Are you content with just being good?

[mauconnfan]

I really think this is the same team minus bouknight. Plus Whaley regression and Andre slightly contributing. I’ll take them.

Have to disagree with both Whaley and Andre thoughts. Isaiah has been fine he’s just on a team that needs more numbers from him rather than all he does to make up for our many crappy defenders. Andre is everyone’s favorite because hes such a great athlete. He has rebounded well no doubt but he’s not at all good defensively, can’t shoot at all and his mid range game is abysmal as is his to the rim game. He might be good someday but such a long way to go. Today he was basically worthless.

 

[mauconnfan]

We're not going to be the best if we can't recruit the right pieces or have a coach that dominates on GameDay. We need one of those two if we want to get deep in the tournament again. Right now we have neither.

We are the same team as a bunch of wannabes in the 25-60 range ultimately without a run, a bubble team.

 

[AntG168]

It’s anyone mistaking that performance we saw today as good for me.

 

[uconndogs]

I’m gonna be honest I think some of you are. I won’t mention any names but it does feel that there are posters who care more about overreactive posts then they do about UConn winning.

Do you want UConn to be great again or are you just like ehh UConn is good their in the tournament and I’m content with that.

lol

Well, I could give a rat‘s pitute about “over reactive“ posts like yours, so I guess I care more about UConn winning.

 

[Jaker]

Hurley average at best at Rhode Island and now with more money, better players, he is still average and people are surprised??

 

[UconnFanDC]

Funny, after the game, I wanted to begin a thread w/ this very title. Thanks Dan Hurley.

You still should. The problem exists until fixed

 

[August_West]

Nah, give me this year's team any day. Even if that might only mean winning round 1 instead of losing

If we don’t win round one this year, you rethink that?

 

[Fatroony5]

See I think that is the standard we should have, and I do believe the majority have those standards, making the sweet 16 within 4-5 years shouldn’t be viewed as a miracle when mid majors with 1st year head coaches do it every year.

What mid major teams are making the sweet 16 with first year head coaches? There weren’t any last year…

 

[UncleSpliff]

What mid major teams are making the sweet 16 with first year head coaches? There weren’t any last year…

Oral Roberts last year but the head coach Mills was in his 2nd or 3rd year not first IIR

 

[jdb50]

The best gauge of progress is competing for the Big East title. At this point I do not care about NCAA seeding as that will take care of itself. I am focused on can we get to our league title game. Are we improving as the season gets to winning time? Today we got our butts handed to us. Last game we did not show up at home. Being good reguires being able to run halfcourt offense against good defense. Hurley will have a number of games to show if we are making progress in year 4. It is year 4 and he will have no excuses if we go .500 the rest of the way. If we are good we get to the final 4 of the Big East. Great is making the championship game.

 

[Scoe]

What mid major teams are making the sweet 16 with first year head coaches? There weren’t any last year…

I was speaking in hyperboles, just saying that coaches have gotten their program to the sweet 16 fairly quickly, don’t know why a sweet 16 appearance or just a tournament win by year 4-5 is looked at like some miracle for this program.

 

[Fatroony5]

Oral Roberts last year but the head coach Mills was in his 2nd or 3rd year not first IIR

He was in his fourth year. I’m with everyone, I want more success, but it’s also really difficult to make that next jump. It can take awhile. I would personally take one win in the tournament and continued growth with the program. We’ll see how it plays out.

 

[Scoe]

lol

Well, I could give a rat‘s pitute about “over reactive“ posts like yours, so I guess I care more about UConn winning.

Well you just responded why get all defensive do you have a guilty conscience.

 

[Fatroony5]

I was speaking in hyperboles, just saying that coaches have gotten their program to the sweet 16 fairly quickly, don’t know why a sweet 16 appearance or just a tournament win by year 4-5 is looked at like some miracle for this program.

I get what you’re saying but it is tough to do. I don’t think it’s a crazy expectation but it wasn’t mine coming into the season. I was in the camp of: compete towards upper half of league and win a tourney game. Certainly still a possible outcome, but yeah, didn’t love what happened this week.

 

[navery12]

If we don’t win round one this year, you rethink that?

I'd have to at least consider it if it played out that way. Gut instinct is I'd still lean towards this year's team though

 

[Scoe]

Patience is a dirty word to some people. We’re better now than 2years ago. We got spoiled by JC and forget how hard it is getting to the next level. With Donavan and co. coming in we’re only gonna make us better.
Hurley scares me with his antics sometimes, but the program is trending up and that’s what matters.

I agree with your overall post, I have learned to not like the word patience because I have heard that word a lot with the Knicks, Giants, and UConn Football. Patience entails having acceptance for losing, I like to say realistic expectations.

 

[shizzle787]

How did Shaka take a dysfunctional Marquette team and turn them into a legit top 10 team in less than a year, and here we are in year 4 of Hurley getting embarrassed on national TV. Hurley did a great job digging us out of the abyss, beyond that, nothing.

He actually scheduled a difficult OOC so that his team would be tested and ready for Big East play even if it meant more losses than usual earlier on.

 

[Hi-Low]

I’m gonna be honest I think some of you are. I won’t mention any names but it does feel that there are posters who care more about overreactive posts then they do about UConn winning.

Do you want UConn to be great again or are you just like ehh UConn is good their in the tournament and I’m content with that.

They aren't ready to be great. Long leash for Dan Hurley.

I believe in 2 years greatness will be in our grasp so today I'll take not bad.

Dan Hurley does need to play Hawk 20 mins good or bad though & add Johnson to rotation...done with Polley ahead of them.

 

[EBonz30]

At the point in where if you put another shooter around Sanogo I believe the offense would be much better- Jackson has killed us over the last 3 games- they need Polley or Hawkins to start.

 

[uconndogs]

Well you just responded why get all defensive do you have a guilty conscience.

what the heck are talking about????

 

[willie99]

I'd be content being good. I no longer think we're good. Watching the Creighton game exposed this team in my eyes

They're not mentally tough right now. We're going backwards

Marquette is jelling, that's where I thought we'd be

 

[August_West]

He actually scheduled a difficult OOC so that his team would be tested and ready for Big East play even if it meant more losses than usual earlier on.

Meh . I can’t get on board with that considering Atlantis.

 

[shizzle787]

Meh . I can’t get on board with that considering Atlantis.

Marquette had their own version of Atlantis plus four additional P5 games. We had Atlantis and West Virginia.

 

[August_West]

Marquette had their own version of Atlantis plus four additional P5 games. We had Atlantis and West Virginia.

And st Bonnie’s. Who was top 25 and Atlantis had Baylor and Auburn both top 10. Marquette didn’t have that.

 

[shizzle787]

And st Bonnie’s. Who was top 25 and Atlantis had Baylor and Auburn both too 10. Marquette didn’t have that.

St. Bonnies' is an average A-10 team. The A-10 is a 1-bid league this year. We both played WVU and St. Bonnies. We played Auburn, Michigan State, VCU, and six bottom 100 D-1 programs. Marquette played UCLA, Illinois, Wisconsin, Ole Miss, Kansas State, and four cupcakes. It's not even comparable. They played a much tougher schedule.