Outcoached

[Marty Jackson]

Hate to say this because I love Ollie, however, Pitino made him look like the rook that he is. Didn't press at all the first half and came back gunning with Siva in the second half. It's like uconn never saw the press in their life... Also poor team D in the second half. Depressing to say the least.

if you are saying that ollie has some things to learn as a coach, absolutely. i think his experience as a player will help that learning curve.

whats depressing is someone using one game to judge a coach and ignoring everything else that said coach has accomplished.

 

[Caronimo]

For the record I never said Ollie is a bad coach. His team was not prepared for the press in the second half and some of that blame goes to the coach. Everyone can take it as me attacking KO, but that's not at all true. Just felt as if he didn't have the team prepared as well as they should have been. Obviously we were outplayed... But they looked lost. Everyone on here really needs to relax. I like this team and I like Ollie. It was an observation and everyone on here went off their rocker when I felt Pitino had a great game plan and Ollie didn't have his team prepared well enough. Disagree if you want, either way lolling forward to the next game.

 

[uconnfan68]

For the record I never said Ollie is a bad coach. His team was not prepared for the press in the second half and some of that blame goes to the coach. Everyone can take it as me attacking KO, but that's not at all true. Just felt as if he didn't have the team prepared as well as they should have been. Obviously we were outplayed... But they looked lost. Everyone on here really needs to relax. I like this team and I like Ollie. It was an observation and everyone on here went off their rocker when I felt Pitino had a great game plan and Ollie didn't have his team prepared well enough. Disagree if you want, either way lolling forward to the next game.

I think it was more the case of one team being that much better. UL was very impressive.

 

[mauconnfan]

His team I am sure was well prepared for the press.......went through every alternative to breaking it over and over and different presses they throw at you........what they couldn't do because no one can, is prepare them for the speed and size of the people guarding, pressing and trapping........it changed quickly didn't it? It will make them better...........may have been ugly but they will fight back and be better and the next press they see will not be as fast or big, or good!

 

[Jerry1714]

We lost to a team much more talented then ours and much experienced then ours, as we should have.

Ollie was outcoached by a guy who has been to 6 final fours, as he should have been.

It happens move on.

 

[CL82]

There were a few times during the game, when it got quiet, that I came oh so very close to yelling "Pitino...table for two...Pitino...table for two".

From where we sit, he would have heard me loud and clear.

You should have done it.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Ollie, with a team that may have 1 NBA player on it, lost to the #1 team in the country after leading at halftime. Yep, Ollie sucks.

 

[sparky]

Uof L is bigger and stronger and deeper than us. I don't think we did a good job protecting against the 3 ball, but that's not coaching it's player recognition. There's no rest time against them so Bazz and Boat were a bit gassed. Siva has improved and when smoth is on just count it and move on. We need help underneath and hopefully that will come next year. TO is so inconsistent and Giff is a welterweight in a heavyweight fight.