Dooley
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Wrote this in the "response to this " thread, but wanted to put here too. I just wrote to this (normally I don't) because I want his day to start off on a negative note tomorrow morning...
As a UCONN alum, I couldn't disagree with you more about your ill-advised jab at Kevin Ollie's language usage (I am also a Connecticut taxpayer). Kevin Ollie is LOVED by his school, the state of Connecticut (and surrounding areas of UCONN fans), and UCONN alumni for the very qualities that makes him an outstanding coach but you are too dense, or racist (or both), to understand. His high intelligence, work ethic, dedication to his profession, and genuine love for UCONN is exactly what makes Kevin Ollie a top coach and UCONN restored as a blueblood, elite basketball program.
You can't find one person, other than yourself, who has one bad thing to say about Kevin Ollie. The man has integrity (something you seriously lack) and honesty that is refreshing in the landscape of corrupt college athletics. UCONN's APR ban, for instance, came as a result of retroactively applying newly adopted graduation performance standards. While UCONN received a harsh penalty, schools like North Carolina (who engaged in egregious acts of academic fraud but was never penalized because the NCAA deemed that "because (the fake classes) was offered to all student athletes, it was 'fair'". Kevin Ollie, of course, had nothing to do with the 2008-09 team that failed to meet the later-adopted APR guidelines. But what Kevin Ollie did have something to do with was restoring pride in a university, valuing academics every bit as much as athletics, during a time when the program paid this senseless penalty from the NCAA.
I can't help but think that your outdated, ill-conceived, and incredibly off-based opinion isn't a racist remark cloaked behind these fictional "concerned Connecticut taxpayers". The way someone speaks is their own right, afforded to them by the laws of our Constitution, and is in no way a reflection of their intelligence. Communication, after all, is used as a means to exchange ideas, emotions/feelings, and opinions to another person. Effective communication can be measured by how well the audience received and practiced the ideas, emotion, and opinions of the speaker. Intelligent communication is knowing how to best reach your audience. If using smoke signals, morse code, or hand signals is needed to best relay a message, then so be it. But UCONN fans and alumni, Connecticut taxpayers, and every other rational person already knew that. Perhaps, one day, you will too so that you can write something of value. Frankly, I am shocked that any publication would allow their columnists to have (and express) such outdated and racially motivated opinions such as yours.
Kevin Ollie has more intelligence in his pinky finger than you do in your racist body. For that reason (amongst MANY more), UCONN students, alumni, fans and donors (including state taxpayers) couldn't be any prouder to have Kevin Ollie lead our basketball program and serve as a representative of our prestigious university.
You are a disgrace.
Dooley
As a UCONN alum, I couldn't disagree with you more about your ill-advised jab at Kevin Ollie's language usage (I am also a Connecticut taxpayer). Kevin Ollie is LOVED by his school, the state of Connecticut (and surrounding areas of UCONN fans), and UCONN alumni for the very qualities that makes him an outstanding coach but you are too dense, or racist (or both), to understand. His high intelligence, work ethic, dedication to his profession, and genuine love for UCONN is exactly what makes Kevin Ollie a top coach and UCONN restored as a blueblood, elite basketball program.
You can't find one person, other than yourself, who has one bad thing to say about Kevin Ollie. The man has integrity (something you seriously lack) and honesty that is refreshing in the landscape of corrupt college athletics. UCONN's APR ban, for instance, came as a result of retroactively applying newly adopted graduation performance standards. While UCONN received a harsh penalty, schools like North Carolina (who engaged in egregious acts of academic fraud but was never penalized because the NCAA deemed that "because (the fake classes) was offered to all student athletes, it was 'fair'". Kevin Ollie, of course, had nothing to do with the 2008-09 team that failed to meet the later-adopted APR guidelines. But what Kevin Ollie did have something to do with was restoring pride in a university, valuing academics every bit as much as athletics, during a time when the program paid this senseless penalty from the NCAA.
I can't help but think that your outdated, ill-conceived, and incredibly off-based opinion isn't a racist remark cloaked behind these fictional "concerned Connecticut taxpayers". The way someone speaks is their own right, afforded to them by the laws of our Constitution, and is in no way a reflection of their intelligence. Communication, after all, is used as a means to exchange ideas, emotions/feelings, and opinions to another person. Effective communication can be measured by how well the audience received and practiced the ideas, emotion, and opinions of the speaker. Intelligent communication is knowing how to best reach your audience. If using smoke signals, morse code, or hand signals is needed to best relay a message, then so be it. But UCONN fans and alumni, Connecticut taxpayers, and every other rational person already knew that. Perhaps, one day, you will too so that you can write something of value. Frankly, I am shocked that any publication would allow their columnists to have (and express) such outdated and racially motivated opinions such as yours.
Kevin Ollie has more intelligence in his pinky finger than you do in your racist body. For that reason (amongst MANY more), UCONN students, alumni, fans and donors (including state taxpayers) couldn't be any prouder to have Kevin Ollie lead our basketball program and serve as a representative of our prestigious university.
You are a disgrace.
Dooley
