Yea that’s one thing I couldn’t overlook and I actually want Ollie to stick around for many years to come, but the way it looked just was bad while a 95 year old tubby up and engagedOh good.
That explains why he sat on his ass most of the game.
Honest question to people:
If this isn't time to fire a head coach, then when would that time look like, exactly?
I get the buy out, etc. What more would you need to see him get canned or how bad does it have to honestly get before you just check out? I gotta know.
What is accomplished firing him now? It's not like it would get better under the assistants. I still let this play out till end of season then assess. As little faith as I have in him turning it around, you have to give every opportunity available for it to happen until you can't afford to anymore. There's nothing gained by a midseason firing.
He just seems burned out to me.
No comparison to JC is fair, but he always seemed like he lived to coach -- that he loved coaching and competing.
From the outside, KO seems to be going through the motions -- doing his job, but not living and breathing it. Maybe he loves to coach, but it's not showing right now.
I think it was the divorce and the original 5 year contract that did him in. He had to fight his entire NBA career to stay in the league and had to prove himself his first two years at UConn. Looks like he got complacent after winning the championship and getting the big five year contract.He just seems burned out to me.
No comparison to JC is fair, but he always seemed like he lived to coach -- that he loved coaching and competing.
From the outside, KO seems to be going through the motions -- doing his job, but not living and breathing it. Maybe he loves to coach, but it's not showing right now.
When you yield 18 points at half, yeah things tend to get away from you unless we're talking girls high school basketball and the other squad has 15. But then again I do a disservice to girls basketball because I don't ever recall a Lady Husky skipping a game for a headache.The irony is again KO didn't call a timeout until 1 minute left in the half.
Yes there is, but it's a damned if we do and damned if we don't. I would think the whole staff would have to go. What worries me is if a change isn't made now, one or two key players request a transfer in March like last year, and then Akinjo and-or Kisunas try and back out of their commitment. On the other hand if a change is made now, Akinjo and Kisunas have to be given their releases, if they don't like the new coach and staff.What is accomplished firing him now? It's not like it would get better under the assistants. I still let this play out till end of season then assess. As little faith as I have in him turning it around, you have to give every opportunity available for it to happen until you can't afford to anymore. There's nothing gained by a midseason firing.
very fair assessment. Something changed with him about 2-3 seasons ago. Some have speculated the divorce, missing the west coast, etc.He just seems burned out to me.
No comparison to JC is fair, but he always seemed like he lived to coach -- that he loved coaching and competing.
From the outside, KO seems to be going through the motions -- doing his job, but not living and breathing it. Maybe he loves to coach, but it's not showing right now.
"I don't know what it was, but we're going to have to correct it," Huskies coach Kevin Ollie said after emerging from a postgame session with his team that extended well past 25 minutes. "We didn't play our UConn style. We got outrebounded. We got out-toughed in every area of the game."
If he doesn't know what it was then how is he going to correct it?
The biggest problem is the construction of the roster. There's just not enough talent. Shooting and ball handling are huge issues.