How can you not LOVE Danny Hurley? Yes, I full admit that the one thing that was driving me crazy with Danny was how he would get so hard-headed during certain in-game situations over the last few years that I would find myself yelling at the screen wanting a time out, or making what "I thought" was the wrong substitution, or not switching up on defense when a guy who got hot against us or something just was not working. I am ecstatic about the changes that he and the staff made during and after our January swoon that directly led us to Natty #5. It showed me he had overcome what I saw as his biggest (maybe even only) flaw. In spades! I have rarely if ever been so happy to eat crow.
I will also say on the other hand that I have loved everything else about him since Day 1. He doesn't back down, he doesn't give in, and he let it be known early on that (Year #2, after Villanova game, video has been posted here a multitude of times): "You better get us now... People better get us now, because it's coming." And 3 years later the man was cutting down the nets reserved for Champions!
He has assembled the best coaching staff in all of college basketball... So although this is a long shot going up against Duke particularly for a young man who is a self-professed Duke fan all of his life, I LOVE that our coach is going for it. And even if we ultimately fail in this particular pursuit, Danny has made one thing crystal clear:
We take a back seat to no one any longer, particularly in recruiting. Because we ARE UConn, baby! And that means a whole lot again... and it means something special to put the Husky jersey on again.
Thank you Danny!... and thank you to every one of the men who make up our fabulous coaching staff!