Rock bottom?

[JMick]

Get over it people, this is not Uconn with the greatest men's basketball college coach to ever live with Calhoun and we are no longer in the big east.

This program was going to fall no matter what considering greatest coach leaving, it's Uconn (not UNC, Kansas, Kentucky, Duke) the program was poor before Calhoun, all those others were strong for the last 70 years.

Not to mention we are now in the American.

Ollie has done a masterful job since starting at Uconn as a head coach, masterful.

It's extremely sad that you have such low expectations. We're going to miss the tournament 2 of his 5 years while playing in the AAC. It's not like we have to go through the ACC regular season schedule

 

[Athlete94]

Get over it people, this is not Uconn with the greatest men's basketball college coach to ever live with Calhoun and we are no longer in the big east.

This program was going to fall no matter what considering greatest coach leaving, it's Uconn (not UNC, Kansas, Kentucky, Duke) the program was poor before Calhoun, all those others were strong for the last 70 years.

Not to mention we are now in the American.

Ollie has done a masterful job since starting at Uconn as a head coach, masterful.

Masterful, good one

 

[EBonz30]

Le

Ollie, like all of his teams, seem to have a lot of potential. Aside from one magical run, though, the results have fallen flat.

let's just throw out a National Championship which is done by just about, ahhh, maybe 10 other programs over the last 20 years.

First year was great!!

Last year was solid!!

One bad year when a Daniels decided to leave early, this year is on point considering all the injuries.

Name me one team with losing 2 starters, 3 rotational players, and a few games missing their best player who doesn't have multiple HS All Americans on their team that is having a good season.

Wake up.

 

[UConnSwag11]

Brad Stevens, we could and would still attract a top coach... please stop saying he inherited a mess. Was it perfect, no, but a mess, hardly.. yes, he motivated year 1, and it carried into 14.. but come on, it's time for all of us to take off the rose colored glasses.. after next year there shouldn't be anymore free passes.. losing to ECU is a low point for a program who has worked so hard to build national prominence.. bash my post all you want, disagree, what ever you need to say , say it but something has to give and soon..

We haven't had a healthy team this entire season. Ollie had a post season band, recruiting restrictions, constant rumors about leaving for the nba, then this season. In that he's won a nc and conference tournament. He's safe. Next year purvis and brimah are gone and that should help. Don't like saying it but it should be true. Ollie has only been a coach for what, 5 years? We have 6.5 players tonight that were healthy. They made 10+ threes

 

[huskymagic]

People's expectations are beyond bizarre on this website at times, beyond.

Ollie has done a masterful job since becoming head coach, yes masterful.

Wake up people, Ollie is a god sent, so thankful for another great coach after the one and only Calhoun.

Bonz he benefited from Calhoun players like Bazz, Boat, Daniels, and Giffey. Don'd kid yourself that part is becoming clearer by the day. The expectation is to always beat teams like ECU, Wagner, and Northeastern no matter how many guys are injured. This is UCONN, and UCONN basketball has expectations. The constant lowering of expectations by a big part of the fan base for Ollie and the team is crazy. That is how we end up like Georgetown and St. John's. This is how empire's fall. We are not being vigilant enough and only the blind can't see what is happening.

 

[EBonz30]

It's extremely sad that you have such low expectations. We're going to miss the tournament 2 of his 5 years while playing in the AAC. It's not like we have to go through the ACC regular season schedule

He's had one poor year, this year is obviously not his fault, what are you watching?

The talent on this team is not as good as Cincy, SMU, Houston, Memphis or a tournament team.

