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Message: [QUOTE="gtcam, post: 4483735, member: 2844"] Firstly, Dan Hurley has brought some really good talent for the UConn men's program and has some good ones coming in next season. He has proven that he can recruit, albeit it helps with a last name Hurley. People here blast KO for the lack of talent that he recruited, and you cannot argue it has been better with Dan Hurley. However you have ask yourself, could Dan Hurley recruit at the same level had UConn not entered the NBE, had not UConn been the elite team in the OBE, had UConn not won won 4 NCs in the last 25 years? I'm more than quite sure the answer is no. But he has the players and you have to be happy about that fact. I and others here have questioned Dan Hurley's ability to be an effective in game coach. I have suggested he have a mentor to help him with managing changing line-ups to take advantage of mismatches, having a trust in all the young players; not a chosen few. Xs and Os has never been a strong part of his arsenal but he has coached quite a few years and should be better at this point. He seems to get lost in big situations and get caught up in things other than what he needs to pay attention to at the time. Why was DC sitting on the bench the last 12 minutes of the 2nd half? Why was Newton in there when he was not contributing? To be honest the T was almost an expectation. He lost his composure and it's hard for him not to do so. The loss is not the end of the world and I would rather see a loss to a ranked opponent on their home court than to PC, DePaul or worse yet, to a lower seed in the 1st round of the NCAAs Dan Hurley needs to win a NBE title, tournament and some NCAA games to be deemed a success I think he can do this if he works on his weaknesses which to some of us are clear to see. Do I want him gone? No. The players seem to like him and as was pointed out, he brings in some really nice talent. Let's put this game behind and forge ahead There's lots of basketball to be played - at PC will not be easy and Creighton in 7 days will be a huge game. Let's go Huskies [/QUOTE]

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