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Hurley on our play last night

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nelsonmuntz said:
I will give Hurley a lot of credit for that quote and the interview last night. He knows we have problems.

And I don't think they are that hard to fix.
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If you watch his postgame presser, you’ll also note that the first question was about our offensive problems and he started by scoffing at the notion that we have a problem scoring when we opened with a 102-point win two nights prior.

But yes, he did note that there is a lot to work on, which is obvious.

Mostly I think it’s a matter of using the parts in the right way. We have the pieces.

IMO the best solution is to start with defense again. Whoever is playing the best defense stays on the floor, and those players will work out an offense.
 
We are two games in and have some things to fix. After winning both games and being in no danger of losing. #4 UVA lost, LOST, to USF who lost to UMass Lowell. Can we give this team some consistent practice time and time to get a bunch of new pieces in sync before too much analysis?
 
8893 said:
If you watch his postgame presser, you’ll also note that the first question was about our offensive problems and he started by scoffing at the notion that we have a problem scoring when we opened with a 102-point win two nights prior.

But yes, he did note that there is a lot to work on, which is obvious.

Mostly I think it’s a matter of using the parts in the right way. We have the pieces.

IMO the best solution is to start with defense again. Whoever is playing the best defense stays on the floor, and those players will work out an offense.
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Agree. Our best offense comes from steals, transition and defensive rebounding. Our team is built to play that way. I think he knows Andre can help with that so last night was a lesson for him.

I would note that Hurley should examine what he said about Whaley not scoring in the 1st half except off of a steal. Hurley says he wants the ball to move without the dribble. If so, he needs to stop calling for constant ball screens. Whaley can’t catch entry passes if he’s out on the 3 point line. Our guys continue to stand around and watch ball handlers make Ineffective passes around the perimeter. Where are the cutters? I know Rip was unique but Polley is a statue out there. Once he got comfortable Martin started to flash to the hoop. Clearly need Jackson to play that way too.
 
HuskyHawk said:
Agree. Our best offense comes from steals, transition and defensive rebounding. Our team is built to play that way. I think he knows Andre can help with that so last night was a lesson for him.

I would note that Hurley should examine what he said about Whaley not scoring in the 1st half except off of a steal. Hurley says he wants the ball to move without the dribble. If so, he needs to stop calling for constant ball screens. Whaley can’t catch entry passes if he’s out on the 3 point line. Our guys continue to stand around and watch ball handlers make Ineffective passes around the perimeter. Where are the cutters? I know Rip was unique but Polley is a statue out there. Once he got comfortable Martin started to flash to the hoop. Clearly need Jackson to play that way too.
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I think eventually we'll get to the point where when Whaley (or Sanogo) come out to set the screen we'll have Bouk and Jackson both on the floor together cutting to the basket to take that pass. Bouk has shown it in flashes but seems to get complacent sometimes and just hangs around the 3 point line
 
This team has tons of talent but there’s about zero chemistry because of the lack of practice time. We need our point guards to run the offense and create a steady flow. All the players in general need to make that extra pass to the open man. We have some good finishers on the inside. They need to utilize that. Hurley is a great coach. He will get this team playing the way they need to.
 
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The glass has to be half-empty if you are coaching this team. Little team D in game 1, then after a talent dominant 5 minutes a discombobulated effort on both sides of the ball the rest of the way

If you are a fan and the glass is half empty I don't know what on earth you watched those first two games.
Talent CHECK. Good frosh CHECK, Good transfers CHECK, Improved returning players CHECK, superstar potential CHECK, frosh with star potential CHECK.

The coach wouldn't be disappointed if he had a crap or even mediocre team with no potential, the coach is disappointed b/c he has a top-15 level team that can be VASTLY better than how they've played to this point. This is good news.
 
Easy fix. Play with passion, heart and soul and all will be well. Oh yes 4 cell phones is required for a successful season.
 
Excalibur said:
Nothing here indicates that he agrees about what the problem is or how to fix it. This might be the weakest football spike ever . ..
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I’ll pretend I’m ReportCard now:

Nelson: 2.5/10. Started a bunch of threads attempting to show how superior his basketball IQ is compared to top-caliber NCAA &NBA coaches. Generally missed the mark. Then decided to start a separate thread using a generic coach-speak motivational Hurley quote about improving the teams performance as justification for spiking the football about his previous threads. Ball slipped out of his hands.
 
8893 said:
IMO the best solution is to start with defense again. Whoever is playing the best defense stays on the floor, and those players will work out an offense.
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Great post. This is exactly what Hurley's going to do because defense is what Hurley values most. And on the Boneyard we'll have to deal with several weeks of incessant whining about the offense, but at the end of the day the whining will be drowned out by the fact that we've become a very good team.
 
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8893 said:
If you watch his postgame presser, you’ll also note that the first question was about our offensive problems and he started by scoffing at the notion that we have a problem scoring when we opened with a 102-point win two nights prior.

