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I think Hurley will win here, probably win big over time.

But this approach to young players is insane to me in the year of our lord 2021, especially given the track record of Hurley overplaying older guys(Yakwe, Cobb, Alterique, BAdams, etc) and the team sucking, over featuring much better young guys (Whaley, Bouknight), who make a major impact and change the entire trajectory/upside of the team the moment they get big run. Self awareness may be an issue here...


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I’m holding onto the thought that if we had no injuries, we would currently be undefeated. We’ll see if that holds true once Sanogo is back.
 
I don’t think he’s even wrong. He just overrates some of his older players. Experience wins in NCAA basketball. It makes up for talent, but not when the gap is a chasm. He desperately wants certain guys to be something they aren’t.
 
HuskyHawk said:
I don’t think he’s even wrong. He just overrates some of his older players. Experience wins in NCAA basketball. It makes up for talent, but not when the gap is a chasm. He desperately wants certain guys to be something they aren’t.
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It works when you have a bunch of great classes in a row and guys are good enough to leave after their sophomore and junior years. That means your highly recruited freshmen are playing significant time. It doesn't work when you have bad seniors and juniors playing a bunch and highly ranked freshmen riding pine all season. I'm also worried it may have some impact on recruiting/player retention.
 
HuskyHawk said:
I don’t think he’s even wrong. He just overrates some of his older players. Experience wins in NCAA basketball. It makes up for talent, but not when the gap is a chasm. He desperately wants certain guys to be something they aren’t.
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We’ve seen Polley win player of the week honors but that isn’t the player he really is. Hurley seems to think otherwise.
 
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WeAreUCONN said:
I’m holding onto the thought that if we had no injuries, we would currently be undefeated. We’ll see if that holds true once Sanogo is back.
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We were pretty close to full strength for Michigan State and I don’t think we were going to beat Baylor.

We’d likely be the #1 team in the country if we were undefeated right now with wins over Auburn, Michigan State, Baylor, @West Virginia and Providence LMAO. No shot
 
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The refrain that we’ve only lost because of injuries is so weak and off the mark. We might as well blame the refs too. And Covid. Puhlease.

Excuses are a losers lament. Our coach does not know how to make adjustments. That’s the concern here. Not injuries. Auburn had injuries. As did VCU. St Bonnie was without their best player by far.
 
Surprising to see him say minute distribution is the easiest part of his job. Getting rotations down is something Hurley has struggled with a lot of times in my opinion. I always think of Hurley as a self aware guy who tries to improve himself but I think he’s missing the mark on this line of thinking. He’s been too slow adapting rotations in game and over time.
 
Hurley did say theres a chance we see Samson vs Marquette because the game won’t be as physical. Hopefully he plays and makes the most of this opportunity.
 
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bmayuc said:
I think Hurley will win here, probably win big over time.

But this approach to young players is insane to me in the year of our lord 2021, especially given the track record of Hurley overplaying older guys(Yakwe, Cobb, Alterique, BAdams, etc) and the team sucking, over featuring much better young guys (Whaley, Bouknight), who make a major impact and change the entire trajectory/upside of the team the moment they get big run. Self awareness may be an issue here...


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I think the lesson is, if the team struggles the board will get it's wish. Gaff (and others) will be benched. Until we really tank, that will not happen.
 
Ts5034 said:
Hurley did say theres a chance we see Samson vs Marquette because the game won’t be as physical. Hopefully he plays and makes the most of this opportunity.
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That is sending a message in public that Samson can't compete against physical teams. How does that help Samson? That sounds like shaming. How does Polley look against physical teams and he has been here forever?
 
People have posted comments that Dan Hurley is used to programs like Wagner and URI. There is a happy place between those programs and programs like Kentucky who chase one and dones. UCONN is that place. You recruited the kids, play them.

I hope they are as good as advertised.
 
Jbirdp5 said:
Surprising to see him say minute distribution is the easiest part of his job. Getting rotations down is something Hurley has struggled with a lot of times in my opinion. I always think of Hurley as a self aware guy who tries to improve himself but I think he’s missing the mark on this line of thinking. He’s been too slow adapting rotations in game and over time.
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On the other hand, it sure seems like either he or the horde are paying attention to fan complaints on The Boneyard and/or Twitter. That’s a good thing.
 
While I agree about limiting minutes from some guys, especially Polley, who in here goes to practice and watches? I want to see the young guys play too, more so Diggins because that is a spot lacking, but he has to be getting torched in practice.
 
