Mathis to Rutgers

[upstater]

If we can get our ish together, having a successful Rutgers program in the NE might be a little fun. I hope pike succeeds

I can't even begin to fathom what you are saying here.

 

[UConnfan8]

We are not winning a title with next year's roster. That doesn't mean it is anywhere near as crummy as you think it is.

I guess we'll talk next March then

 

[SouthBayHusky]

Not really worried. The reason why we can't recruit right now is because of last season. If we have a good/great season this year things will go back to normal.

If that's true, look at Rutgers past, like 15 seasons. There's more to it than one losing season IMHO

 

[mauconnfan]

I think the problem here is KO sucking at his job, not people on here complaining about it.

Truth is they both suck. KOs not closing and that blows but don't sell yourselves short you blow too.

 

[mauconnfan]

Then you don't understand recruiting.

Truth be told no one here does. Even the loud mouths who think they are in the know. They only think they know why a kid makes a decision.

 

[Guapo]

You guys are all parodies of yourselves.

We shouldn't fire Ollie now but his leash is obviously short.

But, in the end, we have a national championship winning coach; get over yourselves! Do you realize how many other schools would kill to be in a situation like this?

Give him this year. If there's no obvious improvement in X's and O's coaching then we can discuss his future employment status

 

[SouthBayHusky]

And to think I got banned from posting in the other Mathis thread because I posted the Fernando video.

We are officially the meltiest fanbase in the country, and the narrative promoted here is more toxic than many think. If parents are such a big factor, what the hell do you think they discern here?

Piekell didn't need to do anything except point them to the Boneyard.

For real?

 

[FartMan69]

You guys are all parodies of yourselves.

We shouldn't fire Ollie now but his leash is obviously short.

But, in the end, we have a national championship winning coach; get over yourselves! Do you realize how many other schools would kill to be in a situation like this?

Give him this year. If there's no obvious improvement in X's and O's coaching then we can discuss his future employment status

How can you admit the leash is short and still complain about us wanting Ollie gone? Yikes

 

[UconnPT2007]

For the last time, it's not Ollie, or RC, it's the terrible conference we are stuck in. Ollie and Uconn's history are the only reason we are getting decent looks from top 100 recruits. Of course most kids would rather play in the Big 10/P5 for a terrible program than play for a program with a storied history but whose present currently involves playing Tulane, East Carolina, and Directional Florida regularly.

 

[mauconnfan]

How can you admit the leash is short and still complain about us wanting Ollie gone? Yikes

Because he can just like you can whine about firing him. Pretty simple. Not sure what's so tough about how obvious it is for him to have a good year on the court while having some of the kids show some growth during the season.

 

[Waquoit]

One takeaway is that you make sure you have players coming in before you go running off the ones you already have.

 

[FartMan69]

Because he can just like you can whine about firing him. Pretty simple. Not sure what's so tough about how obvious it is for him to have a good year on the court while having some of the kids show some growth during the season.

Maybe not clicking on a thread dedicated to a recruiting failure is his and probably your best bet then. It's not your first day.

 

[gampelcrazies]

If that's true, look at Rutgers past, like 15 seasons. There's more to it than one losing season IMHO

True but they have the advantage of a new coach and the B10

 

[Guapo]

How can you admit the leash is short and still complain about us wanting Ollie gone? Yikes

It's not a black and white issue. I think Ollie is on a short lease but he deserves one more season. I don't think it's that hard to understand.

I not a fired or lifetime job proposition, its in between

 

[UConnfan8]

Most recruits commit in the fall.

If at the end of the season, Ollie gets them to the Sweet 16, and they win the AAC, it's not going to matter if they have a poor recruiting class on April 15th.

And your so confident this is going to happen because...?? Like serious where are you people pulling this stuff out from???? AAC champs and a sweet 16 next year?? With this roster??? WTF

 

[TRest]

It's not a black and white issue. I think Ollie is on a short lease but he deserves one more season. I don't think it's that hard to understand.

I not a fired or lifetime job proposition, its in between

The leash is just right.

 

[UCDaveD]

Do you realize how many other schools would kill to be in a situation like this?

Name them.

 

[3rdbass]

For the last time, it's not Ollie, or RC, it's the terrible conference we are stuck in. Ollie and Uconn's history are the only reason we are getting decent looks from top 100 recruits. Of course most kids would rather play in the Big 10/P5 for a terrible program than play for a program with a storied history but whose present currently involves playing Tulane, East Carolina, and Directional Florida regularly.

