Kimani Young - New Assistant Coach

[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

 

[Tenspro2002]

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

The change at HC will, of course, make the biggest difference.

But the staff he assembles, and their ability to recruit and coach up the players he wants to get, is a big lever on the HC's success.

 

[UConnStats]

I also don’t think this indicates Cox to URI. Perhaps even the opposite. The only local area we need to cover now is the DMV. That could point to Cox being the missing link.

I know that Hurley couldn’t take Boswell with him at this point, but maybe he wanted to upgrade the coaching chair and did so with Young. The jury is still out.

 

[superjohn]

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.

And

 

[Stainmaster]

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

I think Moore should be fine on that end. People have raised concerns about Hurley's acumen, but I think the efforts of those two combined should have us in a good place.

 

[ZenConn]

Great get.

 

[lange10]

*Lands elite NYC recruiter* *Still finds a way to complain*

 

[Stainmaster]

So do you disagree or no?

Would I prefer Cox to Freeman for that spot? Yes.

I can guarantee you that there are better Xs and Os guys in the game currently whom you'd fret about missing out on just as much if you were aware of them.

By all means feel free to search for and hash out each and every worst-case scenario, but you won't have much company until the moment where it actually starts to show up on the court.

 

[JMick]

I think Moore should be fine on that end. People have raised concerns about Hurley's acumen, but I think the efforts of those two combined should have us in a good place.

yes it'll be interesting to see if Hurley's style of play changes with better players

 

[brasssbonanzaa]

From this Borges article: "That leaves one more hire for Hurley to make, and it doesn’t appear that it will be David Cox, who was Hurley’s associate head coach at URI. Cox is the frontrunner for the URI job and could be named the Rams’ coach within the next day or two."

UConn to hire Kimani Young as assistant coach

 

[Fishy]

I love the hire.

Before some knucklehead finds it and makes it a thread - Young served a year in prison about 20 years ago on a marijuana charge. He also lost his wife ten years ago and raised three kids by himself.

He’s had a very Caron-like rebirth.