The 2004 UConn team had the best talent of any I ever coached
I think the magical team might've been '04... Because number two in draft Emeka Okafor, Ben Gordon, Josh Boone, Hilton Armstrong, Marcus Williams... that may be Kentucky and other teams. That's not us. And that was the best team I should say. Best talent.
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View episodeThe NFL preseason should have a full Sunday slate with RedZone to help fans practice for the regular season
I think that the preseason should mimic the regular season and that we should have a full Sunday of football with a red zone to get us ready because the random start times... Give me, let me actually practice what it feels like to get up on a Sunday and get my body ready and watch every team play.
The NFL's new taunting rule is going to be brutal and should be complained out of the league
The taunting rule fucking sucks. It's going to be brutal and we're going to all... It is the dumbest rule ever. We need to [complain it away].
Mac Jones might win NFL Rookie of the Year
I think I'm going to Zig while everybody's zags. I think Mac Jones might be the rookie of the year... If Mac Jones gets in week four, then how many games? 13 games. Yeah. If he goes nine and four, see, I think, I think he gets rookie of the year.
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View profileWinning a Big East regular season and tournament championship meant more than a National Championship
I think that actually might mean more than the national championship. Deep down it is... Boy did we all miss, you know, Jimmy [Boeheim] and all of us... it's much better fighting your own neighborhood. The guys you know, the guys you have to recruit against.
If you play for Rick Pitino, you always have a chance to win
Pitino who I don't like, he doesn't like me. And that's cool. Tell you one thing, man can coach all the other bullshit aside. You'll play for them. If you play for them, you got a chance to win.
The current college basketball transfer portal is bad for the game
I see what 1500 1600 kids transferring. It's a different game, but I don't think it's a good game... The problem is, are we in fact making [it]? ... transferring, I don't think it's a good game.