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Exactly why it’s pointless - it’s being applied to both teams. It’s like saying the weather is impacting the game.
That’s the problem a consistent whistle is not being applied to both teams. And again it’s just 1 of the 12 paragraphs in my opening post. But how often do you see a team that has 30 less points in the paint have over 50% more foul shot attempts?
 
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Amazing basketball skills but definitely not ready to mix it up with grown aze men let alone more physical college players. Put it this way, I’d take senior Cam over freshman Mullins every day all day. Just more physicality, better floor presence and more time in the saddle.
Both he and Hawk are fairly good examples of the downsides of how it can go in getting to that second contract. Hawk is not getting one. He's lucky he went in a weak draft.

If Mullins gets confidence he's going top 15, he should go. Top 20, still go. 20-25 - really question coming back, 25+ - absolutely come back. 10-25 is a logjam of really good high end talent, many of these kids would be lottery in an average year.
 
Hurley and I are much closer to being on the same page than at mid season. So we are having an impact.
It's a good thing Hurley started listening to you Chief.
 
Amazing basketball skills but definitely not ready to mix it up with grown aze men let alone more physical college players. Put it this way, I’d take senior Cam over freshman Mullins every day all day. Just more physicality, better floor presence and more time in the saddle.
Senior Cam would intimidate and not be intimidated, tangible qualities honed by experience and developed physicality.
 
That’s the problem a consistent whistle is not being applied to both teams. And again it’s just 1 of the 12 paragraphs in my opening post. But how often do you see a team that has 30 less points in the paint have over 50% more foul shot attempts?
Because UConn is a team full of hacking foul guys. Dan Hurley has even said it.

They get called for more fouls because they foul. A lot. That’s it. That’s all it is, Chief.

Put differently- do you think an organization as incompetent as the Big East is capable of pulling off a conspiracy?

They just foul too much!
 
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Because UConn is a team full of hacking foul guys. Dan Hurley has even said it.

They get called for more fouls because they foul. A lot. That’s it. That’s all it is, Chief.

Put differently- do you think an organization as incompetent as the Big East is capable of pulling off a conspiracy?

They just foul too much!
Let's reward our prized program by making life hard for them would not seem great logic.
 
Listen grandpa- I was at the game and rewatched it. Dan challenged one call. There was only one foul in the game that was overturned. One. Uno. Go watch it again after you take your meds.
I was not addressing challenges but Reviews. You don’t seem to be able to process the most basic concepts. I was giving you the benefit of the doubt that perhaps you watch on TV and a commercial overlapped the review. Reviews are not limited to a foul. For example a made shot leaving the hand after time has expired. Or changing a regular foul to a flagrant foul. Both happened and were reviewed.
 
Because UConn is a team full of hacking foul guys. Dan Hurley has even said it.

They get called for more fouls because they foul. A lot. That’s it. That’s all it is, Chief.

Put differently- do you think an organization as incompetent as the Big East is capable of pulling off a conspiracy?

They just foul too much!
You just insulted the kids on the team. You don’t see the grabbing and pushing of our players multiple times every offensive possession? I am not advocating for a lot of whistles but consistency. You provide a lot of name calling but zero evidence to back up your point. Sure we make dumb fouls but have you not seen Hurley complaining about calls on the sideline - lol.
 
I was not addressing challenges but Reviews. You don’t seem to be able to process the most basic concepts. I was giving you the benefit of the doubt that perhaps you watch on TV and a commercial overlapped the review. Reviews are not limited to a foul. For example a made shot leaving the hand after time has expired. Or changing a regular foul to a flagrant foul. Both happened and were reviewed.
Not your best look Chief.
 
So you actually thinks Hurley reads The Chiefs briefs for coaching knowledge?
I said we are closer to being on the same page than mid season. As good coaches do, they make adjustments to issues they and others can identify. It is funny how you insert your idea and pretend I said it and then criticize what you and @zls44 made up.
 
