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[QUOTE="CL82, post: 3939744, member: 44"]
Here's the thing, whenever you take an up and coming coach you take a chance.  You never know when the Peter Principal is going to kick in and you get Diaco'd.  Consistently losing in the 1st round of the NCAA's is not sufficient for a coach at UConn, but getting there at all is a critical first step.

The trajectory Danny has the program on is exactly what we want it to be.  He's upgrading the talent and changing expectations.  That doesn't mean the team is is a finished product or that Danny is as a coach.   I'd like to see his in game adjustments improve and I'm not sure that having our bigs hedge as much as they do is a winning strategy.  As opposing coaches see it more they'll adjust and get easy baskets.  We saw some of that this year.  It's a tool, like traps or a full court press.  It is better used to create a different look rather than a go to scheme.  But that's just my opinion.

Hurley is exactly as advertised to this point in his career.  His upside is unknown, but it looks good so far.  He is a million miles away from being on the hot seat.
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