UChusky916
Making the board a little less insufferable
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Yes, no doubt, it's tough seeing this kind of turmoil in the program right now. We had a promising freshman shooter and an in-state offensive talent transfer. It's very easy to criticize the program right now based on those facts alone, without looking at the larger picture.
Let's take a breath and look at things objectively. Both transfers seem mostly related to the players' relationship with Miller. Instead of blaming KO and and making ridiculous statements about the state of the program, let's consider the obvious. What if both of these guys happened to have a great relationship with Miller and that his departure was the driving factor for the transfers? That seems most likely.
Outside of relating well with the guys who transferred, what did Miller bring to the program? Honestly, it's hard to know. I don't recall a ton of overwhelmingly positive feedback from players or the media about him. I know him best for handling half-time interviews and locker room dancing, which is probably not a great thing.
In the long run, I think we'll be better off with Chillious as the main man next to KO.
Chillious, from everything I've read, fills a lot of gaps in the staff:
In the long run, this will be a good move. It was obvious there were gaps on this staff. We criticized the staff relentlessly during the past few years. Change was necessary. I'm glad we've looked outside the UConn-only staff legacy. That was a change which was needed, it was just a matter of time.
To be honest, I'm more optimistic than ever, because at least we're finally addressing the glaring weaknesses in the staff with the Killings and Chillious hires. Yes -- we gave KO a shot to succeed with his guys. In the short-term, KO succeeded with that staff. But now, for the long run, we're building toward a sustainable future with a young, talented, and well-rounded staff.
Let's take a breath and look at things objectively. Both transfers seem mostly related to the players' relationship with Miller. Instead of blaming KO and and making ridiculous statements about the state of the program, let's consider the obvious. What if both of these guys happened to have a great relationship with Miller and that his departure was the driving factor for the transfers? That seems most likely.
Outside of relating well with the guys who transferred, what did Miller bring to the program? Honestly, it's hard to know. I don't recall a ton of overwhelmingly positive feedback from players or the media about him. I know him best for handling half-time interviews and locker room dancing, which is probably not a great thing.
In the long run, I think we'll be better off with Chillious as the main man next to KO.
Chillious, from everything I've read, fills a lot of gaps in the staff:
- KO has not been near a perfect bench coach and could use a reliable in-game assistant next to him. Miller may have been too passive and has never really been publicly recognized as a big contributor and assistant for KO during his time here.
- Chillious is an A+ recruiter. Add Chillious to KO and Killings and you've got a PHENOMINAL group of recruiters. Big change from over a year ago when we basically had ONLY KO as a good recruiter in our program. Now, we've got 3 guys known for bringing in studs.
- Chillious should work well with our bigs, having worked with Josh Boone and others. We haven't had much development from our bigs, and that's been Miller's responsibility since he's been here. Hard to get worse in that regard.
- Chillious fits our culture of having a great relationship with the players. I'm not sure how well Glen Miller fit in with the guys. But I've seen glowing comments from players about Chillious (Chillious Joins Men's Basketball Coaching Staff)
In the long run, this will be a good move. It was obvious there were gaps on this staff. We criticized the staff relentlessly during the past few years. Change was necessary. I'm glad we've looked outside the UConn-only staff legacy. That was a change which was needed, it was just a matter of time.
To be honest, I'm more optimistic than ever, because at least we're finally addressing the glaring weaknesses in the staff with the Killings and Chillious hires. Yes -- we gave KO a shot to succeed with his guys. In the short-term, KO succeeded with that staff. But now, for the long run, we're building toward a sustainable future with a young, talented, and well-rounded staff.
