He’ll have his chances to prove himself. Watching the games these last few weeks I didn’t see any coaches act like DH does on the sidelines. That worries me a little. Or maybe I just don’t like his face.
Agree. Seems like his major coaching move is “play harder”. I guess it’s worked for him as a player and coach at the lower levels. Don’t think that’s plausible here since He’s going up against the best college coaches now. He needs to evolve. I was really excited about his hire. Now I’m hoping he Can evolve as a coach.
Yeah after some thought I'd say it should really be Cooley and Hurley in tier 4 and Holloway 5, rather than Hurley moving up
Cooley is a tier above Hurley. It’s insane the disrespect Cooley gets on here and the “greatness” of Hurley that he has yet to deliver results when it matters
No he's not. Until this year Cooley had the same knock against him that he couldn't win in the NCAA tournament. And Hurley certainly isn't getting as long as Cooley got at PC without winning.
I will bet you any amount known to man kind Hurley doesn’t win AP COY in year 5.
Well that's a dumb bet, because Cooley won AP COY in year 11 not 5
Hurley might not even make it 11 years. I’ll make you a futures bet
Yes. That's my point, thank you for finally coming around to it. If Hurley had Ed Cooley's resume he'd be lucky to have a job after 5 or 6 years. And right now he does have that resume, which is why unless things change he'll be lucky to have a job here in 2024
If you are trying to say UConn and Providence are equals and started from the same point that’s all I need to know about you tilting the playing field
Alright, I'm done here because I didn't say a single one of those things. Clown.
Who's cheerleading and throwing pom pom's in the air? He was just making a point they've done very similar things through the first 5 years. Can't wait til UConn makes a nice little tourney run 22/23 season then is setup to win a natty in 23/24, then I'll be throwing my pom poms in the air. DH is the right guy for the job.
My impression FWIW, is that Hurley wants to build and coach a team like Houston which is based on rugged defense and offensive and defensive rebounding, which isn't a bad thing. But I think Sampson is just better at it than Hurley and as many have noted here, Hurley doesn't seem like he is great at coaching offense and that it's not emphasized nearly as much as defense and rebounding. But at the same time I think he is better at coaching offense than his naysayers would admit and some of the blame has to go to the players for the bad offense.
All good points. I agree that blame goes on the players but great coaches adjust their game plan to the players. Avg coaches try to force their players into a system. My .02
Hurley inherited a team that was ranked #179 in the country in April 2018. He went from that to 98, 52, 21, 22.
I think some folks are too hard on DH. But arent you being one sided too? Hurley took over a school with 4 NCs all within 20 years of his hiring. Providence last went to the FF in 1987! Very different starting points
Hurley’s a good coach and still deserves every benefit of the doubt. But let’s not kid ourselves, some red flags are starting to pop up.
And Cooley had a 7 year head start on Hurley. Not to mention how Hurley took over a UConn team that was the worst UConn team since pre-Calhoun. The cupboard was bare. I don't care if you had won 4 NCs in 20 years, Hurley inherited a team that was ranked below teams like Central Michigan, William & Mary, UTSA, Troy, Pacific, Portland State, Fort Wayne.
Since you despise DH so much, who would you want that could do better?
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very true. Hurley does seem to lack the flexibility in adapting game plans, I think he does adapt it, just not enough. But no matter how much adaptation occurs the players still are responsible to a varying degree. A coach can adapt optimally and the players could still mess it up.