 

[UConn_Top_Dog]

I'm not giving up until we play our final seconds of the season. We have been rock bottom before and climbed out of the hole. We got blown out by Louisville the year we won it all and we responded. If anyone can right the ship it's KO. I believe in him and these players. With no Vital, a half a Jalen, and Rodney with a sore finger, you can't expect much. We were not going to play our tails off for this game that has no meaning at this poiny risking further injury. We need to be healthy for the tournament games. Those games will get us to the tourney. I could care less about the regular season at this point. Now if we were healthy tonight, winning this game would be a must. BUT there is no sense in leaving it all on the floor for this game with our star guard playing through pain. We need him for Sunday and the tourney. Just forget this game and move on. What's done is done. We can only look ahead and fix our weaknesses.

 

[EBonz30]

Go hire something else, watch what happens....

Bonz he benefited from Calhoun players like Bazz, Boat, Daniels, and Giffey. Don'd kid yourself that part is becoming clearer by the day. The expectation is to always beat teams like ECU, Wagner, and Northeastern no matter how many guys are injured. This is UCONN, and UCONN basketball has expectations. The constant lowering of expectations by a big part of the fan base for Ollie and the team is crazy. That is how we end up like Georgetown and St. John's. This is how empire's fall. We are not being vigilant enough and only the blind can't see what is happening.

 

[Jaker]

Love it, become a top 25 team, what happened to a top 10, top 5, THE TOP... C'MON.. STOP accepting mediocrity..

I am not accepting mediocrity, I think we should be contender every year. I am just accepting the fact that the program is walking a thin line right now talent wise. We have a great nucleus of players, but zero depth at any position.

 

[superjohn]

not an excuse, we keep building these seasons up and shiite happens and the fan base becomes ruined. So if JA were to leave, we can still expect to be a top 25 team? OK

Where's he going to leave to. Highly doubt he's transferring or going to play in Europe.

 

[EBonz30]

Huskymagic the empire fell once Calhoun left and we were moved to the American conference.

Are you people living in 2009?

Bonz he benefited from Calhoun players like Bazz, Boat, Daniels, and Giffey. Don'd kid yourself that part is becoming clearer by the day. The expectation is to always beat teams like ECU, Wagner, and Northeastern no matter how many guys are injured. This is UCONN, and UCONN basketball has expectations. The constant lowering of expectations by a big part of the fan base for Ollie and the team is crazy. That is how we end up like Georgetown and St. John's. This is how empire's fall. We are not being vigilant enough and only the blind can't see what is happening.

 

[uconnphil2016]

Bonz he benefited from Calhoun players like Bazz, Boat, Daniels, and Giffey. Don'd kid yourself that part is becoming clearer by the day. The expectation is to always beat teams like ECU, Wagner, and Northeastern no matter how many guys are injured. This is UCONN, and UCONN basketball has expectations. The constant lowering of expectations by a big part of the fan base for Ollie and the team is crazy. That is how we end up like Georgetown and St. John's. This is how empire's fall. We are not being vigilant enough and only the blind can't see what is happening.

yup. we're terrible. and the worst part isn't our talent level, but our lack of effort. the lethargy we display is amazing at times. i stopped going to games after watching a game last year at XL vs Temple in which players consistently jogged up and down the court. it's embarrassing.

 

[The Viking]

I wonder how much dialogue there is between Calhoun and Ollie during the season.
And please don't let that comment be answered by a Chief retort followed by 30 people bitchin at Chief.

 

[buddy]

not an excuse, we keep building these seasons up and shiite happens and the fan base becomes ruined. So if JA were to leave, we can still expect to be a top 25 team? OK

He'll be definitely a top draft pick with AB for the NBA no doubt! I suspect his presence or absence next year won't make much of a difference if he is surrounded by a bad cast of characters. He cannot carry this team alone.

 

[JMick]

He's had one poor year, this year is obviously not his fault, what are you watching?

The talent on this team is not as good as Cincy, SMU, Houston, Memphis or a tournament team.

And who's fault is that? Why are you comparing us to any of those schools? Yes, we lost two starters, but the whole point of being a top program is that you can withstand some blows to graduation, the draft, and injuries.

