He’s very good at coming in second place I’ll give you that
Apology to Coach Hurley
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McDs was awesome, but I don't believe he ever had a message board/forum.
Elite team, perhaps. Hopefully. Probably.
UConn once again becoming an elite program, nah. Not even close. That'll take winning a few conference tournaments, regular season champs, and multiple .
I'm sure I'm in the minority, but I'd rather just enjoy this year's run, than pound my hairy chest and scream "UConn is baaaaaack!"
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Practical stance. I agree that we need to do more to become elite again. However, our road back is shorter than most. The table is already set for us in the national consciousness. All we have to do is sit back down.
All we (UConn) has to do is continue to win. A Final Four this year isn't a deal breaker, but it would be a giant step back to relevancy.
Lose on Sat and this team still had a great year. Win, and it's a big step back to being an elite program.
How about enjoy this years run.. and scream uconn is back!!!
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Especially at a time where the recruiting is already rolling. Selling an elite prospect on being the missing piece to a national championship squad is a heck of a lot easier if you're consistently making runs in the tournament.
'Ollie won a national championship a year after the harsh effects of a post season ban.
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With 3 star players he didn’t recruit, then tanked the program all the way down to 180th in the country from there. But I’ll stop the rehashing there and just say that the AD made a smart decision.
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Ollie deserves huge props for 2014. He also deserves the blame for driving the program off a cliff. Both can be true and it explains the mixed feelings. The reasons why and what transpired after I won't speculate on. It's been hashed over enough and we should all just move on. It's in the past. I will always remember the first few years, especially 2014 fondly and be grateful for those.
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Yeah this sums up my view better than I did
I totally agree with this.. explained perfectly…it’s weird what happened, the only thing i can come up with is…you have to be totally 10 toes in at this level.. it has to be your life 24/7… I think Edsell did the same thing
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Ollie won a national championship! There are many great coaches, Hall of Fame coaches, who never took home a NC. John Chaney, Lou Carnesecca, Gene Keady, Ray Meyer, the list is long, great coaches. Hell, Ollie has as many as Boeheim or John Thompson.
So no one should ever diminish that accomplishment. It is hard, very hard to win a national championship. As a UConn fan the Ollie NC cemented UConn's elite status as a program. Yep, he put his feet up on the dashboard and took a nap after reaching the pinnacle. But he got to a place that every coach who has ever walked the sideline in college basketball longs to be. And that banner will hang where ever UConn plays basketball for as long as UConn plays basketball.
So no one should ever diminish that accomplishment. It is hard, very hard to win a national championship. As a UConn fan the Ollie NC cemented UConn's elite status as a program. Yep, he put his feet up on the dashboard and took a nap after reaching the pinnacle. But he got to a place that every coach who has ever walked the sideline in college basketball longs to be. And that banner will hang where ever UConn plays basketball for as long as UConn plays basketball.
The 2014 national championship was the most masterful job of coaching i have ever seen
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I am not a DH lover or even a fan BUT his demeanor this last half of the season has earned respect from me. It has been settling to some of the players and you can sense it. It’s obvious that he has been listening to somebody.
He won 3 games this tournament, the 1st two were expected victories and DH needed them on his resume. The victory over Arkansas was a beat down and would have been better if the team can handle a press. Kudos to the staff and team for the great effort yesterday. Let’s keep it going.
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We are UConn!! 4>1 But 5>>>>1 is even better!
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My take on the forum echoes Bilbo Baggins. "I don't know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve."
No one here needs to apologize for who they are.
This is the way!
No one here needs to apologize for who they are.
This is the way!
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ctchamps
We are UConn!! 4>1 But 5>>>>1 is even better!
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Me too..Back at you
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A lot of this comes down to the players, their defensive intensity, their desire to win. That is Hurley’s calling card, defense. In today’s world of transfers, NIL and whatnot it’s not as automatic to dominate based on straight up recruiting. Our staff seems to know what to do though, huh?
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While I have had some criticisms of Danny Hurley, I never reached the level that a few on this board have (complaining that he's turned all officials against us, wondering if he could ever win a game in the big dance, calling for his firing 20 minutes into our current tournament run), I am happy for him with the success in this tournament but one truth is I'm happier for me. I'm loving every second of this run and I don't mind admitting that I'm being quite selfish about it
One thing DH deserves as massive amount of credit for is a year ago he had a vision of what he wanted this team to be, went out, designed the pieces he had and added a few additional pieces to fit that vision and committed to following through on that I'm sure that I am not alone in having questioned some of this vision and I imagine I am also not alone in having been pleasantly surprised with what we saw early in the season on how well his vision could work. He has his team playing in a manner that he believes is the best way for this group to win and is proving that it works This cannot be understated.
That said, he still isn't my favorite Hurley....
She is
One thing DH deserves as massive amount of credit for is a year ago he had a vision of what he wanted this team to be, went out, designed the pieces he had and added a few additional pieces to fit that vision and committed to following through on that I'm sure that I am not alone in having questioned some of this vision and I imagine I am also not alone in having been pleasantly surprised with what we saw early in the season on how well his vision could work. He has his team playing in a manner that he believes is the best way for this group to win and is proving that it works This cannot be understated.
That said, he still isn't my favorite Hurley....
She is
