Kevin O'Neill Back In The College Game?

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hatvol96

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It appears Kevin is in line to become the new coach at the University of Denver. Interesting.
 
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Do you think he is going to hire Steve Hamer as an assistant:birgits_giggle:
 
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I'm going to be skeptical about this until it's finalized. The idea of Kevin getting back into the recruiting game just seems a little dubious to me.
 
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The University of Denver? What is that, community college? :)
 
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hatvol96 said:
I'm going to be skeptical about this until it's finalized. The idea of Kevin getting back into the recruiting game just seems a little dubious to me.
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By all reports, he is very good at it though. UofD seems an odd choice.
 
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cotton said:
By all reports, he is very good at it though. UofD seems an odd choice.
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Kevin was a fantastic recruiter. He was recognized by his peers as the best recruiter in the country when he was an assistant at Arizona. However, his disdain for kissing the a$$es of self indulgent recruits is exactly why he left for the pros in the first place.
 
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hatvol96 said:
Kevin was a fantastic recruiter. He was recognized by his peers as the best recruiter in the country when he was an assistant at Arizona. However, his disdain for kissing the a$$es of self indulgent recruits is exactly why he left for the pros in the first place.
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My guess is that at a place like Denver U, the number and intensity of a$$ kisses would need to be inordinately high to build a successful program.
 
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cotton said:
My guess is that a place like Denver U, the number and intensity of a$$ kisses would need to be inordinately high to build a successful program.
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Exactly, that's why I find this rather strange. That is one of the 10 worst jobs in D-I.
 
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In other coaching news, the Milwaukee Bucks fired Terry Stotts and Steve Alford is reportedly a candidate for the New Mexico job.
 
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You know, there are times when I wonder what O'Neill could have done with another year or two with the recruiting class Jerry Green inherited from him, which underachieved their way to four straight NCAA bids.

Then I sober up.
 
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DowntownVol said:
You know, there are times when I wonder what O'Neill could have done with another year or two with the recruiting class Jerry Green inherited from him, which underachieved their way to four straight NCAA bids.

Then I sober up.
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Of one thing I feel certain--he would have done more with them than Green did.
 
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Don't think they would have played very uptempo, and he would have LOVED Tony Harris.:eek:lol:
 
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abvol said:
Don't think they would have played very uptempo, and he would have LOVED Tony Harris.:eek:lol:
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O'Neill recruited Tony Harris from the moment he arrived in Knoxville. Kevin knew exactly what he would have been getting.
 
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hatvol96 said:
O'Neill recruited Tony Harris from the moment he arrived in Knoxville. Kevin knew exactly what he would have been getting.
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Then your saying he thought he could control him, just like he thought he could control everything. I guess you are what you are huh? Honestly TH was who he was too, a Jacka@@, and nobody was going to control him. Practice? said Tony Iverson
 
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abvol said:
Then your saying he thought he could control him, just like he thought he could control everything. I guess you are what you are huh? Honestly TH was who he was too, a Jacka@@, and nobody was going to control him. Practice? said Tony Iverson
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I think Tony Harris would have certainly respected Kevin O'Neil more than Jerry Green. O'Neil demanded more repect, Green demanded no structure or discipline.
 
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