Hurley > Shaka

[mrl2016]

Discuss

 

[Huskyforlife]

Discuss

No

 

[Dove]

Shaka preached violence tonight. Very strange.

 

[Hey Adrien!]

Both very different but very good coaches.

 

[RayIsTheGOAT]

Genuine question- What if Marquette won this game? Would you feel the same?

 

[tentoes4rings]

Might have been the best game Hurley has coached yet at UConn. Extended in the 2nd half and took away those damn threes. Marquette is a very average team if you make them take it inside the line.

 

[KingAG]

Shaka went to a final 4 with an A10 team. Hurley has the potential, but let’s see him win in March first

 

[Tenspro2002]

We really seem to have their number. I don't think they led more than 10 minutes into the game in either matchup.

 

[husky429]

Hurley is a better recruiter. Shaka is a better at coaching the game of basketball... by quite a bit.

Stop this nonsense and enjoy the great W

 

[HeGotGame]

Genuine question- What if Marquette won this game? Would you feel the same?

He should, but I bet you would start another sweet "we hired the wrong Hurley" thread.

 

[shizzle787]

Shaka went to a final 4 with an A10 team. Hurley has the potential, but let’s see him win in March first

*CAA at the time

 

[Dutch Boyd]

Genuine question- What if Marquette won this game? Would you feel the same?

But they didn’t!

 

[mrl2016]

Genuine question- What if Marquette won this game? Would you feel the same?

Truthfully I’m just trolling. Not really sure I believe he’s better than Shaka but if every time we lose a game we have to hear X is better than Hurley I figured I’d repay the favor

 

[gtcam]

Another ridiculous thread

 

[NYC_HUSKY22]

shaka was an incredible hire by Marquette.. kudos to them for picking him up. Going to be a lot of fun matchups in the coming years.

 

[mrl2016]

Another ridiculous thread

Stop with this crazy crap about getting beat and out coached by experienced coaches
Is the Hurley's first HC job?
Is he getting paid inexperienced coach's pay?
Does he sound like he considers himself to be overwhelmed by coaching against any team UConn has faced?
Excuses, excuses Tommy Lloyd is a 1st year head coach and has his team in the top 10
I'd love to hear about any CEO in America who got a job to pay him $2 plus million dollars to lead a company in a business he has been affiliated with his entire career (having been the leader of other companies) and the BoD that selected said to each other, he'll learn how to do his job

Very critical after losing in Philly against Nova

Will you give him credit for beating an experienced head coach with a top 25 team twice this year?

 

[cohenzone]

I

Shaka went to a final 4 with an A10 team. Hurley has the potential, but let’s see him win in March first

Kevin Ollie won an NC with a team that struggled with consistency all year long. What is the final analysis on his coaching? Fact is outside of maybe John Wooden there are no flawless coaches. People might remember that Saint Jimmy had a few bust teams even after winning an NC. He had an NIT team nobody wanted to come see play. Hurley gets some silly criticism on this board. We play in a really tough, pretty well balanced league and nobody is guaranteed winning or can control whether or not a foul shot is made in a close game.

 

[BigFanCT]

Shaka has been to a damn FF lmao. What is wrong with some people on this place.

 

[RayIsTheGOAT]

He should, but I bet you would start another sweet "we hired the wrong Hurley" thread.

I hope you know that was a joke

 

[Chin Diesel]

I still am adjusting to seeing Shaka with hair.

 

[Dove]

Shaka has been to a damn FF lmao. What is wrong with some people on this place.

You know he hasn't made it through the first weekend since, right??

Yes, I know he won an NIT. So, there is that.

 

[Madmannsucks]

Watching Smart all I could think of was Doug Funnie.

 

[karstenkibbe]

I still am adjusting to seeing Shaka with hair.

Was watching with my son, turned to him and said the same thing. His response: “dad, he looks like a 12 year-old character in Diary of a Wimpy Kid.” The guy looks like a different person with the mop.

 

[MexicoHusky]

We seem to have a favorable matchup against this version of Marquette. I'll take what I can get. Creighton owns us.

 

[auror]

Hurley is a better recruiter. Shaka is a better at coaching the game of basketball... by quite a bit.

Stop this nonsense and enjoy the great W

Hurley might be a better recruiter at UConn than Shaka will be at Marquette, but Shaka was a recruiting beast at Texas.

He had 16 top 75 recruits in 6 years with a couple top 10 recruits.

 

[tentoes4rings]

Was watching with my son, turned to him and said the same thing. His response: “dad, he looks like a 12 year-old character in Diary of a Wimpy Kid.” The guy looks like a different person with the mop.

Good coach, very goofy looking dude.

 

[UConnDad]

Genuine question- What if Marquette won this game? Would you feel the same?

Eh. It’s a stupid (moot) question. I’ll just enjoy the W!

 

[TheRealKBuks]

Genuine question- What if Marquette won this game? Would you feel the same?

Based on the last week on this board, this is a very fair question. I did mention several times tonight that shaka said UConn was his dream job and I'd be lying if I ever said otherwise. Winning makes everything easier though.

 

[sdb1989]

Think a lot of it is about matchup. We matchup very well with this team. We are one of the best in the country at offensive rebounding, and they are a team that really struggles with defensive rebounding. Also doesn’t hurt that polley and hawk hit threes

 

[AdamaNation]

Might have been the best game Hurley has coached yet at UConn. Extended in the 2nd half and took away those damn threes. Marquette is a very average team if you make them take it inside the line.

Every coach is great when guys make shots. No one blaming him for all the “Brimah” turnovers tonight (drops) or Adamas Cobb impression? Good game overall. I actually think they willed that out. And that means more. The last 2 minutes proved it. Not a lot of scoring but those boards equal points.