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[KingAG]

We disagree. Let's turn the page.Lmao

You’ve met him? Genuinely curious.

 

[bigknight3]

From what I've seen and heard in interviews. He's a quiet dude. If you're a baller from Queens and play at UConn-You have to be confident or you'll get crushed by the next man up on your team. He'll be fine. Danny needs him to be more vocal this year as a leader -Like AK. Who is also a quiet dude as is Samson.

No one (else) who follows the team believes that Hass is a quiet dude!

 

[KingAG]

No one (else) who follows the team believes that Hass is a quiet dude!

I’ve met him. He’s not.

 

[navery12]

I've never heard Hassan talk or make a single sound, definitely a quiet dude. Unrelated I watch every video and game on mute

 

[RuffRuff]

I think we'll see Ross because I think he could be one of our best perimeter defenders. Long and Rangy. Between him and Stewart I think Ross is the better shooter and playmaker but Stewart is a craftier and better all around scorer and possible more Alpha. Defense could be similar.

How the heck can you know any of this? This is 100% speculation because we saw so little of him last year in meaningful minutes. Wishful thinking. Length and range alone does not make a good defender. One can only hope but way to little to go on to make any of these calls.

 

[LIuconn]

This thread took a turn

 

[k-walk]

How the heck can you know any of this? This is 100% speculation because we saw so little of him last year in meaningful minutes. Wishful thinking. Length and range alone does not make a good defender. One can only hope but way to little to go on to make any of these calls.

He said “I think”

 

[M.S.G.]

I think we'll see Ross because I think he could be one of our best perimeter defenders. Long and Rangy. Between him and Stewart I think Ross is the better shooter and playmaker but Stewart is a craftier and better all around scorer and possible more Alpha. Defense could be similar.

Posts like this are why I take periodic breaks from The Boneyard.

 

[Ricker]

In the previous instagram with has instructing Singare to take his time bro, the next second flips to Hass taking a shot with Karaban in the background with a boot on his right foot.

 

[UofCT]

It’s something Hurley said after the season. Whether that actually happens is TBD. It’s probably a good thing if we have a good enough player to start over him given how good Diarra is.

I must have missed that quote from Hurley. Diarra is too good on both ends to not play significant minutes.

 

[bigknight3]

I must have missed that quote from Hurley. Diarra is too good on both ends to not play significant minutes.

I think people are reading more into the quote that Hurley spoke to Hass about his role next season to make sure both sides were in the same page. That doesn't mean that Hurley told Hass he'd come off the bench. It probably meant he told Hass if he plans to start, this is what Hurley expects from him. Hass still has to earn it and prove it in practice. He looks like he's doing just that in these clips!

 

[Deleted at users request]

I must have missed that quote from Hurley. Diarra is too good on both ends to not play significant minutes.

Honestly can’t find it, it was an article where Dan talked about the conversation he would have with Diarra to see if he would return this year. He said he’d want to be on the same page for his role.

He’ll at minimum play the same role he had last year and get a lot of time doing it. It’s great to have him as a high floor for the position.

 

[UofCT]

Honestly can’t find it, it was an article where Dan talked about the conversation he would have with Diarra to see if he would return this year. He said he’d want to be on the same page for his role.

He’ll at minimum play the same role he had last year and get a lot of time doing it. It’s great to have him as a high floor for the position.

Hurley is going to put him on the oppositions best offense player. I don’t know who else on our roster can defend like Diarra.

 

[JustbrewitMan]

Honestly can’t find it, it was an article where Dan talked about the conversation he would have with Diarra to see if he would return this year. He said he’d want to be on the same page for his role.

He’ll at minimum play the same role he had last year and get a lot of time doing it. It’s great to have him as a high floor for the position.

Right…and so many people on the yard have run with that as meaning “he’ll be coming off the bench”

For all we know, Hurley could just have easily told him his role was to be the starter but to do it, he needed to commit to do x,y,z things. Also, Hurley could have said that he needed to be the leader of the team (at that time, Karaban coming back was still an unknown…)

 

[Deleted at users request]

In the previous instagram with has instructing Singare to take his time bro, the next second flips to Hass taking a shot with Karaban in the background with a boot on his right foot.

That’s a great (but sad) Easter egg find in the video. Hopefully it’s something minor for AK.

