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Rhode Island beat no good teams this year

Is what it is. The mob has made up its mind. I’m praying more for billy dee or doc ( he got ray a ring). If a change is coming.
 
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scrappy2.0 said:
and their league stinks.
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Make no mistake - D Hurley has done a really good job at URIne
The league is weaker this year than in past year and has been going that way for some time and his overall OOC since being at URIne is not that good
Not sure if he would even want to come to UConn when there may be P5s knocking at his door. Besides what a few on this site claim to be "chatter" thet he wants to come to UConn, there hasn't been any public info shared to verify
Not sure if he would even be the best available - he hasn't butted heads recruiting with any of the big boys
 
MervthePurvis said:
Is what it is. The mob has made up its mind. I’m praying more for billy dee or doc ( he got ray a ring). If a change is coming.
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We need college experience, not professional experience. I imagine college recruiting is the last thing Doc wants to be doing with his time anyway.

And Billy ain't getting fired. Maybe he'd leave for UK/Duke I've no idea.
 
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Things I learned from this thread:

1. KO is better than Hurley because URI only won a mediocre league (while we were being swept by the likes of Tulsa).

2. We don’t need a hungry up-and-coming college coach to take over our program, we should settle for a washed up NBA coach instead.
 
They beat Shall which would beat Uconn by 20 and is better, easily, than any win Uconn has had over the past 2 years.

They beat St. Bonnies who would beat Uconn by at least 10 points and Oregon is maybe the only comparable win to St. Bonnies.

They beat Providence which is better than any win Uconn had.

Played very close in loses against Bama who would smoke Uconn like Auburn did and Nevada, who would crush uconn too.

Are 15-1 and in 1st in a conference Uconn would be LUCKY to be .500 in, 9-7 AT BEST and MAYBE 4th place although St. Louis and VCU are just about equal to Tulsa, maybe a little lower so maybe those would be close loses knocking Uconn down to 6th. Any way, Uconn would be between 4th and 6th in the A10.

BTW they beat Brown, and Uconn might be lucky to NOT have to go to OT to beat them (as opposed to Columbia).

Uconn should not be pointing any fingers at any P7/A10 schools, or the top 3 in the WCC, except for maybe Pitt and the bottom of the WCC. This is a lousy look for a program who is currently on hard times.
 
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Paesano said:
2014 (with Calhoun's players)>2015>2016>2017>2018
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He was there in 2011 so let’s not act like he wasn’t running practice with these dudes every day. I have had enough of this dead horse argument. With Ollie as hc, he isn’t involved enough as the other guys run drills and majority of practices( despite his youth and physical fitness). But Jim Calhoun ( a bastion of good health, (yes he rode bikes and he is a saint) ran every second of practice alone, Taught Kemba his step back, and ran lines with team. I get it.
 
RoderickSpode said:
Things I learned from this thread:

1. KO is better than Hurley because URI only won a mediocre league (while we were being swept by the likes of Tulsa).

2. We don’t need a hungry up-and-coming college coach to take over our program, we should settle for a washed up NBA coach instead.
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We are strong in OT games though
 
MervthePurvis said:
He was there in 2011 so let’s not act like he wasn’t running practice with these dudes every day. I have had enough of this dead horse argument. With Ollie as hc, he isn’t involved enough as the other guys run drills and majority of practices( despite his youth and physical fitness). But Jim Calhoun ( a bastion of good health, (yes he rode bikes and he is a saint) ran every second of practice alone, Taught Kemba his step back, and ran lines with team. I get it.
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BWAHAHAHA!!!!!

No, you don't get it. You don't get it because you don't want to. It isn't just about drills. It is about picking the right players and then molding them mentally by disciplining them. Those were Calhoun players.
 
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JMick said:
we wouldn't finish top 5 in the A-10 this year
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or in the top 5 of the Ivy League... I forced myself to watch until the bitter end yesterday even though I'm on vacation. It helps remind me the reality and the grind never take a break...
 
Paesano said:
BWAHAHAHA!!!!!

No, you don't get it. You don't get it because you don't want to. It isn't just about drills. It is about picking the right players and then molding them mentally by disciplining them. Those were Calhoun players.
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You are definitely correct in "picking, molding and disciplining" them. The fact you always need to throw out "Calhoun players" is wrong though. He did a better job with Calhouns players than JC did (minus one although that's up for grabs too), care to explain that one?

But again, the main thing is the initial point which you are correct on, the 2014 team doesn't matter at this point but it's KO's.
 
mauconnfan said:
You are definitely correct in "picking, molding and disciplining" them. The fact you always need to throw out "Calhoun players" is wrong though. He did a better job with Calhouns players than JC did (minus one although that's up for grabs too), care to explain that one?

But again, the main thing is the initial point which you are correct on, the 2014 team doesn't matter at this point but it's KO's.
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Sure, I'll explain it. KO befriended, motivated and inspired those kids. Really, it was a perfect storm of sorts. Calhoun did what he did best and then KO took over and did what he does best. And neither did what they could do to screw it up because of how it all played out, timing-wise.
 
JMick said:
we wouldn't finish top 5 in the A-10 this year
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we all know we're bad, this conversation is about all the hype given to a program winning a very weak conference in 17/18. The A-10 has had some special years, 17/18 is not one of them,

The top of our schedule has been infinitely stronger, playing 8 games vs teams with legitimate FF aspirations

Does their entire conference own even 1 OOC win over a top 50 program?



PS: We'd do well in that conference, we'd be > 500 and no worse than 4th. They just don't have the size and talent that gives us yuuuuuge problems. It be like playing a Tulane or worse 5 out of every 6 games (was going to say UCF or SMU, but those programs are better than the A-10 schools)
 
Paesano said:
Sure, I'll explain it. KO befriended, motivated and inspired those kids. Really, it was a perfect storm of sorts. Calhoun did what he did best and then KO took over and did what he does best. And neither did what they could do to screw it up because of how it all played out, timing-wise.
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Ok! LOL :rolleyes:

Deandre Daniels hardly played for JC, Giffey very little. Bazz was a nice player, not a great teammate his soph year though and he improved dramatically under KO, who was his coach anyway as was Boat. JC almost ripped Boat every game. He made a Kromah a piece which most people on this board doubted coming in. I love JC but all these guys flourished under KO those 2 years and people that take that away are annoying. He's been awful the last 2 years but it's disrespectful to take away what they did under him for 2 years.
 
mauconnfan said:
Ok! LOL :rolleyes:

Deandre Daniels hardly played for JC, Giffey very little. Bazz was a nice player, not a great teammate his soph year though and he improved dramatically under KO, who was his coach anyway as was Boat. JC almost ripped Boat every game. He made a Kromah a piece which most people on this board doubted coming in. I love JC but all these guys flourished under KO those 2 years and people that take that away are annoying. He's been awful the last 2 years but it's disrespectful to take away what they did under him for 2 years.
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Another way of looking at it is JC had them as freshmen and sophomores, KO got them as juniors and seniors. Back when players improved in this program over time.
 
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