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Sanogo wants more PT

McLovin said:


This is just a weak look from a guy with so much intensity. I'd expect a comment like this from the previous regime, but sad to see if coming from the current staff. They need to reevaluate how they prepare their game scripts and focus being the team that dictates the game, especially when you have an unstoppable force like Sanogo was today. The fact he couldn't figure out how to exploit St. Johns small ball with Sanogo playing out of his mind inside is a little scary and eyeopening. Instead he let us our poor perimeter defenders get exploited by St Johns.
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Hurley would have been better off saying nothing.

Alexander was 3 for 5 from 3 and Earlington was 3 for 3 from 3. Everyone else was 1 for 7 from 3. Maybe Sanogo could have covered one of the other 3 players on the court.
 
husky429 said:
Pathetic. Play a zone. ANYTHING to keep in Sanogo. He was on fire. He had a stela, block, 6 points ans a couple boards on that stint.
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Exactly. They go 5 out? We counter with zone so we can keep the strength of our team on the floor. Instead Hurley insisted on matching up with a man defense that couldn't stay in front of their defender.
 
McLovin said:
Exactly. They go 5 out? We counter with zone so we can keep the strength of our team on the floor. Instead Hurley insisted on matching up with a man defense that couldn't stay in front of their defender.
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And it isn't like our guards are great perimeter defenders either.
 
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nelsonmuntz said:
Was Okafor NPOY as a sophomore? I forget. How about Freshman year?

Point me to all the games where Calhoun let South Florida dictate his lineups.
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So when Hurley countered Marquette’s BIG lineup in the second half with two bigs of his own when they were down 18, letting Marquette dictate the game, leading to a massive comeback, was that coaching malpractice?

Or was that acceptable Because we won? I’m guessing the latter and you’re being extremely results oriented and in turn, a walking contradiction.
 
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The fact is Sanogo was playing great. He’s played bad in some games and was justifiably benched. How can you justifiably bench him here? I don’t care if the matchup wasn’t ideal down the stretch. The kid extended our lead and was unguardable for stretches, you don’t bench that.
 
DaveHuskiesFan said:
So when Hurley countered Marquette’s BIG lineup in the second half with two bigs of his own when they were down 18, letting Marquette dictate the game, leading to a massive comeback, was that coaching malpractice?

Or was that acceptable Because we won? I’m guessing the latter and you’re being extremely results oriented and in turn, a walking contradiction.
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We beat USC and Marquette playing big lineups because UConn is better when it has big lineups on the floor. I don't know if you are familiar with the sport of basketball, but there is a decided height advantage in it. Our frontcourt also happens to be a team strength. Or we could play our backup guards some more and see where that takes us.
 
Hurley has a boat load of terrific attributes, but in-game management is not one of them. My question is, "Where the hell are the rest of our coaches. Does no one see what is going on?". Do the assistant coaches not have the latitude to get on his ear every now and then? Seems like a better option than losing to St. Johns.
 
DaveHuskiesFan said:
So when Hurley countered Marquette’s BIG lineup in the second half with two bigs of his own when they were down 18, letting Marquette dictate the game, leading to a massive comeback, was that coaching malpractice?

Or was that acceptable Because we won? I’m guessing the latter and you’re being extremely results oriented and in turn, a walking contradiction.
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That's called a coach who recognized his strength is with his bigs when Bouk is out. Something he should have remembered today
 
DaveHuskiesFan said:
So when Hurley countered Marquette’s BIG lineup in the second half with two bigs of his own when they were down 18, letting Marquette dictate the game, leading to a massive comeback, was that coaching malpractice?

Or was that acceptable Because we won? I’m guessing the latter and you’re being extremely results oriented and in turn, a walking contradiction.
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Actually this is a good point. Hurley saw that small ball lineup wasn't working and made a change to a 2 bigs lineup that made us a better offensive team. Great adjustment from the game plan to something that worked better. Somehow, he must have forgotten that lesson today when our guards couldn't put the ball in the hoop or protect the rim?
 
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The Johnnies were playing small all game. It wasn't unique to the second half. That should of been called out by a semi-decent reporter.

