UCONN not in Parker's top 10

[AfgHusky15]

his loss...nuff said


Here is the link:

http://espn.go.com/chicago/ncb/stor...considering-10-schools-possible-landing-spots

 

[caw]

Not shocking, he was a long shot at best.

 

[husky99]

Long shot, next and good luck

 

[UConn4ever]

He's going to Michigan State

 

[JaYnYcE]

Definitely elite


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[sammydabiz]

Ehhh, he's not a UConn guy anyways.

 

[Ricky1Moore]

Think he is overhyped anyway, and it's a one year rental. Not our style

 

[cohenzone]

Think he is overhyped anyway, and it's a one year rental. Not our style

Andre Drummond

 

[caw]

Andre Drummond

Not quite apples to apples.

 

[Huskymaniac]

Definitely elite


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Definitely a broken record.

Did you ever consider that recruits choose schools based on reasons other than those teams being elite. Despite three national championships, four final fours, a hall of fame induction and putting a ton of players into the NBA, Calhoun has NEVER been able to get a lot of "Blue Chip"/"Five Star"/"McD AA" players. UConn does NOT provide the same level of incentives that Kentucky/Calipari does. UConn also does NOT have fake courses and fake eligibility requirements for its players like Kentucky and UNC do. UConn is elite but they don't add the other stuff other elite schools do to the "deal". Calhoun has always had to do more with less because he is OBVIOUSLY NOT A CHEATER like Calipari is. Now, the real question is, if Ollie is such a great "recruiter" why hasn't he been able to even stay on the radar screen of these kids? The ban for APR will be over before Parker enters college. It is frustrating but I am OK with UConn playing the game cleaner than most and having to do more with less. But people are making Ollie out to be something he isn't and using that myth as an argument as to why he should be our next head coach. I'm thinking, Shaka Smart could fail to make Jabari Parker's final ten list too!

 

[Yonick]

Drummond was a CT kid who most likely would have stayed for his soph season had the APR tourney ban occured.
Those are the 2 main differenced between Parker & Drummond.

 

[StongingtonBob]

^ No fact. Just moronic assumptions. Cleaner than most, huh? Seems to me the the NCAA just bitch slapped you for providing the level of incentives Calipari was never even accused of

 

[Adios]

^ No fact. Just moronic assumptions. Cleaner than most, huh? Seems to me the the NCAA just bitch slapped you for providing the level of incentives Calipari was never even accused of

Weren't you guys "stripped" of a Final Four appearance under Calipari?

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Definitely a broken record.

Did you ever consider that recruits choose schools based on reasons other than those teams being elite. Despite three national championships, four final fours, a hall of fame induction and putting a ton of players into the NBA, Calhoun has NEVER been able to get a lot of "Blue Chip"/"Five Star"/"McD AA" players. UConn does NOT provide the same level of incentives that Kentucky/Calipari does. UConn also does NOT have fake courses and fake eligibility requirements for its players like Kentucky and UNC do. UConn is elite but they don't add the other stuff other elite schools do to the "deal". Calhoun has always had to do more with less because he is OBVIOUSLY NOT A CHEATER like Calipari is. Now, the real question is, if Ollie is such a great "recruiter" why hasn't he been able to even stay on the radar screen of these kids? The ban for APR will be over before Parker enters college. It is frustrating but I am OK with UConn playing the game cleaner than most and having to do more with less. But people are making Ollie out to be something he isn't and using that myth as an argument as to why he should be our next head coach. I'm thinking, Shaka Smart could fail to make Jabari Parker's final ten list too!

Your posts are embarrassing. Jabari Parker is not considering UConn so everyone else must be cheating? Calhoun is not a cheater but everyone else is? UConn is playing the game cleaner than most but still gets sanctioned for recruiting violations? UConn is sitting out the tournament this season because it's the only school that makes its players take real classes? God you sound moronic.

 

[StongingtonBob]

^ Thank you

 

[HuskyBballFan]

Now, the real question is, if Ollie is such a great "recruiter" why hasn't he been able to even stay on the radar screen of these kids? The ban for APR will be over before Parker enters college. It is frustrating but I am OK with UConn playing the game cleaner than most and having to do more with less. But people are making Ollie out to be something he isn't and using that myth as an argument as to why he should be our next head coach. I'm thinking, Shaka Smart could fail to make Jabari Parker's final ten list too!