 

[HooperScooper]

Honestly can’t find it, it was an article where Dan talked about the conversation he would have with Diarra to see if he would return this year. He said he’d want to be on the same page for his role.

He’ll at minimum play the same role he had last year and get a lot of time doing it. It’s great to have him as a high floor for the position.

I remember that also and found the article. From the day of the parade. Hurley doesn't say specifically what the role would be. It's more along the lines of what @bigknight3 said above. I guess you could make some assumptions from the quote.

Hassan Diarra​

“Still giving it thought,” he said, considering the situation and what is best for him. “Just (still) having conversations with the coaches and seeing where their mind is at, where my mind is at, and we’ll go from there… (The UConn experience) has been more than I can ask for. It’s been truly amazing and I’m blessed to be a part of this program.”

The decision will likely come down to his role, after two years as a critical option off the bench. In addition to forward Isaiah Abraham, the Huskies are set to bring in a four-star point guard in Ahmad Nowell who could earn himself a starting spot.

“What (Diarra) envisions for himself next year in terms of role has got to be aligned with what ours is,” Hurley said. “I think what’s been effective for us the last two years is that the level of honesty has created great rosters. Because the players that didn’t align with what we viewed for them, they left, we brought in appropriate players in both years and then we won back-to-back championships. We’re just gonna tell the truth with players about where we see them, but we would like to return as many of the players as we can.”

Dan Hurley commits to UConn’s future, starts construction of 2024-25 roster as he hunts ‘three-peat’

Where UConn’s roster stands as a handful of players face potential NBA options and how coach Dan Hurley, committed to return, is building his next roster.

www.courant.com

Alternate access:
Dan Hurley commits to UConn’s future, starts construction of 2024-25 roster as he hunts ‘three-peat’

 

[Deleted at users request]

I remember that also and found the article. From the day of the parade. Hurley doesn't say specifically what the role would be. It's more along the lines of what @bigknight3 said above. I guess you could make some assumptions from the quote.

Hassan Diarra​

“Still giving it thought,” he said, considering the situation and what is best for him. “Just (still) having conversations with the coaches and seeing where their mind is at, where my mind is at, and we’ll go from there… (The UConn experience) has been more than I can ask for. It’s been truly amazing and I’m blessed to be a part of this program.”

The decision will likely come down to his role, after two years as a critical option off the bench. In addition to forward Isaiah Abraham, the Huskies are set to bring in a four-star point guard in Ahmad Nowell who could earn himself a starting spot.

“What (Diarra) envisions for himself next year in terms of role has got to be aligned with what ours is,” Hurley said. “I think what’s been effective for us the last two years is that the level of honesty has created great rosters. Because the players that didn’t align with what we viewed for them, they left, we brought in appropriate players in both years and then we won back-to-back championships. We’re just gonna tell the truth with players about where we see them, but we would like to return as many of the players as we can.”

Dan Hurley commits to UConn’s future, starts construction of 2024-25 roster as he hunts ‘three-peat’

Where UConn’s roster stands as a handful of players face potential NBA options and how coach Dan Hurley, committed to return, is building his next roster.

www.courant.com

Alternate access:
Dan Hurley commits to UConn’s future, starts construction of 2024-25 roster as he hunts ‘three-peat’

Thanks for finding this Hoop. Yeah my personal assumption to that quote would be that it wouldn’t be much of a conversation if it’s about expecting him to be a leader to earn a starter role. Feel like that’s something that doesn’t have to be a hard discussion but maybe I could be wrong.

Like I said the position has a very high floor no matter what with Diarra in the room pushing giving a much needed push to guys.

 

[Iluvsuebird]

Ross has hops and he can shoot so my question is we barely saw him last season because we were stacked, how much PT will he get this year? Is he one of the team‘s best outside shooters?

buddy, we are more stacked this year. Those practices are going to be brutal. Man, it would be fun to press like the old Calhoun teams of old, considering the depth and athleticism we have. And if you try to slow us down, well....we also have the best offensive scheme in basketball. Yikes!

 

[Iluvsuebird]

Hurley is going to put him on the oppositions best offense player. I don’t know who else on our roster can defend like Diarra.

true, but this time last year we were lamenting losing Ajax because of his defense....and then we all met Castle. I think Stewart will be a solid defender. Perhaps better than solid. I think Abraham will be solid. And I think that Aidan will be solid too. And we know that Hassan is super solid.