 

[Athlete94]

We haven't had a healthy team this entire season. Ollie had a post season band, recruiting restrictions, constant rumors about leaving for the nba, then this season. In that he's won a nc and conference tournament. He's safe. Next year purvis and brimah are gone and that should help. Don't like saying it but it should be true. Ollie has only been a coach for what, 5 years? We have 6.5 players tonight that were healthy. They made 10+ threes

Again, excuses... injuries are part of any sport, it's called preparation and having a plan.. in 5 years plus you plan for early graduation etc.. can't plan for injuries in most cases but you put a bench together that can step in and not skip much of a beat.. all we have done is escape some games with a win and lately that's not even happening.. this isn't getting better anytime soon..

 

[HuskiesAllDay]

Get over it people, this is not Uconn with the greatest men's basketball college coach to ever live with Calhoun and we are no longer in the big east.

This program was going to fall no matter what considering greatest coach leaving, it's Uconn (not UNC, Kansas, Kentucky, Duke) the program was poor before Calhoun, all those others were strong for the last 70 years.

Not to mention we are now in the American.

Ollie has done a masterful job since starting at Uconn as a head coach, masterful.

Ok. We all expected a fall off from calhoun. But this is wayyyy beyond a fall off. If Calhoun represented the top of the mountain we are barely even on the mountain anymore.

We just lost to ecu. We've lost to Wagner northeastern etc. we're been an ordinary upper-middle of the pack team for years now. The same conference you are bashing

Smu and Cincy are in the same spot we are and bring in much less talent than we do. They're both in the top 25. Why are they able to destroy us every year?

Its unrealistic to expect us to be where we were in the Jc era. But where we are right now is a place we all would have thought would be unimaginable 5 years ago.

Ollie has been masterful? Come on. I don't want him fired but that is so far out of touch with reality, I really hope you were being sarcastic.

 

[Athlete94]

I am not accepting mediocrity, I think we should be contender every year. I am just accepting the fact that the program is walking a thin line right now talent wise. We have a great nucleus of players, but zero depth at any position.

Agree

 

[Jaker]

Where's he going to leave to. Highly doubt he's transferring or going to play in Europe.

Who knows, kids make dumb decisions all the time.

 

[EBonz30]

And who's fault is that? Why are you comparing us to any of those schools? Yes, we lost two starters, but the whole point of being a top program is that you can withstand some blows to graduation, the draft, and injuries.

We are not a top program, exactly expectations are scewd.

My expectation is to be a top 25 program which we will be next year with our players coming back
from injuries.

Never going to be a top 5 or 10 program again now that Calhoun left and we are in the American.

We need to be realistic, Uconn was a NOTHING before Calhoun came, we are not UNC, DUKE, Kentucky, UCLA, or Kansas.

We are not, we were because of Calhoun, good luck finding the greatest coach of all time again, and yea then get in a top 5 conference as well.

 

[uconngb]

not an excuse, we keep building these seasons up and shiite happens and the fan base becomes ruined. So if JA were to leave, we can still expect to be a top 25 team? OK

Jalen Adams is going nowhere, so let's just put that to rest right now

 

[EBonz30]

Ok. We all expected a fall off from calhoun. But this is wayyyy beyond a fall off. If Calhoun represented the top of the mountain we are barely even on the mountain anymore.

We just lost to ecu. We've lost to Wagner northeastern etc. we're been an ordinary upper-middle of the pack team for years now. The same conference you are bashing

Smu and Cincy are in the same spot we are and bring in much less talent than we do. They're both in the top 25. Why are they able to destroy us every year?

Its unrealistic to expect us to be where we were in the Jc era. But where we are right now is a place we all would have thought would be unimaginable 5 years ago.

Ollie has been masterful? Come on. I don't want him fired but that is so far out of touch with reality, I really hope you were being sarcastic.

Way beyond fall, we won a national championship, how many coaches have won a national championship in the last 25 years?

Wake up.

 

[JMick]

We are not a top program, exactly expectations are scewd.

