Hurley on Ross

[Valleyfan]

I would guess Ross is one of the few people that has the effort and attitude Hurley wants. He just can’t shoot, dribble or pass.

Agree, and he can’t stay on the ground defensively on a pump fake, it’s an almost automatic foul on him.

 

[jibsey]

Ross is just not that skilled offensively. Hurley has to know that.

 

[Fishy]

We need Kwintin Wiiliams!

Sometimes, you just gotta win Instagram.

Playing time is dependent on 2 things

Stay in front of your man, which Ross does sometimes and does not do most times

6’6 freak athlete will always have potential, but it’s the end of February for a team fighting for a single digit seed line. Not really the time to be developing fundamentals in game

He’s not a freak athlete. He’s more Rip Hamilton than Stanley Robinson.

 

[Banta55]

He went silent because he was back on the bench.

 

[auror]

Those games are the equivalent of pick up basketball and mean absolute jack.

It was the way and situations that Hurley was using him in.

He hit a pick and pop 3 and a 3 off a DHO as the handler off an ATO. And it looked smooth. Now I'm sure he wasn't the first option in the gameplan for those plays at the start of the game and he got the benefit of the big lead to show what he could do. But it looked good!

He took 15 threes in his first 3 games played. And then he couldn't hit a wide open catch and shoot 3 basically in any game since the first one. I can't imagine Hurley letting him take 5 threes in 3 games in a row if he wasn't making them in practice. So I get a bit of Solo vibes with him needing the game to slow down (though Hurley hasn't given him quite the same shooting rep he gave Solo in interviews last season), which it really only does with reps.

 

[yungdowork]

It doesn't seem that weird for me that Hurley would be looking for more minutes for a high effort low usage guy, which is what Ross is at this point.

Look at the Marquette game. Ross 100% contributed to us winning it, and no box score is going to tell me differently. Stewart had a better box score in that one but turned the ball over 6 times and made himself unplayable. Meanwhile Ross was bringing the ball up the court for parts of the game and only turned it over once, and was defending Kam Jones.

I'm disappointed he hasn't shown a little more offensively too, but there are some crazy and disrespectful takes in this thread in my opinion.

 

[superjohn]

It was the way and situations that Hurley was using him in.

He hit a pick and pop 3 and a 3 off a DHO as the handler off an ATO. And it looked smooth. Now I'm sure he wasn't the first option in the gameplan for those plays at the start of the game and he got the benefit of the big lead to show what he could do. But it looked good!

He took 15 threes in his first 3 games played. And then he couldn't hit a wide open catch and shoot 3 basically in any game since the first one. I can't imagine Hurley letting him take 5 threes in 3 games in a row if he wasn't making them in practice. So I get a bit of Solo vibes with him needing the game to slow down (though Hurley hasn't given him quite the same shooting rep he gave Solo in interviews last season), which it really only does with reps.

He also missed one of the threes by like 2 feet to the left of the rim and he was 3 for 19 to start the season from three.

 

[87Xfer]

Did Dan slip in the shower and hit his head? Or too busy writing the book? The comments lately seem detached from the reality of the team he's currently coaching and what got him here.

 

[alphasigko]

This should be listed as one of the Top Items in the thread "Hurley's Miscalculations". Seriously... Ross's failures on the court are well documented and known. I am wondering how Abraham can be any worse.

 

[alphasigko]

Retention politics

What games were those?

 

[Gurleyman]

Did Dan slip in the shower and hit his head? Or too busy writing the book? The comments lately seem detached from the team he's currently coaching and what got him here.

Reading between the lines, the quote is partly about Ross and partly about other guys who he wants to follow Ross’ lead if they want their playing time to increase.

 

[djct1999]

Sometimes, you just gotta win Instagram.


He’s not a freak athlete. He’s more Rip Hamilton than Stanley Robinson.

Thanks for this. Thinking of Sticks jumping through the air made me smile.

 

[uconngb]

Did notice not a word of AM, you might be right on that one.

As for Ross being a “freak” athlete - has this come from the same source that called him a great defender? He’s not a freak athlete, at all. If he was he’d be elevating above players for rebounds, something. You’d be seeing some results in the box score.

