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Long Goodman article on the program

Kemba'sYogurt said:
This has been discussed before, but assuming KO gets canned, and Billy Donovan does as well, what do you guys think of going after Billy?
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Louisville, Pittsburgh, Georgia, schools like that must be thinking of Donovan too.

And then there's the FBI scandal coaches: Arizona, Auburn, maybe even Michigan State with the Nassar scandal.
 
AntG168 said:
That is not what the article implied in the Vance Jackson situation. He said he wanted to be more than a spot up shooter and KO said to get in the gym lol. If true, I would have made the same decision Vance made
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You think there may be a reason Vance ended up at New Mexico?
 
Couple of points. Vance Jackson? He seemed gone before the season ended, so I don't buy the "plan" story. Heck, in February, he tweeted that "CT was not for me". I do think he was worried about how Larrier was going to put hm back on the bench when he came back from injury. Doesn't anyone wonder why he ended up at New Mexico instead of a major program?

As for Diallo, the rumors were he was going to Kentucky, but there was hope he would still come to UConn. Many of us worried that we spent TOO much time on Diallo because we weren't hedging our bet on Diallo coming to UConn. Wasn't the loss of Diallo why Miller was fired as Miller seemed to think Diallo was in the bag? Now the story is that it was Ollie's fault? Honestly, it is hard for UConn to recruit against Kentucky. Look at what happened with Gabriel. UConn devoted a ton of time and Calipari came in and scooped him up with little effort.

I don't know if Ollie works hard or not as I am not around him. If he isn't working hard, shame on him and he has nobody to blame for UConn's problems than himself. I do believe that Benedict has a better handle on the situation than Goodman or anybody on The Boneyard, so I think Benedict needs to make a decision at the end of the season. As always, I support UConn basketball and I will watch the game tonight.
 
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Stairmaster said:
Has Oz finally switched boards?
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whoever he/she is, they're a KO fan, not a UConn fan. he/she does nothing but trash players that decided not to come to here and sing ollie's praises
 
StunningSteve said:
Both of these posts are spot on.

Goodman seemed to single out Kwintin Williams, who we all knew was a project and not a centerpiece of the class. Last minute flyer. Saying he represents UConn recruiting is purposefully misleading.
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No it isn't. Healthy programs don't even take a flyer on the guy.
 
Waquoit said:
No it isn't. Healthy programs don't even take a flyer on the guy.
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That's not true. UConn has almost always done this. You can have one or two projects but you can't have 7 or 8 of them which UConn seems to have.
 
Robertelamin said:
That's not true. UConn has almost always done this. You can have one or two projects but you can't have 7 or 8 of them which UConn seems to have.
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EVERY player is a project...aka the oft mentioned Diallo, who is now appearing to be a bust at Kentucky.
 
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"... there's also that question of whether Adams has any confidence giving the ball to teammates that just haven't made shots."
This may say more about our offense problems than anything else and there is plenty of anything else.
 
djct1999 said:
Foreshadowing:

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What do they get out of this? Is there more we don’t know? If Sr. is singing to the NCAA and Vance is now mocking KO on twitter, it leads me to think that there is much more to the Jackson family and KO’s relationship. What really went down???
 
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jibsey said:
This goes against everything we know about Kevin Ollie who prides himself on being a hard worker. This is a fringe NBA player who worked and willed himself into a decent career and financial independence. I don’t understand how he could go to watch these coveted recruits only one time while Calipari saw them multiple times. We know he must have sent other staff but is this just that he delegated? Does he fly all over the country to see recruits? If he is not seeing Diallo because he is all over the US on other guys I guess that is a reason. The average fans like us don’t know his schedule, who does what and if he is really negligent or lazy. Is it possible that one of the the reasons for his divorce was not spending enough family time and he pulled back to compensate?
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I really don't care about his problems and the excuses...at $3 Million a year you better perform or . The guy is a disaster.
 
Whtdmd said:
Believe me, if u truly know my ID. U will be bragging to your friends
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Fishy said:
Lazy is the wrong word. Disinterested is more apt.

He’s a very wealthy guy who has retired from his first profession. His current profession pays very well, but requires some menial labor that he doesn’t seem to like doing. (I’d be worse. I’d sit in the office and watch YouTube videos and price Bentleys all day.)

As a result, the talent isn’t here, the development doesn’t happen and the team is generally unprepared.

Fake it ‘til you make it replaced ten toes in a long time ago. With the genie out of the bottle now, it’s basically over.
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Sadly, I agree with everything you are saying. Do you have a Fishy's Top Five (Realistic) Targets?
 
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tjc1888 said:
I know he’s just a kid but this kid and his dad deserve some seriously bar karma.
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He is, what, 19 or 20...not really a kid anymore. Just a...."mumu" and someone who at this point, is very late in learning about respect. balloon knot Shame on him.
 
pj said:
Very good article. Brings out KO's strengths and weaknesses well. This year's team had a dearth of talent so it absolutely needed toughness, defense, and rebounding. It's a terrible indictment that even the players acknowledge that is lacking. Recruiting failures would be forgivable if it were clear they were being fixed. I like the class coming in (which attempts to address the critical needs of point guard, shooter, and center), but not much noise re 2019 yet and with the NCAA nosing around and all the chatter around Ollie, recruiting for 2019 and beyond will be difficult. The concerns over player development -- Vance Jackson leaving for lack of a development plan, the hint that coaches aren't as available as they should be for individual instruction -- are touched on. Finally, it comes down to does Ollie have the strategic sense he needs to be a successful head coach? It's been lacking, can he acquire it? Losing Hobbs and having no assistant with head coaching experience and not maintaining the help from Calhoun are a concern.
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This all signals that he needs to go asap. I was a HUGE Ollie supporter but ive come to the realization that he is failing not just to maintain the standard set here but to even maintain a level of respectability. This program is absolutely lousy right now and in reading this article which confirms things that have been said here the finger points directly at Ollie. He has to go! We need a bulldog to be in charge. A no nonsense grinder who relentlessly gets after it and lives breaths, eats and craps basketball. Calhoun 2.o and please dont take that as a comparison but only a style comparison.
 
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