Secret Scrimmage v Harvard

[RayIsTheGOAT]

Calendar about to turn to November and fans start to turn on Jalen. Like clockwork

I dont think anyone is turning on Jalen? I love Jalen and his loyalty to the program. I really want to see him finish his career on a high and he's incredibly important to our success this season. Let me know if anyone on here disagrees with that notion.

But are we supposed to not talk about the repeated minor off the court issues and leadership questions because it ruffles your feathers?

 

[navery12]

I dont think anyone is turning on Jalen? I love Jalen and his loyalty to the program. I really want to see him finish his career on a high and he's incredibly important to our success this season. Let me know if anyone on here disagrees with that notion.

But are we supposed to not talk about the repeated minor off the court issues and leadership questions because it ruffles your feathers?

I don't care about talking about the off the court issues and questioning whether Jalen is a true leader. That's all fine and valid.

Questioning his commitment and love for basketball is crazy if you've watched this team for more than 5 minutes if you've watched the team the last few years. My post had nothing to do with anything you said in this thread, it was others

 

[TRest]

I don't care about talking about the off the court issues and questioning whether Jalen is a true leader. That's all fine and valid.

Questioning his commitment and love for basketball is crazy if you've watched this team for more than 5 minutes if you've watched the team the last few years. My post had nothing to do with anything you said in this thread, it was others

Looks like the head coach is questioning his commitment as well.

 

[navery12]

Looks like the head coach is questioning his commitment as well.

No he's questioning his leadership, there's a difference

 

[CL82]

Nobody can diminish what he’s accomplished, but most leaders would never put themselves in a position to get benched. The kid probably just went to a party on Friday, really no big deal, but this is his team. Following a team rule, no matter how trivial the rule is, is a sacrifice you should be willing to make.

Not a huge deal, but even though I’m not an old school thinker usually, it’s a little disappointing from a senior who should be our best offensive player.

Fair point, but he's a kid and standards have changed. He'll adapt to the new reality.

 

[intlzncster]

Whatever the result of the scrimmage, this is the news I wanted to hear most.

Also, good to see Hurley hat tipping Vital, even after reported confrontation.

 

[intlzncster]

Bloody scooters. Should ban those things.

Love the accountability though. That's been missing.

 

[Storrs South]

No scores or stats were released, though the game was very informal. Some players played with five, six or seven fouls, for instance.

Grad transfer Kassoum Yakwe, who just returned to the practice floor late last week due to a foot injury, did not play on Saturday.

Jalen Adams, Sid Wilson held out of UConn’s closed-door scrimmage due to violation of team rules

 

[CL82]

“UConn probably wouldn’t have hired me if they knew my record in secret scrimmages,” he quipped.

 

[rex33]

Nobody can diminish what he’s accomplished, but most leaders would never put themselves in a position to get benched. The kid probably just went to a party on Friday, really no big deal, but this is his team. Following a team rule, no matter how trivial the rule is, is a sacrifice you should be willing to make.

Not a huge deal, but even though I’m not an old school thinker usually, it’s a little disappointing from a senior who should be our best offensive player.

What exactly has he accomplished?

 

[Towney007]

It's a pre-season dark scrimmage. No one knows what rule was violated or why. Could have been late to practice. Could have talked back to the coach. Could have NOT gotten on another teammate hard enough. Lots of stuff. He's punished, did the time now we move on. It's really not a big deal.

You violate a rule, you sit. Pretty basketball 101.

 

[zls44]

So they lost by 14 to a decent Harvard team playing without Jalen or Wilson...last year's team loses that game by 50 in that scenario.

Chill out.

 

[Storrs South]

What exactly has he accomplished?

He's going to finish as a top 10 scorer in program history even without the luxury of a postseason every year. The offense completely ran through him his sophomore and junior years due to injuries and lack of creativiy and gameplanning by the coaching staff as well as inadequate recruiting efforts and strategy.

He played 38 minutes per game last year, which is insane. The character assassination because something undisclosed happened is incredible.

If he was 10 minutes late to practice fine, this is culture building. If it is something egregious, then there's a conversation to be had about leadership and responsibility. Until that point, it's all speculation.

 

[GetTheFacts]

Kemba and Shabazz were the worst possible thing to happen for Jalen. Expectations are SO high because of them. Everyone is eager to place him in the same category as those guys but I think it's clear that he's just not wired like they were. Shabazz and Kemba were ALL basketball all the time.

 

[pj]

Only eight players played. My guess is that besides Jalen and Sid, Tarin Smith did not play because of recent sprain. Yakwe was probably the fourth to miss action. Yet, according to Hurley, the guys stuck with Harvard until tiring late. This, together with Al's demonstration of floor leadership and 3-pt shooting, makes the scrimmage a promising success rather than the disaster it appeared to be in "the fog of war.'"

Spot on. Our lineup was something like Alterique, CV, Brendan Adams, Tyler Polley, and Josh Carlton with Cobb, Kwintin, Whaley off the bench. Would anyone expect to beat a seasoned Harvard team with that lineup, which has zero experience together?

I never thought it was a disaster, because Hurley probably wanted a loss to help get rid of complacency. He confirmed that for me this morning with his statement that "UConn probably wouldn't have hired me if they knew my record in secret scrimmages."

 

[Tenspro2002]

Calendar about to turn to November and fans start to turn on Jalen. Like clockwork

Well, this being the second year in a row he's had a stupid preseason incident that demonstrated horrific leadership for a team desperately in need of it, the criticism seems warranted, no?

 

[Stainmaster]

For the people that questioned me last night about my leadership comment here you go. last year scooter this year we cant even suit up for the scrimmage. but let's keep it 4hunnid!!! @Stainmaster you clown

Go seek therapy, you nutjob.

 

[Stainmaster]

Well, this being the second year in a row he's had a stupid preseason incident that demonstrated horrific leadership for a team desperately in need of it, the criticism seems warranted, no?

If you’re “horrified” by this, you need to re-evaluate the effect UConn basketball has on your emotional well-being.

Man is this gonna be a difficult year for you.

 

[Tyler2Rings]

Kemba and Shabazz were the worst possible thing to happen for Jalen. Expectations are SO high because of them. Everyone is eager to place him in the same category as those guys but I think it's clear that he's just not wired like they were. Shabazz and Kemba were ALL basketball all the time.

OR... Role models like Kemba and Shabazz could be the best thing to happen to Jalen. With better coaching now he can either try to live how they did on and off the court, or continue to coast. Its a transition, we'll see what he does moving forward. I think he has it in him to make a change this year.

 

[goskis2018]

I love the imagination on this thread

 

[Mr. French]

What Chief00 is saying is very basic. If our recruiting is successful it will be a successful year. We need to play harder and be more competitive on the court - but it’s not really about wins or loses this season. Again, recruiting is the key.

Ohhhh now I get it!

 

[Stinger92860]

Well done boys. smh

 

[Scrutineer]

If you haven't noticed URI has been way better than us the past couple years and way tougher.

In this week of increasingly crisis oriented comments and concerns about Akok committing, what Cockburn will decide regarding committing early, etc., I thought a little levity might help some cope.

 

[SirHypeAlot]

Go seek therapy, you nutjob.

no one on this board is a bigger homer or wrong more often than you. being a lurker is ok you should try it.

 

[Stainmaster]

no one on this board is a bigger homer or wrong more often than you. being a lurker is ok you should try it.

I am right and correct far more often than emotionally disturbed man-children such as yourself. You ought to take a break from posting on this website and work on your issues for the good of the people in your life offline.