Message To The Team

[Huskymagic]

I’m disappointed in the loss today for many reasons. We needed a calming influence when Nova made the run and neither Adams nor Dan Hurley provided that.

Jalen Adams has regressed big time and his overall game both on offense and defense is mediocre at best.

He needs a tough message sent his way because he isn’t there mentally. He’s mentally weak and fragile.

Eric Cobb and or Tyler Polley need to be in there to break a zero zone. Cobb a great passer and Polley a great shooter.

The talent level we have isn’t the best, but UPenn and Furman beat this Nova team and we got blown out. That’s just bad.

PS: Hurley needs to make better in game adjustments.

 

[HuskyBandDad]

In game adjustments? How about players making a shot?

 

[RayIsTheGOAT]

In game adjustments? How about players making a shot?

They weren't taking high percentage shots, and Hurley was thoroughly outcoached by Wright in the second half.
We rely too much on pressure/get out and run offense and we arent ready to duel with a Villanova in a half court set offense. With better front court talent and our leading scorer actually showing up to the game, we would have a shot to win.

 

[ucp990411]

They weren't taking high percentage shots, and Hurley was thoroughly outcoached by Wright in the second half.
We rely too much on pressure/get out and run offense and we arent ready to duel with a Villanova in a half court set offense. With better front court talent and our leading scorer actually showing up to the game, we would have a shot to win.

The thing is that we do not have the talent up front to compete, our starting 4 and 5 are non factors and our leading scorer has a habit of showing up when games are out of reach. These are patterns that are repeated again and again.

 

[Jaybird65]

We are who we are. Hurley is who he is; that’s the way he coaches. We will not finish in the AAC any higher than we were predicted, maybe a little lower based on how several of the other teams are showing. Better players will produce better results.

 

[huskyrob1]

In game adjustments? How about players making a shot?

If an in game adjustment means benching your over hyped star, because of stupid turnovers or missed shot after missed shot, I'm all for it. Jim Calhoun was not as good a recruiter as Dan Hurely is but a much better game coach as it stands right now. Hurley is a great sideline cheerleader but needs to work on his game coaching moves with respect to his starters and his first people off the bench. Calhoun would have yanked Adams after the first minute after the first turn over and the missed way short three attempt.

 

[HuskyBandDad]

If an in game adjustment means benching your over hyped star, because of stupid turnovers or missed shot after missed shot, I'm all for it. Jim Calhoun was not as good a recruiter as Dan Hurely is but a much better game coach as it stands right now. Hurley is a great sideline cheerleader but needs to work on his game coaching moves with respect to his starters and his first people off the bench. Calhoun would have yanked Adams after the first minute after the first turn over and the missed way short three attempt.

Agree Calhoun would have yanked JA. Lets see what Hurley can do with better players like when Calhoun had his best players.
Oh how many forget. Many here on the Boneyard were critical of Calhouns coaching when he had lesser players.

 

[Stainmaster]

“Message to the team”

L.O.L.

 

[HuskyBandDad]

They weren't taking high percentage shots, and Hurley was thoroughly outcoached by Wright in the second half.
We rely too much on pressure/get out and run offense and we arent ready to duel with a Villanova in a half court set offense. With better front court talent and our leading scorer actually showing up to the game, we would have a shot to win.

Agree with most of this but Wright didnt have to coach all that much when Pascal was hitting threes did he.

 

[ucp990411]

If an in game adjustment means benching your over hyped star, because of stupid turnovers or missed shot after missed shot, I'm all for it. Jim Calhoun was not as good a recruiter as Dan Hurely is but a much better game coach as it stands right now. Hurley is a great sideline cheerleader but needs to work on his game coaching moves with respect to his starters and his first people off the bench. Calhoun would have yanked Adams after the first minute after the first turn over and the missed way short three attempt.

Jim Calhoun not the recruiter Dan Hurley is? You have got to be kidding. Getting 2 recruits rated in the 80s and 1 in the 30s. Guys, I am not overly impressed with Hurley has been able to sign so far. And will Akok ever suit up? This recruiting class so far would not be all that good for Calhoun.

