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Deserves to be suspended IMO. Has to keep his emotions in check. Don't turn your anger on the refs because your team decided not to show up today.
Should be required to take anger management therapy sessions.
 
We are 27–4 and nationally ranked. Four losses all season that’s elite. Yes, the latest loss was to Marquette a game we should’ve had but one slip doesn’t erase an entire season of high-level basketball.
We’re still a favorite in the BE Tournament and a legitimate Final Four contender in the NCAAs. If you’re saying this team is “no good,” you’re missing the big picture.
Support the team. March is what counts.

Being in the game chat has become an eye opener and not in a good way. Constant negativity, nonstop player and coach bashing, and meltdown posts every possession isn’t support, it’s noise. Frustration is normal, but turning it into attacks just drags everyone down and does nothing for the team.
If the chat is just doom and blame, what’s the point?
What the are people doing in the chat during the game? They can't be watching it. The bashing on each possession? Is it constant betting? I stopped the chat room a long time ago.
 
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I didn't watch the game, not one person who did said Silas wasn't fouled

My son said he screamed and 1, was disappointed the shot didn't go in and was shocked there was a no call

I don't care if Hurley's suspended, something has to wake this team up

He was fouled, but I don't care who you are, you're not going to get that call on the road with that much time on the clock.

If the roles were reversed, UConn probably also doesn't get called for a foul up in the game and at home.

That's not why we lost the game.
 
He was fouled, but I don't care who you are, you're not going to get that call on the road with that much time on the clock.

If the roles were reversed, UConn probably also doesn't get called for a foul up in the game and at home.

That's not why we lost the game.
It's one of them.
 
I already said it in another post but I’ll say it again:

This was the 31st game of the season. The players are well-paid professionals who should have knowledge of our offensive sets by now and all theoretically have a decent BBIQ.

I would be absolutely stunned if Danny, Kimani, and Luke did not mention strongly at any point during timeouts, or yelling when game action was on, to “get the ball into the post”.

If anyone was at the game behind the bench and confirm that the above happened, I’ll give you $1000.

This isn’t 5th grade church league rec ball where they should have to pause the game to have to coaches come out on the court and explain to the players how to pass the ball into the post in the spirit of teaching the game.

If you want to discuss/debate the merits of how pulling all the starters and putting in the scrubs for 3-4 minutes would have gone, I’m fine with that. It may have “taught them a lesson” and been “great coaching”, but the outcome likely would have been the same.

You can say all you want, but call a time out run some plays to get it to Reed with no other options, don’t let them just do whatever they want. I’m not taking away the fact the players need to be smarter about the plays and decisions they make, but let’s not take the coaching out of this just because they’re suddenly paid that’s ridiculous. And the coach is paid a lot more for a reason!
 
Calhoun always seemed more in control than Hurley is and he blasted the refs for sure but he didn’t fly off the handle. There is a difference. I can’t even imagine him getting Teed up with under a second to go and basically chest bumping an official. I go back to the Villanova game several years ago when he got a T then started urging the crowd to get involved and got bounced. Or getting a T late in another game that snuffed out a comeback. I always felt that 99 times out of 100 Calhoun’s histrionics were calculated. Hurley’s seem out of control. Bob Knight is the comp I see. Gets out of control at times. He has been better this year but lost it again.
So your last comment means he’s learned from his past behavior, and I’d assume he does the same this time. He got caught up in the emotion of a game with a #1 seed at stake. Regardless, it didn’t affect the outcome.
 
I thought it was .3 seconds left.
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I don't know about that. Yes, no doubt he is frustrated with the current effort but Silas no call was the tip of the iceberg.


It’s not a foul ever. Gold went straight up and his hand came down after the play, not even sure if it had any contact anyway, but you’re never getting a call there. Good drive and take by Silas but just didn’t go in. Nothing you can do, Dan severely overreacted.
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That’s not the point. In real time, you don’t have the benefit of multiple replays and camera angles like all the viewers at home do. TBH, I initially thought Gold’s hands came down on Silas and it was a foul, but that’s beside the point. Hurley was reacting in the moment caught up in the frenzy, plain and simple. I'm sure if you ever played ball you would know this. Oh! BTW, Yes you are correct 9 times out 10 that will not get called.
 
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So your last comment means he’s learned from his past behavior, and I’d assume he does the same this time. He got caught up in the emotion of a game with a #1 seed at stake. Regardless, it didn’t affect the outcome.
They can still get the 1 seed. There's a whole tournament to play for them AND Florida.
 
