Is this Hurley after this game?

[tzznandrew]

ALERT: National championship winning sports coach does not handle losing well!!!

Can you imagine if there were cameras everywhere at all times to catch everything Knight, Smith, K, Calhoun, Roy, etc. said from like the 1980s to early 2000s?

This is a non-story. People react in the moment. Hurley is usually quite graceful with opposing players and coaches. Sometimes he's not his best self with fans. In the hallway, in the immediate sting of a hard loss in which two seniors and potentially other championship players have played their last game? C'mon. Just pay attention to what he said like 5 minutes later when he had a chance to reflect.

 

[jibsey]

On Thursday on the way to open practice, a rock destroyed my windshield. I looked at my 10 year old son, who was the reason we went to practice, and said " we ain't leaving without a signature now". Fast forward, and Hurley is walking out the tunnel with wife and son, my son yells out " coach Hurley can you sign my basketball?!". Hurley was already past my son on the way to the court. He stops, leaves his family, and not only signs my sons ball, but chats him up. He legitimately is the best coach in America. I love watching ppl hate on him. They don't know him. He's a good dude. I was proud when I told him he's the best coach in the county. His reply? " i appreciate that brother"

We UConn fans know how good he is, how committed and hardworking. This loss kills him. Who cares more than he does? Who tries harder?
Let the detractors yap, don’t pay attention.

 

[Flop]

Genuine question to all of you who love this behavior and don’t see anything wrong with it: how do you teach your children to act and behave?

I have a strong suspicion that the people that are fine with this behavior are the same lunatics that scream at the refs themselves during their kids travel soccer game.

 

[uconnyankee]

Genuine question to all of you who love this behavior and don’t see anything wrong with it: how do you teach your children to act and behave?

I have a strong suspicion that the people that are fine with this behavior are the same lunatics that scream at the refs themselves during their kids travel soccer game.

Lame. People have emotions.
Most of us will never know the pressure to compete at this level and what it takes day in and day out. This isn’t a participation trophy contest.

Losing on this stage, having mics and cameras in your face hoping to catch something like this is just where we are as a society.

 

[Scoe]

Genuine question to all of you who love this behavior and don’t see anything wrong with it: how do you teach your children to act and behave?

I have a strong suspicion that the people that are fine with this behavior are the same lunatics that scream at the refs themselves during their kids travel soccer game.

I smell a subtle troll trying to tread on here lightly.

 

[Scoe]

Can you imagine if there were cameras everywhere at all times to catch everything Knight, Smith, K, Calhoun, Roy, etc. said from like the 1980s to early 2000s?

This is a non-story. People react in the moment. Hurley is usually quite graceful with opposing players and coaches. Sometimes he's not his best self with fans. In the hallway, in the immediate sting of a hard loss in which two seniors and potentially other championship players have played their last game? C'mon. Just pay attention to what he said like 5 minutes later when he had a chance to reflect.

Anyone who has ever played a sport knows this.

 

[uh-no]

Can you imagine if there were cameras everywhere at all times to catch everything Knight, Smith, K, Calhoun, Roy, etc. said from like the 1980s to early 2000s?

This is a non-story. People react in the moment. Hurley is usually quite graceful with opposing players and coaches. Sometimes he's not his best self with fans. In the hallway, in the immediate sting of a hard loss in which two seniors and potentially other championship players have played their last game? C'mon. Just pay attention to what he said like 5 minutes later when he had a chance to reflect.

Insert coach K's infamous "you killed us" after the 2004 game. Thamel: Calhoun's gamble pays off late

 

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Can you imagine if there were cameras everywhere at all times to catch everything Knight, Smith, K, Calhoun, Roy, etc. said from like the 1980s to early 2000s?

This is a non-story. People react in the moment. Hurley is usually quite graceful with opposing players and coaches. Sometimes he's not his best self with fans. In the hallway, in the immediate sting of a hard loss in which two seniors and potentially other championship players have played their last game? C'mon. Just pay attention to what he said like 5 minutes later when he had a chance to reflect.

Hurley’s constant outbursts are not normal and not something the guys you listed do as often as he did. It’s not some new age thing.

Yes, it’d be nice if people could pay attention to what he said 5 minutes later but it’s his own fault he couldn’t have an ounce of self control by unnecessarily blaming the refs on his walk out.

That is entirely his fault.

Edit: Bob Knight definitely had those outbursts and he’s well known for them. The cameras caught everything lol

 

[ec33]

Genuine question to all of you who love this behavior and don’t see anything wrong with it: how do you teach your children to act and behave?

I have a strong suspicion that the people that are fine with this behavior are the same lunatics that scream at the refs themselves during their kids travel soccer game.

I was sucker punched by a player while reffing basketball and I didn't whine about the "outburst" or hold some personal vendetta. These refs should be able to handle mild cursing.

