How do the Hurley naysayers want their crow prepared?

[nomar]

Agree 100.

I think we should save any of these crow-eating posts until after Monday night.

But...I was 100% in the "Clingan is not going to be good" camp and definitely did not think Joey C. was going to get any run.

I was pretty convinced Alleyne wouldn't snap out of it and contribute anything, and also pretty confident that PG play would be our downfall.

(I was, however, always a Hurley defender.)

 

[Waquoit]

I think there’s a difference between naysayers and those that were frustrated. I put myself in the latter camp. I never wanted him out. I just wanted him to be better. And he has been light years better.

"Light years better" LOL! It's complete bollocks to say Hurley has been light years better than when the naysayers were naysaying. He's the same exact coach he was last year and the year before. The main difference is the talent level of the team. His UConn teams have overachieved every year.

 

[RayIsTheGOAT]

I'm not serving up any crow, and certainly not until Tuesday morning at the earliest, but it is pretty remarkable that 3 weeks ago people were talking about how losing to Marquette proved Hurley couldn't win big games, was surely going to lose to Iona, and would be on the hot seat next year.

Show me one post saying he was surely going to lose to Iona. Anyone who says that is dumb and irrelevant.

I think the consensus was being nervous as heck for the Iona game because of implications if we lost.

People were saying he could be on the hot seat next season if he did lose to Iona. Which I think remains potentially true. Luckily that didn’t happen. Winning in the tournament changes the whole equation.

 

[husky429]

You obviously knew what the thread was about when you clicked on right? I mean it is in the title after all! You can always just choose to ignore it! Go UConn!

Wow, thanks for the advice. Who would have ever thought of it?

 

[alleyoops55]

Wow, thanks for the advice. Who would have ever thought of it?

Clearly not you! Lol

 

[Leebo]

People usually just pretend they never said what they said. So them eating crow isn't something anyone should look forward to.

 

[Kemba15]

Oh yeah he coached them into that slump so we’d be in the title game. What was I thinking he’s so damn amazing?

Wow!

That’s not what I said lol. Growth isn’t linear, and lots of impatient people here totally overreacted to a January slump. Most teams have a blip at some point in the season and the staff deserves all the credit in the world for putting the players in a position to turn it around

 

[uchusky32]

On a championship platter!

 

[Madmannsucks]

Naysayers. What a stupid post. He is not above reproach. Every UConn coach has been questioned. Does not mean we/they are naysayers. When JC lost to San Diego or George Mason? Remember that? 2 straight years of losing to a lower seed in the 1st round? That not not only deserves but COMMANDS scrutiny.

 

[runner11]

I will admit that I am very surprised that we turned into such an efficient offense. We are running a more complicated, NBA style scheme than any other school I have seen this year. We are unbelievably well coached on offense.

We knew Dan would bring in talent, get them to buy in and play great D. That’s a high floor program. I’m not even sure if this is primarily stemming from Dan or if he is leaning more on the assistants but we have a wonderful tactician somewhere on the sidelines.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Three points on this thread:

1) It is stupid;
2) The OP's posting history is not pristine;
3) Almost every poster on this board turned on Ollie within a couple of years of him winning a title. That must mean they all hate UConn.

 

[Kemba15]

There are a lot of people on here conveniently not remembering what was said in January. It wasn’t “earned criticism.” Hurley was being lambasted for ignoring point guard, for steering the program in the wrong direction, for playing the wrong guys, and much more

And criticism is generally fine, but why can’t those people admit they overreacted? Everyone on the internet is so stubborn lol

 

[MilliniumPrince]

Hurley critics have no reason to eat crow. Hurley haters need a full plate.

 

[mauconnfan]

WE

There are a lot of people on here conveniently not remembering what was said in January. It wasn’t “earned criticism.” Hurley was being lambasted for ignoring point guard, for steering the program in the wrong direction, for playing the wrong guys, and much more

And criticism is generally fine, but why can’t those people admit they overreacted? Everyone on the internet is so stubborn lol

I didn’t overreact at all in January they weren’t playing well, he wasn’t adjusting well often and I criticized him for that. I have fully admitted he turned it around and deserves his kudos as well as the players for adjusting their games. I never said fire him but he got some of what he deserved and so did some players. It happens, we’re lucky we have a coach who figured it out and players who successfully implemented his adjustments.

Pretty simple, 40 more minutes!!!

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Can we table this for another 30 hours?

 

[HuskyBaggins]

as you mature you will find in life not everyone needs to think the same as you.

Ah, if only that were true. Far too many people these days believer you must think the way they think.

 

[kemba]

Naysayers. What a stupid post. He is not above reproach. Every UConn coach has been questioned. Does not mean we/they are naysayers. When JC lost to San Diego or George Mason? Remember that? 2 straight years of losing to a lower seed in the 1st round? That not not only deserves but COMMANDS scrutiny.

Those games/teams deserved “damn that sucked, here is what I think went wrong…” takes. They did not deserve “Calhoun can’t reach the modern players” or “the game has passed Calhoun by” or “are our days as a national contender over?” Takes. None of those were that common but they definitely happened.

