“I liked it when he was yelling at Phillip,” Calhoun said with a big laugh as he stood on a court filled with confetti and streamers. “Seriously, what Kevin does is get the kids to believe and what you want to do as a coach is to get the kids to believe in you believing in them.”
Daniels said Ollie is “like one of us. He’s like one of our teammates. He’s always joking around and playing around with us every day in practice, and I mean he just cares for everybody in this locker room and loves each and every one, and everybody loves him on this team. It’s just amazing to have him as a coach. He’s just phenomenal.”
Connecticut athletic director Warde Manuel was walking along by himself about 20 minutes after the game.
He was asked if Ollie could start a trend of longtime NBA players becoming college coaches as happened earlier Monday when Florida Atlantic hired Michael Curry.
“I don’t know,” he said. “I do know I have a great one. If he leads a path of others doing it that would be great but right now we have him.”
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Daniels said Ollie is “like one of us. He’s like one of our teammates. He’s always joking around and playing around with us every day in practice, and I mean he just cares for everybody in this locker room and loves each and every one, and everybody loves him on this team. It’s just amazing to have him as a coach. He’s just phenomenal.”
Connecticut athletic director Warde Manuel was walking along by himself about 20 minutes after the game.
He was asked if Ollie could start a trend of longtime NBA players becoming college coaches as happened earlier Monday when Florida Atlantic hired Michael Curry.
“I don’t know,” he said. “I do know I have a great one. If he leads a path of others doing it that would be great but right now we have him.”
http://newpittsburghcourieronline.com/2014/04/08/ollie-wins-it-all-with-uconn/