 

[Gutter King]

Genuine question to all of you who love this behavior and don’t see anything wrong with it: how do you teach your children to act and behave?

I have a strong suspicion that the people that are fine with this behavior are the same lunatics that scream at the refs themselves during their kids travel soccer game.

Genuine answer: We live in a country where most everything/everyone is fake, most people are pandering frauds, lack loyalty, and people go out of their way telling the world how "hard" they work or how "busy" they are.

So I teach my kid to seek out the people that are high achievers and real. Real people have gasp warts and perceived flaws. Maybe I am fortunate that my twelve year old understands these things and can engage the lost art of critical thinking. She sees a coach that is 100% all in, loyal to his players and fanbase, and grinds every single day to get incrementally better. She has also seen the madman, and is relatively indifferent about it, it's not like I go around telling her that behavior is virtuous.

Maybe the lesson to you should be that a person can't be everything to everyone. Hurley's dynamic with Andrew/Andrea, the assistant coaches and the players, and of the fanbase is the only thing I need to see to know he's a great man. If you are "everyone's cup of tea" you probably don't stand for much, at the risk of offending someone, somewhere.

 

[DCT]

311K views · 10K reactions | Dan Hurley was not pleased after UConn’s loss to Florida (: @jellis_1016) | Sports Illustrated

Dan Hurley was not pleased after UConn’s loss to Florida (: @jellis_1016).

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I think it is fake. Otherwise poor sportsmanship after a loss

 

[Mike Honcho]

Hurley’s constant outbursts are not normal and not something the guys you listed do as often as he did. It’s not some new age thing.

Yes, it’d be nice if people could pay attention to what he said 5 minutes later but it’s his own fault he couldn’t have an ounce of self control by unnecessarily blaming the refs on his walk out.

That is entirely his fault.

Edit: Bob Knight definitely had those outbursts and he’s well known for them. The cameras caught everything lol

It's a product of how he grew up and what kind of competitor he is. It's clear he's done a ton of work on himself which is why his reaction 5 minutes later is generally much more palatable, but his initial spur of the moment reaction harkens back to his primal instincts -- the man he was raised to be by his relentlessly competitive father. He talked about this in the 60 minutes profile.

The other thing is... it's easy for us to sit on our couches and Monday morning qb his behavior. But it's this unparalleled competitive nature that makes him who he is.

It makes me uncomfortable how he always talks about basketball plays as being 'life or death' because it's not life or death at all. It's just a game. But that's clearly the key to his success. I personally think it's remarkable how much work he's put in to better himself as a human and address some of his childhood traumas. Beyond his viral outbursts, it's clear that he has a lot of humility and is seemingly a pretty fun guy to be around. Self-deprecating, thoughtful, funny.

 

[champs99and04]

Some of his antics do come off as childish and unprofessional, but at least he dresses well. I'll take a coach who pushes the boundaries on conduct over all these mild-mannered, mature guys who dress like bums. He is the basketball coach and not the chancellor of ethics, after all. Just look presentable and try not to fight any fans and I'm sure the school's good name will survive any foul language. They didn't have iphones back when Jim Calhoun was coaching.

 

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It's a product of how he grew up and what kind of competitor he is. It's clear he's done a ton of work on himself which is why his reaction 5 minutes later is generally much more palatable, but his initial spur of the moment reaction harkens back to his primal instincts -- the man he was raised to be by his relentlessly competitive father. He talked about this in the 60 minutes profile.

The other thing is... it's easy for us to sit on our couches and Monday morning qb his behavior. But it's this unparalleled competitive nature that makes him who he is.

It makes me uncomfortable how he always talks about basketball plays as being 'life or death' because it's not life or death at all. It's just a game. But that's clearly the key to his success. I personally think it's remarkable how much work he's put in to better himself as a human and address some of his childhood traumas. Beyond his viral outbursts, it's clear that he has a lot of humility and is seemingly a pretty fun guy to be around. Self-deprecating, thoughtful, funny.

Jim Calhoun lost his dad at 15 but I’m suppose to feel bad for Hurley because his who was the best HS coach in Jersey raised him to be competitive?

He’s 50 and suppose to be molding young men, not himself. It is not that hard to shutup and walk down a tunnel after your first tourney loss in 3 years.

We don’t have to talk about the childhood trauma of a grown suppose to be leader of men to excuse it.

 

[temery]

I was sucker punched by a player while reffing basketball and I didn't whine about the "outburst" or hold some personal vendetta. These refs should be able to handle mild cursing.

it has nothing to do with the rest being able to handle it.

 

[UCFan1513]

The coach of the team we played yesterday has very real allegations of stalking and sexual harassment. But if he’s cordial with referees and doesn’t say anything in the heat of the moment, I guess he’s a great person then huh?

 

[temery]

The coach of the team we played yesterday has very real allegations of stalking and sexual harassment. But if he’s cordial with referees and doesn’t say anything in the heat of the moment, I guess he’s a great person then huh?

