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Koby Brea entered the portal. Please please Coach Hurley

Uconn10922 said:
This reeks of “all Spanish are Mexican” thinking.
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Little known fact: Most Spanish people are - in fact - Spanish. Just as more than half of English people are from England.
 
Just went over last 5 days of this thread(Left town leaving my phone behind, too busy get to a computer to to “Yard up”)

The work done in this thread is breathtaking! I cant even begin to know what to post. Great job Yarders
 
bendm said:
I believe it was either Mahaney or Brea and we got the better player. If AK stays in the draft I’d like a stretch 4 grad transfer with 1 year of eligibility.
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Trust Hurley knows what he’s doing. I’m good with any player he brings in until proven otherwise. Euro, freshman with some upside or fifth man but four depth is the only semi soft spot right now without Karaban.
 
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UC0NN said:
Some guys work out some don't. Hurley isn't gonna hit on every single recruit or portal transfer
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I don't think they missed at all. I think he just wasn't in their plans. If Brea was an actual target, which means a perceived need, what is the reason Roumagolou was looked over for that role?
 
DogMania said:
Watching Brea's clips, it was strange that he was coming off the bench. He showed an excellent quick trigger 3 on the catch and shoot, and showed some nice foot work creating space for his shot. There was a nice weak side block and an athletic dunk. Now I realize these were a collection of highlights and his MO was jacking up 3s, so there had to be a reason he wasn't getting more PT.

I think the coaching staff thought they could coach him up, seeing they brought him in for a visit, but once they landed McNeeley and Mahaney, there simply wasn't as much a need for him. The reward verses the risk just isn't there in light of other needs at this time. Now maybe he's coming into his own and will show more game for whatever program lands him. At a minimum, he will provide instant offense and some 3 Pt punch for that team.

Just because some here are pointing out that he's likely not as good as the other two players we just landed doesn't mean we're changing our tune and calling him a bum. And if all we know, he might no longer want to come here knowing that PT looks a lot harder to earn now that we landed McNeeley and Mahaney, plus the prospect of Karaban returning. UConn has a ton of interchangeable wing and guard type players that will share the court in different combinations. The need for him is simply no longer there.
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Brea seems like a fine player for the Joey Calcaterra role, but we needed a starting-caliber SG who can do more than that (so that we weren't just handing the spot to a guy in Solomon Ball who basically didn't play the second half of the year).

Once we got Mahaney, we had a high enough floor at that spot and didn't want to run off Ball, who looks to be perfectly competent for at least a backup guard spot.

Your last point is bang on -- we have a lot of guys who can interchangeably play the 2-4 on offense and on defense, which is what Hurley likes to run and has been successful for us. Brea is superfluous.
 
Mr. French said:
He’s talking about AK being torn, but referencing Clingan’s NIL.
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Yes, 2023 Clingan was unsure about coming back and it sounds like getting a huge NIL package made him comfortable with coming back.

2024 Karaban may need (and would deserve, and should get) similar assurances if he's on the fence.
 
We've moved on. Seems like the right thing to do.
 
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crazyqx83 said:
It's hilarious to watch the change of attitude here. From a 36 page thread begging Brea to come to "he's the worst" after Brea told Hurley 'no thanks' on Saturday.

Not even UK fans are capable of being this conspicuous with a flip flop.
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Sounds like Trilly has told Kentucky fans that Brea is theirs now as in signed. i guess we should see that announcement soon after his visit wraps up. No big surprise since we and Duke Dropped out.
 
UC0NN said:
And you base this "failure" on what? Some guys work out some don't. Hurley isn't gonna hit on every single recruit or portal transfer, altho it seems lately he has been.
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I don't even think we missed on Romoglou. He was brought in at the very end of a recruiting cycle when we had two empty schollies. He was most likely brought in to be a practice player and a break glass in case of emergency player, without expecting someone to sit on the bench who thought he should be in the rotation playing that role.

I wish him nothing but the best, and it was absolutely fun to see his skills in his garbage time appearances. But I have no reason to think Hurley "swung" on him in the first place.
 
crazyqx83 said:
Brea and Mahaney are going to UK. Some connections from UK's staff hires are paying off big.

Mcneeley ain't a bad consolation though. Except top 10 freshmen rarely win anymore, so there's that...
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BTW, Castle was a top 10 freshman that played a big role in the championship. But you keep doing you-you fit in well with the delusional and bitter Kentucky fans :D
 
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Wish we still tried to bring him in but oh well. Seems the roster is set. Now what do we do until November lol
 
WhereistheDove? said:
Targeting only one of Mahaney/Brea feels like a sign of what the staff thinks they have with Ball next season.
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bingo. Probably bout time to close this thread as they pretty much said "we're done"
 
That Brea is weak on defense suggests he may not be much of a team guy, and that would rule him out with this staff.
 
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martyn said:
That Brea is weak on defense suggests he may not be much of a team guy, and that would rule him out with this staff.
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I wonder if they're concerned about having too many so-so defensive players. Last year only Cam was iffy in 1-on-1 D (though his team defense was excellent), with Castle, Newton, and Clingan being great to exceptional defenders and Karaban being pretty good.

Diarra is stout defensively, though smaller than Castle. Mahaney and McNeeley, who knows. The former is definitely on the smaller side. And there's no Clingan. Reed is OK, Johnson blocks shots but is easily overpowered.

I wonder if the staff is prioritizing Ball at the backup guard position for his strength and defense over a guy like Brea.
 
Tenspro2002 said:
I wonder if they're concerned about having too many so-so defensive players. Last year only Cam was iffy in 1-on-1 D (though his team defense was excellent), with Castle, Newton, and Clingan being great to exceptional defenders and Karaban being pretty good.

Diarra is stout defensively, though smaller than Castle. Mahaney and McNeeley, who knows. The former is definitely on the smaller side. And there's no Clingan. Reed is OK, Johnson blocks shots but is easily overpowered.

I wonder if the staff is prioritizing Ball at the backup guard position for his strength and defense over a guy like Brea.
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Newton wasn’t a very good 1v1 defender either.
 
WhereistheDove? said:
You’re looking too far into this. The staff wanted one and Mahaney is just the better player. Had Mahaney chosen UK, Brea would likely be a husky.
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Disagree, had Mahaney not come the staff would've moved on to Shulga or another guard who can handle.

Mahaney is definitely the better player though, he's much better than Brea and fits our team much better.
 
superjohn said:
Disagree, had Mahaney not come the staff would've moved on to Shulga or another guard who can handle.

Mahaney is definitely the better player though, he's much better than Brea and fits our team much better.
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So basically we had no interest in Brea as a player, but had him out here for a visit? I’m not sure I agree with that.
 
WhereistheDove? said:
Targeting only one of Mahaney/Brea feels like a sign of what the staff thinks they have with Ball next season.
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Maybe and, of the two, Mahaney is the more versatile player and someone you'd more likely trust with the ball in his hands.

That skill was key to the success we had last year because the opponents didn't know who to focus on when there were three different players on the court capable of bringing the ball up.
 
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