Hurley Suspension?

[Lafayette]

I disagree alot with Hurley's antics but coaches used to literally throw furniture across the court and were heralded as passionate all time coaches.

It's odd the hate Hurley gets in the social media world. I wonder if Bobby Knight, Coach K, and Calhoun would be nationally hated if social media was more prevalent during their heights as head coaches.

furniture…water bottles…

 

[Lafayette]

If this isn't contact, this shot must be doctored. This is Earl Weaver plus. You can see the refs right arm pushed over to his midline. There isn't even a molecule of air between Hurley's torso and the refs right arm. He's close enough where calling it contact or not is semantics.

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Can only disagree with one point: air is not a molecule.

 

[Lafayette]

well you can touch a ref - just not yelling - seen many put an arm around or a slight touch by a player with a smile.

 

[Chief00]

Regardless of whether he actually touched or simply bumped the referee, Hurley has to be better than that. I love his passion and fire, and overall I think he has done a much better job managing it this season. However, in that situation he absolutely deserved to be ejected.

I agree, but it is yet another example of the Big East treating UConn in an inconsistent and illogical manner.

 

[Travelman6]

Haven’t sat in a game chat in years because of this.

Cooley’s infamous “spoiled, entitled” comments regarding our fan base were probably meant in a slightly different way, coming from his perspective; but man, he’s not wrong at all. We have a lot of petulant, spoiled, entitled brats in this fan base. Dare I saw we are becoming too much like Kentucky fans?

Until we start showing up on coaches' lawn, sending death threats to refs and trying to tank their business with reviews, and harassing players we don't like (Tubby Smith's kid) or who screwed up, no, we are nowhere near as close.

 

[Excalibur]

And if Smart had gone crazy on a no call in that situation you’d have said they should let the players decide it. I’m sure there were at least 2 other penalties that occurred in that sequence. If you really looked. Unless Silas got grabbed or tackled or outright pushed that play isn’t getting called.

It's pretty simple, if it's a foul it's a foul and should be called. It wasn't a foul.

 

[Rocktheworld]

Until we start showing up on coaches' lawn, sending death threats to refs and trying to tank their business with reviews, and harassing players we don't like (Tubby Smith's kid) or who screwed up, no, we are nowhere near as close.

Do we even want to be 50% as insufferable as UK fans? That’s “too close” for me

 

[jake14mw]

Still no video of the postgame comments? Who controls the release of that?

 

[Kolumbo]

It's pretty simple, if it's a foul it's a foul and should be called. It wasn't a foul.

That's the problem. No one knows what a foul is anymore. The defender certainly didn't go straight up and he made contact. That's an automatic on Reed.

 

[Greg]

Does anyone else see his career ending Ala Bobby Knight or Woody Hayes?

 

[UCFan1513]

General consensus online seems to be that everyone is piling on, and many on Reddit are saying that UConn fans just "tolerate" Hurley because he wins.

How do people here feel?

I can disagree with some of the actions (e.g., rolling on the floor, end of this Marquette game) while still respecting Hurley the person and coach an respecting his fire. It's more refreshing to have someone who is flawed out there an acknowledges it - much rather that than a Matt Painter or Brad Underwood who stays calm and composed while losing big games.

I think Hurley is a cultural fit for the Northeast, UConn, and the fanbase. I like him, even when he's not winning championships

 

[Excalibur]

I said when he was hired that he was going to do some crazy #&!+, and that I wouldn't care. I still don't, beyond worrying that he may cross a line at some point that really shouldn't be crossed.

 

[jake14mw]

General consensus online seems to be that everyone is piling on, and many on Reddit are saying that UConn fans just "tolerate" Hurley because he wins.

How do people here feel?

I can disagree with some of the actions (e.g., rolling on the floor, end of this Marquette game) while still respecting Hurley the person and coach an respecting his fire. It's more refreshing to have someone who is flawed out there an acknowledges it - much rather that than a Matt Painter or Brad Underwood who stays calm and composed while losing big games.

I think Hurley is a cultural fit for the Northeast, UConn, and the fanbase. I like him, even when he's not winning championships

It's no surprise that anyone who is not a UConn fan would pile on. UConn is the most successful program in the past 25 years. That's reason enough to not like UConn. Then you throw on top of that a coach who is arrogant and CONSTANTLY berates officials, and is whiney, you're going to get even more piling on.

How do I feel? I loved the hire from day 1. I obviously love two NCs. I HATE the constant officials crap. Have fun finding the perfect coach. They don't exist. I'm happy he's our coach, and at the same time don't excuse the behavior. Saying that it comes with the fire and intensity is a cop-out. You have to have some self control. It's not okay to take out your frustrations on officials. Those guys are human beings. I'm guessing 70% of unbiased fans would say that was a good no call at the end, and yet Hurley went ape .

Having said that, it helps me that he knows that he's flawed. He acknowledges that he's wrong a lot. Complete opposite of Bobby Knight.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

Such a durable thread makes evident where so much passionate Boneyard energy resides nearly 72 hours after game has ended. Even the post game thread is now long closed. I'm hopeful that the coaches & players have put this narrative out of their minds, even as this forum keeps it atop the list of active threads. I for one do not want it in such a position. Clearly, bothers do.

 

[FightOnCT]

General consensus online seems to be that everyone is piling on, and many on Reddit are saying that UConn fans just "tolerate" Hurley because he wins.

How do people here feel?

I can disagree with some of the actions (e.g., rolling on the floor, end of this Marquette game) while still respecting Hurley the person and coach an respecting his fire. It's more refreshing to have someone who is flawed out there an acknowledges it - much rather that than a Matt Painter or Brad Underwood who stays calm and composed while losing big games.

I think Hurley is a cultural fit for the Northeast, UConn, and the fanbase. I like him, even when he's not winning championships

Hurley isn’t the most well-liked guy, neither is our fanbase. So naturally people will cope by creating narratives like how we actually don’t like Hurley as a person lmao.

The “class-act” coaches people love like Painter or Underwood are not threatening. People end up feeling more bad for them than anything in the end

 

[freescooter]

General consensus online seems to be that everyone is piling on, and many on Reddit are saying that UConn fans just "tolerate" Hurley because he wins.

How do people here feel?

I can disagree with some of the actions (e.g., rolling on the floor, end of this Marquette game) while still respecting Hurley the person and coach an respecting his fire. It's more refreshing to have someone who is flawed out there an acknowledges it - much rather that than a Matt Painter or Brad Underwood who stays calm and composed while losing big games.

I think Hurley is a cultural fit for the Northeast, UConn, and the fanbase. I like him, even when he's not winning championships

You can say any fans tolerate any coach because he wins. And if Hurley were to have a couple of 11-20 years in a row the fan base will turn on him in a heartbeat. You can make a long list of coaches who were horrible people in some way who were tolerated because they win. Hurley is a winning coach. I think he has the self control of a 2-year old but so long as he continues to put good teams on the floor I tolerate his antics.

 

[JoeyBuckets]

You folks still arguing over this..move on. Best time of year is about to start smh.

 

[UCFan1513]

You can say any fans tolerate any coach because he wins. And if Hurley were to have a couple of 11-20 years in a row the fan base will turn on him in a heartbeat. You can make a long list of coaches who were horrible people in some way who were tolerated because they win. Hurley is a winning coach. I think he has the self control of a 2-year old but so long as he continues to put good teams on the floor I tolerate his antics.

Eh even if he started losing I don't think his personality would make me hate him (the way I hated Ollie), so long as he kept putting the effort in and working hard. I appreciate that he's transparent and self reflective, and even if flawed he cares - can't hate on someone for that imo