(03-08-2018 02:40 PM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  Poor UCONN...just no magic left in that old silk hat Ollie found

Without fail you bye teams always gotta show up and gloat at the first rounders. It's hurtful.

(03-08-2018 02:37 PM)cmullinsTU Wrote:  

(03-08-2018 02:34 PM)UConnHusky Wrote:  

(03-08-2018 02:32 PM)cmullinsTU Wrote:  It's not fair to poor UCONN being required to play in the AAC tournament, even if they only managed an 8 seed, if they were in the ACC or Big East they wouldn't lose to a depleted SMU squad!!!!111

Poor attempt at trolling.

I don't mean to troll all UCONN fans, only those that think it is the conference's fault that Ollie isn't getting the job done.

I support all UCONN fans that want Ollie fired. I like Ollie, and in time I can see him being a good coach if he works on it. But he simply wasn't ready, IMO, to be the head coach at a place like UCONN.

He should have spent more time coaching high school ball and trimming afros.

Go Tigers GOOO!


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(03-08-2018 02:45 PM)cotton1991 Wrote:  

(03-08-2018 02:40 PM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  Poor UCONN...just no magic left in that old silk hat Ollie found

Without fail you bye teams always gotta show up and gloat at the first rounders. It's hurtful.

nah...just too many years having to listen to UCONN fans pull the old, "yeah we sucked in the regular season, but March is OUR time line"

(03-08-2018 02:45 PM)cotton1991 Wrote:  

(03-08-2018 02:40 PM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  Poor UCONN...just no magic left in that old silk hat Ollie found

Without fail you bye teams always gotta show up and gloat at the first rounders. It's hurtful.

You are painting yourself with the same brush from the past

(03-08-2018 02:45 PM)cotton1991 Wrote:  

(03-08-2018 02:40 PM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  Poor UCONN...just no magic left in that old silk hat Ollie found

Without fail you bye teams always gotta show up and gloat at the first rounders. It's hurtful.

It's Cincinnati... They gotta get their gloats in early cuz they won't have an opportunity at the end of the tourney.

(03-08-2018 02:47 PM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  

(03-08-2018 02:45 PM)cotton1991 Wrote:  

(03-08-2018 02:40 PM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  Poor UCONN...just no magic left in that old silk hat Ollie found

Without fail you bye teams always gotta show up and gloat at the first rounders. It's hurtful.

nah...just too many years having to listen to UCONN fans pull the old, "yeah we sucked in the regular season, but March is OUR time line"

Like too many years having to listen to UC fans pull the old, "yeah we sucked in the post-season, but the regular season is OUR time line" ???

(03-08-2018 02:49 PM)HuskyU Wrote:  

(03-08-2018 02:45 PM)cotton1991 Wrote:  

(03-08-2018 02:40 PM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  Poor UCONN...just no magic left in that old silk hat Ollie found

Without fail you bye teams always gotta show up and gloat at the first rounders. It's hurtful.

It's Cincinnati... They gotta get their gloats in early cuz they won't have an opportunity at the end of the tourney.

Never stopped UC from gloating anytime they can. SOP for UC.

LOL, UC will get a parade if they lose in the sweet 16. Never mind win anything of value.

(03-08-2018 02:50 PM)HuskyU Wrote:  

(03-08-2018 02:47 PM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  

(03-08-2018 02:45 PM)cotton1991 Wrote:  

(03-08-2018 02:40 PM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  Poor UCONN...just no magic left in that old silk hat Ollie found

Without fail you bye teams always gotta show up and gloat at the first rounders. It's hurtful.

nah...just too many years having to listen to UCONN fans pull the old, "yeah we sucked in the regular season, but March is OUR time line"

Like too many years having to listen to UC fans pull the old, "yeah we sucked in the post-season, but the regular season is OUR time line" ???

lol, yup...errily similar to that

(03-08-2018 02:37 PM)cmullinsTU Wrote:  

(03-08-2018 02:34 PM)UConnHusky Wrote:  

(03-08-2018 02:32 PM)cmullinsTU Wrote:  It's not fair to poor UCONN being required to play in the AAC tournament, even if they only managed an 8 seed, if they were in the ACC or Big East they wouldn't lose to a depleted SMU squad!!!!111

Poor attempt at trolling.

I don't mean to troll all UCONN fans, only those that think it is the conference's fault that Ollie isn't getting the job done.

I support all UCONN fans that want Ollie fired. I like Ollie, and in time I can see him being a good coach if he works on it. But he simply wasn't ready, IMO, to be the head coach at a place like UCONN.

It isn't the conference's fault that Ollie isn't getting the job done. The conference doesn't help, though. UConn is a geographical outlier in a conference that is pretty good, but not great. Why would NYC recruits sign up to play at UConn with long flights to AAC schools and a few brands that don't move the needle in basketball (Tulsa, Tulane, ECU, USF)? Those recruits could choose shorter flights by playing at a Big East school and play their conference tourney at MSG against better competition or play in the ACC and have relatively easy flights up the eastern seaboard to schools known for being basketball powers

UConn fans aren't whining and blaming the league. The reality is that recruiting IS tough for UConn in this league. Likely tougher than for schools that are located in the center of the footprint (Cincy, Memphis) or schools that have moved up in class conference wise (SMU, Houston, Wichita). People perceive UConn's demotion from a power conference as a fall from grace and that perception fuels recruiting reality. The reality is that the situation isn't great for us. It is what it is.

