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Message: [QUOTE="ocoandasoc, post: 2618699, member: 3032"] The "For Cause" is BS... just a negotiating tactic and a PR statement to soften the blow for Herbst having to tell a cash-strapped State that UConn has to swallow $10 million on what many might view as her mistake. On another note.... Way too much was expected of Ollie, a rookie head coach. His .617 winning percentage for his first six years looks pretty good when compared to some other big-time coaches. Jim Calhouns winning percentage at UConn in his first five years was .609, and he had 14 years of prior experience at Northeastern (where he had an overall losing record from 1973 to 1979). After seven years at UConn his winning percentage was at .607 -- 10 points lower than Ollie's. Recruiting for an AAC team in basketball is almost as tough as it is for football. And it's hard to win 70% of your games against tough competition with few if any Top 20 caliber players on your roster. UConn's next coach better be an established world-class recruiter -- and there aren't many available. (There may be even fewer when the latest NCAA/FBI investigation is completed!) And anyone counting on Herbst and the AD getting this next hire right is probably going to be disappointed. [/QUOTE]