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Kinda OT: OKC fires Brooks

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BLUEDOGHOUSE said:
I think he stays but maybe he gets a raise! lol
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I hope so he is worth $5M a year year. He did will an NCAA championship. UCONN can't sink to irrelevance this fast!!! Come on Warde and Herbst pay the man mo money!!!
 
Money talks. But KO knows that him leaving would seriously jeopardize the future of UConn basketball. The only person who I would be comfortable with taking over head coach if KO leaves is Jim Calhoun. Anyone else and the program takes a HUGE hit.
 
Say KO does leave. Hope he doesn't. Don't think he will but lets say he does. Calhoun would coach again, right? About a year and a half ago, he made it clear he'd consider coaching again in the right situation. I would think he'd want to take over again until he can find a new successor.
 
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CGarr said:
Say KO does leave. Hope he doesn't. Don't think he will but lets say he does. Calhoun would coach again, right? About a year and a half ago, he made it clear he'd consider coaching again in the right situation. I would think he'd want to take over again until he can find a new successor.
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I would think there is a good chance this would be our only back-up plan and this junction of the off season. Hopefully it doesn't come to this but it has to be considered by Herbst and Warde to keep us relevant until we find a viable replacement.
 
CGarr said:
Say KO does leave. Hope he doesn't. Don't think he will but lets say he does. Calhoun would coach again, right? About a year and a half ago, he made it clear he'd consider coaching again in the right situation. I would think he'd want to take over again until he can find a new successor.
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It's a nice thought but at his age we would be in the position of finding another successor. Maybe Danny Hurley?
 
Ok I guess it is time to get off the BY as all this is just speculation and doom and gloom about UCONN basketball right now!
 
In KO's earlier statement, he did say: he had no intention of "pursuing" an NBA position..... But that doesn't necessarily mean he would turn away suitors who happen to pursue to him.
It seemed like his statement was worded very carefuly, damn.....hope nothing comes of all this, would be no bueno
 
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sammydabiz said:
In KO's earlier statement, he did say: he had no intention of "pursuing" an NBA position..... But that doesn't necessarily mean he would turn away suitors who happen to pursue to him.
It seemed like his statement was worded very carefuly, damn.....hope nothing comes of all this, would be no bueno
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I'm not playing these semantic games. Negotiating with the Thunder is pursuit. If Ollie weasel worded that statement that carefully, then we've all been conned.
 
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Ollie isn't going to OKC for several reasons. Notice where all the Ollie to OKC fire is coming from, it's all the college basketball Twitter boys who hate UConn.
 
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superjohn said:
Ollie isn't going to OKC for several reasons. Notice where all the Ollie to OKC fire is coming from, it's all the college basketball Twitter boys who hate UConn.
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Yeah.

There is no chance Ollie coaches anywhere but UConn next year.
 
superjohn said:
Ollie isn't going to OKC for several reasons. Notice where all the Ollie to OKC fire is coming from, it's all the college basketball Twitter boys who hate UConn.
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Exactly and I smell squid all over them! Not worried one bit. And KO and the staff could tell recruits that some coach is spreading rumors to impact recruiting.
 
Honestly KO prides, I mean PRIDES, himself on being a role model and a man of his words. If he already turned down these rumors I'd highly doubt someone of his character would then turn around and leave. Let's be realistic.

If he does, then he's not the kind of guy we thought he was and good riddance.
 
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jrazz12 said:
Didn't KO do that like, oh, I dunno, an hour ago
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That was before Scott Brooks was fired. He could have said that out of respect for Scott Brooks. A man he has a great deal of respect for
 
Donovan is the better choice right now for them out of Donovan and Ollie. Ollie is still relatively new to coaching but is more connected with Westbrook and Durant. If they care about offense go for Mike Dantoni...
 
I'm not aware of this Woj hates UCONN stuff but I do know he doesn't like Lebron and he had tons of BS "sourced" rumors about LJ in the past year, all which were way off. He can let his personal opinions affect his stories, also see Coach K.
 
UconnHusk3's said:
That was before Scott Brooks was fired. He could have said that out of respect for Scott Brooks. A man he has a great deal of respect for
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I would be willing to bet an awful lot of money that Kevin Ollie knew with certainty that the Brooks news was coming out today and the statement was his attempt to get out in front of it.

Of course, now we have people debating the definition of every single word in the statement. So it didn't really do the job.
 
walker11 said:
I'm not aware of this Woj hates UCONN stuff but I do know he doesn't like Lebron and he had tons of BS "sourced" rumors about LJ in the past year, all which were way off. He can let his personal opinions affect his stories, also see Coach K.
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especially on twitter. clearly, ko knew brooks was getting let go this am by the timing of his statement. if he did that as a leveraging tactic, other than to maybe get more money from uconn, it would be so out character. ko is a good man who bleeds husky blue.
 
KO's not going anywhere. It's impossible to believe that he'd move to Oklahoma with Jalen playing QB at Fordham next year.
 
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