It's obviously a long time ago but I always harken back to when Kenyon Martin played for Cincy and was an absolute monster. They've always just seemed like a big physical team so hopefully he brings whatever is in the water out there with him at least for our big men.
I sort of agree, but I will say that I had hoped to see more bulk on our players last year and that supersized Josh didn’t look particularly fit. I had hoped for better but it was only year one.
This is kind of fair, but a couple of months ago he wasn't publicly posting anti-Semitic memes and calling out his players so most people didn't know that about him
I think it would be better to get it from her because if you brought it home ......
Go back to the first article on pg 1 of the thread and look at some of the replies from Cincy fans. Could have something to do with his wife and her career. Just my take on it.
My two cents.. Sal's departure was probably less about job performance as a strength coach and more about the visibility being brought to UConn based on his social media opinions.. Is all part of the new HR environment re: employee performance evaluation.. In the corporate world (which this is not).. It is not unusual for employees to be "let go" based on their lack of discretion on social media..
Chief you attributed a torn Achilles to the S&C staff not knowing about stretching. That's why you got roasted.
Perhaps, but he was getting praise for his performance then. Now he's getting killed for his performance. No matter, he needed to be gone.
How could anyone say his performance was the issue when literally nothing has happened in the last 4 months basketball wise..? And before Covid I don't ever remember seeing one bad thing said about him. You can hate the guy because of his political views, but it seems like bs to say this had anything to do with his job performance
It was up as of last night when I checked
I’m moderate on Sal. Heading into season i was all aboard. Not a lot of growth in some of the guys last year but obv some strength wise. So ok at worst in that regard. Obv huge upgrade from KO era. But would have liked to see more strength in general. And Josh fiasco had me questioning him quite a bit. A guy goes from young very promising to 6-9 guy who basically can’t finish or dunk unless a runway is there was concerning. He’s ok. I think we upgraded. Think about how many times lesser recruits manhandled physically KO teams and year 1 Hurley from Cincy. Much better last year but still a ways.
Mick never fully appreciated regardless of how hard you play, you still need guys to put the ball in the basket.
I’m excited about the new hire, everything I’ve heard about him has been really positive. It’s obvious to see how physical UC teams have been during his tenure, and hopefully that translates as well for our more lengthy, explosive players like JB, AA, AJ etc.
I 'm thinking his job title is director of sports performance. You can certainly say that his performance at Cincy was outstanding based on their physical (and mental) approach to the game for a number of years. If you wanted to take Uconn to the next level the one piece that seemed missing was physical toughness and strength. If I was Hurley I'd take it out of my own pay to make up the difference if it was more than Sal's. Finally, the entire team is on campus to meet him and begin the monster program. Wow!!!! I think the bb program is going to astonish people. I also remember DH saying that if this program takes off Christian Vital will have had a big part in it's foundation. Uconn tough. It's really beginning.
To be fair, Sal posted a black square too. Just rings hollow with all his other posts
I doubt he's a racist or has any ill intent but it's going to he hard for him to be the strength coach for basketball or football teams while voicing those beliefs.
