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[SubbaBub]

Well, preparation and in-game adjustments are part of imposing one's will, no?

Your example of the 1999 game vs. Duke is a perfect one: the question everyone had been asking was how UConn was going to prepare for and handle Duke; Khalid turned the question around and said people should wonder how Duke would prepare for and handle UConn.

That says it all in a nutshell imo.

And forcing transition offense is exactly the type of thing I'm talking about. That is also the strength of this year's team, and Hurley consistently allows the games to be played at a pace and in a style that takes away our transition game. As you note, it's not a groundbreaking discovery; that Hurley can't or won't do it is disconcerting imo.

You can add Butler in 2011. Stevens never knew what hit him in the second half.

We also need to get used to the idea that Dan Hurley not being JC is perfectly OK and not a reason to think he isn't a very good coach.

 

[8893]

We also need to get used to the idea that Dan Hurley not being JC is perfectly OK and not a reason to think he isn't a very good coach.

I have accepted this from day one. It's also not a reason to think he doesn't have room to improve, especially in game preparation and in-game coaching.

 

[HeGotGame]

If we can’t beat Providence at home down Sanogo we aren’t a top 5 team in the Big East and we are staring at a 0-3 start to conference play. That’s all there is to it.

The great thing is that these statements are here to stay and mock down the road.