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nomar
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Obviously the real story is losing a Hall of Fame coach. But I want to say that I am on the Kevin Ollie Bandwagon, I am drinking KO Kool-Aid, and I am excited about the future of UConn Men's Basketball. Nervously excited. But excited.
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COURANT SPORTS ALERT: Courant confirms Calhoun leaving UConn; Ollie to step in, Karl Hobbs promoted to assistant. http://cour.at/RMN4FX *Txt STOP UCONNMB 2quit
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I must have missed it....what is the source that KO has been named HC?
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What narrative seems more like 5 years from now?
1) Calhoun shoehorns his hand-picked, inexperienced choice into the job; nepotism backfires
2) Ollie is a coaching prodigy and despite minimal experience, excels at the job
It seems like there are a lot more ways for #1 to turn out to be correct.
1) Calhoun shoehorns his hand-picked, inexperienced choice into the job; nepotism backfires
2) Ollie is a coaching prodigy and despite minimal experience, excels at the job
It seems like there are a lot more ways for #1 to turn out to be correct.
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I'm with nomar and I am and will drink the KO Kool Aid too........mentioned here after my son went to 2 KO camps at Loomis Chaffee and heard KO's words of wisdom and the way he spoke to the kids it was just a matter of time......he will be real good!!!
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We are UConn!! 4>1 But 5>>>>1 is even better!
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I'm KO supporter all the way. I wouldn't be fit to lick the shoes of JC if I started out with a defeatist attitude. I'm not sure I can admire someone like JC and come away thinking negatively. That wasn't his attitude.
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i heard they're negotiating contract right now. ollie wants 3 years, manuel does not.
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Courant says Ollie's contract has language that is a middle ground between interim and permanent HC. what else is there?
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If we're hiring the guy, gotta give him 3-4 years, no? He has to coach with some of his "own" players.
I don't love the move. Worse than the move, though, is not diving in and giving the guy a real chance. If you're going with Ollie, you don't merely stick your toes in the water.
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Frankly, though, it seems best if, when he retires, he retires. He's a figurehead whose ring every incoming coach needs to kiss, but then they move onto autonomy. I don't like this "in-between" phase. Ollie's the coach, or he's not.
(To be clear, they do need to respect him and his legacy.)
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I don't like seeing a coach with less than 3 years on their deal. It makes that coach a target in recruiting. Ollie won't cost that much, so why not give him 3-4 years?
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per uconnblog ollie will sign 1 year contract...
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Double-secret interim HC.
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That's bs. Give the guy four years with the first two guaranteed. It shows recruits that Ollie will be here. Also, I suspect Herbst told Manuel he had to give Ollie the job.
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That is unequivocally bad. What could he do this year to "succeed"? It's a down year.
If they bring him back after, it's silly to have only given him one year when he can't really prove anything.
If they're hoping to bring in Shaka (who I'd love to have in theory), this isn't the way to do it. JC may have played his hand in a way that is constraining, but he is UConn. Alienating him alienates Smith, the two Marshalls, Allen, Butler, Moore, Freeman, Okafor, Gordon, Kemba, etc. Those people are the program's lifeblood going forward.
I don't like the way things are going right now.
To be fair, though, I've also had nearly a whole bottle of wine. I'm way too invested in this.
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We have NO choice but to get behind and fully support KO. He has larger than life shoes to fill and being hand-picked by one of the all-time greats just adds to the pressure. A lot of these situations where the long time head coach hires an his assistant tend not to work out, but in Calhoun I trust and have a good feeling about this one. Let's not skip a beat Coach O.
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IF YOU HAVE A TWITTER, SEND KO A TWEET 2NIGHT!
everyone send him tweets of encouragement and support. it starts with the diehards and the the casuals and students. lead and they will follow. the school and program is going to need its diehard fanbase now more than ever this fall between everything going on in fball and bball. do your part! from buying tix, to sending tweets to bumper stickers, it all matters.
everyone send him tweets of encouragement and support. it starts with the diehards and the the casuals and students. lead and they will follow. the school and program is going to need its diehard fanbase now more than ever this fall between everything going on in fball and bball. do your part! from buying tix, to sending tweets to bumper stickers, it all matters.
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Smart move by the AD. If the athletic department was in fact strong armed into Ollie, why would you go longer? This is a temp to perm situation. Is he being handed a bad bag of goods? Kinda. But that should be recognized, it will be relative. His leadership ability will be challenged as well as his X & O's. No one even knows how this guy looks/act/handles that bench during game time - that's a risk. Going 3-4 years is blind faith. Sure, it may ding recruiting a little, but not much. And if he really doesn't pass the sniff test out there owning that bench, you have to open this one up. I just don't think this program is in a place where it can take a 4 year rut and maintain momentum with it's brand out on the recruiting trail. This isn't a true blue blood that can transcend a stretch of anonymity, in particular in a league that's in dissaray. The kid is getting his chance, he needs to make the most of it. I'll be in his corner, but am not going to have blinders on if he feels sub par out there.
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