Dan Hurley on Allen Fieldhouse chants: "We’re all gladiators.”

[temery]

I think Hurley would much rather have all the animosity directed at him and not at any of his players. He's a grown man and he can take it, and we all know what his players think think and fell about him, so it motivates them as well. He has their back and they have his. It's kind of poking the bear or in this case the Alpha and not realizing the pack is circling you with their teeth bared. They'd be better off letting sleeping dogs lie (end of tired metaphor).

Hurley is far from the alpha when it comes to keeping his mouth shut. That's why his response was so impressive. Any coach or player who even acknowledges taunting will get nothing less in future games.

Well played, Dan Hurley.

Side note: To this day I feel sorry for Sparrowhawk, that poor bastard.

 

[Deepster]

Side note: To this day I feel sorry for Sparrowhawk, that poor bastard.

I recently brought that up and shockingly she doesn't remember any of that day.

 

[Spaceman213J]

Hurley is far from the alpha when it comes to keeping his mouth shut. That's why his response was so impressive. Any coach or player who even acknowledges taunting will get nothing less in future games.

Well played, Dan Hurley.

Side note: To this day I feel sorry for Sparrowhawk, that poor bastard.

I meant he's an Alpha in that it starts and ends with him. Alphas usually aren't quiet at all. They beat their chests, howl and are usually pretty darn loud.
It's just the idea that negative things are going to come from any student section and one that is known for being loud, I think he'd prefer it to be directed at him. Let the players focus and if their coach taking the brunt of it motivates them a little more, so be it.
Yes, his track record, even going back to last April, isn't great with some of his responses, but the team accepts that part of who he is. It's partly why they're in Storrs learning from him.
But I totally agree that he did handle it much better this time. I also think walking out of Fog Allen with a win makes taking the verbal abuse much easier.

 

[Dove]

Hurley is far from the alpha when it comes to keeping his mouth shut. That's why his response was so impressive. Any coach or player who even acknowledges taunting will get nothing less in future games.

Well played, Dan Hurley.

Side note: To this day I feel sorry for Sparrowhawk, that poor bastard.

Sitting there on the back of the bench. I kept yelling, "We want Sparrowhawk!!!"

 

[PAHusky]

thoughts?
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Both love and am deeply disturbed by this. Glad it hangs around gampel cause it's may not be allowed within 200 yards of a playground or elemntary school.

 

[TerryBoyz]

Yeah, that wouldn't be weird.

like students dressed up as bananas and pink dinosaurs?

 

[temery]

like students dressed up as bananas and pink dinosaurs?

Getting it printed on your underwear would be weird.

 

[alexd]

The Pitt fans were yelling much worse than "doughboy" at El-Amin. They were yelling bigoted Muslim slurs at him according to El-Amin. Calhoun knew it, too, which is why he let Khalid stand on the scorers table and give it back to the Pitt fans after he hit the game winning shot.

Watch the tape, Calhoun was pissed at KEA and was one of the guys immediately dragging him off the table.

 

[DW1361]

Oh BTW, I am not implying that UConn students have done or could do such despicable things. Just speaking of students in general. Especially those other schools…..

 

[ecasadoSBU]

Haven't teams been T'ed up for their fans in the most egregious cases?

If a fan is drunk and belligerent, security kicks them out, plain and simple.

Fines on the school for especially bad chants?

Yeah, but that's not coming from the Athletic Director (or did he mean Athletic Department)...

Those fines typically come from the conference or the NCAA.

And even then... you can't stop 10k people chanting like that.

 

[UCan3]

That is a great quote. Personally I think the chant is classless, regardless of the target. Any AD who allows it to continue is equally as classless.

I have never understood why fans go to game to chant profanities at the team that has traveled to be there.

It just about decorum - shouting word where you’ve got kids around and or frankly other people that paid a lot of money to watch the game that have to listen this garbage - grow up.

I don’t think because your in crowd it gives you license to shout whatever curse word comes to mind.

Love to see a team stop a game and take a hard stand on this.

 

[microfich]

OMG back in the day before NCs but in the BE the only time you’d see kids in the stands were for no contest games on Saturday afternoons. The fans then were brutal towards opposing coaches and refs. While “…” is a bit harsh we were a brash bunch. It was a “Beware of the Dog” environment in which to bring a youngster.
We’d never tone ourselves down just because a parent brought his kid to a meaningful game. Tail doesn’t wag our dog.

 

[Waquoit]

Watch the tape, Calhoun was pissed at KEA and was one of the guys immediately dragging him off the table.

Seriously, it was exactly the opposite.

 

[Waquoit]

I'm pretty good at profanity but I think -bomb crosses the line for a crowd cheer. Especially when aimed one particular person.

 

[alexd]

Seriously, it was exactly the opposite.

1:30

 

[HooperScooper]

Seriously, it was exactly the opposite.

