Hurley coaching malpractice

[HuskyFich]

He's not the problem sure.... but he's also not the solution. He is a space filler. We need contributors on the court even if they struggle.

Please tell me.
Who is the solution?
With gaffney on the bench w/ 4 fouls..
Who’s dribbling besides Cole?
Martin? Polley? Sanogo?

come on man. Try and think with your brain

 

[CardiacAndre7]

Adams is fine. He’s certainly more with it that Gaff. And at least he attempts to score, Gaff is literally just a babysitter for the ball.

Also for those saying Sanogo couldn’t play because Samson Johnson was playing small-ball, that’s ridiculous. You punish them for playing small ball by banging it down low, who would stop him? And with him in at least SOMEONE would’ve been in the paint to attempt to stop Posh from dominating Cole.

 

[XLCenterFan]

Sanogo not being subbed back in was inexcusable, but I'm not sure how anyone could have watched that game and come away with blaming RJ Cole

Cole made me eat my words today...minus the final few minutes he played well.

 

[Hi-Low]

No reason not to play Sanogo, he can actually make the occasional shot around the basket unlike most of the team.

Just a terrible loss but it showed how far away we are talent wise. I like these guys but still need a major upgrade at guard.

 

[superjohn]

49-41 at 12:46 yes.

Unreal, he needs to own that loss and apologize to Sanogo.

 

[XLCenterFan]

We should not have lost this one, but we should not have won at MQ. Let's call it a wash.

 

[back2BE4us]

Hurley coaches for defense. St. John’s played us small and spread us out 5 outside the three point line. They used that to their advantage to take us off the dribble with no help inside. That’s why Sanogo can’t be on the floor because as good as he flashed he can’t defend that way on the perimeter. You couldn’t exploit us like that if we had bouk’s scoring.

Hurley’s post time out sets down the stretch (Adams turn down ball screen to find Martin on the skip pass and the draw up for Polley and Martins two man game in the corner) were both effective.

Many of you don’t know what you’re watching.

And that’s fine but an O for D sub to get Sanogo in to get more interior work needed to happen to close out. Relying on just Martin to penetrate and Polley to hit 3s (which he wasn’t) just didn’t work and he had to have Sanogo in there in an offense for defense sub rotation if he’s worried about Sanogo rotating on defense to cover the perimeter.

 

[Huskymagic]

The way Hurley coaches, it seems like they come up with a script prior to the game and stick to it no matter what. It seems like they have a set amount of minutes scripted for each player. Guy goes on a scoring run and then rides the pine the rest of the game. Just terribly frustrating to watch.

if a bunch of random people on a fan forum can see the problem, I don’t know how he hasn’t figured it out yet.

You said it perfectly. He is too scripted and robotic and isn't able to adjust when the team and him get punched in the mouth.

Yes you have a plan, but you have to adjust to what's happening and who is playing well.

PS: Brutal coaching. Our bigs are the strength of the team and we barely play them espcially in a game we were getting bullied on the glass and scoring in the paint.

 

[UConn_Top_Dog]

No reason not to play Sanogo, he can actually make the occasional shot around the basket unlike most of the team.

True. But you are trading one strength for multiple weaknesses.

 

[Bonk]

That's sort of my overarching takeaway from today. Rough loss to a trash team but holy duck the whining from this fanbase is absolutely insufferable.

No setting high expectations for this team and being upset when they lose.

Being content with mediocrity is what UConn hoops is all about.

 

[sdglast]

I certainly had issues with Sanogo not returning to the game, but UConn got flat out beaten on the defensive end of the floor. Cole could not keep his man in front of him and repeatedly got taken to the rack for either a layup, free throws, or a kickout for an open 3. Offensively, far too many missed layups--I counted at least 5 that easily could have been made. While I agree that free throw shooting is a huge issue right now (Martin has too nice of a stroke to be a 60% free throw shooter), missed layups are killing this team.

 

[UConnDad]

Cole shouldn’t be within 100 feet of the court in a close game. Get the ball out of his hands...

And what was that Polley 3?

Problem is Cole has no replacement.

 

[Husky1972]

Anyone have the time and score of the game when he took Sanogo out? Was it with 12:46 left and UConn up 8?

I think he took him out right after I said "great adjustment, feed Sanogo for jump hooks and layups, while having him protect the rim at the other end." I think it was right after that.

 

[OkaForPrez]

And that’s fine but an O for D sub to get Sanogo in to get more interior work needed to happen to close out. Relying on just Martin to penetrate and Polley to hit 3s (which he wasn’t) just didn’t work and he had to have Sanogo in there in an offense for defense sub rotation if he’s worried about Sanogo rotating on defense to cover the perimeter.

