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Hurley Costs Us Another Game. Will the reporters ask some tough questions?

A lot of the 1st half was due to rust. Hurley solved the Gaffney, Jackson dilemma in the 2nd half, no one knew they would play this well when the game started. Jackson (I hope) will start taking extensive Adams minutes.

My only question of Hurley is 'why allow Martin to play so passive offensively?'. It frustrates me seeing him defer his talent every possession. He's Bouk's replacement not anyone else.
 
Ts5034 said:
Stop! This loss is not on Hurley, or anybody else on the coaching staff. We had not played in 10 days, and we still don't have Bouknight. That's why we lost.
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And Seton Hall hit everything. Our defense wasn't good enough, but a team shooting well over their averages from everywhere, including a few prayers, isn't on the coaches.
 
UConnSwag11 said:
lol ok.

This isn't a one-time thing. Every game he does this
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This and with Top recruits now how much longer can we use the excuse "well this is a top (insert ranking for a conference or AP poll here team)." Have we seriously reached a point where we accept losing because a team is ranked or not at the bottom of a conference? Talk about setting the bar low and being happy when its almost reached.
 
Don’t know why people are putting a lot of stock into this game. We score 70+ without James, lose to a top 4 team in conference when they have a season best 3pt shooting night, we get our best player back, and our supporting cast is playing well. Of our next 4 games we have 2 Q2 games and 2 Q1 games. I think they’re all winnable.
 
ucawn said:
Don’t know why people are putting a lot of stock into this game. We score 70+ without James, lose to a top 4 team in conference when they have a season best 3pt shooting night, we get our best player back, and our supporting cast is playing well. Of our next 4 games we have 2 Q2 games and 2 Q1 games. I think they’re all winnable.
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We were down 18 and they did nothing to stop it or slow the bleeding. It's always like this against decent to good teams
 
navery12 said:
If the idea is you want Hurley to realize his mistake, he did. By playing Gaffney over Adams in the 2nd half
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He needs to realize sooner. That’s what good coaches do. Adams was giving him NOTHING (as usual) and we were digging ourselves a hole. It’s a pattern. React faster.

you do know the definition of insanity right?? Hurley is insane when it comes to Adams. It needs to stop.
 
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I do t blame Hurley, and maybe I missed something, but when we were down by 6 or so with about 1 minute left, why wasn’t Polley in? That confused me because he’s really the only guy on the team who could hit 3”a really quickly from anywhere
 
We gave up 80 points without our best scorer in Bouk. Not exactly a winning formula. Normally 73 is enough for us to win with the D we usually play. Just couldn't get any key stops under 10 minutes. Seton Hall just scores the ball much easier than us. Have more consistent options.
 
uconngb said:
He needs to realize sooner. That’s what good coaches do. Adams was giving him NOTHING (as usual) and we were digging ourselves a hole. It’s a pattern. React faster.

you do know the definition of insanity right?? Hurley is insane when it comes to Adams. It needs to stop.
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100% agree. Unless he proves otherwise Adams is a waste of opportunity on the court. Hurley plays the same crappy line ups that go on 10 minute scoring droughts with out calling time outs and then people give him the "well he doesnt have Bouk" card. Others will say ... well we don't have another ball handler...excuses all over the place
 
uconngb said:
He needs to realize sooner. That’s what good coaches do. Adams was giving him NOTHING (as usual) and we were digging ourselves a hole. It’s a pattern. React faster.

you do know the definition of insanity right?? Hurley is insane when it comes to Adams. It needs to stop.
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Yes, I agree he needs to stop playing Adams and I wish he realized 10 games ago. My point is he did finally realize in the 2nd half today so the question seems pointless
 
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JustbrewitMan said:
give me the deets. What Adjustments had to be made? Having maintenance loose in the rims up a little bit so we could get better bounces?
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You can't be serious? Even the announcers were calling for a time out for multiple possessions at at a loss to explain why there wasn't. You're kids need to regroup and maybe personnel needs to change. You don't think you should call time outs to stop the other team's momentum?
 
uconnever said:
I do t blame Hurley, and maybe I missed something, but when we were down by 6 or so with about 1 minute left, why wasn’t Polley in? That confused me because he’s really the only guy on the team who could hit 3”a really quickly from anywhere
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if it were that easy for polley, he'd be scoring a lot more than the handful of points he's had since the marquette game
 
Kitaman said:
A lot of the 1st half was due to rust. Hurley solved the Gaffney, Jackson dilemma in the 2nd half, no one knew they would play this well when the game started. Jackson (I hope) will start taking extensive Adams minutes.

My only question of Hurley is 'why allow Martin to play so passive offensively?'. It frustrates me seeing him defer his talent every possession. He's Bouk's replacement not anyone else.
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But Adams has a track record doesn’t he?? He’s put up a bunch of clunkers this year. Start him if you want, but be ready w the hook. You just made everyone’s point. He doesn’t know how anyone is gonna play on any given night. If it ain’t working and you fall behind quickly, you change it up.....you don’t just sit there and take it!!!! That’s what a deer in the headlights does. And the deer usually winds up dead.
 
uconngb said:
But Adams has a track record doesn’t he?? He’s put up a bunch of clunkers this year. Start him if you want, but be ready w the hook. You just made everyone’s point. He doesn’t know how anyone is gonna play on any given night. If it ain’t working and you fall behind quickly, you change it up.....you don’t just sit there and take it!!!! That’s what a deer in the headlights does. And the deer usually winds up dead.
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I expect Adams to have lost his starting position today, partly because of Jackson and the other part is were losing with him starting.
 
Letsgohuskies11 said:
if it were that easy for polley, he'd be scoring a lot more than the handful of points he's had since the marquette game
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It hasn’t been easy for him and he had a bad game today, but he still can hit a 3 at any moment, down six with under a minute left for our team, he should be in there for NOT MATTER WHAT!
 
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navery12 said:
Yes, I agree he needs to stop playing Adams and I wish he realized 10 games ago. My point is he did finally realize in the 2nd half today so the question seems pointless
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Wanna bet Adams starts again next game?? Then it won’t be pointless. And it’s not pointless today cuz it cost us the game.
 
ucawn said:
Polley is not the answer. Nor was he the answer this game. He requires so much screen help to get him open looks and his defense is pretty bad.
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Teams are draping themselves over him. They know if they faceguard him and bump him he's ineffective. It's tough right now to get him the ball
 
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Hans Sprungfeld said:
With 6 of the first 18 posts in a thread you started, you might be under stress that caused you to write 100%, and then add something.

Maybe a timeout is in order for you to regroup.
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This is the boneyard, right?
 
We began the game like a team who has not played in 10 days. Nothing a time out could have done about that.
 
navery12 said:
Yes, I agree he needs to stop playing Adams and I wish he realized 10 games ago. My point is he did finally realize in the 2nd half today so the question seems pointless
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It's not even so much Adams as Hurley gets us down by so much and does nothing to fix it. Not even taking timeouts. e
 
Hans Sprungfeld said:
With 6 of the first 18 posts in a thread you started, you might be under stress that caused you to write 100%, and then add something.

Maybe a timeout is in order for you to regroup.
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That's a much lower ratio than usual, typically it's 6 of the first 6
 
We need to stop making excuses or we will be a mediocre BiG East team for the future. Hurleys coaching has been and continues to be an issue. Yes he has improved recruiting, but not much else has improved.
 
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