Hurley vs. fans

[tcf15]

Apparently got into it with some UConn fans after the game last night. To be honest, Hurley’s just gotta let this stuff slide…personally think it’s a bad look. Has happened with fans of other teams and now UConn fans:

The horn had put an end to the UConn men’s basketball team’s ugliest performance of the season Tuesday night, a 59-55 loss to Creighton, and some fans in the upper bowl of an emptying XL Center loudly articulated their feelings as coach Dan Hurley headed to toward the tunnel.

So Hurley stopped. He engaged. He became animated. Hurley waved for the fans to come toward him. At least one fan made the same gesture.

“A couple of fans were yelling ‘[Bleep] you, Hurley, you suck,” said Hurley, who headed to the locker room after a heated exchange of about 10 seconds. “So I yelled back at them. If you’re going to yell at me, and you’re 100 feet away, behind layers of people — that’s some coward [stuff]. But I understand. It’s part of the deal. But I’ll say, too, that you may hear something back from me. I won’t just walk away.”

Dan Hurley embarrassed, agitated after UConn loss to Creighton

UConn shot a season-low 29.9 percent and had its five-game winning streak snapped Tuesday...

www.ctinsider.com

 

[polycom]

As Hurley matures into a high major job he will likely mellow.

 

[Kathy]

Apparently got into it with some UConn fans after the game last night. To be honest, Hurley’s just gotta let this stuff slide…personally think it’s a bad look. Has happened with fans of other teams and now UConn fans:

The horn had put an end to the UConn men’s basketball team’s ugliest performance of the season Tuesday night, a 59-55 loss to Creighton, and some fans in the upper bowl of an emptying XL Center loudly articulated their feelings as coach Dan Hurley headed to toward the tunnel.

So Hurley stopped. He engaged. He became animated. Hurley waved for the fans to come toward him. At least one fan made the same gesture.

“A couple of fans were yelling ‘[Bleep] you, Hurley, you suck,” said Hurley, who headed to the locker room after a heated exchange of about 10 seconds. “So I yelled back at them. If you’re going to yell at me, and you’re 100 feet away, behind layers of people — that’s some coward [stuff]. But I understand. It’s part of the deal. But I’ll say, too, that you may hear something back from me. I won’t just walk away.”

Dan Hurley embarrassed, agitated after UConn loss to Creighton

UConn shot a season-low 29.9 percent and had its five-game winning streak snapped Tuesday...

www.ctinsider.com

He engages with fans way more than he should. He needs to block out the dissenters and worry about coaching his team.

 

[Umami Zen]

He engages with fans way more than he should. He needs to block out the dissenters and worry about coaching his team.

Sage wisdom

 

[husky429]

Embarrassing for him as a person. Grow up.

What is he going to do, fight a fan? It's all hot air and posturing like a 16-year-old in the hallway after school.

 

[TerryBoyz]

He has 2 million 900 thousand reasons to step away from situations like this.

 

[Chin Diesel]

After a coaching and on court performance like last night how any coach could have rabbit ears and enough energy to hear and respond to that is beyond me.

 

[JMick]

Not sure how we can expect the team to handle pressure when the coach can't contain his emotions. It seems like he's always focused on the refs or the fans when he should be focused on the team. It's getting a little old.

 

[aburks41]

Jesus what a disaster. The entire team and coaching staff need to figure a lot of stuff out. Winning cures all, and unfortunately it seems like after being 1-8 in games decided by less than 4 points in the last 2 years, people are starting to lose patience.

 

[kansashusky]

Wasn’t he just on Barstool bragging that he doesn’t care what people and fans think of him?

 

[husky429]

Jesus what a disaster. The entire team and coaching staff need to figure a lot of stuff out. Winning cures all, and unfortunately it seems like after being 1-8 in games decided by less than 4 points in the last 2 years, people are starting to lose patience.

Anyone without high expectations or not frustrated has their head in the sand. The coach is SUPPOSED to be the guys that stupid drunk fans scream at. He gets paid a huge salary, and part of his role is to be the buffer to insulate these kids from some fan ridiculousness when possible.

I mean, shoot, I got screamed at as a small-time high school coach every game. It's just a part of the job.

