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Message: [QUOTE="Marbles90, post: 2461239, member: 7436"] I think what many of the younger folks on this board do not realize is that UConn SERIOUSLY caught lightning in a bottle with both Geno and Calhoun. UConn was a “good” program before them. Definitely not a “blue blood”. They made UConn basketball great. As for Ollie, I agree, tomorrow’s coach could be worse or the same and we may never catch that lightning again. But as much as I want Ollie to succeed, he has proven he can’t coach or build a program. He did well with recruiting brecause he was a respected NBA player. But that does not automatically translate to being able to develop kids for the NBA which is what he was selling. Everyone is seeing that now. Hence the transfers and decommits. It’s unfortunate but at this point we need to start over and it could get worse before it gets better. But you never know, we could get lucky again with a new coach, we could get a P5 bid. Or we could just go back to being a “good” program. But unfortunately, we need to take the next step. Oh, and if Ollie turns this thing around and makes the tourney, I am ok with him coming back next year, but from what we have seen in the last season and a half, I am not holding my breath. [/QUOTE]