How many NCs do their teams have?
True, but that only holds water for so long. This is going to be a fascinating tournament and portal for this UConn team. To see how far they go, to see how Hurley responds if they don’t for far, to see how they attack the portal if they if they don’t go far.
 
True, but that only holds water for so long. This is going to be a fascinating tournament and portal for this UConn team. To see how far they go, to see how Hurley responds if they don’t for far, to see how they attack the portal if they if they don’t go far.
Or if he stays here.
 
True, but that only holds water for so long. This is going to be a fascinating tournament and portal for this UConn team. To see how far they go, to see how Hurley responds if they don’t for far, to see how they attack the portal if they if they don’t go far.
They’ll need to portal no matter how well they do.
 
So your last comment means he’s learned from his past behavior, and I’d assume he does the same this time. He got caught up in the emotion of a game with a #1 seed at stake. Regardless, it didn’t affect the outcome.
No. He had it under control much more this year but couldn’t control himself again. He bumped the ref. The NBE front office just isn’t going to do anything because they can’t afford having a final of PC vs Marquette. Not a soul watches THAT! Face it. The league needs UConn for the tv coverage.
 
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So your last comment means he’s learned from his past behavior, and I’d assume he does the same this time. He got caught up in the emotion of a game with a #1 seed at stake. Regardless, it didn’t affect the outcome.
They can still get the 1 seed. There's a whole tournament to play for them AND Florida
Calhoun always seemed more in control than Hurley is and he blasted the refs for sure but he didn’t fly off the handle. There is a difference. I can’t even imagine him getting Teed up with under a second to go and basically chest bumping an official. I go back to the Villanova game several years ago when he got a T then started urging the crowd to get involved and got bounced. Or getting a T late in another game that snuffed out a comeback. I always felt that 99 times out of 100 Calhoun’s histrionics were calculated. Hurley’s seem out of control. Bob Knight is the comp I see. Gets out of control at times. He has been better this year but lost it again.
I think Hurley was sending a message.
 
Does anyone know if Dan Hurley has a bonus for winning the Big East in his contract and if so, how much it is? If so, between that and the $25k fine, a costly lose for him.
 
It’s not a foul ever. Gold went straight up and his hand came down after the play, not even sure if it had any contact anyway, but you’re never getting a call there. Good drive and take by Silas but just didn’t go in. Nothing you can do, Dan severely overreacted.
That’s not the point. In real time, you don’t have the benefit of multiple replays and camera angles like all the viewers at home do. TBH, I initially thought Gold’s hands came down on Silas and it was a foul, but that’s beside the point. Hurley was reacting in the moment caught up in the frenzy, plain and simple. I'm sure if you ever played ball you would know this. Oh! BTW, Yes you are correct 9 times out 10 that will not get called.
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You can’t get caught up like that, no excuse for that behavior. Sure I played and Lord knows never to this level, but no matter he needed to be a better man. And Shaka deserved a handshake as well as a congrats.

It’s over, we all need to move on.
 
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The MQ drive that gave Reed his 4th foul was less contact than Silas on his drive at the end of the game. I think Hurley was saying to the ref you cant make or not make a call based on how much time is on the clock. We did not play well enough but that contact draws a foul 90% of the time. Reibe had one called on him earlier in the game at that end of the court.
 
I don't know, I think there was a couple of molecules of space between him and the ref.
But -bombs and -er were more than enough to warrant his expulsion and fine.

Stop justifying his behavior. It’s tiresome, embarrassing, and juvenile. Let’s not forget that university presidents, not ADs or coaches, ultimately have the power to affirm or deny admission into a conference. Does anyone think Hurley’s behavior enhances our reputation?
 
John Gaffney a couple years ago bad mouthed Hurley during the offseason. If Hurley’s conduct was unprofessional, Gaffney’s lack of professionalism is worse. Val Ackerman is a disgrace. Gaffney is filled with bias every UConn game - he bumps into fairness.

If there was contact it was incidental, very hard to tell from video. The lack of honestly by Ackerman acting like it’s intentional is disgraceful. No way should there be 2 technicals since if it happened it was minor unintentional contact. If Hurley intentionally made contact it would have definitely had an impact it clearly did not have.

Gaffney is very unprofessional and a lier. Ackerman is just incompetent as she was in her WNBA role. Her office needs to be investigated and she should be terminated.
 
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