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scrappy2.0 said:
You do want to get the best players that fit your system. I'm sure KO is on that. But in our rather successful history, our championships and our other great seasons have ALL been built on players who have stayed 3 and 4 years. Kentucky has a model where they end up getting 6-7 of these guys at a time and usually have 2-3 top notch guys who do stay. I do not see us like that--nor would I want our program to turn into that. I like what weve had over the years. You get to watch the players and teams grow and develop. I can see using a player to augment a year is fine--if that is what we are doing here--thats cool. But I would not want us to change our system and getting guys like Bridah Napier Boatright etc and winning big... is so awesome. It's really what has made Uconn a unique team for the ages.
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I think we can trust that KO knows what he is doing in recruiting Diamond Stone.
 
Scrappy ... I think you are wrong.

Also, I think you have a logic problem with your premise. This is HIGHLY specific program to program; kid to kid. You can't make general statements about Duke or others ... without missing a lot.
 
scrappy2.0 said:
I hate when people who have no idea who you are or what you look like have the cahones to say stuff on the Internet for no reason. Can you simply reply scrappy you might be off there imho--no you need to get personal and swear. If that makes you feel big--go for it but it's immature.
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Would it be more polite to say, "When you're in a hole, stop digging."?
 
scrappy2.0 said:
You do want to get the best players that fit your system. I'm sure KO is on that. But in our rather successful history, our championships and our other great seasons have ALL been built on players who have stayed 3 and 4 years. Kentucky has a model where they end up getting 6-7 of these guys at a time and usually have 2-3 top notch guys who do stay. I do not see us like that--nor would I want our program to turn into that. I like what weve had over the years. You get to watch the players and teams grow and develop. I can see using a player to augment a year is fine--if that is what we are doing here--thats cool. But I would not want us to change our system and getting guys like Bridah Napier Boatright etc and winning big... is so awesome. It's really what has made Uconn a unique team for the ages.
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You're over thinking this. Fleudslipcon was right what he posted about winning. You get the best players at each position that you can get. Period. That's all KO is doing. Don't worry about one and dones or role guys. Those things will work themselves out. There is no way we're becoming like UK. So just relax. It's going to be ok. If you liked the last 20 yrs of UConn basketball. I'm sure you'll enjoy the next. Welcome to Olliewood.
 
J-dog said:
Oriaki's issues started with the man in the mirror…

This is by no means meant to be a criticism of JC, but it would have been interesting to see how KO (head coach version) would have handled the situation. He seems to have a way of making the kids understand their own accountability. It's one of KO's best attributes...
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You can't teach toughness, AO was as soft as fresh poo
Head coach or as an assistant (which he was at the time) Ollie couldn't do a thing with AO, he's an escalator type of guy.
 
I take full responsibility for accidentally directing this thread towards AO bashing. Best to lock it now, its only going to get worse from here.
 
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OkaForPrez said:
I take full responsibility for accidentally directing this thread towards AO bashing. Best to lock it now, its only going to get worse from here.
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yep… I didn't mean to add to it… Tried to shift it to the greatness of KO… didn't work...
 
OkaForPrez said:
Maybe not directly, but he certainly was the fuse to the AO Tnt. And that is the risk of a 1 and done. You open the door for a guy who has been waiting his turn to drop down in the hierarchy to a freshman. It can splinter a team.

Boat on '12:
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There might be some truth to 1 and dones potentially hurting a teams chemistry, but in general the positives outweigh the negatives (IMO). UConn should always look to recruit the best players it can get.

Oriakhi was a bit different of a situation. AO started on a team that won the National Championship. He wasn't waiting for his turn. His minutes got cut because Drummond was a better player.

KO can't worry about hurting peoples feelings by getting a recruit that is better than someone on the current roster.
 
OkaForPrez said:
I take full responsibility for accidentally directing this thread towards AO bashing. Best to lock it now, its only going to get worse from here.
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J-dog said:
yep… I didn't mean to add to it… Tried to shift it to the greatness of KO… didn't work...
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I think the two of you ought to embellish it rather than squash it. Do either of you guys know whether AO liked pizza?
 
OkaForPrez said:
I think he liked Pepe's, but only from Manchester.
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I almost fell out of my seat reading that!! I'm not sure anyone got my cremation statement in that thread comparing Manchester and New Haven Pepe's.
 
