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Message: [QUOTE="gtcam, post: 4204029, member: 2844"] All coaches are intense in their own way. Some hide it better some control it better. To me, Dan Hurley still appears to be in player mode - he gets into body bumping, slapping arse etc with his players. I can count on one hand the times JC showed that type of emotion and I have never seen Cronin do that stuff. I take some of the stuff that Dan Hurley said in this article to be alibis - he is trying to use emotion as a reason for some of the things he does but which common sense would otherwise say don't. It's never good for a coach to interact with fans - home or away. If emotion allows him to do these things than I can now see why the guy loses focus in tight game situations. Ive coached for almost 30 years. I was/am known to be a ref baiter. If I see that a ref has rabbit ears the more I tend to talk. It took me a while to try and overcome this habit and did so because one of my assistants had the guts to tell me that I was allowing myself to focus more on the ref than on the game itself. I did my best to curtail that habit and I noticed myself seeing more things that allowed coachable moments. Ive had to quiet parents and fans on the sidelines but I would never allow myself to be confrontational with fans. I can't get into Dan Hurley's head but admitting to looking for two gentlemen tells me that he is not able to shut things out and/or he has a hard time facing negative comments, perhaps a sense of insecurity. In no way have I seen him unhinged. But as I have said on several occasions, it would be a wise move on his part if he acquired the services of a mentor, a retired longtime coach who can help him in a lot of areas. His father and JC are not the answers. [/QUOTE]

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