I really hate when people blame the players. It's not RJ's fault he chokes on important FTs sometimes, or that AJ doesn't have the ability to finish at the rim. These guys are working hard and doing everything they can for the program. If they have skill deficiencies, it can't be helped at this point.They're still better at basketball than 99.9999% of the planet.

 

[navery12]

He needs to learn to let this stuff go. He's clearly the right coach for this program but this isn't gonna help his case with the people who want him gone

 

[husky429]

Wasn’t he just on Barstool bragging that he doesn’t care what people and fans think of him?

Hurley's whole zen yoga-man thing is a load of crap. He's a neurotic lunatic. Makes for a hell of a basketball coach most of the time.

 

[Ts5034]

If it was a UConn “fan” yelling that at Hurley, you have to admit, that is really sad and weak. This is a 15-5 team that was coming into the Creighton game on a 5 game win streak. Probably the best record UConn has had through the first 20 games of a season since 2014. I agree that DH needs to tune that stuff out, but as a fanbase, a lot of times we are our own worst enemy.

 

[McLovin]

Yikes. This is scary.

It’s been well documented that this team has many mental boogeymen. That’s part of the reason they can’t close out close games.

Coach needs to take a good hard look in the mirror because he sets the tone of this team.

Can’t behave like this, period. Home or road, negative engagement with fans is never acceptable for a coach. Not even in 1st grade rec basketball.

Hurleys passion is part of what makes him special (in a good way). But he needs to learn how to master his emotions if he wants to become a great coach.

 

[gtcam]

As Hurley matures into a high major job he will likely mellow.

He gets paid $2mill plus - this is not a program where one is brought in to mature. Maybe he needed a few more years at URI

While I do not support folks for publicly saying "Bleep you", it was apparent that some people were not happy with his coaching. It comes with the territory. Yeah he thinks he's a tough guy but its not really a good thing to be playing to your audience. Obviously he does care what people think of him.
He needs to get past this and concentrate on his in game coaching, rotations etc
I still feel it would be to his benefit to hire a mentor.
A really bad night for all involved - except IW

 

[JMick]

He needs to learn to let this stuff go. He's clearly the right coach for this program but this isn't gonna help his case with the people who want him gone

He's probably the right guy but if he doesn't work on his end of game coaching he won't be. This is just another symptom of the issues we currently face. He's too emotional. He gets in his own head and players heads when he does ridiculous things like burn sage around the arena. He's psyching himself and the team out.

 

[Madmannsucks]

Embarrassing for him as a person. Grow up.

What is he going to do, fight a fan? It's all hot air and posturing like a 16-year-old in the hallway after school.

Yeah..."they're lucky he was wearing his good pants"....

 

[McLovin]

Some positive spin. We may have now just hit rock bottom for this season after everything that went down last night, and we’re still ranked #17 in the country playing for a Big East title…

 

[aburks41]

Some positive spin. We may have now just hit rock bottom for this season after everything that went down last night, and we’re still ranked #17 in the country playing for a Big East title…

After last night I'm afraid rock bottom will be going 2-5 over our next 7 games...

 

[navery12]

After last night I'm afraid rock bottom will be going 2-5 over our next 7 games...

Relax, we'll be fine. The board gets like this after every loss and I don't get it

 

[Chin Diesel]

This is a situation where AD David Benedict needs to have a conversation with the basketball coach.

 

[Hungryhusky99]

Relax, we'll be fine. The board gets like this after every loss and I don't get it

I don't know what would give you confidence in this upcoming stretch

 

[XLCenterFan]

Good for DH. Fans are way too emboldened lately. The guy goes hard for us recruiting and coaching and wants to win more than those bozos yelling at him. I would have told them to zip it too.

 

[polycom]

He gets paid $2mill plus - this is not a program where one is brought in to mature. Maybe he needed a few more years at URI

While I do not support folks for publicly saying "Bleep you", it was apparent that some people were not happy with his coaching. It comes with the territory. Yeah he thinks he's a tough guy but its not really a good thing to be playing to your audience. Obviously he does care what people think of him.
He needs to get past this and concentrate on his in game coaching, rotations etc
I still feel it would be to his benefit to hire a mentor.
A really bad night for all involved - except IW

If you think that someone that early in their career doesn't have a lot of maturing to do idk what to tell you. He has never coached at this level before the pressure is completely different the expectations are completely different. He acted like a child he is going to learn that he just can't act that way.