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Can't believe Hurley said this but you know who he is talking about.
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Sibeerian
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just curious, what makes you think that? Has he ever commented on it? Coach Moore, avert your eyes for your own sanity!
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Or, conversely, you could just not be a d bag.
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True. But it's nonsense when fans who lose their s*** in a childish fit of anger later claim they were doing something good for the players motivationally. You were just crying. Own up. It takes a lot to control your emotions. Most adults never learn it. They use the "I'm someone who speaks their mind. And if you don't like it..." as if this is a good quality, not emotional laziness.
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I really encourage you to watch the entire interview.
It was in direct response to a question about if the players confidence has improved to their actual ability.
Dan wasn’t going after the fan base at all. Just saying that it’s a lot of pressure at UConn and now that the first 2 rounds are over “they can just go out and let it rip”.
Yea, he knows how to frame it differently.
Take a look at this quote again:
"It is more of a burden to play at UConn than it is an advantage"
That's cringe worthy
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Lots of sport fans are children, although not by age. That's not going to change. As for Hurley, buy the ticket, take the ride. I sympathize, but complaining about fans is like complaining about the weather. UCONN is in the Sw 16. Winning takes the trolls' volume down.
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I'd rather play or coach at a school with passionate fans who rise and fall with the team any day of the week, than one with an ambivalent fanbase who doesn't care. Pressure makes diamonds.
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Pretty clear that he was talking about bad actors on social media and not you in the stands. I wouldn't take it personally.
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Yeah, Geno is a lot more tactful
“Some of our fans are so goshdarn stupid it’s unbelievable,” Auriemma said. “They complain a lot of times that we have no competition and it’s boring. Then if we play a really good team and don’t play our A-game, they b**** that something’s wrong with UConn: ‘This kid’s not any good. That kid’s not any good. Geno Auriemma got outcoached by this coach.’ It’s unbelievable.”
[Note: he didn’t say “gosh darn”]
Geno Auriemma: Some UConn Supporters Are So 'Stupid It's Unbelievable' - NESN.com
University of Connecticut women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma isn’t afraid to say something controversial. He is on record saying men’s college basketball is “a joke,” after all. However, his recent appearance on Grantland’s “The Lowe Podcast” with interviewer Zach Lowe topped it all. The...
nesn.com
"We have a spoiled group of fans who assume we are going to win, who assumed we would be in Philadelphia [for the regionals] and be at the Final Four," Auriemma told reporters. "We had the season, the Big East [tournament and now the NCAA tournament. You are asking them to do a lot. So I think we don't bid on [hosting the NCAA first round] for five years."
Deadspin | The UConn Fans Ruined Geno Auriemma's Birthday
Deadspin | The UConn Fans Ruined Geno Auriemma's Birthday
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Dan Hurley is like all of us- arrogant. The difference is that he knows what he is talking about and most of us don’t. Outside of basketball, I’m sure he has all kind of opinions and prescriptions for how everything else should work or be done. This is what I term -“AWBS”. I suffer from it so can recognize it. It is most evident when you hear a certain type of person speaking authoritatively about something with which they have little actual experience. Doesn’t matter the subject, they feel entitled to not only have an opinion but also to express it without challenge. Nothing wrong with Danny that ain’t wrong with us.
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I don't like it but I'll take a rowdy fanbase over the alternative. Go to a BC game a few times if you like passivity. Or go to a Bruins game when the Flyers or Montreal are in town. If you dare. I was in Athens when the World Cup was about to start 10- 15 years ago. The afternoon that the planes were coming in filled with the English soccer clubs terrified everyone. They closed their shops and restaurants that afternoon. I would too. Go to any big soccer arena in South America and you will notice chain link fence separating various fan sections. They mean business. We're not there yet.
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Proof Dan Hurley still has a long way to go as a coach. Would he rather the fans not care? We are no where near as hostile as other top programs.
He doesn't last 3 years without an NCAA win at UNC, Duke, Kentucky and as we are about to find out Cuse.
It's fine to deflect your players and the press' attention from fan board hysteria but there are better ways to do it. As in...
Our fans are passionate, they want to see us succeed. The team needs to help that. I need to help that. We are building the next great chapter of UConn basketball. I know our fans are there for us when we need them.
He doesn't last 3 years without an NCAA win at UNC, Duke, Kentucky and as we are about to find out Cuse.
It's fine to deflect your players and the press' attention from fan board hysteria but there are better ways to do it. As in...
Our fans are passionate, they want to see us succeed. The team needs to help that. I need to help that. We are building the next great chapter of UConn basketball. I know our fans are there for us when we need them.
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" I think in the first round and even the second round of tournaments, it is more of a burden to play at UConn than it is an advantage"
But this goes directly at the fans going to games, doesn't matter where you play for social media bad actors to show up.
That comment says to me he wants to play on road not "at home" in front of fan bases in early rounds of tourney.
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Good grief. You can really tell who read or listened to the the interview vs those who are reacting to an out of context quote without bothering to read any further.
See my last post. Haters gonna hate
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You're not building anything dude. It's not that hard to tell from this thread who was directing vile stuff toward Andre Jackson in January.
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No, but that's the highest of bars to cross and one I hope to never approach. Saying we aren't as bad as UK isn't saying much.
It's dangerous game Dan is playing here if he is using the Us against the world (including our own fans) motivator. That's kinda pushing all in. I'm good with it (if it works)
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Oh stop. Just enjoy the ride this team is on right now. Hurley's doing an excellent job. Let's not critique everything the man says. We're lucky to have him.
Also -- I'm pretty sure that quote is taken out of context. When I heard him say that, it was in the context of playing in the opening rounds of the tournament -- and other, less elite universities having very little to lose, where a school like UConn had all the pressure. He was saying it was more difficult for a school with tradition and expectations like UConn to win early b/c of the added pressures.
