I guess this is where i'm at.
Ollie is a really good recruiter insofar as he brings in a lot of talent. The upside of that is that eventually, when you're bringing in that many naturally gifted players, the rest takes care of itself. People can say what they want about the conference, but it hasn't effected our ability to attract top tier talent out of high school all that much if at all. That's just the reality. Let's - for a second - take Ollie's ability to coach and develop off the table, here - PLENTY of good teams have been able to escape bad coaching on talent, alone. I'm not saying that'll be the case with Ollie - but there's that to consider on the upside.
The downside is that sometimes recruiting isn't about the talent. In that sometimes the best players don't always equal the 'right' players. Guys that in the margins make a difference - whether its some minutes here and there, foul shots over there, three point shooting, defense or whatever. So far, I haven't seen that and that's what it is.
I think Ollie deserves at least another shot with this group. I think the talent is there - it's had a year to mature. From here on out-- almost regardless of recruting - there's enough talent in the program for this team to be outstanding. So if it isn't heading forward, then that's on Ollie. And if they're this bad next year then sure - we need to consider an alternative. But Ollie has shown me enough flashes of brilliant (he demolished Squid, Villanova and Donovan on the sidelines in one tournament - found under achieving teams late) coaching that he deserves the benefit of the doubt that he can do it.
But sure - if next year is bad again- i'm open to a look at other options.
