True..
the big problem is money KSTW... especially with this weak AAC TV contract.... plus this AD gave KO his extension, so he's backed himself into a corner.
( he can't blame Warde on this one, like with Diaco)
Bottom line is Kevin is lost & he doesn't coach with any urgency to stop bad IQ BB and weak habits until it becomes the norm.
And most important, this urgency has to start in the very beginning. Versus the D-2's and cupcakes or you'll never fix it. I saw it right away in the fall of 2016, with terrible D in the Exh. games and the losses to the 2 mid majors. ( some of us have been calling him out on these things even before Maui) ...because the difference between winning and losing can be a few bad plays a game......and I've sat 10 rows away from the Uconn bench at Gampel since the place opened so I have a great view of this guy, in game... .. When you have new players and first time starters you need to beat them over the head until they get it or yank them out of the game ( ie., see Geno and the #1 recruit in WBB who he sits the entire game because she doesn't )Then maybe guys will improve over their Uconn careers instead of flat lining which has been KO's norm. JC was neurotic sometimes with TO's 30 secs into a game... but he laid the groundwork of his expectations from day 1.
Not Kevin.. he sits and sits and sits until things get out of hand. Rushed shots, out of control drives by the guys who can't, dumb plays, guys not sharing the ball on the fast break or driving into 1 against 3's, weak D, no box outs, no in bounds plays ( his fault)...etc,etc.... until suddenly he engages himself when he's down double digits. His HC'ing has no consistency like his teams. It looks like he thinks he's sitting at the end of an NBA bench like he did for 13 years. Then he comes out with his lame BS in pressers talking up teams in narrow OT wins like vs. Monmouth( 11-20) and Columbia ( 8-19) ...He needs to go ballistic over that type of effort. So I've seen this movie to many times.....and I don't claim to know any of the off court stuff that insiders do. Seems like a nice guy... but he doesn't have the type A personality you need with young players to sit in a top seat in CBB.... sure the NBA talk is nice, the mentoring of young pro's when he was a player, but those guys were finished BB products or they wouldn't be drafted. In the tough times with new kids in CBB it takes alot more than that .... Plus listening to him talk he's not that engaging. If I had to play for him he'd put me to sleep...
The NC was a great accomplishment but it was a total group effort.. with a mature team, a senior PG/ "coach on the floor" who played better than anyone in the NCAA's & a hand picked coaching staff (2 with 21 years of D1 HC'ing experience ) that Calhoun left him. Even JC wasn't threatened by a right hand man (he knew Blaney was an asset ) with over 450 wins as a HC... I questioned both of the new flunkies on each side of KO when they were hired. What exactly have they proven so far ? It's like the blind leading the blind (and now one of Chills recruits, Fultz, is in the FBI report)....So with most of the "Uconn family" gone ( except the 2 at the end of the bench)... how's that workin out for ya KO trying to do it your own way... with these small ball line-ups that look like they'll get even smaller next year ?
I've always prayed that he could turn this around...but
HOW exactly is KO's version of soft mined, physically overmatched BB ever gonna CHANGE... if he does stay ?
If he's back I can't continue as a season tix holder after 25+ years in an empty Gampel/ XL with a fan base (what's left of it), that he's made feel more like a morgue.
.....end of rant...