Kimani Young - New Assistant Coach

[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.

 

[mauconnfan]

Wow some really good news. Seems we’ve had this coming great job by Hurley and our AD David Benedict handing out some cash to put together a solid staff.

 

[RipCity]

Give me Cremo for a grad year while Washington redshirts. Money in the bank.

 

[superjohn]

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.

I was waiting for it, had some usual suspects in mind.

 

[uconnphil2016]

Wow. Hurley surrounded by Moore Young Cox. Solid crew.

 

[tcf15]

Former UTEP Miner overcomes major setbacks

 

[UC313]

Wow. Hurley surrounded by Moore Young Cox. Solid crew.

Scale of 1-10. How jealous are you about that?

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

This is why I posted that picture of Bunkey a couple days ago, I just couldn't say anything until now because of the gag order.

 

[tcf15]

Three 2019 guys that were being recruited by both URI and Minnesota (all three have UConn offers): Jalen Lecque, Tre Mitchell, Kofi Cockburn

 

[JMick]

Three 2019 guys that were being recruited by both URI and Minnesota (all three have UConn offers): Jalen Lecque, Tre Mitchell, Kofi Cockburn

maybe some legs to the Lecque reclass rumors then?

 

[UConnStats]

maybe some legs to the Lecque reclass rumors then?

There are legs to the Lecque rumor

 

[tcf15]

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.

They had this little exchange when Sid transferred to UConn:

 

[Huskyforlife]

There are legs to the Lecque rumor, but I don’t think Minnesota has been on him particularly hard, so I’m not sure if this moves the needle much.

Could see him recruiting Lecque harder since we have a better chance of realistically landing him.

 

[AntG168]

Lecque is a 5*, correct?

 

[UconnU]

Lecque is a 5*, correct?

Oh yea. Top 10!

 

[tcf15]

Lecque is a 5*, correct?

yup