Our guards were getting abused on the perimeter. At some point you have to make an adjustment. Posh was killing us all game and no adjustment made to slow him down. Our guards aren't good enough to justify going small.

PS: Does USC take Evan Mobley out of the game because St. John plays small?

PS: Hurley needs to clearly highlight what his actually basketball philosophy is because its unclear. It seems to be 4 guards and 1 big most times. That is the message on the court and by players like Martin
 
nelsonmuntz said:
We beat USC and Marquette playing big lineups because UConn is better when it has big lineups on the floor. I don't know if you are familiar with the sport of basketball, but there is a decided height advantage in it. Our frontcourt also happens to be a team strength. Or we could play our backup guards some more and see where that takes us.
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Ohhhhh got it. So when we let teams dictate with Bigs which leaves us having to play two of Whaley/Sanogo/Carlton that’s OK, but when teams dictate guards, that’s not OK. Makes sense now.
 
DaveHuskiesFan said:
Ohhhhh got it. So when we let teams dictate with Bigs which leaves us having to play two of Whaley/Sanogo/Carlton that’s OK, but when teams dictate guards, that’s not OK. Makes sense now.
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Bigs are the strength of this team, do you really not see that? Sanogo and Carlton combined are getting the same amount of minutes as Brendan Adams.
 
aburks41 said:
That's called a coach who recognized his strength is with his bigs when Bouk is out. Something he should have remembered today
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Oh you mean the bigs that scored 23 points that game compared to 21 points today? HUGE difference. Gotta admit the bigs really controlled that Marquette game offensively.
 
DaveHuskiesFan said:
Ohhhhh got it. So when we let teams dictate with Bigs which leaves us having to play two of Whaley/Sanogo/Carlton that’s OK, but when teams dictate guards, that’s not OK. Makes sense now.
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If your guards are playing like like trash and continuing to blow leads, no that is not okay to put the hot hand on the bench. You are comparing two games together that have nothing to do with each other. Just because one strategy works in one game doesn’t mean it’s working for another.
 
superjohn said:
Bigs are the strength of this team, do you really not see that? Sanogo and Carlton combined are getting the same amount of minutes as Brendan Adams.
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Got it, is that why Sanogo and Carlton have the lowest offensive ratings on the team and Whaley is third?
 
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DaveHuskiesFan said:
Oh you mean the bigs that scored 23 points that game compared to 21 points today? HUGE difference. Gotta admit the bigs really controlled that Marquette game offensively.
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Good thing you aren't the coach or else we might never win a game. Good luck having BADams play 38 minutes a game and letting Sanogo rot on the bench
 
rollskies said:
If your guards are playing like like trash and continuing to blow leads, no that is not okay to put the hot hand on the bench. You are comparing two games together that have nothing to do with each other. Just because one strategy works in one game doesn’t mean it’s working for another.
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But I thought the issue here was Hurley letting the other team dictate the game, which apparently you should never do, and which he also did vs Marquette and we won so that wasn’t a problem. But today we lost, so now it is.
 
The team played its best when Sanogo was on the floor today so the coaches needed to figure out how to keep him out there. It wasn't like Hurley even tried it the last 10 mins and failed when SJ was passing us by.
 
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DaveHuskiesFan said:
But I thought the issue here was Hurley letting the other team dictate the game, which apparently you should never do, and which he also did vs Marquette and we won so that wasn’t a problem. But today we lost, so now it is.
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Do we need to spell it out for you? Marquette WAS dictating the game by playing big. Hurley reacted by playing our bigs which is our STRENGTH. You don't react to a team by playing your weakness. Holy crap
 
DaveHuskiesFan said:
But I thought the issue here was Hurley letting the other team dictate the game, which apparently you should never do, and which he also did vs Marquette and we won so that wasn’t a problem. But today we lost, so now it is.
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The issue is Hurley took out the best player in the game and the hot hand in Sanogo. End of story. Not sure what you’re not understanding here.
 
aburks41 said:
Do we need to spell it out for you? Marquette WAS dictating the game by playing big. Hurley reacted by playing our bigs which is our STRENGTH. You don't react to a team by playing your weakness. Holy crap
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You mean the strength that scored two more points and played a total of 7 more minutes in that game than they did today? HUGE difference
 
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