Hurley - “Shut Up”

[CL82]

This thread is a disaster.

Dan is clearly Bob's son. He looked exactly like Bob Hurley with this one.

I thought the same thing during the game. After a bad call there was a camera angle with BH in the background and Dan Hurley in the foreground. Both were shaking their heads.

I like the passion but yelling at the other's team player with seconds to go, isn't strategic it's a tantrum. Love Danny but he is still working out the balance between being a passionate head coach and the head case that he was as a player. Refs will give him more deference in time, especially if he is successful.

 

[Kathy]

Nice to see the den mother of the KO fan club, @Kathy, is still around to like any anti-Hurley post she can find.

FYI - where were you last night, I was in Newark just like I was at MSG 2 weeks ago and will be there again 2 weeks from now. I also go to all games at Gampel and XL just like I have for the last 36 years. Not much I haven't seen or heard. Passion is great, Calhoun was very passionate and emotional but Hurley needs to worry less about opposing fans and players. The only ones that need to respect him are his players.

 

[CL82]

I know right? We need a coach like Jim Calhoun. He'd never get a technical....

(FWIW, Calhoun's T's seemed to be strategic more often than not.)

 

[imno1]

I think Hurley will reel it in when he gets his players here and ingrains his standards in them. This team needs a firey coach who will go to mat for his players and coaches every play whether up or down by 15
#trusttheprocess

 

[NYC_HUSKY22]

Honestly if an FSU player was mouthing off disrespectfully towards our players I have no problem with Hurley telling the kid to shut up. The kid is at least 18 years old. He should know to have more class than that. He obviously didn’t so Hurley told him to shut his trap.

Does that make Hurley classless? I don’t think so. He sees himself as an authority on that court and authority has the right to set boundaries when the line is crossed.

It’s a dominance thing and I’m okay with our head coach being assertive on the court. Our players see that and will take on those traits.

Honestly if an FSU player was mouthing off disrespectfully towards our players I have no problem with Hurley telling the kid to shut up. The kid is at least 18 years old. He should know to have more class than that. He obviously didn’t so Hurley told him to shut his trap.

Does that make Hurley classless? I don’t think so. He sees himself as an authority on that court and authority has the right to set boundaries when the line is crossed.

It’s a dominance thing and I’m okay with our head coach being assertive on the court. Our players see that and will take on those traits.

Was at the game with a clear angle to the back of our bench. Sometime during the first half (i think it was Mann - I could be mistaken), got a and one on what looked like a questionable call. Said player turned, looked directly at Hurley and starting pumping his chest and gesturing.

That crap was going on all game from the FSU players. It was totally warranted.

 

[navery12]

I know right? We need a coach like Jim Calhoun. He'd never get a technical....

(FWIW, Calhoun's T's seemed to be strategic more often than not.)

As was Dan Hurley's, it's not a coincidence his T came at the exact moment the game was out of reach

 

[CL82]

As was Dan Hurley's, it's not a coincidence his T came at the exact moment the game was out of reach

And how do you think it was productive?

 

[Palatine]

Let Hurley be Hurley.

He has gotten to where he is by being exactly what we see on the sideline. He doesn't need to dial it back or calm down or as the Courant said today,"Hurley is the right guy at the right time but, man, maybe he’d be better off at 99 mph every so often."

Wrong, man. That's him. If you want him on the sideline that's what you get. It is a thousand times improvement over our previous coach on bench. It is called passion. And it's a good thing. Peace. Out.

 

[CL82]

Let Hurley be Hurley.

He has gotten to where he is by being exactly what we see on the sideline. He doesn't need to dial it back or calm down or as the Courant said today,"Hurley is the right guy at the right time but, man, maybe he’d be better off at 99 mph every so often."

Wrong, man. That's him. If you want him on the sideline that's what you get. It is a thousand times improvement over our previous coach on bench. It is called passion. And it's a good thing. Peace. Out.

Meh. Jim Calhoun evolved and improved as coach over his career. The good ones always do. So will Hurley. This is his first year at a national program. He'll find the right balance.

 

[navery12]

And how do you think it was productive?

Not productive, saying he seemed to not want to give away points when the game was still up for grabs. To me that's strategic and I'd rather him work the refs with no T up to that point

 

[CL82]

Not productive, saying he seemed to not want to give away points when the game was still up for grabs. To me that's strategic and I'd rather him work the refs with no T up to that point

To be strategic it would have to have a purpose that could impact the game. Without a purpose it is just self-indulgent.

 

[navery12]

To be strategic it would have to have a purpose that could impact the game. Without a purpose it is just self-indulgent.

Can disagree with the effect of the strategy, but if you don't think there's a strategy of being on the verge of a T for the whole game and then it coming the second the game is out of reach we'll agree to disagree

 

[CL82]

Can disagree with the effect of the strategy, but if you don't think there's a strategy of being on the verge of a T for the whole game and then it coming the second the game is out of reach we'll agree to disagree

Words mean things:

strat·e·gy
[ˈstradəjē]

NOUN

1. a plan of action or policy designed to achieve a major or overall aim.

 

[methodology]

I wonder if the OP bet the game? The "T" was difference between a win or a loss, or maybe he's just frustrated with loss by the Huskies and those few seconds were when the final nail was put in the coffin. Jalen's miss sealed the deal, but it was a long-shot even if he made it.