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DogMania said:
Maybe I don't understand twitter...even though I have an account though never use it...but are these tweets showing up under his account because they are from people who are following him? I don't see a tweet from him supporting any of those follower tweets. That seems like a positive for UConn IMO in that he's not responding to the pro-Badger tweets, but maybe I'm obtuse when it come to twitter.
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Don't think anyone answered your post. Those are tweets from anyone (not necessarily followers) TO Diamond Stone re anything. The tweets won't show up on his feed, unless he 'retweets' them. Which basically means he forwards them to himself (sometimes with commentary) and they appear on his feed. When people do this, everyone thinks the person agrees wholeheartedly with what was said, which is usually the case. However, people retweet idiotic statements too, just to laugh at them. In this case, Diamond seems to retweet everything, so his retweeting of Wisconsin supporters doesn't necessarily mean anything. That was long winded.
 
intlzncster said:
Don't think anyone answered your post. Those are tweets from anyone (not necessarily followers) TO Diamond Stone re anything. The tweets won't show up on his feed, unless he 'retweets' them. Which basically means he forwards them to himself (sometimes with commentary) and they appear on his feed. When people do this, everyone thinks the person agrees wholeheartedly with what was said, which is usually the case. However, people retweet idiotic statements too, just to laugh at them. In this case, Diamond seems to retweet everything, so his retweeting of Wisconsin supporters doesn't necessarily mean anything. That was long winded.
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Definitely over the 140 character limit.
 
OTE="intlzncster, post: 1088068, member: 56"]Actually that's funny[/QUOTE]


I'm glad he didn't tweet this one.

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One and done players aren't all 'one thing'. This like some sheltered white person asking a black guy for advice on 'what black people think about so and so'.

Believe it or not, some one and doners actually like to work hard and grind it out (ie take the stairs). Others are headcases. Stone sounds like the former and hopefully he picks UCONN for that reason.
 
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scrappy2.0 said:
Duke has had three one-and-dones since the 2010-11 season and during that time the Blue Devils are 2-3 in the NCAA Tournament with those players

No need for the teenage reply--I think there is some reasonable validity to what I said.
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Those one and done players were largely the reason Duke was decent during those years. It was the other players that were the problem.
 
OkaForPrez said:
Maybe not directly, but he certainly was the fuse to the AO Tnt. And that is the risk of a 1 and done. You open the door for a guy who has been waiting his turn to drop down in the hierarchy to a freshman. It can splinter a team.
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Yes, but UCONN doesn't want guys who feel this way. I know you can't always help it at times, but they're trying to build a program devoid of these guys (see Omar last year).
 
scrappy2.0 said:
You do want to get the best players that fit your system. I'm sure KO is on that. But in our rather successful history, our championships and our other great seasons have ALL been built on players who have stayed 3 and 4 years. Kentucky has a model where they end up getting 6-7 of these guys at a time and usually have 2-3 top notch guys who do stay. I do not see us like that--nor would I want our program to turn into that. I like what weve had over the years. You get to watch the players and teams grow and develop. I can see using a player to augment a year is fine--if that is what we are doing here--thats cool. But I would not want us to change our system and getting guys like Bridah Napier Boatright etc and winning big... is so awesome. It's really what has made Uconn a unique team for the ages.
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Again, all one and done guys are not the same. There's no all encompassing statement or directive that requires their inclusion be an automatic detriment to a team.
 
fleudslipcon said:
OTE="intlzncster, post: 1088068, member: 56"]Actually that's funny
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I'm glad he didn't tweet this one.

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Why, you don't want players begging to coming to UCONN? Never underestimate the power of randy coeds to sway a young man's decision. Schools in the south don't have 'hostesses' for nothing.
 
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intlzncster said:
Again, all one and done guys are not the same. There's no all encompassing statement or directive that requires their inclusion be an automatic detriment to a team.
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Yes and no Izzy. What all 1 and done's have in common, universally, is that you don't know exactly how they will gel no matter who they are and their mindset. To some degree you don't know know this for all players and teams, but it strikes me as easier to develop a chemistry from your core over the course of 2-3 years evaluate where your strengths and weakness are, and then go get role players to mask your deficiencies. I don't think its coincidence that outside of the 2011 anomaly (praise the gods for it) UConn's final four runs have been on 5 year cycles.

I don't think we'll ever be UK line changing 7-10 5 stars and I'm glad for that. Given that we wont be, I think you have to be very careful how you blend these guys in. Otherwise you run the risk of your pieces not ripening at the same time.
 
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