I disagree with your assessment. Also, what, Hurley didn’t watch film of the team he’s taking over? Or give everyone a full look in preseason?
Not disagreeing, but it does kinda depend on what “succeed” means. This years team was not going to win an NC with or without Josh Carlton who also had his good games here under Hurley. Everyone is making a big deal over losing in the round of 64 when only UConn fans notice the difference between losing then or in the Sweet Sixteen and even then there would be a bunch of Yarders bitching. A lot of fans can’t even remember who won last year’s NC. Hurley isn’t perfect by a long shot, but on the other hand he had a team weak in jump shooting take 3rd in the BE and into the dance. Maybe that reflects a recruiting issue or getting too excited about bringing in a super athlete whose big weakness is pretty important in hoops. Would Carlton have been a difference maker to our record or tourney success? We’ll never know but I doubt it.
Maybe you should both scout and coach the team. Hurley watched film and at the time was PRAISED for not making Whaley transfer because he was choosing culture. You are obviously a basketball savant. You noticed Whaley had potential before Ollie, Hurley, and every other person with eyes in the state.
That was 2004. The game has changed since then a tad.
Also, we dont have those 3 guys patrolling our interior these days.
? Vague, passive aggressive....saying nothing or something? Who knows...
Sanogo needs to play the 4 if he wants to play basketball at the highest level after UConn. You saw it last year and DH is hurting him playing him at the 5. He needs to develop a mid range game and workable handle. If you read all the scouting reports they nearly all state he will not play 5 in the NBA. Much like Charlie V, Jeff A, Hilton and others. Even 5s in the NBA have a mid range game and many have 3 pt ability. Sanogo plays with his back to the basket. Save that for the 7 footers. Sanogo is limited offensively and needs to expand his game. He has the athletic ability.
Hurley is paid to win games for UConn. Playing a college center at the wrong position in college will not help win games. You sound like Calipari who says his job is less about winning than getting people drafted.
That’s not true, We don’t really know how Sanogo passes, since we haven’t seen it.
Ollie saw it too. Which is not to say Ollie should still be coaching. Hurley is much better at the culture development, and gets higher ranked recruits.
Are you going to re-educate me? Give it up. Ollie barely saw his own recruits. If he saw something you of all people couldn't confirm it.
He got decent time. He had kind of a slow, mechanical offensive game even though he had a nice touch and some decent skill. Slimming down again was huge for him. Him bulking up was a bad instinct for the staff that year. Easy to rip in hindsight but I guess they deserve that for the miscalculation. Really happy for the kid. Him making good doesn't always have to be a demerit for us but I guess that is just the price of doing business around here.
Stop. I really like Josh and am rooting for him. But did it ever occur to you that he and Hurley spoke honestly about what 21-22 would lok like for him here, and he was told barring injuries Sanogo was playing 30 to 32 minutes a game and Josh’s best case was 8 to 10? And Josh decided he’d rather use his fifth year where he could play morE?
I understand that. I’m not sure what reasonable expectations are for a team lacking enough consistent shooters. It is called basketball after all. That’s why I said maybe it’s more of a recruiting issue than a coaching issue. One can debate whether or not he maybe got a team lacking reliable shooters farther than he could have.
But isn't a recruiting issue a coaching issue?
You know, there is a search function on this board…
Nobody knocks Calipari’s way with recruits. Look, for example everyone was super excited that Hurley landed Jackson. I think Jackson creates a coaching problem that arguably Hurley could have recognized during recruiting. Maybe he did for all we know. Not a terrific shooter and I’m guessing his physical dominance in hs allowed him to score a lot without necessarily being an A level jump shooter. There are limits to how much a coach can significantly improve shooting. Polley, our supposed shooter was either hot or stone cold with not that much in between. Hawkins is supposedly the guy but he has his own learning curve. That’s why I say maybe a more nuanced criticism is regarding the skills of our recruits which definitely impacts coaching choices. I don’t know that there is any such thing as a real answer. All I’m saying is that we had a team deficient in a pretty key area and maybe getting this group to BE 3rd place, top 25 and into the dance was a pretty decent coaching job. I’m disappointed too in a first round loss, but this team wasn’t going to win an NC with John Wooden or Dean Smith coaching it. So the main disappointment to me is that we didn’t get to see the season extended another game or two. Can’t imagine what this board would’ve been like if we’d made the 16 and lost to a 15 seed as I’m pretty sure happened last night.
Have you visited a Kentucky message board lately? Lol