Whaley was scoring inside too.

 

[UConnDad]

That's sort of my overarching takeaway from today. Rough loss to a trash team but holy duck the whining from this fanbase is absolutely insufferable.

But we waited all week and would have preferred to not have to whine!

 

[superjohn]

That's sort of my overarching takeaway from today. Rough loss to a trash team but holy duck the whining from this fanbase is absolutely insufferable.

It's not whining, it's pointing out flat out negligence by the coach. The whole point of the message board is to observe and discuss the games.

 

[navery12]

The issue really comes down to defense, we had no answer to stop anyone. Sanogo 100% should have been in the game, but it's not like the offense struggled. Whaley was getting the same good looks inside

 

[Kenny11]

St John’s played 5 shooters. 4 guards and 1 SF.

They played 5 out the last 8 minutes of the game, meaning all 5 players outside the three point line.

That’s why you saw no help defense, because all 5 were shooters and had to be guarded at the 3 point line.

Whaley is our fastest recoverer on help D, if he couldn’t get there you think Sanogo could? Imagine Sanogo trying to guard a driver from the 3pt line? If Polley is getting blown by, you think Sanogo won’t?

If you go 2-3 Zone and park Sanogo in the middle youre daring a team shooting 50% from three in the game to make threes.

Obviously there’s an edge on the offensive end, but not nearly enough to warrant playing him. You get touch around the rim but lose a ball handler.

There were available minutes in the second half for Sanogo. At the end of the game I understand going with Whaley and 4 wings/guards but Sanogo was left out for way too long. Uconn won the first half and Whaley, akok, Carlton and Sanogo all played.

 

[sdglast]

Also, Polley is what he is. He is a catch and shoot 3 point shooter that needs to be square to the basket to make shots. St. Johns defended him perfectly. The forced him to put it on the floor without the ability to pump fake (which he can't do), and he was unable to ever get around his man. Polley and Adams are like utlity baseball players, you start giving them tons of at-bats with starters gone, and you see the warts. If Bouknight is here, those 2 aren't nearly playing the minutes they are. Hurley has to keep it together until James returns. With that being said, it was discouraging to see them give up drive after drive playing man. I would love to have seen some zone worked in, if nothing else, to give St. John's a different look. St. Johns get easy basket after easy basket with no pushback from UConn at all defensively.

 

[AntG168]

It's not whining, it's pointing out flat out negligence by the coach. The whole point of the message board is to observe and discuss the games.

Maybe you aren’t whining. But there is indeed some whining going on.

 

[back2BE4us]

Problem is Cole has no replacement.

Should have edited it. Ball in hands for setup and tempo, but in a situation for scoring/getting to the line in close-out situations he has to be avoided or at least a 3rd/4th option for now. But yea, he definitely needs to have it in his hands to run the offense.

 

[Forte]

Please tell me.
Who is the solution?
With gaffney on the bench w/ 4 fouls..
Who’s dribbling besides Cole?
Martin? Polley? Sanogo?

come on man. Try and think with your brain

Sure Sanogo for one... Akok for another... how about Carlton. You don't have to go small.. you can go big and run one guard. Nice try though.

 

[AntG168]

Just for a read of the room. You all thought we were that much “better” than St. John’s without Bouk?

 

[deedougie]

St John’s played 5 shooters. 4 guards and 1 SF.

They played 5 out the last 8 minutes of the game, meaning all 5 players outside the three point line.

That’s why you saw no help defense, because all 5 were shooters and had to be guarded at the 3 point line.

Whaley is our fastest recoverer on help D, if he couldn’t get there you think Sanogo could? Imagine Sanogo trying to guard a driver from the 3pt line? If Polley is getting blown by, you think Sanogo won’t?

If you go 2-3 Zone and park Sanogo in the middle youre daring a team shooting 50% from three in the game to make threes.

Obviously there’s an edge on the offensive end, but not nearly enough to warrant playing him. You get touch around the rim but lose a ball handler.

True, but with Sanogo in there getting easy buckets maybe St. John's would've had to adjust. UConn had a huge height advantage in this game and they should've taken advantage of it. In other words Hurley was out coached.

 

[Okafour rings]

St John's shot 49.0% from the field - that is awful defense. This is the type of game that a healthy Akok would've won for us with his defense. He would've had 4-5 blocks and caused St John's to abandon the drives to the basket. Not sure why he played so little.