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Message: [QUOTE="Friarsnoop, post: 4616100, member: 7339"] I think people tend to limit their view of coaches by what they see in the game, but being a good coach is so much more. Hurley excelled at a number of things over the course of the season. The most important thing is getting players. Get top level players, and it makes everything else easier. It also may sound superficial, but he changed his demeanor after getting that costly technical. The same thing happened at URI. In his fifth year, he was out of control in the sidelines, and a number of people talked with him about it, and got him to understand he was losing focus. He turned that season around, and I think he did the same thing this year. My guess is in both instances, he was putting to much pressure on himself. He changed the focus of the offense to Hawkins and Sanogo. The working to get Hawkins in a dominant role helped Sanogo, and really helped Jackson just play his game instead of trying to do everything. The other major change was Sanogo's defense was markedly improved down the stretch. Between that and Clingan completely changing opponents gameplan when he was in the game during the tournament, they didn't give up easy baskets. Finally, he kept the team together when they struggled early in conference play. This is vital at the college level. We saw at Providence how quickly thinks can go sour when the team realizes the coach has checked out on you. Cooley's biggest strength was keeping the team believing in themselves, and that feel apart once the team knew he was leaving. Hurley, on the other hand, kept his team believing during their rough patch. That's coaching. [/QUOTE]

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