Just Waiting for the Lame Excuses Thrown Out in the Postgame Presser

[HuskyFich]

Gonna be laughable optimism from KO

 

[UConnJim]

I don't think he is going to be optimistic.

 

[HuskyFich]

"Nor do I show it"

 

[JMick]

"Nor do I show it"

"I sit here with my hands in my head and wonder why my team shows up apathetic"

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

That's the spirit. Good lord.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

Keep the quotes comin', very much looking forward to what everyone is saying about this.

 

[HuskyFich]

"What is an offensive gameplan?"

 

[CardiacAndre7]

How does anyone beat the zone KO? Get the ball to the free throw line and get kick outs or lobs.

 

[UConn990411]

"What is an offensive gameplan?"

Must be a strange coincidence, but every Ollie-coached team since Shabazz graduated has had no answer against the zone.

The guy is an incompetent in-game coach.

 

[BUConn10]

"What is an offensive gameplan?"

When have we ever had an answer the the zone? Jeez that's plain as day on the coaching staff and I'm not one of the fire Ollie crowd.

 

[Walker11]

Must be a strange coincidence, but every Ollie-coached team since Shabazz graduated has had no answer against the zone.

The guy is an incompetent in-game coach.

Even JC's last handful of teams were terrible vs. the zone.

 

[Dove]

What the hell does KO see when at the table...a bunch of media people looking down at their laps ticcing away on phones and tablets. This is the media today?

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Even JC's last handful of teams were terrible vs. the zone.

Not those teams with Marcus and Villanueva though, they were fun to watch against the zone.

 

[uconngb]

Gonna be laughable optimism from KO

I've got 50 bucks on "we have to get better"

 

[August_West]

We may score 9 points total against Syracuse

 

[JMick]

"What is an offensive gameplan?"

"I don't know what to do against the zone. I tell the guys 'just go play basketball' and it doesn't seem to work"

 

[uconngb]

"Nor do I show it"

If he actually said that, he should be fired RIGHT NOW. Where is his confidence? He sits on the bench like a whiny bitch.....it's his job to inspire the team, not vice-versa. This guy is completely clueless.

 

[Walker11]

Not those teams with Marcus and Villanueva though, they were fun to watch against the zone.

It was also a lot of fun to watch once JC put Lamb at the stripe in '11. I don't think there is a master strategy to beat the 2-3, it seems to be more of a personnel issue. I imagine its hard to slice up a zone when you have one shooter on the floor at a time and a center with stone hands.

 

[superjohn]

That's the spirit. Good lord.

Holy cr@p, that might be the most depressing thing I've ever read from a head coach at the start of the season. What the hell has happened to Kevin?

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

It was also a lot of fun to watch once JC put Lamb at the stripe in '11. I don't think there is a master strategy to beat the 2-3, it seems to be more of a personnel issue. I imagine its hard to slice up a zone when you have one shooter on the floor at a time and a center with stone hands.

Bigs who could pass would be nice. Maybe Durham gets extended minutes against Syracuse, although I doubt it.

 

[JMick]

Holy cr@p, that might be the most depressing thing I've ever read from a head coach at the start of the season. What the hell has happened to Kevin?

the divorce happened. no fire since

 

[superjohn]

the divorce happened. no fire since

Half of married people get divorced, they don't just get terrible at their jobs.

 

[JMick]

Half of married people get divorced, they don't just get terrible at their jobs.

Do you have a better reason then? He literally hasn't been the same since. The slide started then and it keeps going down

 

[superjohn]

Do you have a better reason then? He literally hasn't been the same since. The slide started then and it keeps going down

The slide started when he didn't have the best point guard/player in the country to bail out his awful offense.

 

[JMick]

The slide started when he didn't have the best point guard/player in the country to bail out his awful offense.

He was still standing up, yelling, cheering and being charismatic, though. It's like the papers got signed and he became a shell of his former coaching self.