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Message: [QUOTE="VUcommodore, post: 4506700, member: 11658"] My grades for Dan Hurley in the 3 critical areas of CBB coaching: Recruiting - A Culture Building/Motivation - A Strategy/Xs & Os - C That averages out to about a B+ overall. Not too shabby but as a top 10 job in CBB can we do better? Is Steve Pikiell better? Nate Oats? Hurley has shown he is a coach who is really good at turning around programs in disarray, as he did at Wagner & URI. Programs in need of turnarounds usually are hurting in all 3 categories mentioned above. So Dan Hurley comes in and does a nice job with recruiting and motivating the troops and there is a nice jump in the win column as a result. But to take the next step to a championship level you also need the X’s & O’s piece (unless you’re Calipari with Memphis and early Kentucky teams so obscenely talented they could overcome his lack of strategic acumen). At the top levels of CBB, most everybody (not Georgetown) is good at Recruiting and Motivation - you need the Xs and Os piece to win championships. You aren’t beating Greg McDermott or Sean Miller or, in the old days, Jay Wright just because you have good players and get them to play hard. And please stop with the post-game press conferences saying we were out-toughed. How about some in-game strategy and adjustments? It comes down to in-game coaching and Dan Hurley has shown that is not his strength. [/QUOTE]