Hurley coaching malpractice

[superjohn]

What the hell was that? Some of the worst in game coaching you'll see. Sanogo was the best player on both sides of the court. He took him out for what we thought was a 2 minute breather and he never sees the court again. The entire offense was being run through Sanogo. Loss is 100% on coach and that's how you could possibly lose a great young player.

 

[JMick]

game was embarrassing. hurley was more worried about yelling at the refs in the last few minutes than he was about getting us composed to play winning basketball.

 

[Kenny11]

It makes no sense unless Sanogo was hurt or had the runs.

 

[UconnU]

There’s no way we lose this game if we continued feeding Sanogo. They couldn’t stop him, even with a double.

 

[Kitaman]

Polley and Adams played too long also.

 

[aburks41]

I have never been more angry over a loss in my life. Hurley needs to publicly apologize for that BS.

 

[Fantana]

That is not even a mediocre at John’s team. Terrible loss....gonna take a long time for this team to be ranked again.

 

[husky429]

Like I said in the other thread. Kids are kids--they will miss FTs and layups. Turn the ball over, or shoot early in the clock. They have their limitations. We can't change that.

As a fanbase, we need to expect a much better coaching performance from someone making MILLIONS per year. Taking Sanogo out and not putting him back in is the single reason why we lost this game. Everything else is secondary.

 

[LIuconn]

Hot sauce hangover?

 

[8893]

That is not even a mediocre at John’s team. Terrible loss....gonna take a long time for this team to be ranked again.

They’re tough though. Great swagger.

 

[HuskyFich]

Was there even a substitution post under-8?

Literally the only thing I can think of is the gaffney turnover/foul

 

[back2BE4us]

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?

 

[UCDaveD]

Hurley does a ton of things really really well. I’m not sure that in-game coaching is one of his strengths yet.

 

[Huskyforlife]

I'd say the defense is why we lost, but Sanogo not being put back in was indefensible.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

It’s been obvious he’s not a good in game coach. He yells at the refs and hypes players up but has no clue how to make adjustments. And then takes out the hottest player on the court. He’s just failed so many tests this season when the game is close. Also, maybe teach these kids how to make a layup or a free throw please.

 

[billybud]

There’s no way we lose this game if we continued feeding Sanogo. They couldn’t stop him, even with a double.

You sound like Matt...

https://twitter.com/MattEhalt

 

[HuskyFich]

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

This a burner?
who else was handling the ball through that press? And yeah gaffney, sure...with 4 fouls, 3 in the first half and at least 2 dribbling mishaps.

try a new trick.

 

[Rico444]

St. John's went small, so I get his thinking, but at some point when you go small to match them and still can't play any defense, you bring in your bigs and go zone. Just terrible coaching

 

[storrsroars]

They’re tough though. Great swagger.

Posh is their KEA.

 

[billybud]

Matt Ehalt...

Hurley's decisions were quite odd. Sanogo was so good, but he pulled him down the stretch.

Again, they need a second scorer. That's the one area Hurley has struggled with recruiting.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

There is no way Adams should be on the court at crunch time over Sanogo or Carlton.

 

[McLovin]

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.

 

[Bonk]

Like I said in the other thread. Kids are kids--they will miss FTs and layups. Turn the ball over, or shoot early in the clock. They have their limitations. We can't change that.

As a fanbase, we need to expect a much better coaching performance from someone making MILLIONS per year. Taking Sanogo out and not putting him back in is the single reason why we lost this game. Everything else is secondary.

There are literally 0 excuses for missing back to back free throws, we absolutely can change that. Asking your point guard to be 2 for 2 from the line or your forward to hit at least 1 of 2 is one of the most reasonable demands a good cultured program can ask for

 

[DaveHuskiesFan]

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.

 

[UconnFanDC]

SJ lose one of the best players in first half and we still couldn't pull it out. Smgdh

 

[Lucelab113]

Hurley does a ton of things really really well. I’m not sure that in-game coaching is one of his strengths yet.

Eh he has recruited on awful lot of limited flawed players. For every Bouk there's a rather flawed piece who can't do basic winning stuff like hit a free throw or make a lay up. Hurley is VERY hit and miss right now.

 

[back2BE4us]

This a burner?
who else was handling the ball through that press? And yeah gaffney, sure...with 4 fouls, 3 in the first half and at least 2 dribbling mishaps.

try a new trick.

Handling the ball, fine, but putting it in his hands to get to the line? How’s that worked out? Pretty obvious he’s in his own head at that line.

 

[Hi-Low]

The problem is we don't have many crunch time players besides Bouk. Maybe Sanogo is, so why he didn't play is beyond me....only guy on the court at the end I trusted was Whaley, everyone else was lost or afraid.

 

[HuskyFich]

Handling the ball, fine, but putting it in his hands to get to the line? How’s that worked out? Pretty obvious he’s in his own head at that line.

I mean it was Martin who missed the FTs today. Yeah, sure FTs are a problem overall. But who else is “creating a shot” for themselves.

cole is the only answer, unfortunately.

 

[KingAG]

You all are insufferable