My expectation is to be a top 25 program which we will be next year with our players coming back
from injuries.

Never going to be a top 5 or 10 program again now that Calhoun left and we are in the American.

We need to be realistic, Uconn was a NOTHING before Calhoun came, we are not UNC, DUKE, Kentucky, UCLA, or Kansas.

We are not, we were because of Calhoun, good luck finding the greatest coach of all time again, and yea then get in a top 5 conference as well.

This is pathetic. You think like a loser.

 

[HuskiesAllDay]

Bonz he benefited from Calhoun players like Bazz, Boat, Daniels, and Giffey. Don'd kid yourself that part is becoming clearer by the day. The expectation is to always beat teams like ECU, Wagner, and Northeastern no matter how many guys are injured. This is UCONN, and UCONN basketball has expectations. The constant lowering of expectations by a big part of the fan base for Ollie and the team is crazy. That is how we end up like Georgetown and St. John's. This is how empire's fall. We are not being vigilant enough and only the blind can't see what is happening.

I've thought it for a while, but I'm becoming more and more convinced that JC was doing the scouting and game planning during that tournament run.

Ollie made a lot of great in game adjustments so I'm not giving Jc all the credit.

But the KO that was coaching in the 14 tournament is a man that nobody has seen since.

I would very much like for him to come back.

 

[EBonz30]

This is pathetic. You think like a loser.

Right, realistic, you could only imagine how far I have risen in my professional life.

 

[JMick]

Right, realistic, you could only imagine how far I have risen in my professional life.

You're not a true fan if you think our ceiling is a top 25 program. That's literally loser-talk. Your fan card deserves to be revoked.

and newsflash, we've been a top 25 program once under Ollie.

 

[yukonyc212]

All these people defending this season and Ollie in general need only to look at his 3.1 million dollar salary. He is a top 10 paid coach in the nation. His teams year in and year out should be top 10 to justify that salary. We haven't been close to a top 10 program ever since he's been here. Everyone else in that list minus Dixon (since he's not at Pitt anymore) and Crean, never strays very far outside the top 10. Where is the disconnect??

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[superjohn]

I am not accepting mediocrity, I think we should be contender every year. I am just accepting the fact that the program is walking a thin line right now talent wise. We have a great nucleus of players, but zero depth at any position.

Next season if healthy we'll have a junior pg top 25 recruit, a sophomore pg McDonald's all-American recruit, a freshman pg top 35 recruit, a junior sf top 35 recruit, a sophomore sf top 100 recruit, a sophomore pf top 50 recruit, and a junior pf/center top 100 recruit. That's a lot of talent IMO. Throw in Vital, hopefully a healthy Diarra and maybe some contributions from the other freshmen and I think we should expect a successful season, dare I say the expectation should be a top 25 team.

 

[JMick]

Next season if healthy we'll have a junior pg top 25 recruit, a sophomore pg McDonald's all-American recruit, a freshman pg top 35 recruit, a junior sf top 35 recruit, a sophomore sf top 100 recruit, a sophomore pf top 50 recruit, and a junior pf/center top 100 recruit. That's a lot of talent IMO. Throw in Vital, hopefully a healthy Diarra and maybe some contributions from the other freshmen and I think we should expect a successful season, dare I say the expectation should be a top 25 team.

if we don't end the season in the top 25 next year it will be a failure.

 

[Athlete94]

Next season if healthy we'll have a junior pg top 25 recruit, a sophomore pg McDonald's all-American recruit, a freshman pg top 35 recruit, a junior sf top 35 recruit, a sophomore sf top 100 recruit, a sophomore pf top 50 recruit, and a junior pf/center top 100 recruit. That's a lot of talent IMO. Throw in Vital, hopefully a healthy Diarra and maybe some contributions from the other freshmen and I think we should expect a successful season, dare I say the expectation should be a top 25 team.

Yup and I should call the next super bowl but that ain't happening