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Long Goodman article on the program

nadav said:
Be nice to have one named source behind any of Goodman’s quotes. Reads like a boneyard collaboration. We lost out on Diallo solely because KO didn’t try hard enough. Good one
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I wouldn’t hold your breath waiting for Kevin Ollie to admit to all of these...it seems that’s what it might take for some of you to believe the truth. It’s unreal.

And as for named sources, do you know how reporting works? Are you equally upset about the positive comments that are unattributed? Do they lack the same credibility? There’s zero upside for any source to have critical comments publicly attributed to them. Especially because they like KO as a person. And even if they don’t, why throw yourself under the bus? There’s a frustration close to the program that’s been brewing for years and “off the record” responses are that frustration boiling over.
 
jcp33 said:
The most concerning thing I read, regarding Vance:

"Jackson, who averaged 8.1 points and 26 minutes per game as a freshman, met with Ollie after last season and wanted to know what the plan was for him to be able to develop into more than just a spot-up shooter."

"[Jackson] wanted a clear plan going forward," the source said. "He didn't want to transfer, but there was no plan."

Huh? No plan for a player that we could've really used this season and beyond? No plan for a player who actually wanted to stay? If this is true then this is finally does it for me. He needs to be gone and we need a change.
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"Vance, we family. Now get your ten toes in the gym."
 
The Glenn Miller "individual training" part
and not going to MAL's senior games - SMH.
Also, divorce is brutal. It does have devastating effects on people. Oh well, Go
Huskies!?!?!?!
 
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Fishy said:
Despite some ridiculous claims to the contrary here, no one wanted him to fail.

But all of the reasons listed in that article have been mentioned here for some time....he doesn’t work hard enough.

This is all on Kevin Ollie. All of it.
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You have been saying this for a long time.
 
Sonova said:
I wouldn’t hold your breath waiting for Kevin Ollie to admit to all of these...it seems that’s what it might take for some of you to believe the truth. It’s unreal.

And as for named sources, do you know how reporting works? Are you equally upset about the positive comments that are unattributed? Do they lack the same credibility? There’s zero upside for any source to have critical comments publicly attributed to them. Especially because they like KO as a person. And even if they don’t, why throw yourself under the bus? There’s a frustration close to the program that’s been brewing for years and “off the record” responses are that frustration boiling over.
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You sound really connected. Were you a source? Thanks for the lesson on reporting. Appreciated
 
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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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Considering how much of recruiting is done by assistants, I’d like to know how many times the assistants went and saw those 2 as well.
 
superjohn said:
All of this and more has been relayed to the fans here but many chose/still choose to keep their head in the sand or lash out at the messengers.
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It looks bad. A few of them I’d like more context (like my post below about MAL and Diallo).

Some are just inexcusable
 
I just think the article is a piece of crap. Not lashing out at what was written. Clearly things aren’t well.
 
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the Q said:
Yeah, I agree. I knew I should’ve gone there, don’t wanna start a holy war about it.

Yes hats the biggest part in dispute for the entire article article, but with features like these, you can make that story sound better cause there isn’t much of a way to prove it false.

I think lunardi was not as high on us as the committee turned out to be, hence the dichotomy of opinions.
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It was proven false by the mere fact that Tulsa made it as an at-large selection with a worse resume, and they play in the same conference. It would have been great theater watching the talking heads confront the selection committee with their decision to put Tulsa in the field in favor of a clearly better UCONN. I'm not sure they could have made up any argument for it that would have garnered even a tiny shred of plausible credibility. Taking a clearly in the field tournament team to four overtimes, even if we had lost the game, would have been all the proof they needed to show we were a tournament worthy team.

Goodman's no different from any of the pitchfork wavers here. When some false claim fits the "Fire Ollie" narrative conveniently, use it. He's an idiot.
 
8893 said:
Most simply have more tact and discretion than you do, and different ideas about their place and the best way to communicate their thoughts.
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word salad.
 
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polycom said:
Can someone point to something in the article that’s new? If you were paying attention?
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I admit I didn’t realize the lack of individual instruction time.

That is something I kinda assumed was standard and came with the territory.

To compare to another sport, it’s why Barry bonds was fired after one year as hitting coach.
 
the Q said:
I admit I didn’t realize the lack of individual instruction time.

That is something I kinda assumed was standard and came with the territory.

To compare to another sport, it’s why Barry bonds was fired after one year as hitting coach.
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I do remember that there was a poster here who was shocked that Glen Miller got fired because he said he was the only one that would actually work out the players when they asked for help. Pretty much everything written in the article was relayed here at one point or another.
 
polycom said:
Can someone point to something in the article that’s new? If you were paying attention?
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Really. He could have gotten out of bed the morning of the day he wrote it and done nothing but read the BY as his only source of information.
 
UConnNick said:
Really. He could have gotten out of bed the morning of the day he wrote it and done nothing but read the BY as his only source of information.
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lol you people are insane. Goodman didn't quote the boneyard. he just happened to dig up the same information that posters have been writing about on the board for over a year. this should strengthen the validity of the accusations and instead you're dismissing it as #fakenews
 
JMick said:
why can't you accept reality? do you think goodman didn't actually get quotes and made everything up?
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Nope. But you can find a source for anything. Who do you think said the comment about not having a plan for Vance? His Dad?? I’ve accepted reality. We stink and students can’t be shamed! It’s awesome
 
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superjohn said:
word salad.
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This from the guy who has done nothing but recycle the same dozen words for the past three months.

Please don’t dominate the rap jack, if you’ve got nothing new to say.

Rest assured, when history identifies the rats, you’ll be remembered as among the first off the ship and I’ll be in my deck chair listening to the orchestra.

So be it.
 
8893 said:
This from the guy who has done nothing but recycle the same dozen words for the past three months.

Please don’t dominate the rap jack, if you’ve got nothing new to say.

Rest assured, when history identifies the rats, you’ll be remembered as among the first off the ship and I’ll be in my deck chair listening to the orchestra.

So be it.
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live look at 8893 on the ship
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It paints a very clear picture why players transferred en masse and confirms what we’ve seen in front of our own eyes over the last 4 years. Ollie and his staff have a complete lack of ability to develop players. The players recognized that and would rather eat the transfer year to get to a team that will help them improve versus staying and likely playing big minutes here.
 
8893 said:
This from the guy who has done nothing but recycle the same dozen words for the past three months.

Please don’t dominate the rap jack, if you’ve got nothing new to say.

Rest assured, when history identifies the rats, you’ll be remembered as among the first off the ship and I’ll be in my deck chair listening to the orchestra.

So be it.
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When Ollie coaches his final game as UConn HC less than a month from now, the two of you can go on a cruise together and talk about rats, escalators and your toes.
 
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