New court filings name former UConn standouts Rodney Purvis, Sterling Gibbs, Terry Larrier in Kevin Ollie case

[Madmannsucks]

No, because he is cleaning up a mess. Ollie created a mess. There's a big difference

You know I am in the KO camp. But it is WAY to early for this conversation. If they are 6 and 17 next year.....but NOW??? REALLY??? Gonna take a hard pass on that one.

 

[uconnell]

If I remember correctly, he inherited a program deemed ineligible for the post season, caused by his predecessor.

So he still got payed for that season and yes he did manage to keep the players here and engaged. So what? Wasn’t that part of his job?

 

[BY06518]

Question... if Hurley has a losing season next year should he be fired? That would be 2 in a row...

Absolutely not...big difference between what cleaning up a mess and changing the culture around a program and getting your players to come to UConn. Ollie who as a coach had stopped trying to develop his players and was struggling to be engaged on the recruiting trail. I mean look at the leap Carlton took under Hurley this year, I am not saying his leap would have been huge his freshman year but he was basically the same player on Day 1 as he was after the SMU game last year.

 

[Engineer90]

Question... if Hurley has a losing season next year should he be fired? That would be 2 in a row...

You should stick to turning lights on and off.

 

[Alexa]

No, because he is cleaning up a mess. Ollie created a mess. There's a big difference

lol. Ollie definitely didn’t have a mess on his hand when he got the job.

 

[Stainmaster]

lol. Ollie definitely didn’t have a mess on his hand when he got the job.

You missed his point completely.

 

[Stainmaster]

@Alexa what are the names of your other accounts on this website?

 

[JMick]

lol. Ollie definitely didn’t have a mess on his hand when he got the job.

The situations aren't even comparable. Just look at what players Ollie inherited. He left the place much much worse than he found it.

 

[Madmannsucks]

So he still got payed for that season and yes he did manage to keep the players here and engaged. So what? Wasn’t that part of his job?

WHAT????

 

[JMick]

There are several Universities out there that spend a lot of money on talent and haven’t won a national championship. It’s not an easy task.
Player development !! KO had the guards from day one as assistant. He helped JC with C’sand O’s. Kemba had his best year 2011 ironically when KO joins the staff..

Shabazz career took off when KO became Coach after a sub par sophomore season ! Boatright , Daniel Hamilton , DeAndre Daniels , Amida was ranked 250's ect.. All these players got better under his leadership!

On top of that they got better in the classroom! Where it mattered the most.. APR and Graduation rate! Better Men ..

what does this have to do with your original question? it's amazing how dumb the random ollie friends and family fan club contingent is. every poster that made an account just to defend ollie is an imbecile.

 

[superjohn]

There are several Universities out there that spend a lot of money on talent and haven’t won a national championship. It’s not an easy task.
Player development !! KO had the guards from day one as assistant. He helped JC with C’sand O’s. Kemba had his best year 2011 ironically when KO joins the staff..

Shabazz career took off when KO became Coach after a sub par sophomore season ! Boatright , Daniel Hamilton , DeAndre Daniels , Amida was ranked 250's ect.. All these players got better under his leadership!

On top of that they got better in the classroom! Where it mattered the most.. APR and Graduation rate! Better Men ..

Yep, KO was clearly better than Calhoun!!!

I like this new handle you have, Kevin.

 

[CL82]

There is no ten million to give him.

This is one of the weirdest aspects of your whole crazy conspiracy theory. UConn has over $4 billion in assets. It's cash and cash equivalents alone is over $368 million, but yet you persist in the fantasy that UConn could not find $10M to pay off Ollie? You are finance guy right? You have to know that is not only is wrong, it is well, kind of stupid. (Or naive, perhaps? You seem to like that word.)

Regarding the rest... I mean I guess there could have been a vast national flag blue conspiracy, I guess, but it strains rationality doesn't it? Do you really think that Susan Herbst (oh I forgot that's Suzielax to you) calls in Glenn Miller and says "hey Glenn we fired you and all but we want to perjure yourself so we don't have to pay Ollie?" Do you really think that Calhoun participated a year long conspiracy in which he tampered with Hurley while Hurley is at URI? Do you think Calhoun came out retirement just so he could payoff Miller by giving him a coveted D III coaching gig? Do you think they somehow entrapped Ollie into paying for airfare, meals and hotels for players to attend illegal coaching sessions in Atlanta? Did they drug Ollie so he'd lie to the NCAA? Were they secretly laughing when Ollie lied to them? I mean I guess that could have happened. It is extraordinarily unlikely, on the order of an life ending meteor impact, but it is possible, I guess.

Or maybe, just maybe, Ollie cheated and lied to his employer and the NCAA about it and they fired him for it. Maybe, just maybe, the NCAA followed their normal procedure and interviewed Ollie's coaching staff at the time of the alleged incidents. And maybe, just maybe, Calhoun took the Saint Joe's job because he really did miss coaching

Occam's Razor.

 

[CL82]

what does this have to do with your original question? it's amazing how dumb the random ollie friends and family fan club contingent is. every poster that made an account just to defend ollie is an imbecile.

and that they randomly join the BY just when there is a new Ollie story in the press. Weird coincidence.