Google non sequitur.

 

[caw]

Two different topics here but a) Hurley didn't say anything that bad in a pretty private comment to a fellow coach and b) that's some bush league level reporting.

Was what Hurley said showing poor sportsmanship, yes. Was he saying it in a press conference, or to the refs directly. No. Was it really a big deal to say it right after a close, hard fought game, also no.

I fully expect media should be better than this.

 

[Robrio89]

Can you imagine if there were cameras everywhere at all times to catch everything Knight, Smith, K, Calhoun, Roy, etc. said from like the 1980s to early 2000s?

This is a non-story. People react in the moment. Hurley is usually quite graceful with opposing players and coaches. Sometimes he's not his best self with fans. In the hallway, in the immediate sting of a hard loss in which two seniors and potentially other championship players have played their last game? C'mon. Just pay attention to what he said like 5 minutes later when he had a chance to reflect.

This!

I have never seen the cameras on a coach as much as they are this year on Hurley. The idea that other coaches don’t say things and don’t go nuts on the sideline is the worst form of media bias. The media made this the story all year. No respect for UConn at any point. Every media piece on Hurley focuses on the viral moments and nothing about how great UConn is and what we just achieved. Our team was discussed like a complete failure while numerous 10 loss teams entered the tournament without that weight. Sure with success comes scrutiny but even in our most successful moments we get nothing from the media. The media was happy to take UConn off the pedestal so they could make room for friendlier narratives. Grit, resilience, passion. They have no room for our culture in the national spotlight.

Every postgame comment now from the other fanbases and from the media has decidedly cherry picked the absolute worst click bait narratives you could possible take. 12 minute postgame with him crying and showing emotions when saying goodbye to a team he loves? Nope, let’s talk about the 5 seconds where he says Karaban wasn’t fouled. 3 minute clip with him immediately postgame where he says that Florida is the better team? Nope, let’s talk about the comment he made in the tunnel as a hot mic situation.

Inflammatory media thriving off of disgust and lamentation. Hard to watch or listen to. These players don’t deserve it and us as fans don’t either.

 

[mauconnfan]

Sorry love his passion, love the way he treats and gets along with his players, love he’s our coach. Can’t stand this crap and it’s not on the media because that’s their job. They have a chance way too often to grab a story with Dan Hurley and his inability to hold back. This is why we get no calls and for all of you supporting him on this don’t bitch about calls because he continues to worsen the load on his players with stuff like this. Refs have a chalk board too.

 

[CL82]

If we were all recorded at work or while driving it would look very bad.

More to the point is that you have to take people as they are. Without Dan Hurley being a winning obsessed maniac with a boulder sized chip on his shoulder, we don't win our last two national championships. Intensity often breeds greatness.

 

[Seamus84]

Genuine question to all of you who love this behavior and don’t see anything wrong with it: how do you teach your children to act and behave?

I have a strong suspicion that the people that are fine with this behavior are the same lunatics that scream at the refs themselves during their kids travel soccer game.

Coming from someone who's handle is flop....

 

[FreeKlaiber]

Coaches and athletes throw and kick things all the time going to the locker room after a loss who cares.

When I was an assistant for a current college head coach in Connecticut 20 yrs ago, we ran a oob backscreen lob play at the buzzer to try and tie a game. It worked but our guy got mauled at the high point on the alley oop, and the refs swallowed the whistle, and let the game end without calling obvious foul. My coach, who is a classy guy, ran out of the gym after the refs who had also bolted after their abdication of duties.

He grabbed a ball off the rack and threw it at them jai lai style as we went into the hallway, and I learned some new words. And he was very cordial with 2 of the ref crew, both before and after. Pretty sure Josh Tiven, who is in the NBA now, was one of the refs lol. Not excusing it, but as a coach, You lose your mind in the immediate ending of a game if you were a competitor who feels wronged. As long as the irrational frustration is gone before official press meeting, so what. To hell with the hot mic in the moments after a loss walking off the court ending your season.

 

[TheHorde]

Want a different coach?

No I want a different beat writer

 

[HuskyHawk]

Sorry love his passion, love the way he treats and gets along with his players, love he’s our coach. Can’t stand this crap and it’s not on the media because that’s their job. They have a chance way too often to grab a story with Dan Hurley and his inability to hold back. This is why we get no calls and for all of you supporting him on this don’t bitch about calls because he continues to worsen the load on his players with stuff like this. Refs have a chalk board too.

Same. His press conference was great until he complained about the non call on Alex. Just stop. You won two national championships in a row. If they were out to get you, that wouldn't have happened. Be gracious. Mention we missed some shots, mention coaching moves you could have been better at (not trying to feed Reed when it wasn't there). Don't be a poor loser. I love the overall emotion but the urge to blame someone else for every loss (even when valid like in Maui) is something a mature coach should mention in private if at all. He needs to stop.