Ollie Withdrawing from OKC Consideration

[gwhuskyfan]

Jon Rothstein ‏@JonRothstein 1m1 minute ago
UConn's Kevin Ollie has removed himself from consideration for the OKC head coaching position, sources told @CBSSports. Story coming.

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[Rico444]

And now I can feel stupid for doubting the man. Not that I mind it at all.

 

[BLUEDOGHOUSE]

On to OKC's second choice!!!!!!!!!! Woooooooooohoooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!! lol Perfect!!!!!!!!

 

[jminziii]

But @kirkking said...

 

[3rdbass]

The best news in the world! Great now let's get past this drama and move on to getting that ball handling guard for our class!

 

[junglehusky]

Embedding it just to emphasize it:

 

[djct1999]

KO is the ulitmate leader. He leads by example #tentoesin. This guy is UConn treasure.

 

[CallMeBruce]

They already planned for this. It just means he wasn't their first choice.

 

[Tommyboy]

Ok.... so same time again next year?

 

[8893]

They already planned for this. It just means he wasn't their first choice.

How do you draw this conclusion?

 

[Stainmaster]

This is how a day gets made right here.

 

[CTBasketball]

They already planned for this. It just means he wasn't their first choice.

Exactly.

 

[sammydabiz]

Told y'all

 

[James]

the boneyard was ready throw KO under the bus after just speculation. lots of words like 'scummy' and 'liar' were thrown around

 

[HuskyFich]

This is how a day gets made right here.

Can we be greedy and ask for two more things?
1) Gibbs
2) Gibbs

 

[3rdbass]

They already planned for this. It just means he wasn't their first choice.

Huh or maybe they weren't his choice for an NBA job knowing KD will probably be gone after a year.

 

[superjohn]

How do you draw this conclusion?

I think he means that's how Wojnarowski, Goodman and Zags will spin it. They were clearly making it out that their sources had Ollie as the top guy, now they will just say bad sources or Ollie was never seriously considered.

 

[Stainmaster]

Can we be greedy and ask for two more things?
1) Gibbs
2) Gibbs

Gibbs, Gibbs, Gilbert, Brown, Kegler, King, Diarra, Diallo, SJM. That would be a "good start" for the next 3 years...still not top notch though.

 

[8893]

I think he means that's how Wojnarowski, Goodman and Zags will spin it. They were clearly making it out that their sources had Ollie as the top guy, now they will just say bad sources or Ollie was never seriously considered.

Oh, ok. I missed the sarcasm, but I knew something was off.

 

[3rdbass]

Well without this drama we can go back to dumping on our players and how KO can't recruit. LOL!

 

[CallMeBruce]

I think he means that's how Wojnarowski, Goodman and Zags will spin it. They were clearly making it out that their sources had Ollie as the top guy, now they will just say bad sources or Ollie was never seriously considered.

Precisely. I believe that one of Woj or Zags already said that, when it was clear that OKC was going the other way, you would see one of them pull his name out of contention. I thought that was an amusing bit of set-up to show that, even when they're wrong, they're still right.

 

[Rocktheworld]

Don't trust anything you didn't hear at the carwash.

 

[CallMeBruce]

the boneyard was ready throw KO under the bus after just speculation. lots of words like 'scummy' and 'liar' were thrown around

With a pretty big caveat. I said that if he released the statement he did yesterday and then immediately turned around and starting talking to OKC, that would have been a lie. Since it appears that isn't the case, we're all good.

 

[Wise2]

Why does he have to withdraw if he already stated he was not interested in another job. Is he just telling OKC to leave him alone, he's not taking it, before they offer it to him

 

[djct1999]

I am shocked Zags or Goodman isn't breaking this story. You know, since they are both so well connected to KO and his inner circle.