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Pudge said:
Actually. I don't want anything to do with you. You're not a fan of the State University I fell in love with. You're repeatedly dark and dreary. Luckily ... WE have a Big Campus.
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This is classic :rolleyes:
 
NielsisGood said:
Conveniently left out the part where at least 1 of the dudes grew up in the state as a fan and then went to UConn huh? Let's be honest, they lost credibility with you by being critical of Ollie.
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Those were the interesting parts to me, the guy's bio not so much.

Take it easy there chief your Ollie hate is making you cranky.
 
upstater said:
They did seem to be unaware that Alterique hasn't been playing and they couldn't even name the bigs. Analysis from afar is one thing (I don't live in Connecticut either) but ignorance of the team shows that they aren't clued in.
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And which of the bigs should they have spent time on? They're doing a 50 minute podcast to hit on some national stories, you really think they should use that time to be talking about Diarra or Polley? Seriously, take a step back dude. What non-UConn fan is going to want to hear about how their new batch of bigs look?



Also they specifically mentioned Gilbert's injury issues and not being able to stay on the floor.
 
Palatine said:
Their is much jealousy and envy from opponents of UConn. There is no hesitancy to kick us when we are down. Heck, they are glad to kick us when we are up.

Is there any truth to these criticisms? Sure, some. We have some problems on offense. But that is not why we are struggling. Our defense is why we are not playing at a higher level.
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I agree with you 100% Pal. Luckily that is something that (hopefully) can be fixed. And almost ALWAYS progresses over the course of the season (as long as there is a sniff of something to play for at least) . We will never be a great shooting team this year, but we definitely can easily be better defensively. (we will miss Gilbert more there than on O. He has some Boat in him just waiting to come out defensively). Defense is about effort, attitude, awareness, personal responsibility and trust in teammates. As roles become more defined and players gain more experience with each other defense gets better by default. The rest comes from effort and personal responsibility.

I have had a much bigger problem with our D than our O this year.
 
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CL82 said:
Those were the interesting parts to me, the guy's bio not so much.

Take it easy there chief your Ollie hate is making you cranky.
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No, leaving that part out just helped you push your narrative.


Keep up the good work, maybe one of these days Ollie will let ya wash his car as a reward.
 
NielsisGood said:
And which of the bigs should they have spent time on? They're doing a 50 minute podcast to hit on some national stories, you really think they should use that time to be talking about Diarra or Polley? Seriously, take a step back dude. What non-UConn fan is going to want to hear about how their new batch of bigs look?

Also they specifically mentioned Gilbert's injury issues and not being able to stay on the floor.
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They were talking about the Arkansas, Columbia and Monmouth games and said repeatedly, not once, that with studs like Adams, Larrier and Gilbert on the court, there was no excuse for those games. They mentioend Alterique's historical injuries, but I doubt they were even aware he didn't play, and if they were, then why were they harping on his availability for those games?

Every single poster on this board, pro-and con-Ollie, is infinitely more aware that Cobb and Carlton are on this team.
 
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NielsisGood said:
No, leaving that part out just helped you push your narrative.


Keep up the good work, maybe one of these days Ollie will let ya wash his car as a reward.
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Lol you seem a little defensive. Which one of those guys is you?

It was pretty much ten minutes of nothing. I saw pretty much, because the opposing coach comment was something. Other than that what did you learn? Just curious.
 
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upstater said:
You must not have been listening well. They were talking about the Arkansas, Columbia and Monmouth games and said repeatedly, not once, that with studs like Adams, Larrier and Gilbert on the court, there was no excuse for those games. They mentioend Alterique's historical injuries, but I doubt they were even aware he didn't play, and if they were, then why were they harping on his availability for those games?

Every single poster on this board, pro-and con-Ollie, is infinitely more aware that Cobb and Carlton are on this team.
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*sigh*, you must not have been listening well. Gilbert was mentioned with regard to the Arkansas game, which fell under what they deemed unacceptable.


No idea what you're referring to with the last part or what it has to do with what I said. Doubtful anyone producing CBB content on a national scale is going to be talking about any of the UConn bigs by name as of yet.
 
CL82 said:
Lol you seem a little defensive. Which one of those guys is you?

It was pretty much ten minutes of nothing. I saw pretty much, because the opposing coach comment was something. Other than that what did you learn? Just curious.
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Better question is how far is your head up Ollie's ass.



The line about UConn being an easy scout was already posted. I listened to the full segment both for context, and to see what current perception is from a couple guys trying to analyze CBB on a national scale. Pretty rare these days to hear anyone other than the local beat guys talking about UConn.
 
NielsisGood said:
*sigh*, you must not have been listening well. Gilbert was mentioned with regard to the Arkansas game, which fell under what they deemed unacceptable.


No idea what you're referring to with the last part or what it has to do with what I said. Doubtful anyone producing CBB content on a national scale is going to be talking about any of the UConn bigs by name as of yet.
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They will know who the bigs are.

It's pointless to even talk about the Gilbert side of this since we totally disagree on what they said. I can safely say that I listened very very well. They clearly said UConn should not be going into OT against those teams when they have 3 top 25s on the floor.
 
Our offense was consistently good for about 6 games in 2014.

Other than that it’s been dominated by guards over dribbling, poor high ball screens, weak cuts, and bad shot selection.
 
upstater said:
They will know who the bigs are.

