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OT: Pikiell's doing good work

8893 said:
That's not a notion I am advancing. I am making a very simple point: conference affiliation matters. For someone like Pikiell who is already in a P5 conference, I'd expect that to be a factor. For someone like Hurley, who isn't, that would be one less obstacle.
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I think affiliation matters when it's the ACC or the Big Ten. But, it's a difficult sell to believe that kids or coaches go to Kentucky, Florida, Kansas or Oklahoma because they can't wait to play in that conference. No - they go for the program. Kids weren't lining up to play at TCU...until Jaime Dixon arrived and thrived. I keep seeing the name Hurley - but I think folks are looking at the wrong one. I would set my sights higher - on a Northeast guy that has turned Arizona State into a force. Granted, Bobby would have to get over the fact that Sellers bounced Laettner's head on the hardwood that time...but, you get my point. UConn is still a Program - we could land a Bobby Hurley from ASU or a Chris Beard from Texas Tech (#21) team. We sit in a talent rich corridor - it would be appealing to others, P5 affiliated or not.
 
mauconnfan said:
Just curious about why we don't have any posts on last nights Rutgers score vs Stonybrook and how great a coach he'd be now? LOL:rolleyes:
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Last night was a masterclass in blowing a game.

Up 5 with 11 seconds left?

You might want to try to win that game...
 
Huskybass said:
There are plenty of good coaches who would be thrilled to have the opportunity to coach at UConn and bring it back to the elite level. This notion that UConn can no longer attract a good coach is just plain false.
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That depends on what they a willing to pay
With the AAC finally doing something about basketball the administration might make the investment and the league becomes a much more attractive option than its recent history.
However the state of Connecticut and more importantly the fan base is not what it was in 1986. Calhoun came because of the league, and because the Ct was a great B.B. State with a rabidly loyal student body,that everyone knew was loaded with potential.
The Demographics are mostly negative with a ho-hum student body
and an overwhelming number of alum who leave the state.
 
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superjohn said:
Don't worry, as you and Stain point out Pikiell is way too big for UConn.
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It's Festivus. Can you give up lying for at least a day? I'd ask you to give up being a miserable whiner but that would be akin to giving up breathing for you.
 
8893 said:
It's Festivus. Can you give up lying for at least a day? I'd ask you to give up being a miserable whiner but that would be akin to giving up breathing for you.
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Wow, hope life is going okay for you. Merry Christmas.
 
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Hartford could never beat Pikiell's Stony Brook teams. Great win for the Hawks!
 
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Stairmaster said:
History and tradition are being way oversold here...people do not realize how little it matters outside of the fanbase. The brand is incredibly weak right now, and a new coaching hire won't undo all of the hits it's taken the past few years.
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Seems to me it's a lot easier to revive a brand than build one from scratch. UCONN really isn't that far removed at all, despite what it feels like to us. One good season, and "UCONN's back!" and all that.
 
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So this is consecutive losses by Rutgers to America East teams (first Stony Brook, then Hartford). Perhaps there's enough familiarity with Pikiell and his system in America East to keep those games closer than they should be.

I'm not saying Rutgers is any good. They hung with Michigan State, they got crushed at Minnesota. Would anyone really be surprised to see them playing in the NIT final four?
 
Purple Stein said:
So this is consecutive losses by Rutgers to America East teams (first Stony Brook, then Hartford). Perhaps there's enough familiarity with Pikiell and his system in America East to keep those games closer than they should be.
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Or maybe they got to high after the Seton Hall win and came out flat the last two games. My guess is Pikiell will have them running until they puke tonight.

I'm not saying Rutgers is any good. They hung with Michigan State, they got crushed at Minnesota. Would anyone really be surprised to see them playing in the NIT final four?
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They've got to rediscover how to get stops.
 
mauconnfan said:
If they're still taking notice, all those important people, they are now moving on. Good call by the Cronies on this one!
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The guy who would gladly let KO fly the program into the side of a mountain, all the while continuing to fluff him in the process, writes off a coach less than 2 seasons into taking over a dumpster fire in Rutgers. You can't make this stuff up!
 
@superjohn

Can you give us your top 3 targets if Ollie is fired. It’s very easy to mock Stain and Pikiell had the worst week in basketball history.

I’m sorry if you’ve posted and I missed.

Who are your top three targets?
 
UCDaveD said:
The guy who would gladly let KO fly the program into the side of a mountain, all the while continuing to fluff him in the process, writes off a coach less than 2 seasons into taking over a dumpster fire in Rutgers. You can't make this stuff up!
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Losing to Stony Brook and Hartford is unacceptable at any stage of a rebuild for a school in that conference.
 
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Stairmaster said:
Losing to Stony Brook and Hartford is unacceptable at any stage of a rebuild for a school in that conference.
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What if you lost to Hartford in a rebuild and you were in the Big East?
 
Stairmaster said:
Losing to Stony Brook and Hartford is unacceptable at any stage of a rebuild for a school in that conference.
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Are we holding Rutgers to a higher standard than we hold ourselves now?
 
whaler11 said:
What if you lost to Hartford in a rebuild and you were in the Big East?
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9 out of 13 players on the team Pikiell just lost to had offers from 1 out of 351 Division I schools.

Of the remaining four, here are their offer lists:

-Sacred Heart
-Navy
-Jacksonville, New Orleans, North Florida
-Binghamton, Columbia, Fairleigh Dickinson, Sacred Heart

Even Rutgers should be able to handle a squad with that composition.
 
Stairmaster said:
9 out of 13 players on the team Pikiell just lost to had offers from 1 out of 351 Division I schools.

Of the remaining four, here are their offer lists:

-Sacred Heart
-Navy
-Jacksonville, New Orleans, North Florida
-Binghamton, Columbia, Fairleigh Dickinson, Sacred Heart

Even Rutgers should be able to handle a squad with that composition.
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Stain - take a hint.

December 29, 1986.

UConn coached by Jim Calhoun lost to the University of Hartford.
 
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