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[QUOTE="AZHuskiePop, post: 5027369, member: 1609"]
Hurley has a great staff , I would think the  best ever at UConn, But a college head coach is as much a manager as they are a coach . Getting the best people around you is a key managerial skill. The other important thing is he understands their value and listens to them .  Luke was with him at Wagner and Tom at RI so that continuity and loyalty are very special 
Recruiting has been very good but the portal age allows you recruiting mistakes unlike the past. 
it’s use by this group has been absolutely huge the last two years .
Overlooked is a comment I’ve made before regarding the transfer rules although it’s important who you bring in I believe it’s more important to be able to retain a nucleus and that retention has been critical to our success. I cant remember loosing a critical kid and that’s remarkable. 
( Having a local kid grow to be not only 7’2 but a legitimate basketball player didn’t hurt .) 
Is he a brilliant basketball mind in the mold of JC , or Bobby Knight i don’t think so that type of genius is rare. 
He is more in the mold of a Dean Smith or even Adolf Rupp but like anything else there is more than one road to greatness.  .
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