Jalen Gaffney Transferring

[Connecticut13]

For all of you excited about this kid transferring, you realize we need guards, right? We needed another two before Gaffney announced. Now, we probably need three. Gaffney is someone who could've helped if utlized off the ball for about 10 minutes a game.

 

[SouleMan]

Was this the second shoe that @husky99 was talking about? I wouldn’t be surprised if we saw a quick commitment out of the portal.

Best of luck to Gaffney. I think we asked him to play a role he didn't fit. Hope he finds a team where the paint is more open on offense for his drives to the rim.

But I'd consider this a "flesh wound." 99's quote will continue to haunt my dreams until we have confirmation others are returning.

 

[Marat]

Good luck to Gaffney.

Like many said we needed a fresh start from the guard position. And now is time to get some from the portal. Can't complain that playing time is not available now! Time to fish in some bigger tunas.

 

[August_West]

Losing A10 guards and replacing them with Big East guards is just better. How is this hard to understand?

You got a line on 3 of them? Maybe Antoine Anderson part 3 available ?

 

[Umami Zen]

Hope Jalen can find a place that's a match for his talents. Wish him well

 

[Fishy]

Hurley named Jalen as a guy he had to get the right people around yesterday. Fair to say, Dan didn’t know Jalen was leaving.

You don’t hold an impromptu media availability like that unless you’re trying to get ahead of bad news. Buckle up.

 

[KingAG]

You don’t hold an impromptu media availability like that unless you’re trying to get ahead of bad news. Buckle up.

Don’t they do a end of season wrap up after end of season meetings every year

 

[AZHuskiePop]

I’m a fan of his . My advise to him if he wants to be a successful point guard is concentrating more on the facilitator role rather than trying to be Kemba Walker
Plying within your own strengths increases confidence which is 50% of the game.
“Less can be more”

 

[Jaydumo20]

Is this suppose to be a good take? You do realize that figuring out whether at 17 year old is going to work out is difficult. It's funny that you leave out his recruiting successes... but sure go ahead tell us why Hurley is such a bad recruiter.

I agree with you. The transfer portal and the no sit rule make it real hard to guage how good of a recruiter someone is. Transfer portal is too loose for my liking.

 

[Fishy]

Gaffney played and sucked.

Great news for you then - he’s gone.

We’ll be fine with “insert player to be named later” starting and “insert player to be named later” as his backup.

Things are great.

 

[aburks41]

You don’t hold an impromptu media availability like that unless you’re trying to get ahead of bad news. Buckle up.

Is it really bad news that mid major caliber players are leaving...? We will find better talent

 

[August_West]

when you are thin at guard with a possible 50 minutes a game between the 2 guards on your roster available and neither of them feel like they can compete for those minutes and transfer it speaks to a different issue. And is a more than a bit disconcerting.

 

[Fatroony5]

Losing A10 guards and replacing them with Big East guards is just better. How is this hard to understand?

They need to upgrade the talent level, especially at guard position. It’s just not easy to find 3 guys who are ready to contribute at a high level all in one offseason. Certainly doable and they can sell guys on plenty of PT. But this isn’t going to be easy.

 

[wheelerdog]

Losing A10 guards and replacing them with Big East guards is just better. How is this hard to understand?

As long as they're Big East guards.

 

[August_West]

You don’t hold an impromptu media availability like that unless you’re trying to get ahead of bad news. Buckle up.

Yup ;-)

 

[Marat]

Great news for you then - he’s gone.

We’ll be fine with “insert player to be named later” starting and “insert player to be named later” as his backup.

Things are great.

Things may not seem great now, but we'll all be happier next year....... I bet.

 

[3rdbass]

They need to upgrade the talent level, especially at guard position. It’s just not easy to find 3 guys who are ready to contribute at a high level all in one offseason. Certainly doable and they can sell guys on plenty of PT. But this isn’t going to be easy.

Don't worry we have our PG on the roster. AJ.

 

[August_West]

Don’t they do a end of season wrap up after end of season meetings every year

No.

 

[polycom]

You got a line on 3 of them? Maybe Antoine Anderson part 3 available ?

Haha the portal....literally in the portal. This is not difficult to do.

 

[KingAG]

when you are thin at guard with a possible 50 minutes a game between the 2 guards on your roster available and neither of them feel like they can compete for those minutes and transfer it speaks to a different issue. And is a more than a bit disconcerting.

I mean maybe Hurley didn’t want them back. That’s a more realistic possibility to me. They were told they would be recruited over(with transfers). They weren’t staring at 25min a game at UConn and decided to transfer anyway. We were always bringing in at least 3 impact guys imo once Cole left

 

[wheelerdog]

We will find better talent

I hope so

 

[navery12]

Don’t they do a end of season wrap up after end of season meetings every year

Yes they've had the same press conference at the end of every season, as does every other school. But Fishy needs to yell at clouds and complain about something

 

[RichCTBB]

The timing of all of the announcements seems very much orchestrated. They are Al early enough where we can get on portal recruiting ASAP. I wouldn’t be surprised if the staff already have some bodies coming in that they can’t speak about yet.

 

[ConnHuskBask]

You got a line on 3 of them? Maybe Antoine Anderson part 3 available ?

Well, if memory serves, given you that you considered RJ Cole Antoine Anderson part II maybe that's not the worst thing

 

[MJKI]

As long as we don't lose the one starter not mentioned by name in the presser yesterday, I will still feel confident going into next year

 

[August_West]

I mean maybe Hurley didn’t want them back. That’s a more realistic possibility to me. They were told they would be recruited over(with transfers). They weren’t staring at 25min a game at UConn and decided to transfer anyway. We were always bringing in at least 3 impact guys imo once Cole left

I don’t think so. That would be suicide. Hurley has no idea of who he gets on transfer market yet.

 

[Bonk]

Jalen clearly has talent but I think he was too afraid to make mistakes on the court in that backup PG role which led to playing timid and making more mistakes. Hopefully wherever he goes gives him a longer leash. Seems like a great kid

 

[Rico444]

Hurley named Jalen as a guy he had to get the right people around yesterday. Fair to say, Dan didn’t know Jalen was leaving.

He clearly knew it was a possibility. He flat out said Gaffney is at a crossroads right now and that some players don't come back from it.

 

[August_West]

Well, if memory serves, given you that you considered RJ Cole Antoine Anderson part II maybe that's not the worst thing

Good catch. RJ did everything he could . Much respect. But in the end, 2 3rd place finishes in the BigEast and 2 first round exits to lower seeds. He maxed his deal for sure.

 

[Beowulf]

so far our two worst players transferred and people act like the sky is falling. i don't even count these as losses, these are two players it appears uconn was going to try and recruit over via transfer portal anyways. we have 4 scholarships open, i'm sure the plan is to bring in a few guards of varying years of eligibility remaining, while working in floyd and eventually castle and then we hopefully will be back on track.

wish gaffney and diggins the best. stinks it didn't work out here but they'll have opportunities elsewhere. hope it works out for everyone involved