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[QUOTE="Dogdeacon, post: 4910087, member: 1026"]
Love Hurley's passion and Providence fans completely deserve the 'rebuttals'.

Of course we all also love and revere Jim Calhoun and see a similar combative passion in Hurley. I agree with those citing Hurley's Tech vs Providence as very Calhoun-esque in its timing. Maybe true, and a nice sign as it seems Hurley has modulated his behavior towards refs over the past 2 seasons.  The national championship validation could be part of calming Hurley's interactions with refs, although it appeared to have occurred after Nova last year. Also now refs/opposing coaches give him more respect.

It struck me that Calhoun's other parallel ongoing fire also came out re: Providence, though Calhoun's viral outbursts were most famously with reporters vs Hurley's interactions with some fans this season. So wondering if Hurley has some demons with respect to fans? One could guess that he heard "you are not Bobby" an awful lot during his playing career.

Interestingly, Bobby Hurley won back to back NCAA championships. Extra motivation to shut them demons up once and for all?!
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