Loved Hurley not calling a TO and letting them run their normal offense on the final play that tied it. But their problems from last year inbounding the ball still seem to linger, and their free throw shooting has been an issue and their inability to defend without fouling. All 3 of these are recipes for blowing leads. Maybe they are better off playing from behind?
thanks for clarifying. I agree. Unless you are Gene Hackman and you want to rebuild the broken relationship between your alcoholic assistant coach and his son. Then it is worth it.
I liked the no timeout too. I also think we need a couple of go to plays to break full court pressure with a layup or dunk on the other end. I think on inbounds plays we need to change the culture - view it as an opportunity rather than being a threat of a turnover.Loved Hurley not calling a TO and letting them run their normal offense on the final play that tied it. But their problems from last year inbounding the ball still seem to linger, and their free throw shooting has been an issue and their inability to defend without fouling. All 3 of these are recipes for blowing leads. Maybe they are better off playing from behind?
why you hate Dan Hurley so much?Loved Hurley not calling a TO and letting them run their normal offense on the final play that tied it. But their problems from last year inbounding the ball still seem to linger, and their free throw shooting has been an issue and their inability to defend without fouling. All 3 of these are recipes for blowing leads. Maybe they are better off playing from behind?
Don't troll me. I literally began the post with the words "Loved Hurley..."
It was talked about and an issue prior to the championships. I think the real issue was he did not have the right players that could create their own shot in the early years.
I think Hurley rarely intends to get technicals. OTOH, I think he fully intends to toe the line, while sticking up for his kids. Sometimes he gets away with it. Sometimes he crosses it. There is no difference from the Calhoun days. None.
I agree tarris was fouled a lot in the first half but he also refused to use the backboard. Tough to make jump hooks and touch shots through contact. He struggles when he abandons the backboard. Most of his baskets in second half used the backboard. I suspect it was a coaching focus at halftime
I actually think that Calhoun was much more tactical about getting technicals. I'm not sure that Hurley could ever do that in the way Calhoun did. Calhoun was a big imposing presence with a lot of gravitas.
Eh, sometimes. Calhoun had a tendency to not care about going over the line...or he forgot about the line altogether. Either way, he would toe it as well.
True, but that wasn't getting a technical. My personal favorite was when Boatwright was looking off someone, maybe Bazz. Calhoun was yelling at him to make the pass just as the arena fell silent, for whatever reason, and all of a sudden all you could hear was "Hit him! Hit him! HIT HIM YOU EMEFF'R!"
Calhoun was very quiet in practice and yelled at his players in the game. Hurley yells at players in practice but has their backs in the game arena and yells at refs then.
Maybe you never said it and no one in your "briefs" said it (trying to imagine someone in your briefs and how big your briefs must be) but Dan Hurley was being castigated here regularly several years ago regarding his inability to win close games.
That’s why it’s important not to jack up a shot 5 seconds into the shot clock from 25 feet away.
A couple of years ago was when we were winning national championships tourney games by 20 points so maybe I could care less if we in theory could win a close game?
By design
Chief can't be bothered with anything outside his briefs
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I for one enjoy chiefs briefs and insights. Under new rules chief briefs are delayed or otherwise consolidated into other game recaps. Not a fan of the new rule
Danny had some “what the … moments” down the stretch in his early years here and there was plenty of criticism which was not off base. The man is constantly honing his craft and is not the same guy who started here.
In your briefs you always focused on the dynamics of the game and what Hurley or the team could or couldn't have done differently in the game whether it was close-game or not. My memory is not 100% but I do faintly recall at times you did express concerns about Hurley's choices/behaviors whenever it was a close-game loss, but the analysis was always focused on the situational details and not on any long standing patterns about whether Hurley had something to prove or not about close end-game situations (if that makes sense).
"Plenty"? LOL. I'll admit there are are outliers, but just look at the stats:
12/21/24 uconn 78-74
Looking back to 2021 remember that Awesome uconn auburn win in OT 115-109 12/24/2021 beating #8 Aunurn??? The UConn not winning close games narative has always been BS by whining fans bemoaning losing a close game which happens to everyone.
True, I try to focus on the basketball nuts and bolts rather than a fan or media narrative. Hurley’s won two NC’s, what does he have to prove? To the critics — how many national championships have you won?