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Kevin Freeman to be Named New Assistant Coach

rip7774 said:
Happy for one of our Mount Rushmore of UConn's toughest warriors.

Hoping for the best that he learned some lessons under the unmitigated disaster of the KO reign. I expect he has. Can he pull his weight in recruiting? That is the big ?, but the staff has recruiters so not a huge worry .

LOVE IT for stability, tying to our past players + former players who may still be a bit butthurt about KO. Kevin knows the effort and intensity it takes to cut down the nets and what it takes here. That's HUGE!

**He will also add on to the Toughness our program has shown mentally under the Hurley regime and the tremendous strides in the weight room** I think this is understated!!!

Kind of similar to last year when the one UConn women's assistant quit/couldn't coach and they brought in a former player to fill her spot who sounds like she was like a KFree herself and the team immediately got tougher physically.
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This point you hit here is one I agree strongly with. Like others said I believe Kevin can improve as a recruiter here working with the existing staff, and we have been killing it (to me) on the recruiting trail as of late. As long as these kids can win (if we play), the clout will only go up and make recruiting easier. Having a guy who played here, won a championship as a big, and as a slightly undersized big who had to work his tail off is huge! I hope his work ethic and grit rubs off on the boys and the culture as a whole.
 
UCDaveD said:
A move made to try and appease the vocal alum who remain loyal to the last head coach. I suspect there was some pressure on Danny from above on this one. Regardless, while not my first, second, or third choice, I hope Kevin crushes it and serves me a doody sando on a plater.
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Your saying Danny hurley who is singularly focused on bringing this program back to the the top of the mountain didn’t hire who he wanted because people in administration wanted an alum to be hired to possibly soothe tensions? I can’t see Danny going for that at all.
 
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Welcome back KFree! Looking forward to an immediate toughness upgrade.

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KFree is the first UConn player I recall Calhoun calling a "lunch-pail" guy. I always loved that term since then.
 
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NJHoops said:
Is there anything you’ve observed in Hurley that would lead you to believe he’d tolerate interference in what he’s trying to do? He’s on a mission here, and this hire checks all the boxes- developing coaches and creating deserved opportunities, building and maintain a rock solid program, and, most importantly, winning. Not everyone has to love the hire (I still stand by the 90%). You can disagree with the choice, but the motives behind it don’t go much farther than he thinks it makes the team and program better.
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I find that to be a rather myopic view, but we can agree to disagree.
 
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NJHoops said:
Is there anything you’ve observed in Hurley that would lead you to believe he’d tolerate interference in what he’s trying to do? He’s on a mission here, and this hire checks all the boxes- developing coaches and creating deserved opportunities, building and maintain a rock solid program, and, most importantly, winning. Not everyone has to love the hire (I still stand by the 90%). You can disagree with the choice, but the motives behind it don’t go much farther than he thinks it makes the team and program better.
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Easily the best post I’ve read here in the past week or so.
 
UCDaveD said:
I find that to be a rather myopic view, but we can agree to disagree.
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Since I have no idea what your point is, definitely. He makes decisions that he thinks will lead to championships. If you think that’s short-sighted, we‘re back to agreeing to disagree.
 
NJHoops said:
Since I have no idea what your point is, definitely. He makes decisions that he thinks will lead to championships. If you think that’s short-sighted, we‘re back to agreeing to disagree.
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Dan Hurley is an employee at the end of the day. He has superiors to answer to. And they have superiors above them. He isn’t making decisions in a silo. I’m sorry you can’t understand that.
 
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UCDaveD said:
Dan Hurley is an employee at the end of the day. He has superiors to answer to. And they have superiors above them. He isn’t making decisions in a silo. I’m sorry you can’t understand that.
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You’ve greatly misinterpreted this decision and don’t seem to have an understanding of who shares the same ideas and goals. Again, you can think he’s wrong, but don’t get it twisted.
 
UCDaveD said:
Dan Hurley is an employee at the end of the day. He has superiors to answer to. And they have superiors above them. He isn’t making decisions in a silo. I’m sorry you can’t understand that.
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UCDaveD's posts in this thread become funny if you read them out loud in your best Dwight Shrute voice impression.

(posts/avatar) ;)
 
This rumor is just sooooo ugh just infuriatingly wrong. You don’t pay a coach 3 mil to then say he can’t hire a guy for the salary he was paying Kenya. UConn has made a huge investment in basketball and they aren’t going to all of a sudden demand Hurley hire coaches for less. It makes no sense. Hurley wouldn’t be here if that was the case.
The whole boneyard throws hell when someone suggests a bigger money school could poach Hurley from us. If UConn did in fact tell Hurley he couldn’t hire a better coach then yea it’s gunna happen quicker than we think
 
Huskyforlife said:
Wonder if Hurley tries to develop him as a dmv recruiter?
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That’s not really how recruiting works. The relationships he has or develops with coaches needs to be authentic. As he develops a reputation as a great coach (hopefully for big men), I think we can expect him to create a more national footprint. Hurley and Tom are the two that we can rely on to recruit nationally as our recruiting continues to improve. Especially Tom... he knows EVERYONE.

I suspect Kevin will be tasked with using his connections in the northeast and NJ. He may even have some connections for international recruiting—he must’ve played for 10 teams around the world if I remember correctly.
 
husky429 said:
That’s not really how recruiting works. The relationships he has or develops with coaches needs to be authentic. As he develops a reputation as a great coach (hopefully for big men), I think we can expect him to create a more national footprint. Hurley and Tom are the two that we can rely on to recruit nationally as our recruiting continues to improve. Especially Tom... he knows EVERYONE.

I suspect Kevin will be tasked with using his connections in the northeast and NJ. He may even have some connections for international recruiting—he must’ve played for 10 teams around the world if I remember correctly.
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You don't think Hurley or Tom could introduce him to coaches in the dmv? I almost don't mind not leaving the north east if we keep recruiting this well, but id like to have the option of sending an assistant out occasionally.
 
Huskyforlife said:
You don't think Hurley or Tom could introduce him to coaches in the dmv? I almost don't mind not leaving the north east if we keep recruiting this well, but id like to have the option of sending an assistant out occasionally.
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Don’t underestimate how big recruiters current players on our roster can be. Diggins showed that.
 
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