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Too High Expectations

Stanley Robinson
Curtis Kelly
Doug Wiggins

So much so that the cat we got in 2006 is named Stanley Curtis Wiggins - or Scwiggins for short. He's 17 now and still alive. Can't be said for all the guy mentioned above (RIP Stanley)
 
dog bone said:
Stanley Robinson
Curtis Kelly
Doug Wiggins

So much so that the cat we got in 2006 is named Stanley Curtis Wiggins - or Scwiggins for short. He's 17 now and still alive. Can't be said for all the guy mentioned above (RIP Stanley)
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Along the same lines, my cat is named for Jeff Francoeur, who had a great run around that time and then ended up being not very good. But he's a great analyst, and she's a great cat.
 
metsfan2323 said:
You could list just about any player from 2015 - 2018 which makes me think it wasn't their fault.

Purvis, Hamilton, Larrier, Adams, Enoch and Juwan Durham were here at the wrong time.
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We made the tournament in 2016 and lost in the second round fwiw to 1 seeded Kansas. Also won the AAC tournament championship.

Kind of hard to say anything about Enoch and Juwan because they were only here for one year. Them and Vance leaving after one year is a pretty big reason the program caved in like it did.
 
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HuskyWarrior611 said:
We made the tournament in 2016 and lost in the second round fwiw to 1 seeded Kansas. Also won the AAC tournament championship.
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Yeah, Jalen Adams miracle shot vs Cincy (when we were a bubble team) gifted Kevin Ollie a fortune. I hope he sends Adams a nice Christmas present every year.
 
HuskyWarrior611 said:
Kind of hard to say anything about Enoch and Juwan because they were only here for one year. Them and Vance leaving after one year is a pretty big reason the program caved in like it did.
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Because they saw what was going on and made a smart decision to leave. Like I said, they were here at the wrong time.
 
Tony Robertson and Omar Calhoun are the 2 for me.

Robertson was a key target and just never seemed to rise above a merely decent player.

Calhoun teased us freshman year with an array of mid-range moves; he was scoring effortlessly. I thought he was going to become UConn's version of the type of grown-man's Adrian Dantley type player who torched us over the years, especially Pitt players. Those mid-range guys are still torching us even last year.

But that hip injury ruined it.

I'd also throw Denham Brown's name into this. It's unfair, but I thought Calhoun had scouted himself a bonafide star.
 
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Mr. French said:
Along the same lines, my cat is named for Jeff Francoeur, who had a great run around that time and then ended up being not very good. But he's a great analyst, and she's a great cat.
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It did not help Francoeur came with the nickname "The Natural." I too had high hopes for him but he never materialized for extended periods. I do enjoy him in the booth though.
 
Kitaman said:
Not sure how to put this but what player did you have high expectations for but for whatever reason they did not reach 'your' expectation?


For me I would say Jalen Adams. In high school he was the shizzle (liked him over Briscoe), and he did had a good college career. I just felt he was AA material coming in.
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I shudder to think what those teams would have looked like without Jalen Adams.
 
Kitaman said:
Not sure how to put this but what player did you have high expectations for but for whatever reason they did not reach 'your' expectation?


For me I would say Jalen Adams. In high school he was the shizzle (liked him over Briscoe), and he did had a good college career. I just felt he was AA material coming in.
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Majok
 
Waquoit said:
I was happy to see that. I don't think JC gave him a real chance.
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It was just so frustrating watching him at the rim. For someone so big, he struggled mightily putting the ball in the basket
 
It’s gotta be Hamilton for me. There were times his freshman year that I thought he’d fit for sure develop into a future lottery pick. Great passing, great rebounding, complete stat sheet stiffer.

I’ll also add in Denham Brown. Great career here for sure - but there were moments his freshman year and especially the start of his sophomore year when he looked like the next “great one.”
 
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Al Gilbert. He probably would have met my expectatins if he didn't have a series of serious injuries.
 
Connecticut13 said:
It’s gotta be Hamilton for me. There were times his freshman year that I thought he’d fit for sure develop into a future lottery pick. Great passing, great rebounding, complete stat sheet stiffer.

I’ll also add in Denham Brown. Great career here for sure - but there were moments his freshman year and especially the start of his sophomore year when he looked like the next “great one.”
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Hamilton probably lives up to potential if he stayed one more year. I played in a charity golf tournament that year with ray allen and according to ray, hamilton just hated school and would not tolerate another year of classes.
 
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People saying Drummond are just ruthless. Kid was good in the best conference as a freshman. The vendetta against him here is really bizarre.

I could name so many guys from the Ollie era that were actual disappointments, but here’s a few. Comparing Drummond to these guys is insulting.

Wilson
Enoch
Gilbert
 
Huskyforlife said:
People saying Drummond are just ruthless. Kid was good in the best conference as a freshman. The vendetta against him here is really bizarre.

I could name so many guys from the Ollie era that were actual disappointments, but here’s a few. Comparing Drummond to these guys is insulting.

Wilson
Enoch
Gilbert
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Drummond was the top ranked player in his class before reclassifying. He performed well for a typical freshman, but he most certainly underperformed considering expectations and his ranking. Add in that the team as a whole underperformed significantly that season, and I think including him on this list is justified.
 
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