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Ladies and gentlemen the snowball effect from the Villanova game continues.

Minus Adams and Gilbert, the so called recruiting advantage we have had had been no better than anyone in the AAC. Adams and Gilbert have their own flaws, which mitigates any real recruiting advantage we are supposed to have over the conference.

That is being addressed for next year and needs to be continually addressed. Other than Vital, Rique, Polley, and Sid, every other plyer on this team is expendable.

I trust in Hurley, but he needs to call better timeouts and make some second half adjustments like other teams do.

Jalen Adams is hurting the team a lot due to his own deficiencies, but taking the ball out of his hands and making him a spot shooter has never been his game. This has really hurt his game and fueled his bad habits.

PS: The 3 guard lineup we play really exposes our lack of size. We get bottled up like children. Starting from next year we need to play big like the traditional Lineups we had during Calhoun.
 
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Ladies and gentlemen the snowball effect from the Villanova game continues.

Minus Adams and Gilbert, the so called recruiting advantage we have had had been no better than anyone in the AAC. Adams and Gilbert have their own flaws, which mitigates any real recruiting advantage we are supposed to have over the conference.

That is being addressed for next year and needs to be continually addressed. Other than Vital, Rique, Polley, and Sid, every other plyer on this team is expendable.

I trust in Hurley, but he needs to call better timeouts and make some second half adjustments like other teams do.

Jalen Adams is hurting the team a lot due to his own deficiencies, but taking the ball out of his hands and making him a spot shooter has never been his game. This has really hurt his game and fueled his bad habits.

PS: The 3 guard lineup we play really exposes our lack of size. We get bottled up like children. Starting from next year we need to play big like the traditional Lineups we had during Calhoun.

Jalen and AG haven't panned out. So no advantage.
 
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I was exaggerating & being sarcastic more for effect. The nature of it is that he wasn’t really a prospect at all. He was a grown man when he got here with limited actual basketball experience. Idk why people had high hopes for him.
 

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We are the top destination for recruits in this conference. 3/5 of our top recruiting class transferred because of the HC, Mamadou has the purple heart, and Vital is trying. This is why we have a lack of talent right now.
 

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He is often the most wildly incorrect. Delusional... thats a different list.
Fair point. But his lack of any conscience about his history points to some level of delusion, or amnesia.
 
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Jalen and AG haven't panned out. So no advantage.
Gilbert is where basically every star point guard at UConn has heen early in their career. He is a total stud and will get there.

Don't want to hear another word about how Jalen has unfairly had the ball taken out of his hands. He's had a million chances to be the man and he has never come through. It's Gilbert's team and we will deal with the headaches because there should be light at the end of the tunnel with him.
 

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Fair point. But his lack of any conscience about his history points to some level of delusion, or amnesia.

Isn’t he a kid? The only guy more wrong is the guy who does the mock drafts.

Delusional... you’d need UConn Medical to dedicate a team of a half dozens doctors to solve.
 
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Gilbert is where basically every star point guard at UConn has heen early in their career. He is a total stud and will get there.

Don't want to hear another word about how Jalen has unfairly had the ball taken out of his hands. He's had a million chances to be the man and he has never come through. It's Gilbert's team and we will deal with the headaches because there should be light at the end of the tunnel with him.

AG could become legit. But he doesnt understand time and situations and that's a big concern. Handle isn't what it should be.
 
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FCKO wasn't a good talent evaluator or developer and that's a very, very bad combination - get at least one of those and you've got a fighting chance.

I suppose it's possible that he could identify talent, but couldn't sell his vision for the player or the merits of the school and program to save his life so all the quality guys that supposedly high interest in coming to Storrs are having success elsewhere.

It's a big turd sandwich for sure.
 

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PS: The 3 guard lineup we play really exposes our lack of size. We get bottled up like children. Starting from next year we need to play big like the traditional Lineups we had during Calhoun.
What exposes our lack of size isn’t the 3 guard lineup. It’s our actual lack of any functional big men. Literally not one. What else could we run?
 
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Our lack of size is due to our rosters lack of size & Dan Hurley’s inability to stretch & inflate current players on our roster. Fire him yesterday
 

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