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Message: [QUOTE="HooperScooper, post: 5145089, member: 10"] Hurley has said that a bunch of times since the loss to Dayton in Maui. He's right. Just need some patience. [U]From the post game Dayton press conference:[/U] [I]“This UConn team that has lost three in a row out here is not the UConn team that we’ve been. It’s the UConn team that we are right now that I think is going to get a lot better,” Hurley said. “We’re relying on a lot of young players. The burden of wearing the uniform after back-to-backs right now looks like it’s weighing heavy on the group. I think right now we’ve just got to try to focus on becoming a good team and becoming a tougher team."[/I] [U]From the post game UMES press conference:[/U] [I]“We’re going to need grace and we’re going to need patience,” Hurley said. “Just incredible support from our fans and our crowd, not just in attendance, but also externally, social media. This team is– it’s a work in progress. We’ve got so many new guys, so many young guys, so many people that moved into much bigger roles or are playing for the first time, or just got here, who now are carrying the weight of the monster of a program that we’ve created here.” “I think there’s a lot of things that could be better. But I think we’ll get that squared away. We’ve created a monster here that we’re not playing up to right now, but I do think (there is) potential for us to get there. Just, it’s just gonna take us a little bit more time.”[/I] [U]Before the Baylor game:[/U] [I]“If we start trying to figure out where we’re gonna be 10 days from now, that I think would be just a bad direction for us,” he said. “Because we’ve got a lot of young guys and a lot of new guys, and because we’re coming off such a tough week, our focus is just like, put the blinders on, turn off the external noise and just keep getting better… I think I’ve got to give the players grace and I’ve got to instill confidence in them. I can’t coach them frustrated, or we can’t coach them frustrated or disappointed, because it’s a group that’s gonna get better.”[/I] [U]From the post game Baylor press conference:[/U] [I]“Just getting that swagger back,” he said. “I think part of the problem has been me. I mean, I’ve coached these guys frustrated, I’ve coached them frustrated for too long. This is a team that’s going to be a work in progress and this is a team that’s gonna get better and better… I’ve got to coach this team with more grace and more building them up and more enthusiasm and more energy.[/I] [/QUOTE]

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