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Maybe we should savor the time now when our losing to cupcakes is actually newsworthy. It's already becoming commonplace, media is just slow to catch on.

This program can't afford 2-3 more mediocre seasons where we teeter on the edge of relevance and produce zero NBA talent of note.

KO can recruit guards, he can coach team defense, but it's becoming increasingly evident that that's all he can do. If this keeps up, the well of recruits will run dry.

Rather than being the AAC version of Gonzaga, we'll be Houston, a historical footnote irrelevant in the modern college basketball landscape. We're already well on our way.
 
Getting left out of the P5 was the death blow to the athletic program anyways. Why not expedite our demise?
 
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Laughingstock Now, Irrelevant Later

I really hope I can look back at this in February and/or next December and just laugh
 
gtcam said:
Laughingstock Now, Irrelevant Later

I really hope I can look back at this in February and/or next December and just laugh
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I do too.

On the other hand, I'm not in denial about the long-term trajectory of this program (and, frankly, have been saying this for years).
 
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Tenspro2002 said:
I do too.

On the other hand, I'm not in denial about the long-term trajectory of this program (and, frankly, have been saying this for years).
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I have given you crap about your pessimism for years and now I am calling you and raising all in. Thanks KO.
 
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Tenspro2002 said:
I do too.

On the other hand, I'm not in denial about the long-term trajectory of this program (and, frankly, have been saying this for years).
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I don't think anyone is in denial - we are never going to be as good as we were in the 90s. And I think Shaka Smart would've been a good choice too but all things considered, we are lucky to have KO. I get he's not a great game coach and the bigs lack of development is frustrating, but who else brings in a top 5 class to this dumpster fire of a conference? The recruits are not coming to play Tulane at the XL in front of 8,000 old people sitting on their hands - they are coming because of KO. A few tweaks to the staff and player dev can be fixed - having an uncharismatic coach that can't recruit cannot be fixed (talking about every other REALISTIC candidate other than KO and Smart).
 
No regrets whatsoever about hiring KO. He got us 1 NC. More than what 99% coaches could have done. Moving forward he needs to be judged on his recent resume. We won the AAC tourny and made it to the 2nd round of the NCAAT last year, so a bit premature to discuss his departure
 
Don't mind Tenspro, he's had a tough night. I though he was going to put a contract out on Geno because the women only won by 2 last night.
 
you people are so sad, why don't you guys just drive off a cliff? If your lives are so sad in every moment that basketball is all you breathe for... why keep going?

I'm so sick of being fellow fans with you whiny negative nancies. Am I proud? Hell no, but its basketball, grow up!

We can still absolutely turn this season around, we're in a joke of a conference which we can still absolutely crush and earn a guaranteed spot in the tourney. I spent 20 minutes depressed about this, then realized Donald Trump is going to be my president so UConn basketball is far from what I'm truly embarrassed about.

Dust yourselves off, put on your clothes, go to work, and love your family and friends, children
 
uconNYC said:
No regrets whatsoever about hiring KO. He got us 1 NC. More than what 99% coaches could have done. Moving forward he needs to be judged on his recent resume. We won the AAC tourny and made it to the 2nd round of the NCAAT last year, so a bit premature to discuss his departure
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Winning the AAC tourney last year was only because SMU was suspended from it. Otherwise most likely a trip to the NIT.
 
Kembacity said:
you people are so sad, why don't you guys just drive off a cliff? If your lives are so sad in every moment that basketball is all you breathe for... why keep going?

I'm so sick of being fellow fans with you whiny negative nancies. Am I proud? Hell no, but its basketball, grow up!

We can still absolutely turn this season around, we're in a joke of a conference which we can still absolutely crush and earn a guaranteed spot in the tourney. I spent 20 minutes depressed about this, then realized Donald Trump is going to be my president so UConn basketball is far from what I'm truly embarrassed about.

Dust yourselves off, put on your clothes, go to work, and love your family and friends, children
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Finished 6th the last two years in this joke of a conference.
 
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RJScootin said:
Finished 6th the last two years in this joke of a conference.
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Sorry, and your point is tough guy? Did I say, "this joke of a conference which we've never lost a game in"?

Classic dullard argument
 
I was opposed to hiring Ollie, because he had no coaching experience, and was mostly a recruiter for JC in his short time on the bench. He managed a miracle NC run, I have to give him credit where due on that. But the simple reality is that he's still not a very good coach from an X's and O's or game strategy perspective. He recruits really well but his offense is the equivalent of running the Oklahoma Wishbone in football, and his defense is equally lacking in innovation.

Two options at this point.
1. We move on from Ollie while there are still good coaches that would want this job
2. Ollie gets the "come to Jesus" message and is forced to hire a bench coach who understands how basketball is played in this century

Option 2 is the better choice. Ollie has what it takes to be a great HC, if he can move on from some outdated notions and learn to be adaptable.
 
Kembacity said:
you people are so sad, why don't you guys just drive off a cliff? If your lives are so sad in every moment that basketball is all you breathe for... why keep going?

I'm so sick of being fellow fans with you whiny negative nancies. Am I proud? Hell no, but its basketball, grow up!

We can still absolutely turn this season around, we're in a joke of a conference which we can still absolutely crush and earn a guaranteed spot in the tourney. I spent 20 minutes depressed about this, then realized Donald Trump is going to be my president so UConn basketball is far from what I'm truly embarrassed about.

Dust yourselves off, put on your clothes, go to work, and love your family and friends, children
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Do you really want people to begin every post with the preface that life is good and basketball is just a fun diversion before they express their disappointment?
 
I'm as upset about last night as anyone. Look...does KO need to take some of the blame? Sure. But I'm not looking to get rid of him. I like KO as a coach, it's not really his fault that we haven't gotten a big man or a guy who can consistently make a jump shot. They have no inside presence. Enoch is a mess on offense, as is Brimah. I'd like to see Durham get a shot. Their shooting has been awful. Cant make anything. Other teams pack the lane and force us to shoot. No one can finish at the rim...not sure what the issue is.
 
Our hoops program looks like a company that goes belly-up -- there is often a long period of stagnation and mild decline, with management hoping that some small fixes will right the ship. Then, out of nowhere, the whole operation falls off a cliff, and they're dead before they know what happened.
 
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