobody’s shoulders but his own. Can’t blame the admin for that

 

[HooperScooper]

Do you think Hurley really turned down an ACC job (Pitt) to coach in the American?

When Hurley was hired a year ago at UConn from Rhode Island, he said there were no promises made to him by President Susan Herbst and the administration that UConn would ultimately re-join the Big East. Yet the rumors have been flying ever since the school left with the other football schools in 2013.

"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."

UConn's Dan Hurley Says Joining Big East Enhances Recruiting, Chance To Contend for NCAA Titles

The UConn men's basketball team has won four NCAA titles since 1999. With the school's return to the Big East in 2020, Dan Hurley believes it will "definitely enhance' recruiting and the program's ability to contend for more NCAA titles.

www.forbes.com