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Message: [QUOTE="Scrutineer, post: 4576867, member: 8240"] Just saw this thread and don't have time to read all the responses, so I hope I'm not repeating what others have said. Dan Hurley was brought here and is being paid NC level money to win and if we lose in the first round three years in a row that sure should raise questions about how he's doing. Maybe you don't recall all the comments about how JC couldn't get to the FF, until he did (nine years after the "Dream Season"), and it took the right mix of recruits to do it, especially a point guard with moxie that was a leader. Hopefully it doesn't take Dan Hurley nine years to win his first NCAA game.:rolleyes: But, it's fair to say Dan Hurley, for all his increasingly better recruits, hasn't yet put a real leader on the floor and hasn't proven he can make the right calls in crunch time. Maybe it'll be this year, but calling people stupid because they criticize his failure to win a first round game in the tournament three years in a row (if that happens) would be ignoring reality. You said: "And the narrative will still be that Hurley can't coach in the NCAA tournament, when in reality it's probably one player going off for 40 points and some players on our side getting tight in big moments." Those are excuses that shouldn't have to be made for a coach if he's making adjustments in game and has prepared his team. Part of preparing them is getting them into the right mindset at the start, especially first round games when they're most likely to be uptight. I believe he wins, gets the monkey off his back, and gets people criticizing him for not yet making the FF if it doesn't happen this year................;) [/QUOTE]

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