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Message: [QUOTE="UChusky916, post: 4266598, member: 1222"] Agreed. I'm a staunch defender of Hurley. He's the guy for the foreseeable future. But that doesn't mean we can't fairly criticize his faults or errors. Lately it feels like any criticism of Hurley ends up with downvotes. It's probably a reaction to the many posts that unfairly criticize Hurley. But objective criticism is fair game. One way or another, Hurley messed this one up. Either he was snakebitten by his stubborness/loyalty to Gaffney and should have played Diggins(fair to argue in retrospect)... or he failed to properly evaluate Diggins in recruiting. Either way, he messed up somewhere, because we don't want to be in the position we're in now with literally no PGs. And it's okay to admit he messed up. No one is perfect. However, what's most important is how Hurley responds (short term and long term). Long term: Will he improve at PG evaluation or outsource primary PG evaluation duties to an assistant? Short term: He's got to find 2 BE starting caliber PGs in the portal... after ignoring transfers and preaching the UConn "family" the past year+. Who knows, maybe he already has a quality transfer or two informally locked up and that's why Diggins is leaving... he sees the writing on the wall. If thats the case I'll gladly eat crow here. At some point, you can be loyal to a fault, and I think that's the case here with Hurley and his player evaluations. Let's see if he can learn from it. [/QUOTE]