Rhode Island beat no good teams this year

[mauconnfan]

Happens.

BTW, whatever happened to that crazy uncle you gave your tickets to that made a fool of himself and got kicked out of a game?

Fool of himself? I get a kick out of those who find this so awful. He’s closer to hero than fool. I mean the refs were awful someone needed to point it out to them he just happened to have seats that were too close to the situation. I thought everyone had a moment or 2 like this during their years of being a fan?

 

[willie99]

If the Boneyard had existed in Spring of 1986:

Northeastern didn't beat any good teams this season and the ECAC stinks! I say we stick with Perno a couple more years and see if he figures it out.

Wow, Hurley is now going to be the next Jim Calhoun? Holy cow, that's awesome, we should sign him up immediately and I wouldn't be joking !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I existed and was a UConn fan in 1986, I was praying for Jim Calhoun. Even at Northeastern he turned at least one player into an NBA 1st rounder, his undersized teams were national leaders in rebounding margin and defensive FG % every year and his teams were tough outs in the post season, throwing scares at highly rated / seeded teams.

URI has done none of that, but if they can compete with and scare the very best teams in the country, if they have a deep run in the tourny I'll take a second look.

 

[RoderickSpode]

No one knows how good of a career Hurley will ultimately have (wherever he winds up coaching), but it’s time to make a change and Hurley is probably our best option. In ‘86 it was time to make a change, and JC probably was (and I think proved to be) our best option.

Anyone who tries to stretch my analogy further than that is likely being disingenuous / has an agenda.

 

[HuskyHawk]

How do you know Calhoun was at "many" practices? And assuming you do know what was his role?

Because everyone associated with the program, including JC and Ollie, said he was.

 

[jonw]

Because everyone associated with the program, including JC and Ollie, said he was.

I remember it being reported that Calhoun was around the program, maybe had an office @ Gampel and that he and Ollie spoke regularly, maybe even daily. That doesn't mean he was at practices.

 

[HuskyBoi]

at this moment, they are being obliterated by st. joes.

 

[gtcam]

Dom Perno wasn’t fired and replaced with JC?

And what does KO’s buyout have to do with the implied premise of this thread (that Hurley would be a bad hire because his league is so-so)?


If your point is that we’ve always had dimwits in the fanbase, I concur.

Perno was under the microscope and when Earl Kelley was caught with the gun, that was the final straw
He was given an option to leave with some type of nice payout or get canned
He bounced back real nice
Dom is a nice guy and a real pleasure to talk to - he knows basketball

 

[Travelman6]

at this moment, they are being obliterated by st. joes.

Well, I figure even a good team gets ONE mulligan per year. Yes, they are getting spanked, but Uconn has had 8 games like this. But wow, 54-21, I had to do a double, no triple take....

I bet they get at least within 10 to 12.

 

[Matt1010]

Currently down by 34 with under 9 minutes left. URI was 13 point favorites in this game...guess they forgot to show up for this one.

 

[willie99]

No one knows how good of a career Hurley will ultimately have (wherever he winds up coaching), but it’s time to make a change and Hurley is probably our best option. In ‘86 it was time to make a change, and JC probably was (and I think proved to be) our best option.

Anyone who tries to stretch my analogy further than that is likely being disingenuous / has an agenda.

well in 1986 Perno never one a single game in a conference tournament, was one and done in every BET, and didn't participate in the Dance for 7 straight seasons, had 4 straight losing seasons and never won an NCAA Championship.

Perno never landed another coaching job, out of the profession at age 46

So if you want to do a fair analogy, you need to expand yours just a tad

 

[HuskyBoi]

Alright guys.
URI has been good all season, whereas our boys have taken multiple blowouts. Every team is subject to one awful game a season, as if it's a cheat day.
That being said, bring in lord Hurley at all costs.

 

[HungryHuskies]

Things I noticed and liked:

A lot of "I's" and not a lot of "we's". Taking full responsibility of the product presented.

 

[HooperScooper]

Things I noticed and liked:

A lot of "I's" and not a lot of "we's". Taking full responsibility of the product presented.

Accountability from a coach?

 

[the Q]

I like Hurley, quite a bit.

The buffalo guy is also intriguing to me.