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Not your best look Chief.
The IQ here is low today - I said there were three reviews and there were. All overturned calls on the court. One was a challenge but my number was for reviews.
If you think losing 2 conference games with a 63-30 FTA disadvantage is a non issue, I guarantee you our coaching staff disagrees. And to blame that on our players is silly - sure they contribute to the issue but they are not the elephant in the room. The stripes are!
 
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The IQ here is low today - I said there were three reviews and there were. All overturned calls on the court. One was a challenge but my number was for reviews.
If you think losing 2 conference games with a 63-30 FTA disadvantage is a non issue, I guarantee you our coaching staff disagrees. And to blame that on our players is silly - sure they contribute to the issue but they are not the elephant in the room. The stripes are!
You think a shot being ruled on time that got overturned is an anti-Hurley thing?
 

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You think a shot being ruled on time that got overturned is an anti-Hurley thing?
That was not a close call, the ball was still well within his hand. What I said, if you bothered to read, rather than engaging in name calling, is that certain Big East officials have an instinct to make calls in favor of our opponents. Our two conferences loses had a 63-30 FTA disadvantage. Even last Wednesday they had 54% more FTA’s.
The other two review reversals also included Hurley’s appeal and an obvious flagrant foul that wasn’t called. So it’s fair to say there’s a legitimate concern that the initial call (even at home) seems to have an impulse (subconscious or conscious) to go against UConn.
True, we make dumb fouls and I have also said the high hedge creates Defenders in mismatches in poor position to block shots, defend drives, or rebound. But, we are also grabbed multiple times each possession running our halfcourt offense.

But Wednesday, we had a 42 to 12 points in the paint advantage, yet they still shot 54% more foul shot attempts. So the same folks, that have blamed it on taking more 3 point shots rather than paint points, come up empty on logic.

Another misrepresentation by the usual crew of distorters was that I was over emphasizing reffing this game. In fact, reffing was only in one (1) of twelve (12) paragraphs of game insights and I included it because of the results of three reviews all going in our favor and our 350% points in the paints advantage yet 54% less PTAs.
 
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Amazing basketball skills but definitely not ready to mix it up with grown aze men let alone more physical college players. Put it this way, I’d take senior Cam over freshman Mullins every day all day. Just more physicality, better floor presence and more time in the saddle.

Sure I agree, but Cam was 3-4 years older as a Husky pretty much an unfair comparison. Guessing if Mullins stayed 4-5 years he’d be stronger, more athletic, smart player and a better rebounder. But that’s not how it goes anymore, instead the NBA takes the kid who’s gonna be real good eventually under their tutelage.
 
Let's reward our prized program by making life hard for them would not seem great logic.
The big east would rather use UConn losing as a way to potentially get more tournament teams than helping UConn get a higher seed. There is def no bias like the B1G or Sec helping its top teams.
 
Sure I agree, but Cam was 3-4 years older as a Husky pretty much an unfair comparison. Guessing if Mullins stayed 4-5 years he’d be stronger, more athletic, smart player and a better rebounder. But that’s not how it goes anymore, instead the NBA takes the kid who’s gonna be real good eventually under their tutelage.
That was my point mau. There is no substitute for physical maturity. Of course Cam isn’t a fair comparison for exactly that reason. Mullins hanging around for another just puts him in a better position relative to what he would be up against.
 
That was my point mau. There is no substitute for physical maturity. Of course Cam isn’t a fair comparison for exactly that reason. Mullins hanging around for another just puts him in a better position relative to what he would be up against.
Mullins has elite Skills, elite BB IQ and elite Athleticism. If he took a year to get stronger, be more the top option on offense - he could be a top 3-10 pick and receive those salaries for 4 years. Leaving now a 15-25 pick.
 
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That was my point mau. There is no substitute for physical maturity. Of course Cam isn’t a fair comparison for exactly that reason. Mullins hanging around for another just puts him in a better position relative to what he would be up against.
Some pretty physically mature freshmen this year.
 

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