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[QUOTE="JohnFSilver, post: 3839434, member: 1618"]
I find those asking Hurley to do something different off base. At end of day, timeouts don’t do crap. These games are uneven. There is some weird belief that coaches at this level are chess grandmasters and that coaching in game can mask deficiencies. It can’t. In game coaching can do more harm than good. Let your talent play.

This is The Bob Knight problem with how we look at coaches. Bob Knight made it seem like his coaching turned every game from a loss into a win by his sheer desire. You can’t manage a game possession by possession. Any coach who tries fails.

One of the most annoying story lines whenever UConn used to lose is people say it was about heart, leadership, wanting it more. At the end of the day, it was about skill, ability and execution.

Calhoun kicked the asses of all-time greats before, and had his lunch handed to him by Fred Hoiberg in his last game (that team went sideways Calhoun. Should have been a title contender).

hurley can recruit, runs good offense, gets team to play hard. A timeout here or there? If that’s the difference between winning and losing you aren’t that good anyway.
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