What is the issue? Small lineups? It's not like they were the only two coaches to try that.
Hurley's offense is based around dribble penetration -- something we got almost none of for the last two seasons.
Dribble penetration is the only thing we did for the last two years, except take bad threes. It's our whole offense. My concern with the URI offense is that it looked like a better executed version of the Ollie offense. This description confirms that. High ball screens and dribble penetration. Now, add some slashers to the rim and passing off the penetration and it looks better.
I don't know what the UConn Blog people are watching if they think Ollie ran a rigid and old fashioned lineup. If anything he played way too small, putting people like Larrier out of position at the PF. The focus on height is misleading. Bulk and strength also matters. Fortunately, this article is pretty poorly researched, as Hurley played small because that's all he had to work with. When he had proper centers or PFs, he played them appropriately.
So as a positive, he adapts his approach to his personnel. I do not expect him to play the same with with this roster that he did last year with URI's. It's a very different group of players.