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Hurley for BE COY?

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I haven't heard anyone talk about this. Took a team that hasn't made the tournament since 2016, stepped up in weight class in league, and finished 3rd in the league without his best player (and the best player in the league) for 8 out of their 21 games. Thoughts?
 
BFieldHusky said:
I haven't heard anyone talk about this. Took a team that hasn't made the tournament since 2016, stepped up in weight class in league, and finished 3rd in the league without his best player (and the best player in the league) for 8 out of their 21 games. Thoughts?
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I would say yes, absolutely. It probably goes to Wright (again) though.
 
It’s hilarious how polarizing our fan base is. We lose a game and it’s “Hurleys game management is terrible, he makes no adjustments”, now we win 4 of 5 games and lock up the 3 seed and he’s coach of the year. To be fair, I in no way ever shared the first opinion, I’ve always thought he was a great coach, but the irony has to be called out.
 
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BY cracks me up - one week you come here and the discussion is all about how Hurley can build a program and recruit but can't coach. The next week he should be BE COY. By next week he should be fired I'm sure.
 
I would doubt they'd give it to the newcomers in the conference. Maybe co-coaches like in 2016 when Wright and Willard won it.
 
Platt81 said:
It’s hilarious how polarizing our fan base is. We lose a game and it’s “Hurleys game management is terrible, he makes no adjustments”, now we win 4 of 5 games and lock up the 3 seed and he’s coach of the year. To be fair, I in no way ever shared the first opinion, I’ve always thought he was a great coach, but the irony has to be called out.
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Haha we posted at the same time.
 
Hurley is as deserving as anyone and would have my vote, but it will likely be Wright. I could see Anderson getting more props next year. SJU isnt quite good enough yet
 
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Dream Jobbed 2.0 said:
He was the favorite but they have fallen off a cliff
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I still like his chances. Started out 1-5 and and still has a chance to finish 5th I believe.

The issue I see with Hurley is that there are two good teams in the league other than UConn (Villanova and Creighton). Hurley is 0-3 there. Then the bubble/NIT teams (SHU, Xavier, Providence, St. John’s) he is 3-3, with the loss vs St. John’s squarely on him. Undefeated vs the garbage of the conference. He’s had to deal with a lot of adversity but still, I don’t think 3-6 vs competent teams in the league does it for him.
 
Platt81 said:
It’s hilarious how polarizing our fan base is. We lose a game and it’s “Hurleys game management is terrible, he makes no adjustments”, now we win 4 of 5 games and lock up the 3 seed and he’s coach of the year. To be fair, I in no way ever shared the first opinion, I’ve always thought he was a great coach, but the irony has to be called out.
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Or maybe the games we're winning we make adjustments and manage the game better? Not true for every game, but it was yesterday.
 
3 man race: Wright, Hurley, Anderson

Who shouldn't win it: Anderson (sorry, but a .500 record isn't worthy)
Who should win it: Hurley (top 3 in a new conference despite injuries/adversity)
Who will win it: Wright (1st place team's coach has won COY in 6 of the past 8 seasons)
 
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husky429 said:
I would say yes, absolutely. It probably goes to Wright (again) though.
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I feel like coach of the year usually goes to someone who exceeded expectations. Calhoun won COY only 4/10 times UConn won the Big East. His first 2 COY honors they started the season unranked and won the BE and in 1994 they finished 17-1 in conference play.

Villanova was expected to win the conference, and at 11-3 hasn't done it in a dominating fashion that would warrant COY honors for Wright. Plus, he was too scared to schedule a make-up game against us.
 
Not sure what the biggest considerations are. I can see different arguments for Wright or Hurley.

Hurley did more with less.

Wright runs an elite level program and pretty much ticks all the boxes for building and coaching a program. And won the league again despite COVID stoppages to his team.

All things considered, Wright should probably win. But Hurley deserves to be right in the conversation.
 
On a lighter note--I'm thinking Dan Hurley/staff will continue to rock those red pullovers until they lose again!!

Not sayin' he's superstitious or anything..
 
quacktalker said:
Hurley is as deserving as anyone and would have my vote, but it will likely be Wright. I could see Anderson getting more props next year. SJU isnt quite good enough yet
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Why should Wright get it? He’s got the best team so coaching them to be good isn’t worthy of the honor IMO. Hurley or Anderson are more worthy
 
McLovin said:
I feel like coach of the year usually goes to someone who exceeded expectations. Calhoun won COY only 4/10 times UConn won the Big East. His first 2 COY honors they started the season unranked and won the BE and in 1994 they finished 17-1 in conference play.

Villanova was expected to win the conference, and at 11-3 hasn't done it in a dominating fashion that would warrant COY honors for Wright. Plus, he was too scared to schedule a make-up game against us.
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Saw your post after I commented. You make a much stronger argument
 
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Platt81 said:
It’s hilarious how polarizing our fan base is. We lose a game and it’s “Hurleys game management is terrible, he makes no adjustments”, now we win 4 of 5 games and lock up the 3 seed and he’s coach of the year. To be fair, I in no way ever shared the first opinion, I’ve always thought he was a great coach, but the irony has to be called out.
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@BFieldHusky is as pro-Hurley as it gets here. Not sure if this is post directed at him (my bad if it is not), but he is the last person to call out for the absurd overreactions to any loss on this forum.
 
Platt81 said:
It’s hilarious how polarizing our fan base is. We lose a game and it’s “Hurleys game management is terrible, he makes no adjustments”, now we win 4 of 5 games and lock up the 3 seed and he’s coach of the year. To be fair, I in no way ever shared the first opinion, I’ve always thought he was a great coach, but the irony has to be called out.
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Girl Why Dont We Have Both GIF
 
Based on the recent W/L results Dan Hurley has put himself into consideration
I would think that Anderson, Hurley, Wright and I feel Pat Ewing should get a look - the GTown program was at rock bottom and I feel he has done a steady job making them competitive. Many might think that Ewing was behind the exodus of some really strong talent but the AD at GTown has publicly commented that it wasn't on Ewing.
Wright will win
 
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