No surprise. No counterpunch from coaching staff.

[the Q]

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I think the weak side defender steals that ball.

I think it had to be before that.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

The only time I see an opening it s brief one right after the screen. But they would’ve gotten sanogo the ball further from the basket than they wanted

I’m probably grasping but Adama has a clear path to the bucket. Maybe Richmond can come over and help but it probably leads to a foul at worst.

 

[the Q]

I’m probably grasping but Adama has a clear path to the bucket. Maybe Richmond can come over and help but it probably leads to a foul at worst.

Or the pass has to be far enough away that sanogo is again, too far from the basket and off the block and it’s more like a baseline jumper for the win.

Which is better than no shot, but not the play design

 

[mauconnfan]

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Ball is out of Reses possession by the time Aiken is guarding AS. Tyrese was delivered the ball at a bad angle early too high closer the hash so no good feed to the post anyway. And again give Obiagu lots of credit for his post defense then strong hedge.

 

[cohenzone]

It’s the coaches job to have his players prepared to execute end of game situations. Our players consistently are deer in headlights in the final minutes.

I wish everyone here could watch every game D1 that goes down to the wire and then figure out how different Hurley is. Not so different.

 

[Viet Vet]

idiotic response… didn’t have our main point guard at end of game and some bad turnovers for no reason during game. That’s no on Coaches. That was the difference. Plenty of counter punches. Sucks we lost but great game after nothing for past two weeks.

Sorry, but we don't have a main point guard. And that IS on Coach.

 

[Viet Vet]

The coach put the team together and coaches them????? Why isn't it on him or some of him????

freshler40: It IS on him. I'm with you 100%.

 

[Viet Vet]

The only time I see an opening it s brief one right after the screen. But they would’ve gotten sanogo the ball further from the basket than they wanted

Basketball......... like soccer, field hockey and ice hockey is a game of triangles. To get the ball from player A to player B, often the best route is indirect......... to player C first, who then passes to player B. This is high school mechanics, seemingly beyond the comprehension of the playground in-your-face, highlight-reel, one-on-one style endemic to UConn.

 

[UCSouth]

Why would you say that he is right on !

The beauty of the BY is that you have your opinion and I have mine.

 

[giddyup]

I wish everyone here could watch every game D1 that goes down to the wire and then figure out how different Hurley is. Not so different.

True. Of course, you’re hoping for the guy that is different.. better than average.

 

[UofCT]

Is it his fault that Cole is the only competent guard we have?

Yes.

 

[giddyup]

Tyrese had probably half a second to make a pass but he couldn’t get it off. If he does, Hurley is a genius.

He didn’t because the D was set up anticipating that the ball was going to Adama. Now, because a second string scoring threat is no present, they could afford the double and collapse and lightly defend the off ball wing.

 

[cohenzone]

True. Of course, you’re hoping for the guy that is different.. better than average.

Yeah, but only John Wooden and maybe Dean Smith had few games that came down to the wire. Aren’t that many like that. I get we put our own coach under a microscope but I’ve seen plenty enough games with top notch teams that have lousy results and broken plays at game end or have even a star go off on them let alone some sub you don’t design a defense for. I kinda think a case can be made that it’s amazing how well the team played against a really good team on the road right after a really messed up unplanned long layoff. And the Big East is loaded with talent even on the least of the teams. We did win a few close games this year against good to very good opposition.

 

[uconngb]

Yeah, but only John Wooden and maybe Dean Smith had few games that came down to the wire. Aren’t that many like that. I get we put our own coach under a microscope but I’ve seen plenty enough games with top notch teams that have lousy results and broken plays at game end or have even a star go off on them let alone some sub you don’t design a defense for. I kinda think a case can be made that it’s amazing how well the team played against a really good team on the road right after a really messed up unplanned long layoff. And the Big East is loaded with talent even on the least of the teams. We did win a few close games this year against good to very good opposition.

Your narrative is tiring. This has happened over and over the past 2-3 seasons with this coach. No in-game adjustments, losing winnable games at an alarming rate, blowing late leads. You provide the evidence of all the teams it happens to as much as ours with the same coach and the same talent and then maybe we'll have something to talk about. For now, I think most people on this board only care about it happening over and over and over again to ONE team in particular.

 

[superjohn]

I wish everyone here could watch every game D1 that goes down to the wire and then figure out how different Hurley is. Not so different.

Hurley is 6-18 in games decided by 4 points or less at UConn. That's very different than most and a glaring weakness he needs to fix ASAP.

 

[the Q]

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There’s a lot this play shows.

First of all 2 guys are standing in the same general area letting one person guard them. Makes the double team easy

Two. There is zero respect for Jackson there and that’s why they’re able to so easily (effectively) double sanogo there

With this plan and set it really needed to be sanogo and 4 shooters so you can’t leave someone like that.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

There’s a lot this play shows.

First of all 2 guys are standing in the same general area letting one person guard them. Makes the double team easy

Two. There is zero respect for Jackson there and that’s why they’re able to so easily (effectively) double sanogo there

With this plan and set it really needed to be sanogo and 4 shooters so you can’t leave someone like that.

Yeah I definitely do not love Gaffney and Polley in this play. Gaffney should have cut. Given that everyone on Seton Hall knew we wanted to dump down to Sanogo and failing that have Martin create , how about an off ball screen and lob for Jackson?