(03-08-2018 02:55 PM)UConnHusky Wrote:  

(03-08-2018 02:37 PM)cmullinsTU Wrote:  

(03-08-2018 02:34 PM)UConnHusky Wrote:  

(03-08-2018 02:32 PM)cmullinsTU Wrote:  It's not fair to poor UCONN being required to play in the AAC tournament, even if they only managed an 8 seed, if they were in the ACC or Big East they wouldn't lose to a depleted SMU squad!!!!111

Poor attempt at trolling.

I don't mean to troll all UCONN fans, only those that think it is the conference's fault that Ollie isn't getting the job done.

I support all UCONN fans that want Ollie fired. I like Ollie, and in time I can see him being a good coach if he works on it. But he simply wasn't ready, IMO, to be the head coach at a place like UCONN.

It isn't the conference's fault that Ollie isn't getting the job done. The conference doesn't help, though. UConn is a geographical outlier in a conference that is pretty good, but not great. Why would NYC recruits sign up to play at UConn with long flights to AAC schools and a few brands that don't move the needle in basketball (Tulsa, Tulane, ECU, USF)? Those recruits could choose shorter flights by playing at a Big East school and play their conference tourney at MSG against better competition or play in the ACC and have relatively easy flights up the eastern seaboard to schools known for being basketball powers

UConn fans aren't whining and blaming the league. The reality is that recruiting IS tough for UConn in this league. Likely tougher than for schools that are located in the center of the footprint (Cincy, Memphis) or schools that have moved up in class conference wise (SMU, Houston, Wichita). People perceive UConn's demotion from a power conference as a fall from grace and that perception fuels recruiting reality. The reality is that the situation isn't great for us. It is what it is.

I agree with you. Mick himself believes the AAC has made it tougher to reruit. He said so in so many words.


Lets be honest...UC and UCONN (and usf) went from being in a conference that got 8-11 bids a year, had 5-6 ranked teams at once any given time to the AAC. UC has been good because Mick has done a solid job recruiting players to his system. But it doesn't mean recruiting hasn't become harder...it has.

Recruiting hasn't been UConns problem......

(03-08-2018 03:13 PM)shockerfan1313 Wrote:  Recruiting hasn't been UConns problem......

Not their main problem, but it is a problem. The old Big East was arguably better than the ACC and at minimum equivalent to it. Are you going to tell me that recruiting in the AAC is as easy as recruiting in the ACC? If you are, you are

The American would be much stronger right now if UConn didn't suck at football and basketball. UConn was supposed to be an buoy to other programs. Instead, it's an anchor.

(03-08-2018 03:24 PM)UConnHusky Wrote:  

(03-08-2018 03:13 PM)shockerfan1313 Wrote:  Recruiting hasn't been UConns problem......

Not their main problem, but it is a problem. The old Big East was arguably better than the ACC and at minimum equivalent to it. Are you going to tell me that recruiting in the AAC is as easy as recruiting in the ACC? If you are, you are

UConn doesn't have a recruiting problem and wouldn't no matter what league it's in. If you are that's on the coach not the conference. This isn't football NBA players play every where and you don't have to be in a particular conference to have a chance to win.

You won a national championship when many of the kids you're recruiting were locked in to college basketball, late middle school or high school. It's not hard to find good enough players when you can say come play for a national championship and the kid watched you play for one. Those kids don't remember the big east, how many kids that age you know who are entrenched in the conference Dynamics?

Recruiting is about the kids perspective, the things you listed have nothing to do with their perception of the college landscape. UConn didn't move out of the northeast and is one of a hand full of national programs who can boast multiple championships, most in the lifetime of the kids you are recruiting.

(03-08-2018 03:29 PM)CornellCoog Wrote:  The American would be much stronger right now if UConn didn't suck at football and basketball. UConn was supposed to be an buoy to other programs. Instead, it's an anchor.

Yeah, the anchor that won the only men's basketball national championship that this conference can claim and the anchor that wins it all in women's basketball every year. What a bunch of losers. The AAC should most definitely kick out UConn and add more top notch athletic schools like Tulane and Tulsa. Maybe some day UConn will be as successful in athletics as the AAC's powerful placement candidates (Southern Miss, Marshall, NIU, FIU). If only we could be more like them.

Cinci is being like TCU after the SWC broke up and spending money to get better - UCONN is not. But hey, people love schools that complain instead of being proactive.

(03-08-2018 03:24 PM)UConnHusky Wrote:  

(03-08-2018 03:13 PM)shockerfan1313 Wrote:  Recruiting hasn't been UConns problem......

Not their main problem, but it is a problem. The old Big East was arguably better than the ACC and at minimum equivalent to it. Are you going to tell me that recruiting in the AAC is as easy as recruiting in the ACC? If you are, you are

It is way down the list of problems unless you feel that several teams in the AAC are recruiting better than you.

Recruiting is not the reason you guys can't at least win the AAC. That should be your first concern is to figure out how to win the AAC. With the recruits you have it shouldn't be a problem. Therefore, the problem must be something else. You just need a coach that can....well....coach.

Isn't this fun. I would probably just #FireOllie to solve the majority of our problems.

(03-08-2018 03:38 PM)Pony94 Wrote:  Cinci is being like TCU after the SWC broke up and spending money to get better - UCONN is not. But hey, people love schools that complain instead of being proactive.

I love you.