So the fact that one player, Jabari Parker, isn't considering us is evidence that Ollie isn't that great of a recruiter? You are aware that we're involved with about a dozen other kids in Jabari's class who aren't too shabby, aren't you? And, to a man, every one of these kids mentions "Kevin Ollie" as one of the main reasons why they are considering Uconn.

 

[nomar]

So the fact that one player, Jabari Parker, isn't considering us is evidence that Ollie isn't that great of a recruiter? You are aware that we're involved with about a dozen other kids in Jabari's class who aren't too shabby, aren't you? And, to a man, every one of these kids mentions "Kevin Ollie" as one of the main reasons why they are considering Uconn.

Personally, I'm not terribly bummed by the fact I don't have to spend any brain cells worrying about whether this kid is going to pick us over 9 other schools and, if he does, whether he'll come right away or go on a 2-year Mormon mission first.

Next!

 

[johnhuskies95]

Your posts are embarrassing. Jabari Parker is not considering UConn so everyone else must be cheating? Calhoun is not a cheater but everyone else is? UConn is playing the game cleaner than most but still gets sanctioned for recruiting violations? UConn is sitting out the tournament this season because it's the only school that makes its players take real classes? God you sound moronic.

For a long time the players at UConn took tougher classes than players at many other schools. That has changed in the last couple of years.

 

[Huskymaniac]

Why are you talking to your other alias Douchy? They shouldn't let the kids in the special ed classes get on the internet. I know you lack the brainpower to comprehend what has been posted by several people but schools that make their students take real classes are indeed, and quite logically, at higher risk of failing to meet the idiotic APR requirements. Read this next sentence S...L...O...W...L...Y. It is easier to pass fake classes. I know, to you that sounds moronic. But you are you.

And I never said EVERY other team is cheating. But SOME of the teams on Parker's list are. Again, note the use of the word SOME in that last sentence. Think about it really, really hard and you might "get it". Or, just go ahead and think I wrote what you want to read. And, yes, Calhoun is cleaner than MOST. Again, note the use of the word MOST. Do you disagree with that? If so, please make your opinions clearly known to the UConn fans on this board and those that moderate it.

Did the coaching staff make some extra phone calls or texts? Yeah. Were those rules silly at best? Well, the NCAA actually removed the rules that UConn broke so, yeah. Did those calls/texts give UConn a major advantage? Please. And that's not even getting into the details of what the NCAA found in terms of how minor the extra calls/texts really were. The coaching staff isn't dumb. They probably didn't think they were even being excessive. Otherwise, they would have used a phone the NCAA couldn't trace. It is so obvious, even you should see it. If you don't think Calipari, or his coaches, were using untraceable methods, I don't know what to tell you. I don't think the squid is dumb. I just think he is scum. In the case of calls/texts, I would say that any coach that didn't use untraceable phones to make extra calls/texts was actually too dumb to be a division I coach. Now, really, the big incentives dwarf calls/texts. Things like CASH, JEWLERY and PROSTITUTES being sent to a recruit or current player to convince them to come to your school or stay another year, for example. And the smart coach would make sure a runner or agent would provide such incentives so as to preserve plausible deniability. The teflon squid finally got his ring.

 

[Huskymaniac]

For a long time the players at UConn took tougher classes than players at many other schools. That has changed in the last couple of years.

Sadly. It is too bad that schools like Kentucky and UNC are allowed to lower the bar. In fact, by the way the NCAA operates, schools like UConn are pretty much forced to follow what others are doing just to stay eligible. This will be the last time APR is an issue for UConn but not for the right reasons. The NCAA sucks, plain and simple.

 

[Huskymaniac]

So the fact that one player, Jabari Parker, isn't considering us is evidence that Ollie isn't that great of a recruiter? You are aware that we're involved with about a dozen other kids in Jabari's class who aren't too shabby, aren't you? And, to a man, every one of these kids mentions "Kevin Ollie" as one of the main reasons why they are considering Uconn.