 

[Stainmaster]

Jim Calhoun not the recruiter Dan Hurley is? You have got to be kidding. Getting 2 recruits rated in the 80s and 1 in the 30s. Guys, I am not overly impressed with Hurley has been able to sign so far. And will Akok ever suit up? This recruiting class so far would not be all that good for Calhoun.

1) Is there any actual evidence you can point to that suggests Akok won’t suit up?

2) Jim Calhoun was literally the greatest of all time. No UConn HC will ever be able to measure up to him, and if you expect everyone who has that job to be as good as Calhoun, you’re going to be miserable until the cows come home.

 

[6xChamps]

In game adjustments? How about players making a shot?

The game was tied at halftime and we ended up losing by 23. I refuse to believe that this had nothing to do with the halftime adjustments that Wright made vs what Hurley made. Still a huge Hurley guy but shows that he has room to develop as well.

 

[Mikemac]

UConn is what they are- they’ve improved from last year but a ways off talent wise. We knew that going in but the Cuse win may have blurred that. Plus they don’t have a star- Jalen never took the next step.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Jim Calhoun was not as good a recruiter as Dan Hurely is

What?

 

[mauconnfan]

1) Is there any actual evidence you can point to that suggests Akok won’t suit up?

2) Jim Calhoun was literally the greatest of all time. No UConn HC will ever be able to measure up to him, and if you expect everyone who has that job to be as good as Calhoun, you’re going to be miserable until the cows come home.

But he’s right questioning Jim C not as good of a recruiter as Dan H. We have a long way to go before anyone can come close to saying that.

 

[tower1]

The thing is that we do not have the talent up front to compete, our starting 4 and 5 are non factors and our leading scorer has a habit of showing up when games are out of reach. These are patterns that are repeated again and again.

No that is not the main problem. The reason is that this team lacks discipline. They reverted back to Ollie type ball. They did what they wanted. Hurley has to pull the reins back and make them play together, and pass the ball instead of trying to score the most points. I could only imagine if Calhoun was coaching this team.

 

[huskyrob1]

Agree Calhoun would have yanked JA. Lets see what Hurley can do with better players like when Calhoun had his best players.
Oh how many forget. Many here on the Boneyard were critical of Calhouns coaching when he had lesser players.

No one coached better and especially schooled his players better during a game than Jim Calhoun.

 

[intlzncster]

Jim Calhoun not the recruiter Dan Hurley is? You have got to be kidding. Getting 2 recruits rated in the 80s and 1 in the 30s. Guys, I am not overly impressed with Hurley has been able to sign so far. And will Akok ever suit up? This recruiting class so far would not be all that good for Calhoun.

That's because you probably don't have a comprehensive knowledge base of high school recruiting landscape.

Agree with the JC statement though. Not sure how someone could argue that one.

Why are you doubting Akok suiting up? Nothing points to it not happening except a few nervous nellie's on a message board.

 

[ucp990411]

1) Is there any actual evidence you can point to that suggests Akok won’t suit up?

2) Jim Calhoun was literally the greatest of all time. No UConn HC will ever be able to measure up to him, and if you expect everyone who has that job to be as good as Calhoun, you’re going to be miserable until the cows come home.

Of course I have no reason to know Akok will not suit up. Just a gut feeling from what I read about his recruiting.
And I was not comparing Hurley to Calhoun. But JC was a good recruiter and the OP said that Hurley is a better recruiter which is very doubtful right now. Getting 2 recruits in the 80s does not make him a good recruiter. Hopefully he proves to be a great recruiter. Just not there yet.

 

[AZHuskiePop]

They weren't taking high percentage shots, and Hurley was thoroughly outcoached by Wright in the second half.
We rely too much on pressure/get out and run offense and we arent ready to duel with a Villanova in a half court set offense. With better front court talent and our leading scorer actually showing up to the game, we would have a shot to win.

