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Hurley coaching malpractice

HuskyFich said:
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.
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Cole went 1/2 in a very clutch moment late in the game. No it wasn’t 0/2 like before but he’s a PG. He HAS to be better at free throws. Wasn’t just Martin.
 
DaveHuskiesFan said:
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.
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They don't all need to be covered on the 3 point line, and he can always go with a zone, which pretty much shuts down a 5 out unless the team is Villanova.
 
superjohn said:
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.
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Hurley took him out so that Brendan Adams could continue his obligatory minutes...
 
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superjohn said:
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 coa. Suckedch and that's how you could possibly lose a great young player.
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Did not know game time was switched. Watched last two mins on Hulu phone app. Suckage all the way around.
 
Before the season I thought too much depth would be an issue. I legitimately didn’t know how guys were going to get minutes with all the talent we have. Watching that game, I didn’t even know who I wanted to take the last shot that’s how thin we are on offense. I would go Bouk number 1 obviously, but there still isn’t a good second option. Guard play was absolutely atrocious. I am counting the days until we get Rahsool/Hawkins here.
 
Anyone have the time and score of the game when he took Sanogo out? Was it with 12:46 left and UConn up 8?
 
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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.
 
HuskyFich said:
I mean Adams played really well today. Made good passes, great D. And no forced shots.

I get your point, but he wasn’t a problem today
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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.
 
superjohn said:
Anyone have the time and score of the game when he took Sanogo out? Was it with 12:46 left and UConn up 8?
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Going into this game Hurley had us 7-1 ranked 23rd in the nation while winning the last four games without his lottery pick and you all are this miserable. It happens, conference play isn’t a walk in the park. We have posters referencing Kevin freaking Ollie. Sometimes we don’t deserve the success we get. Cut these guys some slack. What they’ve been doing without Bouk has been nothing short of spectacular. They deserve a pass for this one. Stop the whining and overreacting, move on and get behind these guys who have have a nothing but happy moments so far this year. Get a grip
 
That corner 3 he drew up to get Martin open was pretty nice tho. At the end of the day we didn’t make our free throws when it counted. Not much coach could do about that. I’m thinking coach wanted his better free throw shooters on the floor because St. John’s was fouling us so much. And he wanted better ball handlers on the floor because of the pressure.
 
Forte said:
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.
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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
 
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 SJ 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.
 
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.
 
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We should not have lost this one, but we should not have won at MQ. Let's call it a wash.
 
OkaForPrez said:
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.
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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.
 
McLovin said:
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.
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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.
 
Hi-Low said:
No reason not to play Sanogo, he can actually make the occasional shot around the basket unlike most of the team.
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True. But you are trading one strength for multiple weaknesses.
 
BigErnMcCracken said:
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.
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No setting high expectations for this team and being upset when they lose.

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