The way this board has tried to build this guy up is mind boggling. Early in the year he was the next Reggie Lewis!!! On a team desperate for an answer, on either side of the ball, he plays meaningless minutes. Doesn’t that say it all??

 

[87Xfer]

Reading between the lines, the quote is partly about Ross and partly about other guys who he wants to follow Ross’ lead if they want their playing time to increase.

At this point in the season, no one should be reading between the lines.

 

[uconngb]

I would guess Ross is one of the few people that has the effort and attitude Hurley wants. He just can’t shoot, dribble or pass.

Or defend. But besides that, he’s a helluva prospect!!

 

[uconngb]

Did Dan slip in the shower and hit his head? Or too busy writing the book? The comments lately seem detached from the reality of the team he's currently coaching and what got him here.

It is not a good look for him. Fewer interviews and more time working on the team is the right answer.

 

[Deleted at users request]

It was the way and situations that Hurley was using him in.

He hit a pick and pop 3 and a 3 off a DHO as the handler off an ATO. And it looked smooth. Now I'm sure he wasn't the first option in the gameplan for those plays at the start of the game and he got the benefit of the big lead to show what he could do. But it looked good!

He took 15 threes in his first 3 games played. And then he couldn't hit a wide open catch and shoot 3 basically in any game since the first one. I can't imagine Hurley letting him take 5 threes in 3 games in a row if he wasn't making them in practice. So I get a bit of Solo vibes with him needing the game to slow down (though Hurley hasn't given him quite the same shooting rep he gave Solo in interviews last season), which it really only does with reps.

If we can get Ross going and confident by the end of the season, he can be a great leader heading into a breakout junior year next to Solo.

The type of guy you'd want young guys to learn from and follow like Andre if we can make him productive.

 

[Deleted at users request]

It's hard for me to shake that first game Ross played. Hurley had really built him up, and then he delivered. I know it was against the Little Sisters of the Poor, but Hurley was having him movement shoot off screens and directly off DHOs. He was driving without hesitation.

Now he's clanging wide open threes. Just standing there on offense.

The confidence is gone. I can see Hurley thinking I should've played him more to keep his confidence higher. We're missing that 3&D guy.

For those with Storrs Central, the highlight reel from the New Hampshire game is wild to watch considering how the rest of the season has gone:

Husky ReView: New Hampshire (11/9)

Deep dive into the film and stats of UConn's win over New Hampshire

storrscentral.com

So I got a Storrs Central subscription and is the message board active? Or is it mostly just the content that you get with the subscription.

 

[navery12]

So I got a Storrs Central subscription and is the message board active? Or is it mostly just the content that you get with the subscription.

It's not super active like here, you'll get maybe 5-10 messages a day in the general basketball chat and maybe 20-30 on a game day.

But come portal season and eventually HS recruit visit and commit season it'll be super active in the recruiting thread and the staff will have a ton of useful nuggets

 

[auror]

So I got a Storrs Central subscription and is the message board active? Or is it mostly just the content that you get with the subscription.

Less active than this one, but the General Men's Basketball and MBB Recruiting Thread are active. In the summer/portal season, the recruiting one will be very active and have newsworthy insight originating there (though some filters out).

 

[alphasigko]

Listening to this one might conclude that he is out of his mind given how badly Ross has played in the games in which he has appeared.

 

[Deleted at users request]

Can someone actually describe the mistakes Ross has made in his last few games?

Especially since Marquetye?

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

Your act gets tired after awhile…

It's not an act; he's throwing crap at the wall to see if anything sticks and doesn't recognize that it sticks to him when he does it. He'd rather laugh at your comment than sniff his fingers... or admit that he likes to lick them.

 

[UCFan1513]

We need Kwintin Wiiliams!

You need institutionalization

 

[CardiacAndre7]

Can someone actually describe the mistakes Ross has made in his last few games?

Especially since Marquetye?

He doesn’t do one thing well on offense, he is erratic and nervous on defense, and he doesn’t rebound particularly well.