 

[temery]

“What (Diarra) envisions for himself next year in terms of role has got to be aligned with what ours is,” Hurley said. “I think what’s been effective for us the last two years is that the level of honesty has created great rosters. Because the players that didn’t align with what we viewed for them, they left, we brought in appropriate players in both years and then we won back-to-back championships. We’re just gonna tell the truth with players about where we see them, but we would like to return as many of the players as we can.”

That has to be a quote taken out of context by the author, because it's the type of thing Hurley should say to every player as part of a lengthy end of season conversation.

I'm thrilled Diarra is back, but the quote sounds like Hurley was trying to hint Diarra out the door, which I doubt was the case.

 

[ctchamps]

buddy, we are more stacked this year. Those practices are going to be brutal. Man, it would be fun to press like the old Calhoun teams of old, considering the depth and athleticism we have. And if you try to slow us down, well....we also have the best offensive scheme in basketball. Yikes!

Hurley indicated in an interview he’s thinking of going 9 or 10 players deep this season and employing the press much more than we’ve been seeing.

That was his first impression based on who we have. He cautioned he wanted to observe the players. But logically we have several defensive dogs on this team to press full court. And enough depth to employ it.

 

[Huskyforlife]

That has to be a quote taken out of context by the author, because it's the type of thing Hurley should say to every player as part of a lengthy end of season conversation.

I'm thrilled Diarra is back, but the quote sounds like Hurley was trying to hint Diarra out the door, which I doubt was the case.

I think you could easily interpret that as wanting him back in the same role. Or being able to accept a reduced role later in the season if certain(expected) players break out.

 

[McLovin]

From what I've seen and heard in interviews. He's a quiet dude. If you're a baller from Queens and play at UConn-You have to be confident or you'll get crushed by the next man up on your team. He'll be fine. Danny needs him to be more vocal this year as a leader -Like AK. Who is also a quiet dude as is Samson.

Well spoken and humble (which definitely could come across as “quite”). But he’s a hell of a competitor, insanely hard worker and has tons of confidence.

 

[Deleted at users request]

Hurley indicated in an interview he’s thinking of going 9 or 10 players deep this season and employing the press much more than we’ve been seeing.

That was his first impression based on who we have. He cautioned he wanted to observe the players. But logically we have several defensive dogs on this team to press full court. And enough depth to employ it.

Could definitely see that for this team. They have the athletes and guards to really get out and run this year. Might be one of the more fast paced teams Hurley has had.

 

[temery]

I think you could easily interpret that as wanting him back in the same role. Or being able to accept a reduced role later in the season if certain(expected) players break out.

Telling a player he isn't expected to start next year, and may have an even smaller role is a polite way of saying goodbye. Hurley would be a fool to push a valuable 6th man out the door.

 

[imno1]

I read Hurley’s quote as just not guaranteeing starting spot but he’ll have to earn it.

 

[temery]

I read Hurley’s quote as just not guaranteeing starting spot but he’ll have to earn it.

Yep. That's why I think he was either misquoted or misspoke.

The actual quote seems even more stupid every time I read it.

 

[dennismenace]

true, but this time last year we were lamenting losing Ajax because of his defense....and then we all met Castle. I think Stewart will be a solid defender. Perhaps better than solid. I think Abraham will be solid. And I think that Aidan will be solid too. And we know that Hassan is super solid.

Good summary. I have a feeling that our defense next year is going to be an absolute nightmare for our opponents. Our depth will allow substitution to run other teams into the ground defensively just like our offense makes the opponent run all over the place. The word dread comes to mind. "You better get us now" Hmmmmmm.

 

[Huskyforlife]

Telling a player he isn't expected to start next year, and may have an even smaller role is a polite way of saying goodbye. Hurley would be a fool to push a valuable 6th man out the door.

I must’ve missed the part where he said “smaller role.” I think your interpretation of that quote is way too aggressive. You don’t think Hurley would love Diarra back as the 6th man, if he accepts it?

 

[Palatine]

That quote was about a week after the Natty. To me it sounds generic. He's talking to the whole team through a media quote about Diarra. He needs Diarra, not just his defense but his understanding of the overall scheme, his understanding of how we practice and the culture. AK can't do it by himself.