Fewer turnovers and make free throws and we win. Two fixable problems. Even sticking a few open looks last night could have made the difference, there were many chances to fight back, we just fell short. Collectively, this team has to learn how to win, and they will.

Hurley's passion is NOT an issue, I love it. Now I wish he would just start antagonizing the press, that would be awesome.

The line was +9 had no bearing on betting outcome. Unsure about the over/ under

 

[navery12]

Words mean things:

strat·e·gy
[ˈstradəjē]

NOUN

1. a plan of action or policy designed to achieve a major or overall aim.

Agree to disagree, was clearly planned out and again you can disagree with the effect it had but clearly Hurley thinks it had an effect.

 

[husky429]

As was Dan Hurley's, it's not a coincidence his T came at the exact moment the game was out of reach

This is ridiculous. No it wasn't.

I think the tech was a bad look. He'll learn. I've moved on. But this is absurd.

2nd potential game cjanger Jalen has missed in big games, btw. Disappointing.

 

[Rocktheworld]

Unhinged Coach Hurley will be giving us many (viral) memes for years to come. The .gif makers will have endless material

 

[navery12]

This is ridiculous. No it wasn't.

I think the tech was a bad look. He'll learn. I've moved on. But this is absurd.

2nd potential game cjanger Jalen has missed in big games, btw. Disappointing.

It's the 2nd T this season and both have come right after the game was out of reach. For me that's not a coincidence. Also remember the gif after the game where he went crazy after the win with Jalen and then immediately calmed down for a handshake

It's fun and all to paint Hurley as this unhinged lunatic on the sidelines but the reality is that's just not the case

 

[willie99]

The line was +9 had no bearing on betting outcome. Unsure about the over/ under

opened at 9.5, dropped quickly, closed at 7 almost universally. Most of the day was 7.5

 

[tower1]

Have you ever seen Jim Calhoun coach?

I hope he gets a little more control of the guards especially Gilbert he scores allot but he turns the ball over even more. He charges towards the the basket out of control. Too much playground ball going on. Calhoun would of yanked them right out. They seem very undisciplined.

 

[husky429]

It's the 2nd T this season and both have come right after the game was out of reach. For me that's not a coincidence. Also remember the gif after the game where he went crazy after the win with Jalen and then immediately calmed down for a handshake

It's fun and all to paint Hurley as this unhinged lunatic on the sidelines but the reality is that's just not the case

A planned T is one to get your team fired up, or to fix some inequity by the zebras.

What is the point of a T when the game is out of reach? There isn't one. He was pissed they lost and freaked out.

It happens. He'll learn.

 

[methodology]

opened at 9.5, dropped quickly, closed at 7 almost universally. Most of the day was 7.5

I took it early didn't see where it closed

 

[AZHuskiePop]

UConn cuts it to 74 -69, t kills any possible comeback but Jalen HAS to make the easy lay in to get within 3...then Danny never gets the T.

As I pointed before JA blew through their D like they were chairs. The FSU guy has to go over his back for the block. 90%of the time that’s a made basket and foul . You could see the concern on FSU as we had them rattled . I think Hurley’s T was moot after the block but he still has to figure a way to get Ref’s to protect JA Maybe getting T’d a few times will help. He could be getting 25 a game if he got the calls Kemba and Bazz got.

 

[JamesinGR]

He acts like a barroom bully deep into a beer drunk. Grow the hell up.

Exactly. Bush league behavior. Love what he is doing overall, but c’mon.

 

[navery12]

A planned T is one to get your team fired up, or to fix some inequity by the zebras.

What is the point of a T when the game is out of reach? There isn't one. He was pissed they lost and freaked out.

It happens. He'll learn.

The same reason why you work the refs all game, for the hope of a future call. Is it more effective than getting a T mid-game, probably not but who knows.

Maybe I'm in the minority in that it just doesn't bother me, especially when he explicitly laid out that this is what he was going to do this season.

 

[willie99]

I took it early didn't see where it closed

When I first looked it was 8, I placed it at 7.5 and it continued to drop

Wish I took the 8

 

[intlzncster]

I can't imagine something to be less worried about right now. Seriously lmao here.

where's wtmd when you need him?

 

[Husker Husky]

Tech question. I was only able to watch the start of the game, and left during the dumpster fire that started when the FSU player bobbled the ball off the ref and got it back. Hurley was apoplectic. So, I have 2 questions:

1) Since they never showed the replay (too much other idiocy was going on), was the ref out of bounds (or on the line) when the ball hit him.
2) If he was, shouldn't that have been called a turnover?

 

[husky429]

The same reason why you work the refs all game, for the hope of a future call. Is it more effective than getting a T mid-game, probably not but who knows.

Maybe I'm in the minority in that it just doesn't bother me, especially when he explicitly laid out that this is what he was going to do this season.

A future call? The game was over, dude. He lost his cool. I don't see how you can rationally think anything but that.

 

[navery12]

A future call? The game was over, dude. He lost his cool. I don't see how you can rationally think anything but that.

My point has been I'm glad he did that when the game was out of hand and not mid-game. Seems pretty rational.

And yes, future call. The same reason you criticize the refs post game in a press conference, which Hurley also did. It's a 30+ game season