Yes, he was saying that in a program as storied as ours that the Sweet 16 is table stakes. That is what he was obviously conveying.
Yeah, Geno is a lot more tactful
Some of our fans are so goshdarn stupid it’s unbelievable,” Auriemma said. “They complain a lot of times that we have no competition and it’s boring. Then if we play a really good team and don’t play our A-game, they b**** that something’s wrong with UConn: ‘This kid’s not any good. That kid’s not any good. Geno Auriemma got outcoached by this coach.’ It’s unbelievable.”
[Note: he didn’t say “gosh darn”]
Geno Auriemma: Some UConn Supporters Are So 'Stupid It's Unbelievable' - NESN.com
University of Connecticut women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma isn’t afraid to say something controversial. He is on record saying men’s college basketball is “a joke,” after all. However, his recent appearance on Grantland’s “The Lowe Podcast” with interviewer Zach Lowe topped it all. The...
"We have a spoiled group of fans who assume we are going to win, who assumed we would be in Philadelphia [for the regionals] and be at the Final Four," Auriemma told reporters. "We had the season, the Big East [tournament and now the NCAA tournament. You are asking them to do a lot. So I think we don't bid on [hosting the NCAA first round] for five years."
Deadspin | The UConn Fans Ruined Geno Auriemma's Birthday
Deadspin | The UConn Fans Ruined Geno Auriemma's Birthday
Sorry, I still think it comes up short of that quote. Defending the players from crazy people that you should pay no mind to. Framing it differently.
This quote was dire resignation, deserved or otherwise, you have a burden like nobody else if you come here.
The thing is, that isn't even true. All the big time schools have the same kind of pressures . Why single ours out like that? What's the point and the need?
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No, he isn’t. He’s getting $3 million a year to coach the team. Yeah, putting up with fans is part and parcel of being a high major coach, but the statement above has too much of the quote. I paid for my tickets so I can boo the players” kind of a vibe.
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Hurley has it right. Totally out of our minds.
The 10 basic requirements for being on the Boneyard:
1. Fully expects the team to score 100 or more points against any and all opponents.
2. Fully expects the team to hold any and all opponents' scoring to single digits.
3. Complains bitterly that the referees are out to get us and call fouls on UConn players for being on the court.
4. Convinces themselves that any opposing player coming within 6 feet of a UConn player has fouled him.
5. Understands the game and its strategy and flow better than any coach alive, especially the UConn head coach.
6. Calls for the immediate firing of the head coach if a UConn player misses any shot or commits any turnover.
7. Knows very clearly that anyone on the bench is a better player than a starter - the farther down the bench he goes, the better he is.
8. Cannot comprehend the lack of the head coaches understanding of when to call time outs and when to effectively substitute for a player on the floor.
9. Understands that any recruit that did not come to UConn and played for a school other than UConn that scored significant points against us in a loss is a result of the total lack of ability to recruit by the head coach and coaching staff.
10. Accepts as fact that the UConn program has the bluest blood of any 'blue blood.'
What say you? Did I miss any???
The 10 basic requirements for being on the Boneyard:
1. Fully expects the team to score 100 or more points against any and all opponents.
2. Fully expects the team to hold any and all opponents' scoring to single digits.
3. Complains bitterly that the referees are out to get us and call fouls on UConn players for being on the court.
4. Convinces themselves that any opposing player coming within 6 feet of a UConn player has fouled him.
5. Understands the game and its strategy and flow better than any coach alive, especially the UConn head coach.
6. Calls for the immediate firing of the head coach if a UConn player misses any shot or commits any turnover.
7. Knows very clearly that anyone on the bench is a better player than a starter - the farther down the bench he goes, the better he is.
8. Cannot comprehend the lack of the head coaches understanding of when to call time outs and when to effectively substitute for a player on the floor.
9. Understands that any recruit that did not come to UConn and played for a school other than UConn that scored significant points against us in a loss is a result of the total lack of ability to recruit by the head coach and coaching staff.
10. Accepts as fact that the UConn program has the bluest blood of any 'blue blood.'
What say you? Did I miss any???
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Yes, they left out the rest of the quote where he said that for the first 2 rounds it's a burden because our fans expect to get to the Sweet 16.
I love the boneyarders who whine about Hurley and say he is a whiner, yet the Hurley whiners are the biggest whiners.
“I pay money for tickets wah wah wah I can say what I want.” Stop buying tickets then if you’re so upset with his comments about some of your moronic statements about him.
The lengths some of our “fans” go to complain about a damn good coach is absolutely stunning. They complain about Hurley daily, yet when Hurley calls them out and complains about them people are stunned. Shoved it right in your faces. Fools
“I pay money for tickets wah wah wah I can say what I want.” Stop buying tickets then if you’re so upset with his comments about some of your moronic statements about him.
The lengths some of our “fans” go to complain about a damn good coach is absolutely stunning. They complain about Hurley daily, yet when Hurley calls them out and complains about them people are stunned. Shoved it right in your faces. Fools
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and out of context
You don't think opposing recruiters will take it out of context? They will do so with honors.
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Hurley has said a few things lately that struck me is being a little tone deaf. Certainly, the quote above is one, but another one that comes to mind was his saying that providence was the best team in New England, and we were chasing them. If he wants to use that as motivation in the locker room, feel free, but saying it in a press conference just seems a little tone deaf.
The quote above makes me feel like Hurley is really feeling the pressure to succeed here. He’s a pretty tightly wound guy and that is part and parcel of what makes him a good coach, internal pressure to succeed. Hopefully a continued good run in the postseason will help him to take the pressure off himself.
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