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Looks like Vital is all in

Chief00 said:
Confirmed - He is back.
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Rare picture of Chief composing one of insider posts...
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UConn990411 said:
No disrespect to Rodney, but I'm looking forward to seeing a Jalen-Vital starting backcourt. I think their games complement one another better, and there won't be any debating who the alpha is.

Gilbert is a complete X-factor, but if he's healthy, UConn could have its best backcourt by far since the 2013-14 season.
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That's not saying much.
 
I don't see it as a big epidemic of people leaving. The staff changes were the direct result of the on the court performance. Big men not developing? Look hard at the guy in charge of developing them. Exhausted players and frequent injuries? Maybe the strength and conditioning program isn't doing its job.
As far as the players -- I don't count those who've never even been a part of the program yet, and I don't think there's necessarily any group think going on.
MAL changed his mind. Glad he did it before he got here. Move on.
I had been prepared for Jackson's departure ever since his dad started mouthing off about him not being utilized properly back in December. I liked the kid as a player, but we don't need an authority figure from outside the program contradicting what the program is trying to do, in conflict with what the authority figures inside the program are trying to get into the kid's head. Just hope he leaves with his academics in good order.
Steve is the biggest surprise to me. I'm not sure what has gotten into his head. It's taken me a while to realize that holding out hope for a major improvement on his part was self defeating. We'd seen no improvement -- even regression in some ways -- over two seasons. Had to start wondering what made me think he might still improve enough this year to be a valuable contributor the next? Facey's senior season? Nah, we'd seen far more flashes from Facey in his first couple years than we've seen from Steve. It's a terrible way of looking at his departure, but we'll miss his five fouls.
 
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uchusky32 said:
2nd year Vital > 1st year Mal.
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Idk.......he has made incredible improvement each of the last three years........hopefully he can keep it up.......i'm expecting him to continue to add muscle this off season.....i like that he's learned to contain himself somewhat on the court.....he used to be pretty crazy on it and earned too much bench time because of it...ollie seems to be a good influence on him.
 
Fleudslipcon,....I had not read your post until after I posted my thoughts on morale and negativity. So,.....it was an original post on my part. Just sayin.
 
Chief00 said:
You don't understand what a Chief Confirm means. It's a higher standard than your speculation.
Now just for the record since December alone Diaco, Diallo, Travis I and G Miller I called long before the events happened. You sound pretty silly LOL.
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Yeah, I'm the one that sounds silly when YOU are the one that comes on here and "confirms" it after the kid has already done so publicly. What's next Chief, are you gonna confirm for us that the Titanic has sank? We all eagerly await your breakdown on that one.
 
Son of Robert said:
Fleudslipcon,....I had not read your post until after I posted my thoughts on morale and negativity. So,.....it was an original post on my part. Just sayin.
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I think the better take is great minds think alike.
 
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UConnfan8 said:
Are you so sure about that
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It's not an outlandish statement, but obviously isn't backed by anything. I'm not sure how he'll perform next year given that he wants to go to a school where he will play big minutes off the bat. Likely it will be somewhere where there aren't considerable pieces around him, and it's hard to tell a player's ability to make those around them better until they get to college
 
Kind of weird and off topic, but Vital, Jalen, Vance Jackson, and Christian Foxen were all playing against students in the UConn rec center today.
 
uconngb said:
Yeah, I'm the one that sounds silly when YOU are the one that comes on here and "confirms" it after the kid has already done so publicly. What's next Chief, are you gonna confirm for us that the Titanic has sank? We all eagerly await your breakdown on that one.
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Reading and occasionally responding to your meaningless posts are not a good use of Chief's time - you are the first poster Chief has put on Ignored. Congratulations!
 
eireman said:
Idk..he has made incredible improvement each of the last three years...hopefully he can keep it up..i'm expecting him to continue to add muscle this off season.....i like that he's learned to contain himself somewhat on the court.....he used to be pretty crazy on it and earned too much bench time because of it...ollie seems to be a good influence on him.
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I think that is because he is coach able and also the NYC toughness.
 
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Chief00 said:
Reading and occasionally responding to your meaningless posts are not a good use of Chief's time - you are the first poster Chief has put on Ignored. Congratulations!
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Chief can't handle the truth
 
uconngb said:
Chief can't handle the truth
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Currently you are a "poor man's" version of @BigErnMcCracken. This statement is probably an insult to the expression "poor man".

As you might know BigErn is a legend with what happened at MSG. And you might know, that like you, he has made it a point to follow chief and zing him every time he felt chief was OTT. But he upped his game and became clever with his zings such that the forum looked forward to chief posting and Big responding. He also learned to not continue pushing chief to stop. The result is most people, including the two antagonists, appreciated the interaction.

