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[RMoore1999]

Uconn needs a recruiting guru who is connected to the aau culture. Most top teams has one.

What's the nature of the negative buzz towards Ollie/UConn being thrown around on the recruiting trail?

 

[Zionn]

AAC (should not come as a Shock). It is Ollie that has kept us in the mix with these top kids.

 

[upstater]

AAC (should not come as a Shock). It is Ollie that has kept us in the mix with these top kids.

I wonder what explains Memphis, SMU and Houston having some success?? Also, we know the AAC is mid-major, but on the other hand, it could hold its own against the SEC, and the ACC team in the mix is on ESPN and CBS 4 times next year. I wonder about priorities.

NC State's competition > UConn's, Florida's, Providence's
Florida's coach > UConn's > Providence's > NC State's
Florida's and UConn's TV exposure > Providence's > NC State's
Playing time = EVERYWHERE
Florida's weather and campus > NC State's > UConn's > Providence's
UConn's and Providence's Proximity > Florida's and NC State's
Florida and UConn's NCAA potential > NC State's > Providence's
Facilities?

 

[3uconn]

Sure an Ulric Maligi clone would be nice. In the interim you and 3uconn seem to be joined at the hip enough to put a Band-Aide on any recruiting woes.

I would like to see 3UConn Vs. DistrictBaller go at it for Larrier!! Maybe we can get 3 on a payroll like DB before time runs out?????????

"All of the Lights..." Nice 3

Side note: Giffey looks great. This "chip on the shoulder" theory for 2013-14 holding a lot of weight. Kinda getting more bullish on the UConn team 2013-14 this year despite our front court issues. Ticker symbol GIFF stock way up.

I wish I could get paid by the staff for tweeting at recruits.

 

[ctchamps]

I wonder what explains Memphis, SMU and Houston having some success??

Even ECU!

 

[BLUEDOGHOUSE]

What's the nature of the negative buzz towards Ollie/UConn being thrown around on the recruiting trail?

Oriakhi....Boswell.....to Abu= Negative

JMHO

 

[ctchamps]

Oriakhi....Boswell.....to Abu= Negative

JMHO

Can't imagine AO would have issues with KO! It would be pretty petty to want KO to fail because KO has a good relationship with JC. Then again he is the fruit of his father's tree so he could be that petty.

 

[upstater]

I wish I could get paid by the staff for tweeting at recruits.

You could probably get paid by them to NOT tweet the recruits. j/k

 

[RMoore1999]

Oriakhi....Boswell.....to Abu= Negative

JMHO

AO had problems with Ollie? For some reason, I thought they were with JC. If these "coaches"/handlers are poisoning the well by telling 16 and 17 year olds that they'll have the same experience under KO that AO did under Calhoun, then there's nothing much rational to say in response to that.

I thought Boswell was a converted Ollie guy, btw???

 

[mauconnfan]

AO has a reason to hammer on UConn honestly.......I mean all he has to say is "...look how much I suck for an athlete like myself and I spent 3 of my past 4 years at UConn......I mean after all I didn't turn out to be very good now did I?"....LOL....

Seriously if he had anything negative to say about UConn he's a bigger than I thought and that was pretty huge already! And who's Boswell? ...........if you answer that you won't get it!

 

[BLUEDOGHOUSE]

AO had problems with Ollie? For some reason, I thought they were with JC. If these "coaches"/handlers are poisoning the well by telling 16 and 17 year olds that they'll have the same experience under KO that AO did under Calhoun, then there's nothing much rational to say in response to that.

I thought Boswell was a converted Ollie guy, btw???

The best counter argument is the 1 presented by the slingshot water balloon thrower Fluedy . In a nutshell the argument is... it would be counterintuitive for Boswell to engage in "poisoning" tactics with local kids at the risk of isolating the likes of UConn (in this case) and Providence. That argument has merit but the middle man Boswell doesn't have to do much as a power broker to sway a kid away from a school. When AO left... Ollie at a minimum inferred those that left were not very loyal to the program.

 

[upstater]

When a coach loses kids, as Calhoun lost Oriakhi, there is only so much you can do. Calhoun threw in the towel in frustration. Many of us have been there before. If Ollie threw a few pointed barbs about loyalty, I can't blame him much. at some point, you have to stop sucking up to these kids and basically state, we're going nowhere unless people have 10 toes in. Ewing-theory applied to UConn in 2011-2012-2013. Kemba kept things together, then the team had a toxic mix, then Napier took leadership. We'll see what this year brings. I expect good things.

 

[mauconnfan]

When a coach loses kids, as Calhoun lost Oriakhi, there is only so much you can do. Calhoun threw in the towel in frustration. Many of us have been there before. If Ollie threw a few pointed barbs about loyalty, I can't blame him much. at some point, you have to stop sucking up to these kids and basically state, we're going nowhere unless people have 10 toes in. Ewing-theory applied to UConn in 2011-2012-2013. Kemba kept things together, then the team had a toxic mix, then Napier took leadership. We'll see what this year brings. I expect good things.

KO is a "true Husky" and knows nothing else but to be proud of his coach and university. AO was far from that and I'm guessing his actions were thought of as unacceptable by KO knowing the heritage. Good for KO to stick up for JC and if this guy Boswell doesn't get loyalty then quite honestly who needs his stock of kids? If he does then he will understand that not all is meant to be......