 

[cohenzone]

Hurley is 6-18 in games decided by 4 points or less at UConn. That's very different than most and a glaring weakness he needs to fix ASAP.

Flesh out the stat please. Against MSU, if I recall, there was a terrible and crucial no call when Cole was mugged. What could he have done to change that? Against SH, there were two defensive possessions that were actually pretty good but still resulted in 4 points for SH down the stretch. The play where Whaley fouled was an excellent defensive stand. Richmond’s last basket was actually pretty well defended, he was off balance and his shot fell anyway. The UConn possession that everyone is focussed on was preceded by a good possession. So if we win both of those games what does it say about Hurley? Go through both the close games we won vs those we lost and then figure out how in the overall flow of the game and the last few minutes what he failed to do. Did he do the “right thing “ and did it fail? Maybe you’re right, but without flesh it’s just a stat. I think his teams throw out very few real clunkers and the SH game could’ve been a total no show under the circumstances. That’s worth talking about, too.

 

[superjohn]

Flesh out the stat please. Against MSU, if I recall, there was a terrible and crucial no call when Cole was mugged. What could he have done to change that? Against SH, there were two defensive possessions that were actually pretty good but still resulted in 4 points for SH down the stretch. The play where Whaley fouled was an excellent defensive stand. Richmond’s last basket was actually pretty well defended, he was off balance and his shot fell anyway. The UConn possession that everyone is focussed on was preceded by a good possession. So if we win both of those games what does it say about Hurley? Go through both the close games we won vs those we lost and then figure out how in the overall flow of the game and the last few minutes what he failed to do. Did he do the “right thing “ and did it fail? Maybe you’re right, but without flesh it’s just a stat. I think his teams throw out very few real clunkers and the SH game could’ve been a total no show under the circumstances. That’s worth talking about, too.

You want me to watch 24 games again and tell you why we lost 18 of them at the end? I'm not going to do that. If you watched all these games you saw us run the clock down only to have our 5'10 guards drive into trees turning it over, you watched us run clock to not get a shot off. If you can't see there is a terrible pattern there and it's problematic that's on you, numbers don't lie.

 

[cohenzone]

Your narrative is tiring. This has happened over and over the past 2-3 seasons with this coach. No in-game adjustments, losing winnable games at an alarming rate, blowing late leads. You provide the evidence of all the teams it happens to as much as ours with the same coach and the same talent and then maybe we'll have something to talk about. For now, I think most people on this board only care about it happening over and over and over again to ONE team in particular.

Sorry if you don’t like counter narratives.

 

[tennmike]

Ultimately, the goal is to win games and in doing so, you must beat some ranked teams. Hurley is 7-27 against ranked opponents and only two of those losses were while coaching Wagner.

 

[UCfor3]

How many people on this board salivate about a kid who can go NBA after a year or two and think it’s great for the program. So Bouknight leaves and that’s on Hurley that the replacement isn’t Bouknight reincarnated. Hawkins was supposedly that guy but if he’s going to be, it is, as they say, a work in progress. Was Diggins a mistake? People on the board liked that we got him. Did Hurley make a blunder in recruiting Jackson who was touted as crazy athletic, good with the ball and a potential dominator. He’s a few of those things but not the scoring threat that would make Cole‘s life much easier. Gaffney had a pretty good resume coming out of his. Bouknight left and that certainly impacted the construction of the team in a bunch of ways, including viable options to go to in close games. Not that many one on one guys with range that need to be accounted for. I’m not convinced the absence of a well constructed team is a recruiting failure unless we think everyone else who recruited these kids was wrong.

Not a failure but a flaw that should have been noticed and addressed. We have been lacking shooting, scoring, creating and playmaking for years. Way too early to draw any long term conclusions on this years freshmen class. Think they will still be really good. Just maybe not this year although Hawkins will continue to evolve. Counting on freshmen, unless they are the Duke or Kentucky kind of top 20 guys, to fix your existing woes are a fools errand.

 

[cohenzone]

You want me to watch 24 games again and tell you why we lost 18 of them at the end? I'm not going to do that. If you watched all these games you saw us run the clock down only to have our 5'10 guards drive into trees turning it over, you watched us run clock to not get a shot off. If you can't see there is a terrible pattern there and it's problematic that's on you, numbers don't lie.

Numbers are numbers. Are my examples wrong? They are included in your stats. I did bother to look at a few things fa. Granted I don’t remember how tge games played out, did you know that in his 2nd UConn year with a basically young team we lost several close games including 3 OT games to ranked teams? Could be maybe that we were competitive at all days something.

 

[imno1]

Your narrative is tiring. This has happened over and over the past 2-3 seasons with this coach. No in-game adjustments, losing winnable games at an alarming rate, blowing late leads. You provide the evidence of all the teams it happens to as much as ours with the same coach and the same talent and then maybe we'll have something to talk about. For now, I think most people on this board only care about it happening over and over and over again to ONE team in particular.

We get it Bring back KO

 

[Yardigan]

Hurley is 6-18 in games decided by 4 points or less at UConn. That's very different than most and a glaring weakness he needs to fix ASAP.

Or he gets sent back to Rhody? Maybe? Pleeeeease????