Kimani Young - New Assistant Coach

[Huskyforlife]

He used to coach New Heights, who will have Precious Achiuwa and Lester Quinones this summer. Expect both to be targets.

Both play for St. Benedict's in New Jersey where Hurley coached high school. This hire could be monumental for our quick turn around.

 

[Phoenixhusky]

Seems like a real strong NYC recruiter.

 

[UConnStats]

He was the recruiter of Jellyfam chairman Isaiah Washington. With Pitino falling out of favor and Minnesota having a bad year, we could see some movement there. Keep in mind he is very close with Sid Wilson who also played for New Heights.

 

[JMick]

He was the recruiter of Jellyfam chairman Isaiah Washington. With Pitino falling out of favor and Minnesota having a bad year, we could see some movement there.

reunite Sid & Isaiah and have them get in Quinerly's ear. Yes please.

 

[Phoenixhusky]

Sid Wilson probably knows Him well.

 

[UconnU]

didn't he get Isaiah Washington to MN?

Yes and rumor mill on Minnesota boards is that he's not happy there.

 

[tykurez]

Both play for St. Benedict's in New Jersey where Hurley coached high school. This hire could be monumental for our quick turn around.

Both have offers from Minn it seems as well, so that connection should come over.

 

[Huskyforlife]

reunite Sid & Isaiah and have them get in Quinerly's ear. Yes please.

Don't say that unless you mean it

 

[JMick]

Don't say that unless you mean it

lol it's all speculation. Washington would be a perfect get though if we could sign another guard and a big for this season. Let him sit a year and take the reigns from Adams the following year.

 

[Stainmaster]

Gophers assistant Kimani Young headed to join UConn staff

Yessir

Jellyfam for dayz

 

[Huskyforlife]

lol it's all speculation. Washington would be a perfect get though if we could sign another guard and a big for this season. Let him sit a year and take the reigns from Adams the following year.

The crazy thing is how possible this could be if Washington did transfer here. JQ may very well prefer playing with two of his boys instead.

 

[UCDaveD]

WE'RE GOING TO BE GOOD AGAIN!!!

 

[UC313]

I like the hire. Ill take a full squad from nyc.

 

[JMick]

Jellyfam for dayz

the most entertaining missed layups the world has ever seen lol

 

[UconnU]

Lester Quinones to Uconn makes way too much sense right now. He plays for Hurley's old high school team and Young's old AAU team and has a skill set we desperately need; a 2 Guard who can shoot and spreads the floor and is right in that # 50-75 prospect sweet spot that we should be able to get to come and play 3-4 years.

 

[QDOG5]

Down goes Blazer! Old boxing reference for the young guys.

 

[80shusky]

Nice! Great Hire!

 

[Tenspro2002]

Good hire but I hope this isn't the final domino.

A staff of Hurley, Cox, Moore, and Young would be impressive.

Hurley, Moore, Young, and Freeman not as much.

 

[JMick]

Good hire but I hope this isn't the final domino.

A staff of Hurley, Cox, Moore, and Young would be impressive.

Hurley, Moore, Young, and Freeman not as much.

I'm a little concerned about X's and O's if Freeman is the third assistant.

 

[polycom]

Good hire but I hope this isn't the final domino.

A staff of Hurley, Cox, Moore, and Young would be impressive.

Hurley, Moore, Young, and Freeman not as much.

Cox isn’t coming. Be ready to be let down

 

[Stainmaster]

Good hire but I hope this isn't the final domino.

A staff of Hurley, Cox, Moore, and Young would be impressive.

Hurley, Moore, Young, and Freeman not as much.

Thankfully you'll have 7 months to stew over that staff's deficiencies and how each of them could manifest in the worst possible manner.

 

[Tenspro2002]

Cox isn’t coming. Be ready to be let down

If not Cox, then someone with comparable cachet.

There's a major difference in staff quality between having someone like that, vs. someone like Freeman as the 3rd assistant.

 

[JMick]

Thankfully you'll have 7 months to stew over that staff's deficiencies and how each of them could manifest in the worst possible manner.

meh it's a reasonable concern. either way it's immensely better than what we had, though.

 

[Tenspro2002]

Thankfully you'll have 7 months to stew over that staff's deficiencies and how each of them could manifest in the worst possible manner.

So do you disagree or no?

 

[boog204]

From Sunday afternoon:


Well played @Candyman34