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Huskyforlife said:
Lol at people acting like we should just laugh off these rumors. They're everywhere, and concerning.
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And the press has never been quick to push a story without legitimate or verifiable sources? How about the recent Rolling Stone fiasco.
 
Huskyforlife said:
Lol at people acting like we should just laugh off these rumors. They're everywhere, and concerning.
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No they are not. These rumors all over twitter from guys who are far removed from KO. If you read the article that Woj wrote, he states:

Florida coach Billy Donovan is expected to become a serious candidate to replace Brooks, sources told Yahoo.

Presti has a longstanding friendship with Donovan, a two-time national championship coach who has been open about his interest in moving to the NBA.

Connecticut coach Kevin Ollie could be a candidate for the Thunder's coaching job, league sources told Yahoo Sports.


KO to OKC is a smoke screen............maybe it gets him a raise or more guaranteed years at UConn, maybe it gets Donovan for less at OKC. Either way, no where in print suggests that KO will go.
 
The reality is $$$ talks and B** runs a marathon... It's the nature of the business when you're dealing with Millions of dollars... If OKC knocks KO's socks off with a lucrative offer how could anybody on this board, or any UCONN fan (if you're from the state of CT and understand finances and ultimate family security) for that matter blame KO for taking the OKC job if he's indeed the guy they want. I'd be happy for him... UCONN basketball will still go on without him... It'll be tough sledding in terms of finding the next leader (although one would speculate Calhoun may come back for a year to keep things steady up in Storrs... just makes sense)...

You just can't knock KO for taking advantage of the ultimate job opportunity, which, like it or not folks, is not head coach at UCONN.. he's still young... get the ultimate job at the NBA level... keep growing.....
 
djct1999 said:
No they are not. These rumors all over twitter from guys who are far removed from KO. If you read the article that Woj wrote, he states:

Florida coach Billy Donovan is expected to become a serious candidate to replace Brooks, sources told Yahoo.

Presti has a longstanding friendship with Donovan, a two-time national championship coach who has been open about his interest in moving to the NBA.

Connecticut coach Kevin Ollie could be a candidate for the Thunder's coaching job, league sources told Yahoo Sports.


KO to OKC is a smoke screen..maybe it gets him a raise or more guaranteed years at UConn, maybe it gets Donovan for less at OKC. Either way, no where in print suggests that KO will go.
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I heard the Donovan to NBA thing last week... Whether it's OKC (which I know us Husky fans hope) or another NBA squad he's gone... Don't blame him either...
 
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ktuck911 said:
The reality is $$$ talks and B** runs a marathon... It's the nature of the business when you're dealing with Millions of dollars... If OKC knocks KO's socks off with a lucrative offer how could anybody on this board, or any UCONN fan (if you're from the state of CT and understand finances and ultimate family security) for that matter blame KO for taking the OKC job if he's indeed the guy they want. I'd be happy for him... UCONN basketball will still go on without him... It'll be tough sledding in terms of finding the next leader (although one would speculate Calhoun may come back for a year to keep things steady up in Storrs... just makes sense)...

You just can't knock KO for taking advantage of the ultimate job opportunity, which, like it or not folks, is not head coach at UCONN.. he's still young... get the ultimate job at the NBA level... keep growing.....
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I agree totally BUT he most likely won't get the deal he needs to leave UConn. That is what OKC management is discussing right now.
 
djct1999 said:
No they are not. These rumors all over twitter from guys who are far removed from KO. If you read the article that Woj wrote, he states:
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Connecticut coach Kevin Ollie could be a candidate for the Thunder's coaching job, league sources told Yahoo Sports.

KO to OKC is a smoke screen..maybe it gets him a raise or more guaranteed years at UConn, maybe it gets Donovan for less at OKC. Either way, no where in print suggests that KO will go.
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The actual tweet is not worded that way, as it suggests Ollie is the one interested (and references his message, so it's not old intel).
 
ktuck911 said:
The reality is $$$ talks and B** runs a marathon... It's the nature of the business when you're dealing with Millions of dollars... If OKC knocks KO's socks off with a lucrative offer how could anybody on this board, or any UCONN fan (if you're from the state of CT and understand finances and ultimate family security) for that matter blame KO for taking the OKC job if he's indeed the guy they want. I'd be happy for him... UCONN basketball will still go on without him... It'll be tough sledding in terms of finding the next leader (although one would speculate Calhoun may come back for a year to keep things steady up in Storrs... just makes sense)...

