Reply to thread

Message: [QUOTE="CL82, post: 4142649, member: 44"] Well first, I’m not bashing Hurley (and neither are you), though I have some questions regarding his game management. You asked who could we have gotten out of the portal who would’ve helped us. Off the top of my head Richmond is one. Did he have a clear path to starting? Well, yeah, the same path everyone has the starting, be the best player. If I were pitching it, I would pitch it exactly the way I explained it. Look, we expect you to get a significant amount of minutes at point. Don’t worry about Cole being ahead of you, because if you are as good as I think you are, we will move him to the two and you’ll get the majority of the minutes at the one. Seton Hall dramatically improved themselves via the portal, with the additions of Richmond and Yetna. And, to be honest, I’d like to think that it should be rare that we lose a player to Seton Hall. No disrespect to them, but we are a land grant university with far better facilities and brand recognition. Both of them would have helped us, though Yetna had a harder path to playing time. The notion that we didn’t get them and thus we couldn’t have got them is circular reasoning. Clearly, Curley wasn’t too happy with the effort we made in the portal and it resulted in a change of staff. That said, I am not one of those who are piling on early because of one loss. I do, however, think that, in year four, criticism of his game management, especially at the end of games, is fair. [/QUOTE]

Verification: First name of men's bb coach