the main reason Warde was brought in, to create an image of doing something about the APR situation, is no longer relevant. I agree with the poster who said his strengths are out of synch with UConn's needs now. He is what he is. Did a bad job on conference realignment, bad job on the new logo stuff, poor job of marketing the product. Other than Ollie, the jury is still out on his coaching hires, and let's face it, Ollie was "his" hire only in name. Cavanaugh looks to be a good recruiter but his team underperformed a bit last year. Hard to really evaluate that given the transitional nature of the program, but they lost some critical games to bad teams down the stretch, which is worrisome. Diaco also looks to be a solid recruiter but you have to question his game day coaching at this point. Both would get an incomplete though. I'd say at best, Manuel has been a mediocre hire, though not entirely his doing. he was brought in for a particular need and the ground changed almost immediately.