But yes, he did note that there is a lot to work on, which is obvious.

Mostly I think it’s a matter of using the parts in the right way. We have the pieces.

IMO the best solution is to start with defense again. Whoever is playing the best defense stays on the floor, and those players will work out an offense.
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Utopian thought, just might work though. I think we have the pieces.

The original post in this thread is Chiefesque, but at least it has spawned a number of really good replies.

The bottom line is that Hurley is doing one hell of a job If you look at where the program is now compared to where it was a couple of years ago. There will certainly be growing pains especially in a funky year with a relatively inexperienced and/or new to each other team. But with Hurley running the show and the pieces that we have in place I wouldn't count out being a really top caliber team in a couple of months.
 
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At least this season Hurley has a lot to work with with less stress.

I doubt anyone here actually thought we were championship caliber beginning day one. Most were saying we won't see our team till January, due to new parts, CV leaving, COVID effect, players recovering from injuries, new league and so many players to evaluate. Oh and we need a leader to emerge.

We'll be a work in progress all of December which probably will include some losses. Come January I see us competing with any team in the Nation, racking up wins in the BE. Just saying I see us as a 2021 team.
 
Kitaman said:
At least this season Hurley has a lot to work with with less stress.

I doubt anyone here actually thought we were championship caliber beginning day one. Most were saying we won't see our team till January, due to new parts, CV leaving, COVID effect, players recovering from injuries, new league and so many players to evaluate. Oh and we need a leader to emerge.

We'll be a work in progress all of December which probably will include some losses. Come January I see us competing with any team in the Nation, racking up wins in the BE. Just saying I see us as a 2021 team.
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I think there will be a lot of tight games this season. Fixing a few of the issues will make a big difference.
 
nelsonmuntz said:
Sometimes a poster (me in this case) is so right that he deserves his own thread.
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Coach Jumper has his own thread too but at least he has enough class to not start it.
 
I’ve got to be honest. My enjoyment in reading the boneyard is way down these last few days 100% attributable to this nelsonmuntz poster. Your online persona is toxic and the moderators seriously need to ban you. Back to enjoying huskies basketball.
 
navery12 said:
I think eventually we'll get to the point where when Whaley (or Sanogo) come out to set the screen we'll have Bouk and Jackson both on the floor together cutting to the basket to take that pass. Bouk has shown it in flashes but seems to get complacent sometimes and just hangs around the 3 point line
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Yes. With a talent like Bouknight they should be doing that for sure, or even screening for him to get clean looks.
 
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nelsonmuntz said:


Sometimes a poster (me in this case) is so right that he deserves his own thread.
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Would be hard to imagine how you could not have a lot of work to do at this point in the season: shortened practice schedule, freshmen and transfers

Also would've been true even if we kept up the early momentum in one game against UHart and beat them by 40...and these same posters who are crying would be talking about a Final 4 run
 
Focus and leadership, sounds like HCRE2.0 with eye discipline and execution. How about coaching, offensive and defensive strategies and playing time decisions?

The guys are running around like chickens on defense because that's what you are asking them to do. 24 fouls against Hartford! Good thing Harford didn't shoot layups as well as they did foul shots. Did you see Central's shooting % against Army and their point total?

How are we hunting shots for Polley? Why have Cole as main ball handler when he is more a shooting/combo guard, he is not Kahlid, give the ball to Gaffney (start only one but give both starter minutes like Kemba/Bazz in 2011). What is the strategy for utilizing the foul line area vs. man to man and zone? Brendan Adams takes 7 shots and 4 threes? Where is Carlton? Can't have lineup with no Polley, Cole or Bouk out there.
 
Husky68 said:
Focus and leadership, sounds like HCRE2.0 with eye discipline and execution. How about coaching, offensive and defensive strategies and playing time decisions?
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Just to be clear, Hurley = Randy Edsall in your mind?
 
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Husky68 said:
Focus and leadership, sounds like HCRE2.0 with eye discipline and execution. How about coaching, offensive and defensive strategies and playing time decisions?

The guys are running around like chickens on defense because that's what you are asking them to do. 24 fouls against Hartford! Good thing Harford didn't shoot layups as well as they did foul shots. Did you see Central's shooting % against Army and their point total?

How are we hunting shots for Polley? Why have Cole as main ball handler when he is more a shooting/combo guard, he is not Kahlid, give the ball to Gaffney (start only one but give both starter minutes like Kemba/Bazz in 2011). What is the strategy for utilizing the foul line area vs. man to man and zone? Brendan Adams takes 7 shots and 4 threes? Where is Carlton? Can't have lineup with no Polley, Cole or Bouk out there.
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Dan Hurley is a great recruiter and motivator, but im not sold he is a great basketball tactician based on 2 years here. That could be due to limited personnel options in the past, but with a much deeper squad I would expect see some intention beyond play really hard. Hartford was a disorganized crap show
 
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