What does this staff do during the week?

[Mr. Hand]

The team's problems are easy to explain and nearly impossible to fix this season.

The elephant in the room is that we have one player who can consistently get in the lane, and that player is a freshman (with everything that being a freshman implies).

Ollie really overestimated what Sterling Gibbs was going to give us, and he wasn't the only one. I guess second team all Big East doesn't mean much these days, because a year later, he's not even honorable mention All AAC. You can try to put some of the blame for Gibb's lack of performance on the coaching staff, but I disagree. After watching him, I seriously have no idea how he managed to put up the numbers he did at Seton Hall. Must have had good teammates.

Some may say Daniel Hamilton is good enough to play a point forward; I was never impressed with Hamilton in that role. His penetration is soft, and his decisions are too often suspect. If he's playing point forward next year, we're a bubble team again.

Without an upper classman lead point guard who can create shots for others, this team's ceiling suddenly gets much, much lower. We have one guy who can score in the low post, and a bunch of streaky shooters who get turnover prone when forced to penetrate.

Alterique Gilbert and whatever guard Ollie signs this spring provide hope that next year may be better.

 

[intlzncster]

KO is an avid golfer. During the hoops season he enjoys honing his golf skills. You see him in Simsbury during the basketball season. Meets up with Ken. Golf provides him with a release/escape from the daily grind of a long grueling season. Also to be great at golf it takes hard work and practice. Golf is a very tough game. I am bad....like really bad.

Hah, too funny. I grew up with Kenny's son Matt.

 

[lange10]

Your link is Week 17 of the coaches' poll. Week 18 (last before the NCAAs) has them 11, and the end of year they were 19.

In the AP they were 7, and then the last pre-tournament poll they were 14. I'm confused as to why this is an issue.

Either way, Hobbs had a mid major squad in the top 25. He can coach. Went to 3 straight NCAA tourneys.

Yes, we don't know what's happening in practice. But Miller's suspect head coaching record and the lack of development from our bigs really makes me question what he adds to the staff.

 

[Mr. Hand]

Ollie's preseason expectations are telling; he said something to the effect that "if we put forth the effort defensively, we'll be pretty good." He was worried about defense, which blows my mind in hindsight.

How could a coaching staff loaded with former point guards not realize how much the team was lacking in that area?

 

[upstater]

Your link is Week 17 of the coaches' poll. Week 18 (last before the NCAAs) has them 11, and the end of year they were 19.

In the AP they were 7, and then the last pre-tournament poll they were 14. I'm confused as to why this is an issue.

Because it's just niggling. I wrote about what Hobbs accomplished overall. I cited the #5 ranking from complete memory of a school I don't even follow from a decade ago to make a point. It is totally stupid that superjohn continues his antics on this. The truth is I don't even pay attention to the post-tournament poll because it is meaningless. Just to give an example: a team that finishes in the final 4 is more accomplished than a team that finishes higher in the top 10, IMO. For this reason, the end of season (pre-tourney) poll is the last I pay attention to.

 

[upstater]

Seriously, what's the matter with you? This isn't debatable it's a fact, GW finished #14 in the AP poll. You double and triple down on lies, never seen anything like it. You bringing the McHale thread back up is hysterical, the entire board was laughing at you. You're pathological on here, I hope for your sake this is just your message board persona and you aren't like this in day to day life. When someone gives you concrete proof you are wrong it's okay to admit you're wrong, if you don't it makes you look like a crazy person.

I gave you the link on McHale that showed you where I got my info.

You said I made it up. I didn't. I did say the link was wrong, but when a publication declares he finished 4th in the voting for MVP for the year in question, I cited it. It's you who have a problem with that, not me.

 

[gtcam]

Keep living in the past

If you can discount those 4 tites and only think of today - you are either ignorant to the fact that ONLY UConn has climbed that mountain, have spent way too much time around the Lets Hate KO BY club
Yeah I see from another of your posts here placing the blame on KO - so now I understand your angle
Listen - NOBODY including KO foresaw the season playing out like this.
He was dealt a hand of some inexperienced players, counting of SG to be the real deal, and I think he has not recruited Bigs because he had AB and I feel they are disappointed in AB as I , in my mind thought AB was going to have breakout year.
Does Ollie deserve some scrutiny - sure- and he has said that more than once'
This team is not a good team - they are good some nights then piss poor other nights.
He doesn't wear the shorts or sneakers
I see it as a case of these players have shown to have a very poor BBIQ plus they ALL lack physical strength to battle for boards (AB and SM should be approaching 8 rebs per game) and to go through the middle - I think you will see KO start to get some legit bigs -I want some of those guys who look like a 25 yo and are built like a linebacker (SE fits the bill but offensively he needs work on so much)

 

[Danzz]

Has the team improved as the season went on? No.

Have the players improved? No.

Has the bench coaching improved? No.

Feel free to post three dozen "remember 2014" threads, pound your chests after we beat UCF or maybe just convince yourself that 20 wins and 11-7 in this s--- show of a conference is fine, but good god, there is something wrong in Storrs.

This is the sixth-best team in the AAC. In the three years we've been in this conference, we've yet to finish ahead of SMU or Cincinnati. Forget winning the conference, we're yet to finish within three games of the top spot.

Train is going in the wrong direction. Tonight isn't an exception, it's the rule - I knew we'd get run because SMU is better coached, more determined and they'd crack our team the way they normally do.

"But recruiting rankings!" Count those chickens when they hatch and play well in a UConn uniform.

In the interim, things have to change before next season - new blood needed on the bench. Check our record against the better teams in the conference over three years and tell me that Ollie, Hobbs and Miller are getting it done. If Ollie's the man, and his contract and salary say he is, it's time to stop using the bench next to him as a retirement home for former UConn grads easing toward the sunset.

The problem may be that we practice against a very flawed team.