Coach Hurley says this year's team can't take "hard" coaching

[UofCT]

This is an accurate take, and without all the 2nd years fully developing, I don’t even think another point guard in place of AM would have taken us to the promised land. However, entering today’s game, we were only a couple free throws (Villanova 1) and some bad officiating/careless play in the Seton Hall game from being 20-6, 12-3, and probably still ranked.

We downgraded every starting position and almost every backup position from last year to this year. We got worse at the starting PG, SG, SF, PF (Alex got worse) and C. We got worse at the backup PG, SG and SF positions. Mad props to Reed though as we have a clear advantage from last year to this year at the backup C spot.

 

[AntG168]

Nonsense. Nobody on this board has been a bigger Hurley booster over the years than I have. And I think it was a gaffe.

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I would love to hear how him saying he had to coach this team differently is a big deal. Lmfaoo.
Some of the fans are softer than they think the team is

 

[Excalibur]

“Mess.” They. Have. Won. The. Last. 2. Championships. I couldn’t imagine being this miserable.

I’ve long accepted that many people are children who can’t handle a shred of adversity. This board is a microcosm of that . . .

 

[superjohn]

Zanetto says Hurley's plan was to use Samson as a point center this season. What????

 

[uconngb]

I wouldn’t call this year a mess. They still have a shot at the tournament. This team could have been a lot better and fell well short of expectations. The coaching staff needs to realize that the same formula might not work every year. Danny needs to remember that his epiphany after New Mexico loss is what lead to changes and a fantastic last 2 years.

I can agree with that

 

[freescooter]

Donovan will be in the HOF, also made 2 other Final fours and a bunch of sweet 16s. Hurley would have to have one horrific horrific fall from grace to not be 1st ballot HOF. The Hurley name and back to back chips he's in and he won tournament games with URI. To be on a scale of K or Calhoun we'll see I mean we're talking a top 5 list here.
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Donovan made 1 more Final Four after going back to back. His NBA record is pretty lackluster. His post b2b record was too. If Hurley has Donovan like balance of his career he will be considered a good, not great coach who caught listening in a bottle for 2 years but could never get there again.

Look at it like this. The reason Brady is the GOAT is because he won his first title in 2002 and his last one in 2021. Seven in total. If Mahomes plays 10 more years and never wins another Super Bowl he was a really good quarterback who won 2 Super Bowls but the new GOAT talk will quickly die away and his HOF career will be different depending on what happens over the next decade.

 

[Waquoit]

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[Huskyforlife]

Zanetto says Hurley's plan was to use Samson as a point center this season. What????

Hurley had a quote during the off season that Samson should watch Oso tape so we could do some point center stuff with him. Zanetto is a fool if he really thought we were relying on that.

 

[StllH8L8ner]

Maybe we should consider Ollie to replace Hurley. Those were such fun times.

It’s a down year and we have a Top 3 class coming in next year. The ship will be righted in time. If you didn’t think this would be a rocky season, you were kidding yourself.

 

[Agent0]

Zanetto says Hurley's plan was to use Samson as a point center this season. What????

Zanetto doesn’t have sources lol

 

[Huskyforlife]

Maybe we should consider Ollie to replace Hurley. Those were such fun times.

It’s a down year and we have a Top 3 class coming in next year. The ship will be righted in time. If you didn’t think this would be a rocky season, you were kidding yourself.

I think it’s fair to have blind faith in the staff after the last 2 years. They were saying 3 peat, not a rebuilding year. The roster was littered with former top 100 recruits and top 50 transfers. A lot of guys just didn’t meet the expectations placed on them, which is hard to project.

 

[JMick]

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I would love to hear how him saying he had to coach this team differently is a big deal. Lmfaoo.
Some of the fans are softer than they think the team is

I mean listening to a lot of the press conferences and statements he's made recently, if you read between the lines it's pretty clear he knows he didn't put the best roster together. You can afford to miss in a couple spots. They just missed almost everywhere. They'll course correct for next season.

 

[HuskyWarrior611]

Maybe we should consider Ollie to replace Hurley. Those were such fun times.

It’s a down year and we have a Top 3 class coming in next year. The ship will be righted in time. If you didn’t think this would be a rocky season, you were kidding yourself.

Reminder again, Ball, Stewart, Ross, and Singare were part of a top 5 class.

Wont mean anything if we can’t develop them.