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Savos said:
As great a coach as Hurley has been, his large ego is a concern now that he has become very famous in the world of Hoops. Does anyone see this as a potential issue? Will he be able to stay focused on the team...?
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This. We should try much harder to only hire mediocre coaches who never accomplish anything and avoid this risk in the future.

(You really can't make some of this stuff up.)
 
storrsroars said:
The only thing he's said this week that made me wince was his insistence that UConn would be in roughly the same place had we not moved to the BE.

Said it in another thread already, but I'm pretty confident that we don't get Tristen or Cam if we were still in the AAC. It's basically a one-bid league. I'd guess Castle to Auburn or OSU instead of Storrs. And because football, we weren't moving up to the B12 with Houston.

It's pure speculation on my part that we wouldn't be where we are today, but at the time Dan Hurley said UConn was already on a trajectory like Houston back before rejoining the BE, we still didn't have an offense. And there wouldn't have been a Storrs South (does anyone really think Dickie's Arena in Fort Worth would've been 60% Huskies fans?)
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He has to know that remaining in the AAC would have greatly hindered UCONN's rise back into the highest echelon of cbb. I'm not saying it can't be done, but selling kids on playing against historic programs with great coaches is easier than playing Memphis on a Tuesday.
 
Travelman32 said:
The guy admits in public to crying and doing yoga/meditating. That's so far from ego, you think Cal is up there talking about the last time he had a good cry? If anything hurley is a great role model to all young males to be more in touch with emotions in a culture that tends to pride itself in males keeping it all inside.
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What you're describing has nothing to do with ego.

He'll talk about self-doubt and crying but he'll also talk about kicking your arse on the court and physically kicking your arse if you step onto the court where you don't belong. Those are just normal male human emotions, he's an emotional guy.
 
superjohn said:
What you're describing has nothing to do with ego.

He'll talk about self-doubt and crying but he'll also talk about kicking your arse on the court and physically kicking your arse if you step onto the court where you don't belong. Those are just normal male human emotions, he's an emotional guy.
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But he doesn't have a "large ego" to the point where it's an "issue" as OP describes. People with large egos don't admit to the things I mentioned in my previous post.
 
Savos said:
As great a coach as Hurley has been, his large ego is a concern now that he has become very famous in the world of Hoops. Does anyone see this as a potential issue? Will he be able to stay focused on the team...?
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A potential issue for nearly all human beings.

He probably won't be able to stay focused, if among other things, he stops his daily meditation practice.

There are probably people right here, right now trying to distract him.
 
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He knows he’s great but also knows he can’t let up for one second. It’s awesome.
 
superjohn said:
What you're describing has nothing to do with ego.
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Two decades of yoga practice counsels me not to make too big a deal of what you've written.

I'll gently offer that yoga's originating purpose is to prepare the body to be able to sit still in order to aid in meditation.

I hope you'll consider that these practices do not have "nothing to do with ego."
 
Savos said:
As great a coach as Hurley has been, his large ego is a concern now that he has become very famous in the world of Hoops. Does anyone see this as a potential issue? Will he be able to stay focused on the team...?
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Hans Sprungfeld said:
Two decades of yoga practice counsels me not to make too big a deal of what you've written.

I'll gently offer that yoga's originating purpose is to prepare the body to be able to sit still in order to aid in meditation.

I hope you'll consider that these practices do not have "nothing to do with ego."
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I was talking about the crying Hurley has talked about and Travelman was referencing.

I know plenty of egomaniacs who are are into yoga.
 
KemBuckets21 said:
Come on brah, If you've watched any of Hurley's recent podcast appearances you see Hurley discussing his vulnerable side (if that's what you're looking for). He's just intense on the court.

You sound like a Purdue fan.
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More likely Bama. Mad they lost to a basketball school
 
If you listen to Dan, he never talks about himself. It's always "we" or even "they". He talks about the assistants being the best in the country. He talks about the players being NBA quality.
He never says "I did this or that" it's always "we".
Even when talking about the formula, it's always we found it, and "it" is all the other great people in the program.

I don't even know why i responded to this
 
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Savos said:
As great a coach as Hurley has been, his large ego is a concern now that he has become very famous in the world of Hoops. Does anyone see this as a potential issue? Will he be able to stay focused on the team...?
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Honestly have not read through the thread but can't believe we even have this. Hurley won the championship and came back even hungrier this season. Players that were also on the team last year said that his practices were even tougher this season. Not to mention the fact that he said in an interview immediately after the game that the coaches will start working on next seasons lineup on bus ride back to hotel. Ego or no ego, the man will put in the work.
 
Jbirdp5 said:
I think this is an awful take as there is zero evidence that Hurley has shown us since he got here that he will accept less than the best from his program. We have literally improved every year he has been here EVEN AFTER WINNING A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP and losing our top 3 players
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If his ego plays any role, it is that he will commit even harder to success (if that's humanly possible) to avoid failure. I believe his strong family (wife, sons, dad) will keep him grounded.
 
Human nature. When someone rises up, it becomes normal to try and bring them down. This will be an ongoing thing wrt program and coach.
 
Travelman32 said:
The guy admits in public to crying and doing yoga/meditating. That's so far from ego, you think Cal is up there talking about the last time he had a good cry? If anything hurley is a great role model to all young males to be more in touch with emotions in a culture that tends to pride itself in males keeping it all inside.
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I'm not saying this about Dan Hurley, but most of the guys I know who talk the most about doing yoga have pretty big egos.
 
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Savos said:
As great a coach as Hurley has been, his large ego is a concern now that he has become very famous in the world of Hoops. Does anyone see this as a potential issue? Will he be able to stay focused on the team...?
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We are all happy you decided to post this gem upon release from prison.
 
Savos said:
As great a coach as Hurley has been, his large ego is a concern now that he has become very famous in the world of Hoops. Does anyone see this as a potential issue? Will he be able to stay focused on the team...?
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Idiot post
 
superjohn said:
I was talking about the crying Hurley has talked about and Travelman was referencing.

I know plenty of egomaniacs who are are into yoga.
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Neither paragraph offers much in response to what I wrote. Perhaps there's an audience for your thoughts on the topic elsewhere.
 
You don't succeed without a "healthy" ego and a desire to be the best! Let him enjoy his time in the sun. He's earned it. The only time for concern is when his players stop buying in. Don't think that will happen any time soon..
 
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