I hate this conference argument as it hasn't hurt Cincy and SMU from being competitive year in and year out. Cincy did just beat us for a recruit. I agree the conference does affect the perception of UCONN somewhat but it is all losing and a coach that seems to becoming more irrelevant by each second.

 

[Guapo]

Name them.

They'd be too long to name. Every D1 school that didn't win a national championship in the past 4 years.

 

[mauconnfan]

For the last time, it's not Ollie, or RC, it's the terrible conference we are stuck in. Ollie and Uconn's history are the only reason we are getting decent looks from top 100 recruits. Of course most kids would rather play in the Big 10/P5 for a terrible program than play for a program with a storied history but whose present currently involves playing Tulane, East Carolina, and Directional Florida regularly.

It's the league, it's the below standard season last year, it's KO and something about his ills many don't speak about, its geography, it's the parents (no denying that Wilson and Mathis wanted to come play here), it's the fact 2 teams have closed on the parents and KO/ Staff did not and who knows what else. Imagine once in a while if they lost because the other school was just a better fit? Nah can't be....

No doubt there are issues but some of the posts here are a joke. But hey there's entertainment value.

 

[EBonz30]

Funny thing you guys killed me for getting on Chill a few months ago for not being able to land a recruit.

I get its early, but can you have a worst start?

He's been awful in recruiting, awful.

 

[3rdbass]

Funny thing you guys killed me for getting on Chill a few months ago for not being able to land a recruit.

I get its early, but can you have a worst start?

He's been awful in recruiting, awful.

Yeah, chill hasn't paid any dividends yet for sure.

 

[King Husky]

Funny thing you guys killed me for getting on Chill a few months ago for not being able to land a recruit.

I get its early, but can you have a worst start?

He's been awful in recruiting, awful.

It's not his fault. Once these recruits find out the truth, they're gone.

 

[3rdbass]

Being able to coach and having the ability to run and sustain a program are 2 different things. I think KO has some coaching ability but I think it has become crystal clear that running a program is above his present makeup as a coach.

 

[mauconnfan]

Maybe not clicking on a thread dedicated to a recruiting failure is his and probably your best bet then. It's not your first day.

Ok

 

[UCDaveD]

They'd be too long to name. Every D1 school that didn't win a national championship in the past 4 years.

Your list would consist of a bunch of Mid-Low Majors. Not a single P5 team would trade places with us right now. If you think they would, you're just as delusional as the staff when they continually convince themselves that these recruits are in the bag only to be "blindsided".

 

[Huskymagic]

Ollie is going to coach this season as no one is saying otherwise because it's impractical at this point and maybe there is a tiny chance a miraculous turnaround might happen.

The evidence has become overwhelming though.

What serious program wants to be in our position right now? That's just laughable at this point.

PS: What grizzled veteran coach do we have on the coaching staff? We had Hobbs and Miller and Blaney. All serious and respected men on the staff in addition to Calhoun. We have neophytes on the coaching staff from he top to the bottom right now. That has an impact.

 

[UConnfan8]

Because we once lost kids to puke unc and zona. Now we lose to ru and st. Johns

Your false narratives no longer work with me. Just 4 days ago you sent a thread into a frenzy saying "hearing lots of UConn talk". Then you back track when your wrong saying "well things change." Someone had to say it. You are #FakeNews. This isn't even close to the first time you've done this with a recruit that was interested in us this summer.

 

[TRest]

It's the league, it's the below standard season last year, it's KO and something about his ills many don't speak about, its geography, it's the parents (no denying that Wilson and Mathis wanted to come play here), it's the fact 2 teams have closed on the parents and KO/ Staff did not and who knows what else. Imagine once in a while if they lost because the other school was just a better fit? Nah can't be....

No doubt there are issues but some of the posts here are a joke. But hey there's entertainment value.

Everybody is a better fit right now. Someone else said it earlier, but it's a zero sum game. We aren't recruiting all the top 100. Everyone of the kids we target sucks up time and resources, and we keep getting skunked.

 

[mauconnfan]

Ollie is going to coach this season as no one is saying otherwise because it's impractical at this point and maybe there is a tiny chance a miraculous turnaround might happen.

The evidence has become overwhelming though.

What serious program wants to be in our position right now? That's just laughable at this point.

PS: What grizzled veteran coach do we have on the coaching staff? We had Hobbs and Miller and Blaney. All serious and respected men on the staff in addition to Calhoun. We have neophytes on the coaching staff from he top to the bottom right now. That has an impact.

There's a lot of laughable things right now magic.