We strongly believe that like UConn players posters in the Boneyard should improve their game. Hopefully you can master this.
 
huskyrob1 said:
How serious is Gilbert's injury? What exactly is it? I don't think it's an ACL.
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He tore his shoulder labrum in the McDonald's AA game last year, had surgery, then came to UConn, hurt it again, and had surgery again. I know people who this sort of thing became chronic and ruined their athletic career and then there's people like Kris Dunn who shut it down properly for a long time and came back better than ever. Shoulder injuries are some of the hardest to call
 
Guard: Adams, Vital, Gilbert
Forward: Larrier, Diarra, Foxen, (Polley)
Center: Durham (Cobb) (Carlton)

We need a serviceable body at guard to hedge against injury and give 5-10 minutes a game
Same at forward if Durham is the best option at center.
We are empty at center, this should be priority as you can't expect a ton from Cobb and Carlton.
 
jkfer98 said:
Kind of weird and off topic, but Vital, Jalen, Vance Jackson, and Christian Foxen were all playing against students in the UConn rec center today.
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Nice of Vance to stick around for the APR at least.
 
jkfer98 said:
Kind of weird and off topic, but Vital, Jalen, Vance Jackson, and Christian Foxen were all playing against students in the UConn rec center today.
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That's a good thing. Reduces the theory that kids had chemistry issues with one another. Now if some fans could be as gracious......:(
 
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UConn990411 said:
No disrespect to Rodney, but I'm looking forward to seeing a Jalen-Vital starting backcourt. I think their games complement one another better, and there won't be any debating who the alpha is.

Gilbert is a complete X-factor, but if he's healthy, UConn could have its best backcourt by far since the 2013-14 season.
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Interestingly I always felt Rodney deferred to Jalen and had no problem letting him be the alpha. That's rare between seniors and sophomores.

I'm excited with Christian and Jalen on the floor together because by the end of the season Christian had demonstrated he can be a playmaker with the ball in his hands. If Alterique comes back strong we have a good nucleus of guards and hopefully Gilbert can integrate quickly with the other two.
 
fleudslipcon said:
Currently you are a "poor man's" version of @BigErnMcCracken. This statement is probably an insult to the expression "poor man".

As you might know BigErn is a legend with what happened at MSG. And you might know, that like you, he has made it a point to follow chief and zing him every time he felt chief was OTT. But he upped his game and became clever with his zings such that the forum looked forward to chief posting and Big responding. He also learned to not continue pushing chief to stop. The result is most people, including the two antagonists, appreciated the interaction.

We strongly believe that like UConn players posters in the Boneyard should improve their game. Hopefully you can master this.
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Who the hell are you? The guy is insufferable and constantly spouts BS. I didn't say a damn word to you, so STFU. I guess one thing that Chief didn't lie about is he really does have bitches.....and you are clearly one of them.
 
Chief is harmless, kind of like the class clown, every board has one.
 
jkfer98 said:
Kind of weird and off topic, but Vital, Jalen, Vance Jackson, and Christian Foxen were all playing against students in the UConn rec center today.
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That would be a heck of a rec team.
 
jkfer98 said:
Kind of weird and off topic, but Vital, Jalen, Vance Jackson, and Christian Foxen were all playing against students in the UConn rec center today.
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Did they get down by 12 early and have to claw their way back to tie it late in the 2nd?


Ohhhhhhhhh
 
Agreed. Steve was one I hoped stayed. Sounds like if MAL came maybe CV would have transferred or such. Would prefer MAL, but so be it

Vance would have had to play the 4 and didn't want to. He has zero skills to play the 3 at a high level, but he'll have to figure that out on his own. He's a classic tweener.


RichZ said:
I don't see it as a big epidemic of people leaving. The staff changes were the direct result of the on the court performance. Big men not developing? Look hard at the guy in charge of developing them. Exhausted players and frequent injuries? Maybe the strength and conditioning program isn't doing its job.
As far as the players -- I don't count those who've never even been a part of the program yet, and I don't think there's necessarily any group think going on.
MAL changed his mind. Glad he did it before he got here. Move on.
I had been prepared for Jackson's departure ever since his dad started mouthing off about him not being utilized properly back in December. I liked the kid as a player, but we don't need an authority figure from outside the program contradicting what the program is trying to do, in conflict with what the authority figures inside the program are trying to get into the kid's head. Just hope he leaves with his academics in good order.
Steve is the biggest surprise to me. I'm not sure what has gotten into his head. It's taken me a while to realize that holding out hope for a major improvement on his part was self defeating. We'd seen no improvement -- even regression in some ways -- over two seasons. Had to start wondering what made me think he might still improve enough this year to be a valuable contributor the next? Facey's senior season? Nah, we'd seen far more flashes from Facey in his first couple years than we've seen from Steve. It's a terrible way of looking at his departure, but we'll miss his five fouls.
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