Hurley coaching malpractice

[back2BE4us]

Whaley was scoring inside too.

Yeah that’s a fine option, as well. But there is no denying, in this specific game, that Sanogo was causing some havoc underneath for them. That has to be incorporated at least somewhat in that situation. Hurley reverted back to his comfort 5 players but you have to be water and adapt game to game and Sanogo earned those close-out minutes...IMO

 

[tcf15]

Ooph, bad explanation here:

 

[HuskyFich]

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.

They had 5 ball handlers on the floor!

I’m not defending Hurley allowing St Johns to dictate our lineups, that’s JV level crap.

but, their guards were killing our guards... so they would have prob run our bigs outta the gym

 

[husky429]

Ooph, bad explanation here:

And of we went big, what would they do? C'mon coach. This is coaching 101 and you blew it

 

[rollskies]

Ooph, bad explanation here:

you couldn’t play your best player cause Mike Anderson didn’t let you. I will stand by Hurley but this is horrible

 

[Chin Diesel]

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

Absolutely.

 

[UCbcm]

General observation: Cole and Gaffney are constantly starting our offensive sets dribbling with their backs to the basket. Good ball handlers face the basket on offense. Cole has no right hand and Gaffney needs confidence.

 

[SportsFan88]

You all are insufferable

The reactions are truly amazing ??

 

[superjohn]

And of we went big, what would they do? C'mon coach. This is coaching 101 and you blew it

We got away with it last game because DePaul is really bad but we completely went away from feeding the post in that second half.

 

[Mooch82]

And of we went big, what would they do? C'mon coach. This is coaching 101 and you blew it

Yeah...bad explanation. Once we took Sanogo out, they could afford to go small, but if we put him back in he would've killed them if they stayed small. Can't let the other coach dictate what you do.

 

[Forte]

Ooph, bad explanation here:

Maybe Hurley has been recruiting too big too slow. Looking at past programs we've had the most success with guard heavy programs. I'm looking at the roster and it looks like we have 3 centers on the roster with a 4th coming in

General observation: Cole and Gaffney are constantly starting our offensive sets dribbling with their backs to the basket. Good ball handlers face the basket on offense. Cole has no right hand and Gaffney needs confidence.

Hurley needs to recruit more ball handling guards. Its part of UConn's DNA. This has to be one of our worst teams in decades with regard to true ball handlers. Feels like Hurley is stocking the team up to be big and slow.

 

[NEforceUConn]

momma said there'd be days like this

Dan may have to borrow a Geno line "Some of our players can't guard a chair."

 

[Hi-Low]

St. John's is a bad defensive team except when they play UConn. Inside to Sanogo was one of the few things working for us today and we gave up on it. Sometimes you sacrifice a little D especially when you're D isn't doing much. Would love to replay those last 5 minutes with Sanogo, I'm guessing Hurley might agree.

 

[Chin Diesel]

General observation: Cole and Gaffney are constantly starting our offensive sets dribbling with their backs to the basket. Good ball handlers face the basket on offense. Cole has no right hand and Gaffney needs confidence.

Each of the last three games Gaff has had exactly one drive to the hoop where you know that is something he can do regularly. But he doesn't do it again.

 

[TheChamps990411]

I really, really like Coach Hurley but the more i see the more i get worried about his in game coaching especially late.

 

[Bonk]

General observation: Cole and Gaffney are constantly starting our offensive sets dribbling with their backs to the basket. Good ball handlers face the basket on offense. Cole has no right hand and Gaffney needs confidence.

Cole is so much better off the ball. Really ineffective creating for others and creating his own shot, he's a solid catch and shoot guy though.

Gaffney needs more playing time imo. Let him make mistakes. He's showed us flashes of great play like in the Houston win last year. Would also not mind seeing Adams as a primary ball handler in some sets. None of those 3 guys are effective "true Point guards", so just because Cole is the best ball handler of the 3 doesn't mean he has to be dribbling for 15 seconds every possession

 

[navery12]

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

I think without Bouknight we're a middle of the pack Big East team (think 6th-8th) so a 4 point loss seems like a perfectly normal result

 

[Husky1972]

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

Not at all. St. John's looks like they are a team putting something together as the season goes along. Their guards are much better than what we had out there (Posh obviously). But they have limited size, which is why when we tried to take advantage of it with Sanogo, we started to dominate......then we played down to their size.

 

[Huskymagic]

Ooph, bad explanation here:

Just a stupid explanation. They were playing small the entire game not just in the second half. Even though they played small Sanogo had a very good game when he played.

In addition, the implication is that Sanogo isn't good enough to match up and defend them. Not true.

We should have went big with Sanogo and Carlton

 

[UConnDad]

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

After we watched the game?

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Hurley has blown both losses because he went with small lineups at the end of the game.

If Hurley wants to chase off every 6'7+ recruit, keep playing backup guards at crunch time instead of starting centers.

 

[Husky1972]

Just a stupid explanation. They were playing small the entire game not just in the second half. Even though they played small Sanogo had a very good game when he played.

In addition, the implication is that Sanogo isn't good enough to match up and defend them. Not true.

We should have went big with Sanogo and Carlton

Plus, I was watching the foul situation and St. John's had either just reached the limit or gone over it when Sanogo went out. We were in the Bonus+ with over 5 minutes left. Perfect situation for feeding a big in the paint.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Plus, I was watching the foul situation and St. John's had either just reached the limit or gone over it when Sanogo went out. We were in the Bonus+ with over 5 minutes left. Perfect situation for feeding a big in the paint.

There is no reason not to have 2 of Carlton, Whaley and Sanogo on the court almost the whole game. It helps us as much on D as on O.

 

[auror]

Hurley has blown both losses because he went with small lineups at the end of the game.

If Hurley wants to chase off every 6'7+ recruit, keep playing backup guards at crunch time instead of starting centers.

He played 2 guards, 2 forwards, and a center. We had 3 players over 6'6" over the final stretch. It was not a small lineup. It was a normal lineup. Our athletes allowed us to play a normal sized lineup against their small ball lineup, and we should have been able to guard them. We had 4 guys who have been plus defenders on the season on the court (Cole, Adams, Martin, and Whaley), but St. John's scored 1.35 points per possession during the stretch.

Cole got burned by Posh, and they literally hit all their 3's in the last 12 minutes, and we fouled too much and they went 11/14 from the FT line while we went 9/15 (along with going 1/6 from 3 in that stretch ourselves).

 

[djct1999]

I can’t believe Hurley missed all those free throws, offered no help side defense. and heaved an unnecessary three pointer with time still left in the clock. This wasn’t on the coach. It was poor execution. This loss was a long time coming after a few overachieving performances and hopefully serves as a wake up call.

Oh yeah, and we need our future lottery pick back.