Official: Glen Miller is gone

[uconngb]

Nope.

Would he have? I don't know, but he never got the chance.

So much more believable than the crap that Chief spews.

 

[Chief00]

So if Miller was officially notified on March 11th, why the delay in announcing it. My guess is that maybe they wanted to give Miller a chance through the Final 4 coaches convention to obtain another job without being stymitized as having been fired. If so, Oz torpedoed that possibility.

 

[JMick]

So if Miller was officially notified on March 11th, why the delay in announcing it. My guess is that maybe they wanted to give Miller a chance through the Final 4 coaches convention to obtain another job without being stymitized as having been fired. If so, Oz torpedoed that possibility.

Oz isn't the only one that got the info yesterday, though. So the timeline is very strange.

 

[JMick]

So much more believable than the crap that Chief spews.

Chief is like my dad's friend. He is an "insider" for a much more niche thing than UConn basketball, but he's right about 50% of the time. Usually when he is wrong it's because he does a terrible job of listening or makes huge inferences based on small amounts of information. I assume it's the same with Chief.

 

[Chief00]

Would Larry Brown take an assistants job? And hire a top recruiter.

 

[JMick]

Would Larry Brown take an assistants job? And hire a top recruiter.

Larry Brown is a violation waiting to happen

 

[uconngb]

Chief is like my dad's friend. He is an "insider" for a much more niche thing than UConn basketball, but he's right about 50% of the time. Usually when he is wrong it's because he does a terrible job of listening or makes huge inferences based on small amounts of information. I assume it's the same with Chief.

That gives WAY too much credit to Chief. Chief makes up things in his head and then revises those thoughts to fit what actually happens. He has no more knowledge here than anyone else, but loves to pontificate. My guess is he was never good enough to actually play sports, he was either the manager or the scorekeeper......but in his mind, that made him the most valuable part of the team.

 

[husky429]

Would Larry Brown take an assistants job? And hire a top recruiter.

You can't be serious. Larry brown isn't assistant coaching anywhere

 

[JMick]

That gives WAY too much credit to Chief. Chief makes up things in his head and then revises those thoughts to fit what actually happens. He has no more knowledge here than anyone else, but loves to pontificate. My guess is he was never good enough to actually play sports, he was either the manager or the scorekeeper.but in his mind, that made him the most valuable part of the team.

That's possible, but I think he's a leftover from the old guard who gets occasional whispers and then fills in the blanks. I also wonder sometimes if he grasps the concept of trolling a little better than we'd like to believe. I used to think he was ~70 years old but I think it was mentioned that he was closer to 50

@Chief00 how old are you? as a range? I'm curious

 

[Fishy]

So if Miller was officially notified on March 11th, why the delay in announcing it. My guess is that maybe they wanted to give Miller a chance through the Final 4 coaches convention to obtain another job without being stymitized as having been fired. If so, Oz torpedoed that possibility.

Methinks if anyone was actually as connected as they'd like to make it appear, they would have known last week and not gotten tipped off yesterday when a poster here dropped it.

But as for the delay, I don't think the Final Four played into their thinking. If Glen Miller is asking Holy Cross or Marist or whoever if they have a job opening, the world knows he got fired.

I think it has to do with posting requirements.

Take the quiet time last week to find their guy, make Miller's dismissal public and then go through the charade of posting the job opening. Once the job is open, it'll be expected to be posted - see the strength and conditioning job opening that just landed.

On Larry Brown....he's 76 years old and he is never getting another worthwhile head coaching job. And he refuses to retire, so something has to give. There was a rumor last week that he was angling to become an assistant coach if Mike Woodson could get the Indiana job. And he loves Kevin Ollie, so there's your future rumor.

 

[zyron]

I used to think he was ~70 years old but I think it was mentioned that he was closer to 50

@Chief00 how old are you? as a range? I'm curious

Really? Then this Bunky stuff he was pushing months ago is super weird. I thought he was in his 20's.

 

[intlzncster]

Chief is like my dad's friend. He is an "insider" for a much more niche thing than UConn basketball, but he's right about 50% of the time. Usually when he is wrong it's because he does a terrible job of listening or makes huge inferences based on small amounts of information. I assume it's the same with Chief.

It's the easiest thing in the world to be right 50% of the time.

 

[krinklecut]

Really? Then this Bunky stuff he was pushing months ago is super weird. I thought he was in his 20's.

I always assumed somewhere 45+

 

[Chief00]

Methinks if anyone was actually as connected as they'd like to make it appear, they would have known last week and not gotten tipped off yesterday when a poster here dropped it.