It's pointless to even talk about the Gilbert side of this since we totally disagree on what they said. I can safely say that I listened very very well. They clearly said UConn should not be going into OT against those teams when they have 3 top 25s on the floor.
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Has nothing to do with whether the bigs develop in the future or not. Just the expectation that anyone trying to cover the national scene and knowing the current UConn bigs is a bit ridiculous at this point.


Though I will say it doesn't sound like you listened very well since you seem to not have recognized them harping about the "45 point loss to Arkansas who just lost by 30 over the weekend" as part of the "this team should be better with this talent" thing, while also specifically pointing out Gilbert's injury issues. And honestly they didn't need to mention that Gilbert didn't play in the Columbia/Monmouth games because the point being made there is still true regardless.
 
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Surprised Aaron had time to do this between fawning over Calapai on twitter and promoting his book on Calapari.
 
NielsisGood said:
Better question is how far is your head up Ollie's ass.



The line about UConn being an easy scout was already posted. I listened to the full segment both for context, and to see what current perception is from a couple guys trying to analyze CBB on a national scale. Pretty rare these days to hear anyone other than the local beat guys talking about UConn.
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So let me guess. Not a lot going well in your life right about now?

Still have not seen you post any else of interest from the podcast. Pretty telling, no?
 
Both of the guys on the podcast grew up in CT and were UConn fans. One went to UConn had has wrote a book about the 2011 championship run I believe. So they know UConn basketball, but I think it's safe to say neither watches every single game like we do.

I get the knock on Ollie's offense, but if it isn't that different to what Calhoun was running, maybe it really just comes down to not having the right pieces to run an offense that relies on individual play making.

Where I think they didn't give Ollie enough credit was the defense. Sure, right now our defense is putrid, but if there is one aspect Ollie has coached well these past couple years I think this is it, and I believe it will improve. We are a team that relies on defense, but because we have had so much personnel turnover it seems that every year we have to get half the guys up to speed and until that happens we struggle.
 
CL82 said:
Starts at 8:30 or so to 18:00.

"Not a pretty product"
"Under Achieving"

The "simplest scout" comment came from an opposing coach.

Lost credibility when he said JC wasn't a great offensive coach and when he said he couldn't name even one of the UConn bigs.
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Where is the part about UConn? I forwarded to 8:30 and they are talking about Arizona. I've listened all the way to about the 30:00 mark and nothing about UConn yet.
 
CL82 said:
So let me guess. Not a lot going well in your life right about now?

Still have not seen you post any else of interest from the podcast. Pretty telling, no?
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I like your style. Just try to be as stupid as possible hoping that I throw my hands up and walk away.

That being said, I literally told you why I listened to the full segment in my last post.
 
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Kenny11 said:
I didn't listen but as long as I can remember, UConn has never ran anything complex on offense. Most of the best teams don't. The thing is, whatever you run, you have to run it well with good spacing and strong cuts and screens. UConn needs some work there. There are so many good plays out of a simple high pick and roll that can't be stopped if you have the right players and right shooters to space the floor.
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Exactly. Execution beats scheme every time. Syracuse 2-3 zone isn't complex at all, but teams struggle with it. Execution.

It's like the NFL. You can know what's coming, but if every player executes correctly, it's really hard to stop.

There was nothing complex about JC's offense, but they scored a lot of points. Stifling defense lent to that as well.
 
HooperScooper said:
Where is the part about UConn? I forwarded to 8:30 and they are talking about Arizona. I've listened all the way to about the 30:00 mark and nothing about UConn yet.
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Don't hit the fast forward button because doing that will actually take you to their next pod (or at least it did for me). I had to click around on the actual progress bar thing and picked it up from about 8 minutes on.
 
NielsisGood said:
Don't hit the fast forward button because doing that will actually take you to their next pod (or at least it did for me). I had to click around on the actual progress bar thing and picked it up from about 8 minutes on.
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That's what I did. I'll try that again. Thanks.
 
Penfield said:
Both of the guys on the podcast grew up in CT and were UConn fans. One went to UConn had has wrote a book about the 2011 championship run I believe. So they know UConn basketball, but I think it's safe to say neither watches every single game like we do.

I get the knock on Ollie's offense, but if it isn't that different to what Calhoun was running, maybe it really just comes down to not having the right pieces to run an offense that relies on individual play making.

Where I think they didn't give Ollie enough credit was the defense. Sure, right now our defense is putrid, but if there is one aspect Ollie has coached well these past couple years I think this is it, and I believe it will improve. We are a team that relies on defense, but because we have had so much personnel turnover it seems that every year we have to get half the guys up to speed and until that happens we struggle.
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And I'll add to your defense comment that Ollie wants to get out into transition and get buckets on the fast break; not very different from Calhoun. Without the defense performing, the offense isn't what it's supposed to be in the first place...
 
UConnDan97 said:
And I'll add to your defense comment that Ollie wants to get out into transition and get buckets on the fast break; not very different from Calhoun. Without the defense performing, the offense isn't what it's supposed to be in the first place...
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Yeah exactly. When our defense is working properly it negates our simplicity on offense. Our bigs this year might not be shot blockers, but they seem to be much better at outlet passes. So if are able to ratchet up the defense we might actually have an opportunity to run this year.
 
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