Please try to understand this, our defense is set up to hide our bigs inability to defend one on one It’s why Ollie tried to cover this defect with a zone after Gilbert’s injury. Hurley chose to hide this with intense guard pressure which is what Ollie did before Gilbert’s injury.
Villanova has some unique ball handling skills that most teams don’t possess.
When Wright switched to bigs handling the the ball and the little guys leading essentially taking our best defenders with them how would you adjust?
Pressuring with our bigs in th open floor?
Taking all pressure off?
Put our little guys on their bigs ?
Basically Hurley got snookered by a great coach who not only identified our weakness ,knew how to exploit it,and had the right guys to carry out the plan.
Until guys like Wilson , Polley , Carlton are no longer defensive liabilities and Whaley and Yakwe have limited offense it will continue to be something teams will try to exploit. The good is news not many teams have as many capable ball handling bigs as Nova.

 

[BlueDogs]

They are 100% better than last year, but need to get 100% next year. They are a mediocre, high level team, capable of beating any top tier team on a good day but unlikely to do so due to talent limitations and inability sustain for 40 minutes.

 

[CL82]

I’m disappointed in the loss today for many reasons. We needed a calming influence when Nova made the run and neither Adams nor Dan Hurley provided that.

Jalen Adams has regressed big time and his overall game both on offense and defense is mediocre at best.

He needs a tough message sent his way because he isn’t there mentally. He’s mentally weak and fragile.

Eric Cobb and or Tyler Polley need to be in there to break a zero zone. Cobb a great passer and Polley a great shooter.

The talent level we have isn’t the best, but UPenn and Furman beat this Nova team and we got blown out. That’s just bad.

PS: Hurley needs to make better in game adjustments.

This seems like a critique of the team rather than a message to it.

 

[CL82]

im Calhoun was not as good a recruiter as Dan Hurely

Uh, no.

 

[huskyrob1]

Jim Calhoun not the recruiter Dan Hurley is? You have got to be kidding. Getting 2 recruits rated in the 80s and 1 in the 30s. Guys, I am not overly impressed with Hurley has been able to sign so far. And will Akok ever suit up? This recruiting class so far would not be all that good for Calhoun.

No I am not kidding. Calhoun was one of the greatest coaches in the history of the game but not because of his recruiting skills. Pretty sure the highest ranked recruit he ever got was Donyell or Drummond, but other than that I don't think he ever got anyone in the top ten, and the list of top recruits he lost out on is a long one....Rondell Jackson, Wayne Turner, Ryan Gomes, Marcus Camby, Bill Curley, John Bagley, and a ton of other kids UConn went after or just missed the boat on. What made Calhoun great was to take kids like Brian Fair, Rip Hamilton, Kahlid, Hilton, Josh, Ray, Ollie, Ricky Moore, Emeka, Ben, Jake, and many others, and make them better players than the top ten or fifteen kids that they never got.

 

[jibsey]

Please try to understand this, our defense is set up to hide our bigs inability to defend one on one It’s why Ollie tried to cover this defect with a zone after Gilbert’s injury. Hurley chose to hide this with intense guard pressure which is what Ollie did before Gilbert’s injury.
Villanova has some unique ball handling skills that most teams don’t possess.
When Wright switched to bigs handling the the ball and the little guys leading essentially taking our best defenders with them how would you adjust?
Pressuring with our bigs in th open floor?
Taking all pressure off?
Put our little guys on their bigs ?
Basically Hurley got snookered by a great coach who not only identified our weakness ,knew how to exploit it,and had the right guys to carry out the plan.
Until guys like Wilson , Polley , Carlton are no longer defensive liabilities and Whaley and Yakwe have limited offense it will continue to be something teams will try to exploit. The good is news not many teams have as many capable ball handling bigs as Nova.

Our guards who are small guards are often guarding players much bigger. Maybe Hurley could have done some things but going up against quality programs we are simply out talented. We’ve used grit and effort to make some of these losses close. So yes our bigs problems bleed into all areas of our defense and offense, but we have guard problems too.