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Rocktheworld said:
Our dear Chief is kinda like Trump. Thinks he's three levels of magnitude smarter than he really is, will ramble on about something that initially makes sense in his head, which often unfortunately leads to him saying some near-unbelievably stupid stuff
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The bunkey stuff is dumb. No doubt.

But I find it funny how everyone rips on Chief all the time when hes been right about a lot of things lately that a lot of people initially made fun of him for.

I also think it's funny how everyone calls him looney when literally half of this board has been living in a fantasy land for the last year.
 
polycom said:
This post doesn't make sense. Someone calls you out and you completely back off or your original post. If you don't know something you don't need to BS. Sure you know some things but when you don't know something why don't you say so.
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I have no clue what you are trying to say? How did I back off my post?
 
husky99 said:
I like your positive attitude but I wouldn't hold your breath. We made a lot of ground up but I think he was the kind of kid that if we didn't get a verbal on the visit, game over from what I hear
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99 I hope you are wrong on this one - I am closer to CGarr on this one. But, I am desperate for good news so hopefully that's not influencing my read on things.
 
If the kid wanted to come here he would've. Maybe he's soaking in everything then he'll decide. I'm hoping waters decides to come here. I'm looking more to seeing our '18 class. A lot of studs we need/should get
 
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This is pretty simple stuff. UConn next year has a hell of a core of players. If even one of the unknowns comes good, we're going to be ok. I know I'm straining to find a silver lining here but it's great to go into a season for once without the delusional expectations of a final four. Am I happy with it? No. But next season will be a fascinating year. Five, ten years down the road - and I know every single one of the degenerates on this board will still be here - we'll either laugh at how distraught we were this offseason or we'll mark it as the beginning of the end for KO and the start of something new and inevitably great at UConn. We're not going to be irrelevant. We may not win a NC on the back of an otherwordly guard soon, but we'll make some noise shortly. I like what I see out of Wilson and Waters and if they come here success may happen sooner rather, but either way this is, at the very least, a fascinating time to be a fan - and the next best thing to knowing your team is going to be great every year is not knowing what you'll get but hoping for the best.
 
PAHusky said:
This is pretty simple stuff. UConn next year has a hell of a core of players. If even one of the unknowns comes good, we're going to be ok. I know I'm straining to find a silver lining here but it's great to go into a season for once without the delusional expectations of a final four. Am I happy with it? No. But next season will be a fascinating year. Five, ten years down the road - and I know every single one of the degenerates on this board will still be here - we'll either laugh at how distraught we were this offseason or we'll mark it as the beginning of the end for KO and the start of something new and inevitably great at UConn. We're not going to be irrelevant. We may not win a NC on the back of an otherwordly guard soon, but we'll make some noise shortly. I like what I see out of Wilson and Waters and if they come here success may happen sooner rather, but either way this is, at the very least, a fascinating time to be a fan - and the next best thing to knowing your team is going to be great every year is not knowing what you'll get but hoping for the best.
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Ah, you're a different kind of drunk than last night's poster :p
 
It's insane how much our recruiting has suffered that Seton Hall, Providence, and St Johns are challenging and beating us for recruits now.

PS: Our coaching staff needs to do better.
 
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Huskymagic said:
It's insane how much our recruiting has suffered that Seton Hall, Providence, and St Johns are challenging and beating us for recruits now.

PS: Our coaching staff needs to do better.
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It's aggravating but how much time does Cooley have at Providence. I mean, your career can't just be based on out recruiting Uconn and getting players they wanted. You would think that Providence would actually want him to start "winning" something with the talent they bring in.
 
Horatio said:
It's aggravating but how much time does Cooley have at Providence. I mean, your career can't just be based on out recruiting UConn and getting players they wanted. You would think that Providence would actually want him to start "winning" something with the talent they bring in.
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He's been to the NCAA tourney 4 straight years. That's pretty well. Think of how long JC struggled to reach a Final Four, it's hard to climb the ladder, but Cooley has done well to bring Providence as far as he is. When he started BC was a more highly regarded basketball program than Providence -- he's brought them to the #2 spot in New England and they are breathing down KO's neck, as seen in the MAL move.
 
Huskymagic said:
It's insane how much our recruiting has suffered that Seton Hall, Providence, and St Johns are challenging and beating us for recruits now.