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tennmike said:
Is there a joke here? Hurley wasn't born until 1973.
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They are saying his attitude of never playing freshmen is an attitude from the 60s, when they had specific, separate freshman teams.

Of course, that ignores Hawkins playing decent minutes from the jump this year.
 
I'm actually surprised he chose to speak those words, and I'll never understand why our freshmen can't produce when we've been watching freshmen produce for our entire lives. Some have even won national championships

Does he have some complex Bill Belichick like system that newbies struggle with?


PS: I don't believe the freshmen could possibly play worse than Polly & Gaffney. Getting beat on defense, getting beat on the boards, missing shots and turning the ball over. Damn, even I could do that.


Put me in coach, I'm ready to play....
 
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Yet UConn has one thing - DEPTH - don't care if you use it but it makes pretty headlines and talking points - it's actually window dressing for, "I can recruit high level kids but I am afraid to use them"
Absurd on so many levels
 
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huskyfan224 said:
While I agree about limiting minutes from some guys, especially Polley, who in here goes to practice and watches? I want to see the young guys play too, more so Diggins because that is a spot lacking, but he has to be getting torched in practice.
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If he was getting "torched" in practice, firstly, who is torching him and secondly. if so, we would have heard about it by now
 
Cole-mid major transfer
Martin- mid major transfer
Whaley- Ollie recruit
Polly- Ollie

While Cole,Whaley and Martin are nice players they are all at the end of there college career. And are not guys who will get you past the first weekend. It is what it is they are pieces. They are not big time players. They are nice players on a team with a stud or two. Maybe to Hurley they are better than pretty much anyone he has had but we are not at URI in the A10.

Polley is a whole other deal. He is more streaky than a 90yo mans underpants. If he doesn’t have it screw him to the bench. And he only has it once every 5 or 6 games. If he isn’t drilling 3’s he bring nothing to the table.

These are good guys and fight like hell but they are limited in skills. Not one of them would start on 2014. Not one.

In hindsight they should have all been let go and solidified the future by bringing in young guys and letting them learn on the way. These 4 guys are band aides. They will win enough games to make it interesting but in the big picture retarding the program as temporary fixes. Hurley is running with this plan because he fears a young inexperienced team will loose a bunch of games and he is too competitive to deal with that. Also he is worried the fan base will freak and be calling for his head.

These are my thoughts and I am sure most will hammer me for my opinion but this season feels like we are treading water not progressing to the future.

Also one last thing these next five games could go really sideways for us if everything does not go right. If that happens will Hurley have the balls to burn it down and let the young guys get the experience they will need for next year????

Lets see in 5 games. I pray we go 4-1 not 1-4
 
Captbluefin said:
Maybe to Hurley they are better than pretty much anyone he has had but we are not at URI in the A10.
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Posting dumb statements like this basically invalidates your entire post. Hurley has helped put multiple guys in the NBA starting as a HS coach in NJ and continuing college. Maybe you think he doesn't remember coaching James Bouknight last year. He played at Seton Hall, you think you know more about the talent needed to compete in the Big East?

We're undefeated and a top 20 team with our starting 5 in tact, but let's throw away the entire season and start a new rebuild.
 
gtcam said:
If he was getting "torched" in practice, firstly, who is torching him and secondly. if so, we would have heard about it by now
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Well there’s only two guys ahead of him, so Cole and Gaffney, Floyd possibly as well.

That’s what I’m thinking, I’m wondering if he is or not. Who’s plugged into practice, because if he isn’t I am in the same boat as everyone here in that he needs to see the court
 
WingU-Conn said:
Posting dumb statements like this basically invalidates your entire post. Hurley has helped put multiple guys in the NBA starting as a HS coach in NJ and continuing college. Maybe you think he doesn't remember coaching James Bouknight last year. He played at Seton Hall, you think you know more about the talent needed to compete in the Big East?

We're undefeated and a top 20 team with our starting 5 in tact, but let's throw away the entire season and start a new rebuild.
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If UConn was undefeated they would be #1 or #2 in the country, they're nowhere near being undefeated or #1/#2.
 
WingU-Conn said:
Posting dumb statements like this basically invalidates your entire post. Hurley has helped put multiple guys in the NBA starting as a HS coach in NJ and continuing college. Maybe you think he doesn't remember coaching James Bouknight last year. He played at Seton Hall, you think you know more about the talent needed to compete in the Big East?

We're undefeated and a top 20 team with our starting 5 in tact, but let's throw away the entire season and start a new rebuild.
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How many losses with this “older” group do ya need to change your opinion ?
 
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