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From his Instagram questions. Thought we were out on Jalen Lecque?
 

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Huskybass said:
Shiz about to get real. If we can land Pre5ious, he would be a huge piece of our return back to elite status. Stoked.
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We need that first piece to the 2019 class, that will give Hurley some credibility when he talks to kids about Uconn being back putting together this huge 2019 class.
 
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Burnsbros23 said:
So many missed layups.... biggest problem with Aau is jelly. Every single kid. We shoot 50 percent in our layup line.... doing layups.
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Same here with my aau and hs team. Might be 40% though, haha.

Kids fall in love with the flashy stuff. I did too at that age. But theyre developing some god awful habits.

I shouldnt have to explain to 16 year old players what the point of "high off the glass" layups are. Reminder, sure. But kids genuinely dont even know sometimes.

Bad youth coaches. Sensationalized social media. Etc. Etc. It all sucks
 
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4xChamps said:
my favorite thing from the Instagram story is that multiple people asked Sid what his goal/goals were for the upcoming season and he just said “win games”
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It is indeed that simple.
 
4xChamps said:
my favorite thing from the Instagram story is that multiple people asked Sid what his goal/goals were for the upcoming season and he just said “win games”
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I guess I'm old school and believe wanting to win games should be a given and not a goal.
No sports player sets out to lose games unless he or she has made a bet against themselves.

The goal should be what a player does to prepare him or herself to accomplish this.

But at least the cliche sounds good.
 
fleudslipcon said:
I guess I'm old school and believe wanting to win games should be a given and not a goal.
No sports player sets out to lose games unless he or she has made a bet against themselves.

The goal should be what a player does to prepare him or herself to accomplish this.

But at least the cliche sounds good.
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Given last season, I want 'win games' to be the first thing on everybody's mind. As long as they follow Hurley's script to do that.
 
UcannUconn said:
and Lester Quinones.
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I don’t think Quinones actually has an offer or is being recruited by this staff. A pic was posted with his offers today which went as far as to include Tulane, and UConn wasn’t on it. He also deleted his tweet about being offered by UConn.

Edit: this mornings tweet
 
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UConnStats said:
I don’t think Quinones actually has an offer or is being recruited by this staff. He posted a pic with his offers today which went as far as to include Tulane, and UConn wasn’t on it. He also deleted his tweet about being offered by UConn.
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Odd. Were not really on any SGs then, right?

Bouknight is the only one, and he doesnt have an offer.

I like Quinones quite a bit. Too bad. I trust the staff though--might br his athleticism questions?
 
husky429 said:
Odd. Were not really on any SGs then, right?

Bouknight is the only one, and he doesnt have an offer.

I like Quinones quite a bit. Too bad. I trust the staff though--might br his athleticism questions?
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Not sure why and I like him too. But I agree that our lack of SG offers is a bit odd.

Bouknight was offered by Ollie in December. The offer could still be standing, but we haven’t seen that in writing.
 
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I like the philosophy that a guard should be either big and athletic enough to be defensively disruptive (e.g. Sid) or able to distribute and create (Alterique, Jalen, Rocket Watts, Gaffney). At the end of the day, you need a team that is defensively disruptive, offensively creative, and able to shoot. But it's reasonable to make shooting the third priority. Every player needs to be able to defend, and every player needs to have a repertoire of shots they can make. If you have that, and offensively creative players, then you can arrange an offense that gets makeable shots every possession. It's nice to have a Kemba, Shabazz, or Rocket Watts who can create and make shots by themselves even when closely guarded, but that's a luxury you don't need to rely on when creating a team.

That said, I don't know why you wouldn't recruit a Quinones if he has interest, at least as a backup plan. Maybe they feel really good about Sid and Tyler?
 
I don't think it would be the end of the world if we don't bring in a PG from the 2019 class. If we land Bouknight or some CG/SG we can bring in a grad transfer PG for some senior leadership and attack the 2020 PG class which seems to be a lot more rich in PGs, especially from the east coast
 
UConnStats said:
I don’t think Quinones actually has an offer or is being recruited by this staff. A pic was posted with his offers today which went as far as to include Tulane, and UConn wasn’t on it. He also deleted his tweet about being offered by UConn.

Edit: this mornings tweet
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Well then....
 
Cuse Socks said:
I don't think it would be the end of the world if we don't bring in a PG from the 2019 class. If we land Bouknight or some CG/SG we can bring in a grad transfer PG for some senior leadership and attack the 2020 PG class which seems to be a lot more rich in PGs, especially from the east coast
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We just need a guard. Bad. Losing Jalen and Tarin. I'd like a combo if we can get it.
 
If Hurley pulls in a big time class (top 3 or top 5) we`ll be on our way back to being a power house program again. No doubt about it. That would be absolutely awesome!
 
UConnStats said:
I don’t think Quinones actually has an offer or is being recruited by this staff. A pic was posted with his offers today which went as far as to include Tulane, and UConn wasn’t on it. He also deleted his tweet about being offered by UConn.

Edit: this mornings tweet
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That's interesting. You would think he would hold an offer from us playing with Precious at St. Benedicts and New Heights. He would also fill a number of needs namely shooting and size at the guard position.
 
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Dan Hurley knows what he wants and I think there could be some very nice surprises when all is said and done. His friends and family network and the unique opportunity to lead the succession and return an elite program to prominence will be highly attractive to those wanting to play and prove versus those wanting affirmation by brand affiliation as proof of their prowess. I expect we will see some excellent talent with some chippiness.
 
BlueDogs said:
Dan Hurley knows what he wants and I think there could be some very nice surprises when all is said and done. His friends and family network and the unique opportunity to lead the succession and return an elite program to prominence will be highly attractive to those wanting to play and prove versus those wanting affirmation by brand affiliation as proof of their prowess. I expect we will see some excellent talent with some chippiness.
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Great point about getting kids that want to "play and prove versus those wanting affirmation by brand affiliation".

I'm hoping Delaire is not one of those wanting the affirmation by brand affiliation.
 
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