PS: Our coaching staff needs to do better.
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Ya think?
 
Horatio said:
It's aggravating but how much time does Cooley have at Providence. I mean, your career can't just be based on out recruiting UConn and getting players they wanted. You would think that Providence would actually want him to start "winning" something with the talent they bring in.
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There isn't a more tired trope in college sports than the "he hasn't won anything." It's a business first and foremost. Providence sucked for a long time before Cooley and ever since he has taken over interest in the program - and by extension, I imagine, the school - is way up. He has another team this year that should vie for the top 25 and between Diallo and MAL a back court that should keep them relevant for the foreseeable future.

There are 350 something teams in the country. If you're going to run a small private school like Providence with ultimatums that your coach "win something" (he won the BET in 2014, FWIW) then you are going to have a rough time. Providence would be clinically insane to consider moving on from him.
 
PAHusky said:
This is pretty simple stuff. UConn next year has a hell of a core of players. If even one of the unknowns comes good, we're going to be ok. I know I'm straining to find a silver lining here but it's great to go into a season for once without the delusional expectations of a final four. Am I happy with it? No. But next season will be a fascinating year. Five, ten years down the road - and I know every single one of the degenerates on this board will still be here - we'll either laugh at how distraught we were this offseason or we'll mark it as the beginning of the end for KO and the start of something new and inevitably great at UConn. We're not going to be irrelevant. We may not win a NC on the back of an otherwordly guard soon, but we'll make some noise shortly. I like what I see out of Wilson and Waters and if they come here success may happen sooner rather, but either way this is, at the very least, a fascinating time to be a fan - and the next best thing to knowing your team is going to be great every year is not knowing what you'll get but hoping for the best.
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I agree with a lot of this but shrug at the premise that this is some make or break season for the program. We're three years removed from winning a national championship.

To me, 2018 recruiting is more important. And yes, next years results will certainly influence recruiting, but with Chill being here and some of the staff having been overturned I'm hopeful that we'll have a longer leash.
 
champs99and04 said:
I agree with a lot of this but shrug at the premise that this is some make or break season for the program. We're three years removed from winning a national championship.

To me, 2018 recruiting is more important. And yes, next years results will certainly influence recruiting, but with Chill being here and some of the staff having been overturned I'm hopeful that we'll have a longer leash.
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Agree on 2018. I'm hoping for a good 2017 for myself, but not because the program is on the 'knife edge' of its demise.

As quickly as things can turn south, they are capable of reversing course. Sometimes, you need a few breaks. Lord knows JC caught a few over the years.
 
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intlzncster said:
Agree on 2018. I'm hoping for a good 2017 for myself, but not because the program is on the 'knife edge' of its demise.

As quickly as things can turn south, they are capable of reversing course. Sometimes, you need a few breaks. Lord knows JC caught a few over the years.
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And one of those breaks might have us looking back at all the pessimism and criticisms this offseason as Waters under the bridge.

I'll see myself out now
 
Does Sid and Tremont only have until Wednesday to commit and sign the LOI?
 
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tcf15 said:
no they can commit whenever and don't need to sign an LOI
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Ok thanks that's what I thought, saw something on twitter about that
 
I'm reluctantly going to bring this up.... most likely I'll regret bringing it up.. but I'm doing it anyway...

Sid removed St John's commit/St John emojis from his social media profiles. All pictures from announcement day are gone. Basically, anything St John's has been erased from his social. His latest insta story says "Just trying to right my wrongs." Lastly, DK just started following him again on instagram.

I really don't want to get people's hopes up. I really don't. So let's not over react. Chances are this all means nothing but it's definitely at least worth a "Hmmmm."
 
CGarr said:
I'm reluctantly going to bring this up.... most likely I'll regret bringing it up.. but I'm doing it anyway...

Sid removed St John's commit/St John emojis from his social media profiles. All pictures from announcement day are gone. Basically, anything St John's has been erased from his social. His latest insta story says "Just trying to right my wrongs." Lastly, DK just started following him again on instagram.

I really don't want to get people's hopes up. I really don't. So let's not over react. Chances are this all means nothing but it's definitely at least worth a "Hmmmm."
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Well it at least means hes not going to St. Johns right?
 
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