Hurley Suspension?

[Scottzer]

Last I checked, Hurley can’t play the game just coach it. Today was more on the players than the coach. Just stop w this nonsense.

Stop talking like a non-entitled, spoiled brat fan! …this board is insane with the criticism - I recall Calhoun having plenty of very good, but not great teams. I still enjoyed those seasons. Guys - chill, and enjoy the ride.

 

[DaveHuskiesFan]

Fined $25k. No suspension.

 

[UConnTrumbull]

Would appear no suspension

 

[Marat]

25k for Hurley is likely $100 for many other people. That's not a problem. He needs to get the team to hit a reset button. Issue is no more room for mistakes.

 

[RuffRuff]

 

[IndyLives]

It's roster construction. You have to have the right mix of players that have the ability to execute the game plan at a high level consistently on both sides of the ball. This includes the bench. You have to have Dogs that mirror the Hurley's mentality. It's not there with this team and we need to accept this reality.

This is a good team, it's not great. They plateaued in the middle of the season and they put fear in none of their opponents who look at them as vulnerable. The signs have been there the entire season. When you think about the early season success that benchmark is contingent on continued development relative to the other top teams.

Losing Adams before the season hurt the team immensely. He is a Dog.

 

[ec33]

Refs were fine today. They missed some both ways.

There was a play (early in the 2nd half) in which Newton drove to the hoop, was fouled twice while shooting, got his own rebound, was fouled, and they ruled the ball off Newton's knee (with Reed mysteriously on the ground, I guess he just got tired and wanted to rest).

That is a lot of "missed calls" one way.

 

[ec33]

The play is under review…

Good thing it is Big East officials that are doing the review. Their idea of contract is not the same as yours or mine. Dan Hurley should be just fine.

 

[Nicklo28]

There was a play (early in the 2nd half) in which Newton drove to the hoop, was fouled twice while shooting, got his own rebound, was fouled, and they ruled the ball off Newton's knee (with Reed mysteriously on the ground, I guess he just got tired and wanted to rest).

That is a lot of "missed calls" one way.

Newton?

 

[Trudy Gay]

it’s honestly kinda pathetic. I look like a dunce constantly defending his antics to my friends of other fanbases.

 

[ec33]

Newton?

That is really bad (My excuse will sound like a good one: My left hemisphere doesn't want to talk to the right hemisphere and vice versa so these things can happen -- or at least that is my story and I can get a doctor's note if necessary).

 

[navery12]

This is dumb rationalizing and disingenuous. Why do you think he got ejected immediately? The photo by formerlurker shows Hurley was clearly in the official's personal space and literally as close as a person can be to someone without contact assuming there was no contact. That's a distinction without a difference.

I hope he doesn't get suspended and I am not saying he should or shouldn't be suspended, but we certainly cannot be surprised or outraged if does get suspended.

So now that the Big East official statement says they couldn't confirm there was any contact between Hurley and the ref am I still being disingenuous?

 

[superjohn]

Losing Adams before the season hurt the team immensely. He is a Dog.

He kind of stinks and he's even physically weaker than the guys we currently have.

 

[uconngb]

Was Hurley out there jacking up clean-look 3’s, clanking them, and not passing it into Reed?

This isn’t 5th grade Church league basketball. These are paid young adult athletes playing their 31st game of the season. If you don’t think they are capable of making proper decisions, I’m not sure what to tell you.

We also only have 4 timeouts a half and Hurley can’t call one every possession to go over the fundamentals of basketball.

Really?? He can yank whoever is not following the game plan. You understand that right?

 

[uconngb]

Get the damn ball to Tarris Reed. If he doesn't have things designed to get the ball to him in the paint and the players can't execute getting him the ball in the paint it's on the coach. If you jack up dumb shots instead of getting it to him in the paint you sit.

This is like the easiest thing in the world to understand. And there are people on here saying “Hurley wasn’t the one missing all the 3s”. No, but he was the one deciding who stayed in the game to continue missing them!!

 

[uconngb]

So under this logic, if a 38-45% 3pt shooter starts the night off 0-2, they should just stop shooting the rest of the night since they are at 0%. Call it a night and hope for a better start the next game.

Sheesh.

0-2 is quite different from 3-23. You aren’t really that obtuse are you?

 

[hookshot]

36% from 2, 13% from 3 and 16 turnovers. It’s also ok to call out then players making 6-7 figures in nil.

which is yet another reason why NIL needs to be overhauled. If w wntd to wtch a pro game, we'd flip the channel

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Losing Adams before the season hurt the team immensely. He is a Dog.

Are you talking about Darius Adams? Is this sarcasm or has this place gone completely crazy?

 

[Deepster]

it’s honestly kinda pathetic. I look like a dunce constantly defending his antics to my friends of other fanbases.

Why do you have to defend him to anyone? If they don’t like him? They can go screw.

 

[DMIL]

Losing Adams before the season hurt the team immensely. He is a Dog.

If you are talking about Darius Adams then maybe. He would have stabilized the bench but it would have been at the expense of Stewart or Ross. The lack of consistent offensive flow stops this team from going on multiple long scoring runs.

They are not getting or taking the best shots available by the right shooter. Having a go to scorer would solve this particular problem for this team. Mullins is the only one with that potential and it is not going to be realized this year. Reed should be that player on this team as well if he was more disciplined with not fouling, and if the guards fed him the ball consistently in his sweet spot. Ball's inconsistency defensively, impacts his offensive game negatively. Also playing Ball and Mullings together throws off the offensive chemistry a bit at the expense of Ball's performance.

 

[cwh20]

There was a play (early in the 2nd half) in which Newton drove to the hoop, was fouled twice while shooting, got his own rebound, was fouled, and they ruled the ball off Newton's knee (with Reed mysteriously on the ground, I guess he just got tired and wanted to rest).

That is a lot of "missed calls" one way.

And Donny was so into whatever the heck he was babbling on about that he never broke stride to comment on the replay clearly showing the fouling of Demary (obviously not Newton) twice.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

0-2 is quite different from 3-23. You aren’t really that obtuse are you?

Have you had a more enjoyable night this season? Probably not.

 

[JBK]

He clearly chest bumps the ref. Is it a violent action? No of course not. But by the book it's a suspension.

Supposedly a good veteran ref.
Would not want to ref a Hurley game.
As we all know - spends more time cursing refs than advising players.
I love UConn BBALL - men’s and women’s - but it is hard watching him snarl at the refs all game — will he ever learn.
Like him off the court but he needs some good therapy
Thank goodness for Donavan.

 

[Trudy Gay]

Why do you have to defend him to anyone? If they don’t like him? They can go screw.

Fair point I guess. Idk I just think this one was just particularly bad. Just giving other teams fuel to want to stick it to us in the post season.

 

[FreeDogs]

Supposedly a good veteran ref.
Would not want to ref a Hurley game.
As we all know - spends more time cursing refs than advising players.
I love UConn BBALL - men’s and women’s - but it is hard watching him snarl at the refs all game — will he ever learn.
Like him off the court but he needs some good therapy
Thank goodness for Donavan.

He obviously does something with the players or we wouldn't have two nattys and only 4 losses this year. The dude clearly coaches and coaches well. Get off the "Hurley doesn't coach" wagon already.