Ollie called the Boneyarders out!

[Kitaman]

In his interview he spoke of all the complainers and doubters. Guilty here. Many of us finally made it on TV.


But who knows we may have pushed some buttons so let's all take some credit and of course a bow.

 

[Eskapeesto]

 

[Rocktheworld]

But who knows we may have pushed some buttons so let's all take some credit and of course a bow.

Nope, just being douches

 

[Jay-Bone]

Where's the guy who said he knew from the beginning of the season this team wouldn't be any good? Maybe he was just a mojo builder after all? He duped me.

 

[uconnphil2016]

I don't really think people on here were that far off (most, at least). Ollie was making questionable calls and the team was playing far beneath its potential. From what we saw during the regular season, there was good reason to doubt, and he proved many wrong, so hat's off

 

[pnow15]

He wasn't talking to me

 

[Eskapeesto]

What's that? Fire Ollie? Say it again!

 

[Jerry1714]

Did he call out @Husky Dad for trying to fire him for 2 straight years? Speaking of that, where has he been recently?

 

[Stainmaster]

Did he call out @Husky Dad for trying to fire him for 2 straight years? Speaking of that, where has he been recently?

I think it's one of the championship years guys who has that recurring thread he bumps after every single loss.

 

[Waquoit]

I expected them to win the AAC, my head is still held high.

 

[huskyinfl]

It's funny he is throwing shade at haters from a position of being bailed out by a miracle 3!

We are proud of these guys now though. Hope for more miracles.

 

[Kitaman]

I expected them to win the AAC, my head is still held high.

Okay, You and Caron called CASH! while that shot was in the air.

 

[djct1999]

Ollie deserved the criticism he received. He also deserves to throw in any doubters face.

 

[August_West]

How's this KO. You worry about running your team, and we'll worry about being jackasses on a mothers basement dwelling sports fan message board. Deal?

 

[HuskyHawk]

Where the hell is the nuance? Criticizing Ollie doesn't mean you want to "fire Ollie". He made mistakes. He knows it. He has the team playing much better, but unfortunately the screwups in several easily winnable games means we are a 9 seed instead of a 5-6. The path now runs through the #1 overall seed.

I think he's still growing and improving as a coach. Hope he is here a long time.

 

[Leebo]

Where the hell is the nuance? Criticizing Ollie doesn't mean you want to "fire Ollie".

Sure, but people did want to fire him too.

 

[Hankster]

Where the hell is the nuance? Criticizing Ollie doesn't mean you want to "fire Ollie". He made mistakes. He knows it. He has the team playing much better, but unfortunately the screwups in several easily winnable games means we are a 9 seed instead of a 5-6. The path now runs through the #1 overall seed.

I think he's still growing and improving as a coach. Hope he is here a long time.

Good points. However what did he do to get the team to play much better? It is the end of the season. What happened during? I never complained about him less want him canned. Still. What did he do that he didn't during the season.

 

[gtcam]

Sure, but people did want to fire him too.

exactly
there is a dolt in the chatroom today who never says anything positive about KO. JA committed a brain dead foul (not on the 3pt shot) and did it in front of KO (1st half). KO showed his disdain towards JA and immediately this dolt writes that KO was wrong to do this in front of the refs because, instead, KO should have been ragging on the refs to get an advantage. He was intimating that even though it was an evident screw-up, by KO letting his frustration at the player instead of the refs, somehow was showing the refs that he thought they were doing a great job.
I understand so little of this reasoning. Every time Memphis made a run, it was on KO. It was said that when Memphis got it to 4 that they wondered if UConn was in any kind of game shape? Did you not see 4 of the UConn guys sitting with 4 fouls? The fact that UConn played a 4OT game on Friday and a pressure packed game Saturday should never be considered, hell, KO doesn't know how to condition these guys.
Its this stuff that drives me crazy

Every loss was KO's fault, every negative thing was a direct result of a KO action.

I remember these same people eluding to, when AB got injured, that perhaps there was a conditioning question that may have caused a "freak" injury.

Do I think KO walks on water? Hell no BUT in 4 years he has produced 4 consecutive 20+ wins years (I know, an expectation) 1 league championship, how many championship game appearances and, oh yes, 1 NC (but that was with JCs guys so it doesn't count)

 

[Excalibur]

I wanted to bump the "Does Ollie deserve to get fired" thread, but someone locked it . . .

 

[Eskapeesto]

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[willie99]

coach should not be reading the BY, and he should tell his players the same

and that's true for every school and every team

my guess is he's talking about bigger fish than us, no pun intended

 

[gtcam]

It's funny he is throwing shade at haters from a position of being bailed out by a miracle 3!

We are proud of these guys now though. Hope for more miracles.

What a bunch of crap statements
Bailed out? If KO feels bailed out I would lose a ton of respect in him
You are proud of these guys NOW!!!!!???????
What a DB

 

[UConnDan97]

What's that? Fire Ollie? Say it again!

That's the perfect GIF, by the way.

Look, I always go back to a few things that consistently tell me he should be our coach for a long while:

1) Studied under some of the greatest bball coaches of all time...including JC.
2) Recruits extremely well.
3) Maximizes match-ups.
4) Gets his team to play better ball as the year goes on.

What else can someone look for in a head coach? This year, we had a freshman and two grad transfers acclimate themselves into the starting lineup, and there were definitely growing pains. But I'll tell you what; I'm guessing nobody in Kansas is happy about having the Huskies on that 9-line today...

 

[intlzncster]

It's funny he is throwing shade at haters from a position of being bailed out by a miracle 3!

We are proud of these guys now though. Hope for more miracles.

Every team needs a bunch of luck to win a single elim tournament.

 

[BoatShow]

One constant in his 4 years is KO teams play their best basketball in march. Something to be said there