From what I remember Calhoun was not happy about it and said so after the game. I agree with @alexd. Does Calhoun look happy in that video when he pulled him off the scorer's table?

 

[Waquoit]

From what I remember Calhoun was not happy about it and said so after the game. I agree with @alexd. Does Calhoun look happy in that video when he pulled him off the scorer's table?

Hey, I gave Alex a like and my reply was in agreement with him? What do you want me to do?

 

[DW1361]

OMG back in the day before NCs but in the BE the only time you’d see kids in the stands were for no contest games on Saturday afternoons. The fans then were brutal towards opposing coaches and refs. While “…” is a bit harsh we were a brash bunch. It was a “Beware of the Dog” environment in which to bring a youngster.
We’d never tone ourselves down just because a parent brought his kid to a meaningful game. Tail doesn’t wag our dog.

I understand your sentiment. It still isn’t right, but it is what it is and the only thing that can be done is to make a public statement which will fall on deaf ears. I think there are worse things to be upset about when it comes to what the children are exposed to. And it doesn’t come from the students.

 

[Khal Drogo]

1:30

That was awesome

 

[HooperScooper]

Hey, I gave Alex a like and my reply was in agreement with him? What do you want me to do?

I guess I misunderstood. Sorry.

Alex said: Watch the tape, Calhoun was pissed at KEA and was one of the guys immediately dragging him off the table.

You responded to his post with: Seriously, it was exactly the opposite.

I guess I didn't know you were agreeing with him there and were in disagreement with gsmooth. So just to be clear I'm in agreement with you and Alex. 😀

 

[ctchamps]

Another thread that demonstrates why we have so many law(er)s. There rarely is universal agreement what is right or wrong. What is universal is that every individual wants a rule that supports our particular point of view.

This behavior is not my preference but I have a duck*load of human behaviors that I find more disturbing than the usage of that word.

Why? Because making it taboo (a cultural preference) is what gives that word its power. If everyone laughed at or ignored it its intent would be eliminated and no longer used in this manner. But not everyone can frame our sensitivities to make this happen. So we’ll argue our positions of free speech versus individual harm hoping a law will be made or not depending on what side of this issue we individually need.

Most young kids for better or worse learn this word from older kids. I once inadvertently came across a group of women using this expletive word with each other. They were embarrassed partly because I heard them. But I suspect their embarrassment was because it took place shorty after we had a discussion about swear words. They argued people shouldn’t use them. What they really meant was men should not direct that word in mixed company or at women in particular. I argued hatred should be not directed at anyone and focusing on the word as a taboo makes us feel better but doesn’t address the real problem. Most of the time people employ the word for effect or to vent. They argued against it and less than ten minutes later demonstrated my argument.

So argue away folks. I understand both sides.

 

[superjohn]

Another thread that demonstrates why we have so many law(er)s. There rarely is universal agreement what is right or wrong. What is universal is that every individual wants a rule that supports our particular point of view.

This behavior is not my preference but I have a duck*load of human behaviors that I find more disturbing than the usage of that word.

Why? Because making it taboo (a cultural preference) is what gives that word its power. If everyone laughed at or ignored it its intent would be eliminated and no longer used in this manner. But not everyone can frame our sensitivities to make this happen. So we’ll argue our positions of free speech versus individual harm hoping a law will be made or not depending on what side of this issue we individually need.

Most young kids for better or worse learn this word from older kids. I once inadvertently came across a group of women using this expletive word with each other. They were embarrassed partly because I heard them. But I suspect their embarrassment was because it took place shorty after we had a discussion about swear words. They argued people shouldn’t use them. What they really meant was men should not direct that word in mixed company or at women in particular. I argued hatred should be not directed at anyone and focusing on the word as a taboo makes us feel better but doesn’t address the real problem. Most of the time people employ the word for effect or to vent. They argued against it and less than ten minutes later demonstrated my argument.

So argue away folks. I understand both sides.

Most versatile word in the English language and my personal favorite.

 

[gsmooth]

Watch the tape, Calhoun was pissed at KEA and was one of the guys immediately dragging him off the table.

Oh I remember the game and I have watched video as well and it's exactly how I remembered it. I know Calhoun eventually, no matter how quickly he reacted, was with the other guys pulling him down from the table. However, I remember, he said afterwards when asked about it, something to the effect that he heard the things being said to Khalid and understood why Khalid was angry and but then he said, and I am paraphrasing here, "okay you (Khalid) had your moment to give it back (to the taunting fans) now get off that table". In my original post where I say "he let Khalid stand on the table" isn't the correct way to state it, but Calhoun understood why El-Amin did that. Calhoun was more concerned about the stuff being thrown and didn't want Khalid to get hurt or anyone else to get hit.

What I don't recall was if this was after the game if I read it in the Hartford Courant or a year or years later in another publication somewhere else where Calhoun was reflecting on El-Amin himself. I would be hard pressed to find the article, but I know Calhoun had that sentiment.