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Message: [QUOTE="HuskyHawk, post: 2206734, member: 1414"] Not Mau, but I'll reply. I do so as a guy who opposed Ollie being hired initially. I wanted a guy with HC experience and a track record of success, and thought UConn was in a position then to land one. I don't think anybody should feel "confident" about anything, and I didn't see that Mau was "confident" in his post, merely hopeful. Can Ollie turn it around? I think so. It's clear that he recognized that something was wrong with the makeup of the team. Its attitude. It was less than the sum of its parts. I think he recognized that his coaching was at least part of the problem. So, can the 17-18 team win? Sure. It has three guys who are as good as anyone in this league in Larrier, Adams and Gilbert. It has a solid guy in Vital. It has a whole bunch of question marks on the rest of the roster. Can Cobb be effective and rebound, defend and get a few garbage hoops a game? Is Diarra healthy and is he ready to contribute? Can any of the freshmen step up and contribute as Vital and Vance did last year? If Cobb and Diarra can give us even 3/4 of what Brimah and Facey did, and one or two freshmen can play, this team can be pretty good. Good enough to win 20+ games. Add Ollie to that, and changes in the staff. Will the offensive and defensive systems be better? Will he make better adjustments? I hope so. I'm looking at Ollie as a new coach right now. This is his first season as the new Kevin Ollie. I hope he becomes the coach we all believe he can be, and not the one he's been the last couple of seasons. [/QUOTE]

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