 

[CL82]

He is a man. Every man deserves respect.

Yep and every man is accountable for his actions.

 

[JMick]

So your opinion is the only one that counts? You bash Ollie and I support him. He is a husky! I may be dumb, I respect your opinion of me. I can’t tell you how to see me. You’re on this board so that means you are a husky. KO is fired, why continue to kick the man while he is down. He is a man. Every man deserves respect.

you're free to have whatever opinions you'd like. but you can't even follow your own logic. you're just one of the people I'm talking about. We also have the St Johns fan and the other guy who pops up whenever there's an Ollie story. I just find it funny that everyone who makes an account just to defend Ollie is a moron.

 

[JMick]

Moron? Wow that pretty intense. However. I respect your opinion of me

I have called others much worse. You have thick skin. You'll be able to last around here if you want to.

 

[Mazhude]

There are several Universities out there that spend a lot of money on talent and haven’t won a national championship. It’s not an easy task.
Player development !! KO had the guards from day one as assistant. He helped JC with C’sand O’s. Kemba had his best year 2011 ironically when KO joins the staff..

Shabazz career took off when KO became Coach after a sub par sophomore season ! Boatright , Daniel Hamilton , DeAndre Daniels , Amida was ranked 250's ect.. All these players got better under his leadership!

On top of that they got better in the classroom! Where it mattered the most.. APR and Graduation rate! Better Men ..

Correlation does not imply causation...

 

[CL82]

You should stick to turning lights on and off.

"Alexa, irrationally defend Kevin Ollie..."

 

[UConnNick]

I've got an idea. Why don't all the Ollie apologists and defenders get together amongst yourselves and start a GoFundMe page for contributions to his buyout? When it hits 10.7 million $$$, give him the money. Your time would be better spent doing that instead of trying to defend him here. Mind you this is a man who made upwards of 30 million $$$ since 1995 (an average of over 1 million per year), but now is apparently flat broke, downtrodden, and deserves our sympathy.

Get busy with that, good luck to all of you, and let us all know when you hit that 10.7 target number.

 

[Madmannsucks]

I've got an idea. Why don't all the Ollie apologists and defenders get together amongst yourselves and start a GoFundMe page for contributions to his buyout? When it hits 10.7 million $$$, give him the money. Your time would be better spent doing that instead of trying to defend him here. Mind you this is a man who made upwards of 30 million $$$ since 1995 (an average of over 1 million per year), but now is apparently flat broke, downtrodden, and deserves our sympathy.

Get busy with that, good luck to all of you, and let us all know when you hit that 10.7 target number.

If you are tired of the thread stop posting and let it die. Otherwise have a nice fresh cup of STFU. Heaven forbid someone should have a differing opinion.

 

[UConnNick]

If you are tired of the thread stop posting and let it die. Otherwise have a nice fresh cup of . Heaven forbid someone should have a differing opinion.

LOL...coming from you, this post is wildly hilarious, considering you've made 33 posts in this thread and I've made 3, well 4 counting this one. You might consider taking your own advice.

 

[uconnell]

lol. Ollie definitely didn’t have a mess on his hand when he got the job.

Not like the mess Ollie made after a few years that left us bereft of players after some left.

 

[BY06518]

There are several Universities out there that spend a lot of money on talent and haven’t won a national championship. It’s not an easy task.
Player development !! KO had the guards from day one as assistant. He helped JC with C’sand O’s. Kemba had his best year 2011 ironically when KO joins the staff..

Shabazz career took off when KO became Coach after a sub par sophomore season ! Boatright , Daniel Hamilton , DeAndre Daniels , Amida was ranked 250's ect.. All these players got better under his leadership!

On top of that they got better in the classroom! Where it mattered the most.. APR and Graduation rate! Better Men ..

Lets go point by point here...

Kemba also was on the college squad that played against the USA world championship in training camp so him practicing against Westbrook, Rose, Curry, and Billups probably had more to do with that than KO.

Shabazz did get much better but how much of that was due to KO or was it the fact that he played better when he had a chip on his shoulder.

Boatright I love Ryan he was all heart and was super talented but I would argue he wasn't much better from his Junior to Senior year.

DeAndre Daniels, did get better but it wasn't by leaps and bounds some of that may just be because he got more opportunities.

Brimah was the exact same player he was when he was a Freshman.

Hamilton his skills were solid when he came here solid when he left.

You failed to mention Purvis, Facey, Nolan, Larrier, Enoch, Durham, Jackson, either didn't get better or transfered out of the program.

You mentioned graduation rate if only you won championships for good academics as long as the APR is good I think most would agree we would rather win above all else.

You also failed to mention that we had more 20 point losses in his tenure ever and a team that quit most games. We all love KO but to defend him after the last two years is just crazy.

 

[UCDaveD]

KO has been know to make great investments and save.

Not saying you're wrong, but source?

 

[Kathy]

Not saying you're wrong, but source?

Why do his finances matter to you or anyone but him and his family?