This board, well i guess not just this board, tends to overreact. To paint a sky is falling type picture because Matthews asked for his release is almost exhausting. Move on, its really not that big of a deal and will have little to no impact moving forward.
URI was not in the tourney. Akinjo was released last Tuesday. By all accounts, Dan Hurley spoke to DB on Monday and probably already said yes. You don't find the timing odd? It is unusual for a school to grant a release before a coach is named. The fact that it happened here leads to believe that Hurley was involved in the process.
Plus he seems to get the consensus # 1 rated player also.
Would be happy to get a player that's willing to redshirt, work hard in the off season, push the starters in practice and eventually contribute to the rotation in jr/sr year. Cap it off with a standing ovation on senior night.
and/or #2, and/or #3.
It seems most of this board has been overrating recruits in the last couple of classes. Matthews looks to have some nice upside but a stiff wind could blow him over and he's a 29% three point shooter at the high school level. It's nice to think all these kids are going to be studs when they come in but in almost every case reality sets in as soon as you seem them playing games.
Ban the word blaze.
I guess we'll find out in the coming weeks, either way KO had to go & Hurley seems like the best option to replace him. Not going t0 get hung up on west coast recruits that Hurley didn't recruit, if he has a meeting of the minds with Akinjo or Matthews & there is a spot for them when Hurley figures out his 18-19 roster then great otherwise I read next to nothing into anything happening right now.
Although I agree with your point on women not leaving for the pros and Geno being Geno, not every top 100 kid he landed stayed at UConn. So adding them up, it looks like he had 11 and 10 top 100 players, respectively. But, given a change of heart or transfer, that number is likely a bit lower.
Nobody is irreplaceable. Nobody.
LOL - It sure did with the coaching change - these last few days it has totally blown up. I really think these two guys are very good players, worth trying to keep. Sometimes there are big events above that change everything below - both good and bad - and that’s life.
If you do a little research, you’d be surprised by what you find.
I spent 5 minutes, don't want to spend any more than that, but if you send links, i'll check them out.
In the end, it doesn't even matter. Dan Hurley was brought in to drain the swamp. That is a process. Hurley has a plan in place and a vision of the type of recruit he can bring in. Lets all collectively catch our breath and trust that he can execute. It was a home run hire and the perfect man for the job. There is no reason to think that he can't bring UConn back to an elite level. This roster, the recruiting class inlcuded, is far from elite. Hurley knows that and in an ideal world he probably would only want to keep Wilson, Adams, AG, and Carlton.
Whatever Blaze strategy hay have been in place it's fairly clear KO has No strategy so I see all that happens now as good & necessary.
My impression was that it was largely the lack of offensive coaching for that. It didn't seem that anyone beyond Adams, Larrier and Vital were given the freedom to create. And for being a spot up shooter, hard when those three mostly sought their own shot.
another gutless player. afraid to put his toes in the water. afraid to compete.
Good god he said that the day he was announced as head coach! That wasn't spoken from experience walking into a gym in a UConn polo. Why does it seem so many of you here lack a grasp of basic logic?