No, it isn't evidence that he isn't a great recruiter but staying on this kid's radar screen would have helped the argument that he is. I know Ollie has Calhoun's pending retirement and the APR thing to deal with on the recruiting trail but, honestly, I don't see what makes people say he is a great recruiter. I'm not saying he is bad. I just don't see proof of what people are using as justification to support hiring him as the next coach. At least, I wouldn't say there is overwhelming proof of his recruiting greatness. We have generated what seems to be a similar level of interest in a similar number of similarly rated recruits for many years over Calhoun's tenure. What we are seeing today doesn't blow away what we saw in the past. That's all. And I recognize that this is a subjective opinion.

 

[HuskyBballFan]

No, it isn't evidence that he isn't a great recruiter but staying on this kid's radar screen would have helped the argument that he is. I know Ollie has Calhoun's pending retirement and the APR thing to deal with on the recruiting trail but, honestly, I don't see what makes people say he is a great recruiter. I'm not saying he is bad. I just don't see proof of what people are using as justification to support hiring him as the next coach. At least, I wouldn't say there is overwhelming proof of his recruiting greatness. We have generated what seems to be a similar level of interest in a similar number of similarly rated recruits for many years over Calhoun's tenure. What we are seeing today doesn't blow away what we saw in the past. That's all. And I recognize that this is a subjective opinion.

I think maintaining the same level of recruiting success that we had under the Jim Calhoun era would be a good thing, wouldn't it?

 

[Huskymaniac]

I think maintaining the same level of recruiting success that we had under the Jim Calhoun era would be a good thing, wouldn't it?

Sure. I think that level of recruiting success is the best that a program with UConn's level of "on the court" and "player development" success, which is also cleaner than MOST, can hope for. Again, we have had several assistant coaches have that level of recruiting success and I don't hear people screaming for us to hire any of them, nor should they. What I have seen is people use his supposedly superior recruiting job as justification to hire him versus, say, hiring a mid-major coach which has lead a team of limited talent to two final fours. That's all I am saying.

 

[Adios]

The NCAA sucks, plain and simple.

The BCS might bring an end to the NCAA's control in time. Or maybe pro teams will develop their own academies in a matter of time as they have for footie in Europe.

 

[JaYnYcE]

Why are you talking to your other alias Douchy? They shouldn't let the kids in the special ed classes get on the internet. I know you lack the brainpower to comprehend what has been posted by several people but schools that make their students take real classes are indeed, and quite logically, at higher risk of failing to meet the idiotic APR requirements. Read this next sentence S...L...O...W...L...Y. It is easier to pass fake classes. I know, to you that sounds moronic. But you are you.

And I never said EVERY other team is cheating. But SOME of the teams on Parker's list are. Again, note the use of the word SOME in that last sentence. Think about it really, really hard and you might "get it". Or, just go ahead and think I wrote what you want to read. And, yes, Calhoun is cleaner than MOST. Again, note the use of the word MOST. Do you disagree with that? If so, please make your opinions clearly known to the UConn fans on this board and those that moderate it.

Did the coaching staff make some extra phone calls or texts? Yeah. Were those rules silly at best? Well, the NCAA actually removed the rules that UConn broke so, yeah. Did those calls/texts give UConn a major advantage? Please. And that's not even getting into the details of what the NCAA found in terms of how minor the extra calls/texts really were. The coaching staff isn't dumb. They probably didn't think they were even being excessive. Otherwise, they would have used a phone the NCAA couldn't trace. It is so obvious, even you should see it. If you don't think Calipari, or his coaches, were using untraceable methods, I don't know what to tell you. I don't think the squid is dumb. I just think he is scum. In the case of calls/texts, I would say that any coach that didn't use untraceable phones to make extra calls/texts was actually too dumb to be a division I coach. Now, really, the big incentives dwarf calls/texts. Things like CASH, JEWLERY and PROSTITUTES being sent to a recruit or current player to convince them to come to your school or stay another year, for example. And the smart coach would make sure a runner or agent would provide such incentives so as to preserve plausible deniability. The teflon squid finally got his ring.

Tell him why you mad son.


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