Top 20 teams also play the vast majority of their non-conference games at home with a few neutral sites sprinkled in before playing half their conference games in (mostly) hostile road environments.
I gave you a like, but please bite your tongue.
About what?
The last sentence which he bolded.
click the "Expand...." link in my post where I quote you. You are putting bad vibes and juju in the atmosphere with the statement I bolded in your quote no matter how true it might be
It’s true. I think we’ve got him for awhile, but he is showing what they like to seeclick the "Expand...." link in my post where I quote you. You are putting bad vibes and juju in the atmosphere with the statement I bolded in your quote no matter how true it might be
I hope he stays for a while. But for coaches it's not just about money in and of itself-it's about the intrinsic things in his case that would be knowing he could succeed in the NBA. I remember a conversation I had with a older friend of mine at UConn when I was a high school student at E.O. Smith (high school in Storrs) in the mid 90s. During that conversation he said, "some of these college coaches never should think about leaving their jobs when they have it made" and he was referring to Coach K and Dean Smith when they were getting offers for the NBA and flirted with it. Not to say it would be a bad move for Hurley because he might very well be successful in the NBA, but he has it made at an prestigious top tier elite basketball school.
I would argue that Newton is that break down player. When he started tj be that at the mid point last year team took off. Newton is the one player who can create his own offense.
To me, Hurley and nba makes sense if you go to a real spot that has a player. For example, Celtics come calling, 76ers, Nuggets. If the team has an elite talent, you do it.
His coaching style is perfect for nba. You adjust to coaching adults. Big thing is sideline demeanor. He would also adjust.
It's amazing that everyone focused on my throwaway line about Hurley. I agree with everything you wrote. That being said, a guy having success running what Hurley is running might tempt a desperate team. You can only recycle NBA losers so long. But I'm not worried about it. He's pretty happy here.
The only counterpoint I have really is that it was more common in the past. Pitino, Calipari, etc. In the ISO era I think the NBA and college games were more similar. I think Stevens was plucked away from Butler for running really advanced modern offense at the time. Looking at the college game and who is running modern motion offense and switching defense, and Hurley stands out with Self (who is old and going nowhere). Dusty Mae at FAU is running pretty impressive modern offense. I'm sure it is moving into the college game more and more, but old guys like Izzo and Cal don't seem to truly embrace it.
Note that it was Hurley who said that he had to adjust his coaching style before he would be able to coach in the NBA. When you are saying coaching style you're talking about schemes. I agree with you that Hurley runs NBA style sets, and his team runs them exceptionally well. Though he did not define it, what I think Hurley meant about adjusting his coaching style was 1) sideline demeanor and 2) the way he interacts with his players. Hurley is an excellent college coach and a very demanding one. I suspect what he was referring to is the need to adjust that style when working with pro athletes, many of them have larger contracts than the Coach.
Too bad we can't have an exchange. Because there are at least ten redundant threes made by our team that I would exchange for the one missed Cam three in the Kansas game.
I like Hurley to the Trail Blazers. A little bit like Storrs, it's also off in the hinterlands where he can work his basketball mad genius magic with just the right amount of attention and a very forgiving fan base. Portland is one of the few places he could probably instill his "culture" and us against the world schtick without getting too much pushback from entitled stars. Chauncy has already done it to a certain extent, he just sucks as an actual game coach.
I wonder what PJ Carlesimo's advice to Hurley would be regarding that.
I was surprised by how few assists the Zags had against us
Probably an aberration, but also depends on who is taking them. My guess is ball shoots the most and he hit almost none until last few games. Diarra and bad finger and wrist karaban as well and most recently castle bricks. Will work itself out over time. Out-rebound, get better shots and you will win most games.