We need a bigs coach and a mentor for Ollie

[UConnDan97]

He didn't have Brimah last year when he was under .500? I'm pretty sure I saw a tall guy with bad hands.

Why are you pulling out 1 year from Brimah? Did you pull out Hobbs' worst year too?

We've also won a national championship with Brimah, so it's clear by your analysis that the lack of Brimah is why we are now .500...

 

[HuskyHawk]

Why are you pulling out 1 year from Brimah? Did you pull out Hobbs' worst year too?

We've also won a national championship with Brimah, so it's clear by your analysis that the lack of Brimah is why we are now .500...

That is some flawed logic. Ollie was the HC in Hobbs' worst season as an assistant. Ollie was the HC in Brima's worst season...and it was the one without Hobbs. Moreover, the style of play and general level of preparedness and competence shown by the team has declined dramatically since Hobbs left. Ollie is in over his head. He has been since day one. He used to have competent help. Now he doesn't.

 

[UConnDan97]

That is some flawed logic. Ollie was the HC in Hobbs' worst season as an assistant. Ollie was the HC in Brima's worst season...and it was the one without Hobbs. Moreover, the style of play and general level of preparedness and competence shown by the team has declined dramatically since Hobbs left. Ollie is in over his head. He has been since day one. He used to have competent help. Now he doesn't.

Don't worry. I figured out the error we both had in your data analysis.

It's Pat Lenehan. We're .500 without Pat Lenehan. We've gotta get Pat Lenehan back as soon as possible...

 

[Spokesbender]

If Coach Calhoun felt disrespected, we'd have heard from him by now.

 

[Spokesbender]

I’m guessing if Ollies’s ego and sense of reality are that out of whack, he will resign and look to go elsewhere rather than accept forced changes to his staff and overall sense of control.

Doubtful, based on how much he takes from the officials without reaction

 

[Chief00]

In 6 months he's a new guy?

Here are his stats for the Austin Spurs vs UConn senior year:

Points/Game: 6.0 vs 7.6
PF/Game: 3.0 vs 3.2
TOs/Game: 1.4 vs 1.5
Assists/Game: 0.8 vs 0.2
Rebounds/Game: 6.7 vs 6.1
FT%: 61.0% vs 62.3%
FG%: 54.3% vs 57.3%
Blocks/Game: 2.6 vs 2.6

His stats in the G-League and at UConn are almost identical. Plus, he has the lowest +/- on the team.

As for size, he is listed at 6'10", 230 lbs. now. As a recruit, he was listed at 6'10", 220 lbs. As a freshman, he was listed at 7'0", 217lbs and as a senior he was listed at 7'0", 230 lbs. Does he have more muscle? Probably, but he has not made over his body.

The pros and cons of Brimah have been debated extensively on The Boneyard, but he is not a new and improved Brimah at this point.

I noticed you did not include minutes played, which these statistics would need to be weighted. Besides it’s against much better competition.

 

[huskyrob1]

I want Ollie gone too, but the idea that he ran Blaney out or dissed Calhoun is dumb

It's also dumb to stick your head in the sand.