Great post.
Yes and yes. But it's noteworthy that the guys brought in to fix the roster have actually made it worse. That suggests there's a systemic issue - i.e., the common variable is proving to be definitive.
I see potential in some of our young guys but they need to develop if we are going to compete. There is still time to salvage this season; at least from being a total disaster. We showed promise in the first half against MSU and against Arizona.
What coaching? My 8th grade team ran a more complex offense than Ollie. Passing the ball around the perimeter for 25 seconds and then letting Adams or Larrier play hero ball isn't an offense.
FIFY since we don't know when, but we know now. At least it my sentiment.
They were good and experienced resources for game management. I was not referring to recruiting or even player development. We look 'uncoached' during games creating bad losses. And during games, he has practically no one to turn to when compared to Miller and Hobbs.
This rando on Twitter nailed it
As I've said a few times before, There was nothing wrong with Calhoun picking Ollie - to be the interim head coach until they could do a proper search for a replacement.
You've been a vocal supporter of NO. I've been quiet supporter of him. It is clear he screwed this up. His roster has been decimated by transfers and left him scrambling to put together a Frankenstein of a roster and no one looks like they know their roles. Auburn had us doubled up on the scoreboard.
Same thing here. I was a freshman, albeit, not at UConn, in 1988 as well. I managed to get back to CT for the spring of 1990, one of only two years I managed to live IN Connecticut since I left for college in 1987-88. It will be a damn shame if the University ends up squandering everything Calhoun built.
Exactly. Like what you're doing up there, keep sending CT's best down here so we could whip your ass.
Yeah, I'm sorry I'm not going to cannonize you for your righteous boycott of the games. The identical pattern of behavior showing up to games when we are winning and staying away when we are losing is adopted by every band wagon fan in America. We get it. It is hard to root for a team that is so clearly dysfunctional and you've decided that it isn't worth the time or money spent to go see the games. That's your choice but your attempt to justify it portraying yourself as some kind of principled superfan is delusional.
You know, at some point I take solace in the fact that this team will continue to slink to lower and lower levels to the point that the "I'm a better fan than you" pissing contests become completely unnecessary.
I think you are correct. Kevin Ollie was able to win a National Championship with a good roster and able to out-coach teams with better players (Florida, Kentucky, Michigan State). Where he has fallen short is in recruiting. We can speculate whether the recruiting is because of the AAC or the way the team was turned over to him or even his assistants. But I don't think even Jim Calhoun could win with this group of players. They are young, inexperienced and in some cases just not good enough.
Here's where I sit on this. It's easy to judge fans who don't attend games as bandwagon fans but to me it's not about whether they're losing but HOW they're losing. I've had season tickets while at UConn and several years as an alum. While I lived in Florida, I badly missed attending games and the religion of UConn basketball that used to get so many of us through the CT winters. UConn basketball is one of the reasons I moved back to this otherwise unappealing state.