Same with this year. January deserved questions about what’s going wrong and what needed to happen to get back to our early season dominance. It did not deserve discussion about Hurley being on the hot seat, us being on the bubble, Andre being benched and getting his minutes cut, not having a point guard, Hurley not being able to coach X’s and O’s, etc.

 

[HuskyBaggins]

Wait, what?? That’s taking things a bit too far saying we had to go 2-6 to get where we are today. That is definitely not cause and effect. Give me a break.

Indeed. If they had played as good as they did to get to 14-0 all season they wouldn't be as good now ? Like as in, STILL playing like they did to get to 14-0 in the first place ? That's some logic there, for sure

 

[Madmannsucks]

Can we table this for another 30 hours?

No because if they lose to a vastly inferior SD State team the OP will post “Thank you Coach”.

 

[HuskyBaggins]

That’s not what I said lol. Growth isn’t linear, and lots of impatient people here totally overreacted to a January slump. Most teams have a blip at some point in the season and the staff deserves all the credit in the world for putting the players in a position to turn it around

Good lord. Going 2-6 and get blown out at home by St Johns was flat out bad. People did not "overreact". You act like it was a foregone conclusion that they would turn around and win a national championship even then. Come on

 

[HuskyBaggins]

Hurley critics have no reason to eat crow. Hurley haters need a full plate.

"hAtEr" - the dumbest term on the entire internet

 

[MilliniumPrince]

"hAtEr" - the dumbest term on the entire internet

.........no

 

[Buffett10]

Seriously
These postings every damn game. Just fishing for likes and tiring
Everyone wants UConn to do well and we all want them to win tomorrow
But not everyone is a "Hurley is great" sheeple
Enjoy the ride and don't worry - as you mature you will find in life not everyone needs to think the same as you.

BTW - not a Hurley hater but I still have my reasons not to idolize or even like the guy yet still realize that he has something to do with the success.

.... what would a reason for not liking the guy to be? To competitive for you? Hates losing?.....oh I got it.... cause he yells at refs and has his team's back. Yup your one of those got it.

 

[KingAG]

I think the OPs point is that many here including myself told the “critics” that they were overreacting and we were called names and lambasted. The results prove true that the negative Nancy’s indeed OVERREACTED. To change history and pretend that 80% of the negative discourse was “reasonable criticism” and not ridiculous unreasonable conclusions being drawn is hilarious. Those posters know who they are. You made an entire month or more of the season miserable for the rest of the yard, and now you want us to “let you enjoy” the success. No. The same way you made this place unvisitable(not a word) by downplaying every win and overplaying every loss, some posters are now going to return the favor. I won’t because we’re winning and I couldn’t care less. But I won’t condemn anyone who wants to throw a pan of crow in all of your faces. I love it.

 

[KingAG]

Seriously
These postings every damn game. Just fishing for likes and tiring
Everyone wants UConn to do well and we all want them to win tomorrow
But not everyone is a "Hurley is great" sheeple
Enjoy the ride and don't worry - as you mature you will find in life not everyone needs to think the same as you.

BTW - not a Hurley hater but I still have my reasons not to idolize or even like the guy yet still realize that he has something to do with the success.

This is a clown comment. You have ZERO reason to not “like” the guy. And to say he only has “something” to do with the success is weird. As you were one of the ones saying he was primarily at fault for every loss. That’s not a consistent view point. Just give the man his due props as loudly and clearly as you criticized him. It’s not hard

 

[UCfor3]

Winning is the best deoderant. It also silences the critics. Win or lose on Monday, the results speak for themselves. We have a good coach that the players clearly love, works hard, evolves and learns, and recruits well. Let's all come together and enjoy it. Life is too short for all this bickering regardless of what side of the argument you were on. Hatchet buried. Let's get #5 tomorrow.

 

[KingAG]

Winning is the best deoderant. It also silences the critics. Win or lose on Monday, the results speak for themselves. We have a good coach that the players clearly love, works hard, evolves and learns, and recruits well. Let's all come together and enjoy it. Life is too short for all this bickering regardless of what side of the argument you were on. Hatchet buried. Let's get #5 tomorrow.

Until the next loss. When those same posters come out of their negative holes and say Hurley can’t coach

 

[WeAreUCONN]

Proud to say I never doubted Dan The Man!!!

 

[FfldCntyFan]

No because if they lose to a vastly inferior SD State team the OP will post “Thank you Coach”.

So you don't believe that the season to date has been an accomplishment (regardless of what happens tomorrow night)?

I know you resent Dan Hurley for what happened to KO but Hurley didn't fire Ollie and it would have been malfeasance to keep KO on for a day longer than we did.

 

[Sick Puppy]

We are UConn fans, we are tough customers but at the end of day, they are our family!

to quote Jordan Hawkins: “ we are all A-h.o.l.e.s but we are all good A-h.o.l.e.s, I would want nothing more than play for the coach and with these guys! “.

I don't think Hawk realizes how profound and authentic that statement is. "I'm just a f...ing jerk" could be the mantra for all men.

BTW, I remember the sh@t posting that went on when JC was at the helm, and one astute boarder said to enjoy it now because when he's gone, you're really gonna miss coach and his program. We got lucky. Lightning struck twice in Storrs, CT. Enjoy the next decade.