You just can't knock KO for taking advantage of the ultimate job opportunity, which, like it or not folks, is not head coach at UCONN.. he's still young... get the ultimate job at the NBA level... keep growing.....
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I honestly think that his definition of the ultimate job is head coach at Uconn. Just my personal opinion. I know its sounds nuts but I dont think money is the driving factor for everyone. I've cetainly taken jobs that pay less because I liked it more and because it benefited my family more. All that said I dont know KO personally like that, so maybe coaching KD and Westbrook and being an NBA coach is the big job for him and the big money is too much to turn down. I just cant see it though based on what i've seen from Kevin Ollie since he has been the head coach at Uconn.
 
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The Wojo stuff might be overblown in here, but Borges did say that after the report came out older members of the Horde said when Wojo used to cover UConn and had his battles with Calhoun, he vowed to get Calhoun back one day. Wojo's animosity seems to relate to Calhoun, as he's always been pumping up KO from the day he got the job on an interim basis. I don't really see it as hate for UConn.
 
FartMan69 said:
So he reported on violations we committed and he automatically hates our program?
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You really have no clue, do you? Seriously, when did you start following this program?

He and Wetzel didn't just report on it, they are the ones who did the investigation themselves, from scratch, after obtaining the documents through Freedom of Information requests that they filed.

It was a targeted investigation and the vast majority of what they reported as violations turned out not to be, and the rest are mostly contacts that are now totally allowed. The story was released on the eve of our appearance in the 2009 Final Four.

As they intended, the NCAA took their information and used it for its own, taking another two years to investigate before releasing its findings and our penalty shortly before our appearance in the 2011 Final Four, the crowning glory of which was the Nate Miles article in the NYT literally on the eve of the National Championship game.

It was a hit job, plain and simple. And this is another one, with even less factual basis.
 
Marc Stein @ESPNSteinLine · 4h4 hours ago
Billy Donovan ranks as natural favorite in OKC to replace deposed Scotty Brooks, who becomes instant candidate in Denver and Orlando


haven't seen this quote anywhere. Stein is legit plugged in, tweeted this 4 hours ago
 
James said:
haven't seen this quote anywhere. Stein is legit plugged in, tweeted this 4 hours ago
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Not sure how connected Ken Berger is, but he basically said the same thing
 
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tcf15 said:
Not sure how connected Ken Berger is, but he basically said the same thing
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both of those guys are miles ahead of zags, stein is equally or more plugged in than Woj for sure. the common ground in both their sourced info is billy donovon, i'm getting a feeling KO turned them down while donovon is still interested .
 
8893 said:
You really have no clue, do you? Seriously, when did you start following this program?

He and Wetzel didn't just report on it, they are the ones who did the investigation themselves, from scratch, after obtaining the documents through Freedom of Information requests that they filed.

It was a targeted investigation and the vast majority of what they reported as violations turned out not to be, and the rest are mostly contacts that are now totally allowed. The story was released on the eve of our appearance in the 2009 Final Four.

As they intended, the NCAA took their information and used it for its own, taking another two years to investigate before releasing its findings and our penalty shortly before our appearance in the 2011 Final Four, the crowning glory of which was the Nate Miles article in the NYT literally on the eve of the National Championship game.

It was a hit job, plain and simple. And this is another one, with even less factual basis.
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That's their job. If you think they did this out of hatred of UConn and not for the sake of their careers that's fine.
 
FartMan69 said:
That's their job. If you think they did this out of hatred of UConn and not for the sake of their careers that's fine.
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They're not mutually exclusive.
 
FartMan69 said:
That's their job. If you think they did this out of hatred of UConn and not for the sake of their careers that's fine.
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I agree to an extent that it was their job, however they did a piss poor job of actually fact checking what would be violations and what wouldn't. The vast majority of what they reported as violations were simply not.

Now back to people worrying about Ollie. Apparently he needs to chain himself to his desk and release statements every 5 minutes until all NBA jobs are filled. Of course then people could complain about him not being out there and recruiting.
 
Wasn't Woj the one that reported last year that Calhoun was interested in the BC job and BC turned him down?
 
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