But as for the delay, I don't think the Final Four played into their thinking. If Glen Miller is asking Holy Cross or Marist or whoever if they have a job opening, the world knows he got fired.

I think it has to do with posting requirements.

Take the quiet time last week to find their guy, make Miller's dismissal public and then go through the charade of posting the job opening. Once the job is open, it'll be expected to be posted - see the strength and conditioning job opening that just landed.

On Larry Brown....he's 76 years old and he is never getting another worthwhile head coaching job. And he refuses to retire, so something has to give. There was a rumor last week that he was angling to become an assistant coach if Mike Woodson could get the Indiana job. And he loves Kevin Ollie, so there's your future rumor.

No, I did not know he was informed two weeks ago, started hearing rumors last week.

Larry Brown on the bench with X's and O's with a National Recruiter added would be an interesting staff. But of course that would mean someone else would need to go.

I don't know much about Killings but I did notice an in game transition starting mid last season 2015/2016 - KO had primarily talked to Miller during games but then started talking more with Hobbs - and this year it was Killings. Of course, Miller continues sitting next to him on the scoreboard side but Ollie engaged Killings not Miller during games.

 

[Paesano]

Methinks if anyone was actually as connected as they'd like to make it appear, they would have known last week and not gotten tipped off yesterday when a poster here dropped it.

But as for the delay, I don't think the Final Four played into their thinking. If Glen Miller is asking Holy Cross or Marist or whoever if they have a job opening, the world knows he got fired.

I think it has to do with posting requirements.

Take the quiet time last week to find their guy, make Miller's dismissal public and then go through the charade of posting the job opening. Once the job is open, it'll be expected to be posted - see the strength and conditioning job opening that just landed.

On Larry Brown....he's 76 years old and he is never getting another worthwhile head coaching job. And he refuses to retire, so something has to give. There was a rumor last week that he was angling to become an assistant coach if Mike Woodson could get the Indiana job. And he loves Kevin Ollie, so there's your future rumor.

I don't like Larry Brown but I admire that he is still willing to do all that traveling at 76.

 

[TRest]

Really? Then this Bunky stuff he was pushing months ago is super weird. I thought he was in his 20's.

Which is why it's so cringe-worthy.

 

[80shusky]

I wouldn't touch Larry Brown with a 39 and half foot pole.

 

[Mr. Wonderful]

Has a coach ever died on the sidelines during a game?

If we hire 76 year old Larry Brown, it brings the odds of witnessing such an event up a little too much for my liking.

 

[Jaker]

The thought of hiring Larry Brown is comical.

 

[TRest]

Has a coach ever died on the sidelines during a game?

If we hire 76 year old Larry Brown, it brings the odds of witnessing such an event up a little too much for my liking.

Boeheim hears your challenge.

 

[FDNY99]

Methinks if anyone was actually as connected as they'd like to make it appear, they would have known last week and not gotten tipped off yesterday when a poster here dropped it.

But as for the delay, I don't think the Final Four played into their thinking. If Glen Miller is asking Holy Cross or Marist or whoever if they have a job opening, the world knows he got fired.

I think it has to do with posting requirements.

Take the quiet time last week to find their guy, make Miller's dismissal public and then go through the charade of posting the job opening. Once the job is open, it'll be expected to be posted - see the strength and conditioning job opening that just landed.

On Larry Brown....he's 76 years old and he is never getting another worthwhile head coaching job. And he refuses to retire, so something has to give. There was a rumor last week that he was angling to become an assistant coach if Mike Woodson could get the Indiana job. And he loves Kevin Ollie, so there's your future rumor.

@Fishy he came close to pulling a Mike Sherman ( football coach at Nauset HS on Cape Cod) and almost became head coach at Bonac High School in East Hampton LI this past season.

 

[Chief00]

The thought of hiring Larry Brown is comical.

Yeah hiring a HOF level coach to provide input - who needs that? Probably no one more than us.

 

[Tenspro2002]

I'm encouraged to hear that this came from KO himself -- suggests some growth as a leader, willing to make the tough decisions and not be a slave to loyalty.

 

[champs99and04]

There comes a point where you're overqualified to be an assistant coach. Larry Brown cannot be an assistant coach. It's just not feasible. It would be like Calhoun being an assistant - you cannot have an assistant that threatens the authority of the head coach.

 

[champs99and04]

I'm encouraged to hear that this came from KO himself -- suggests some growth as a leader, willing to make the tough decisions and not be a slave to loyalty.

This narrative has always been baseless, especially because my suspicion is that Miller was more of an outside voice than some of the other guys on the staff.

The fact that he fired Miller is not in and of itself a testament to his willingness to make tough decisions. It could as easily be the opposite.