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Huskyforlife said:
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?
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This is how I read it too. Not a smaller role but more the same one as last year ideally.
 
ctchamps said:
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.
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You’d have to think that running and some full court d will be in the cards this season. It’ll give Hurley a chance to maximize his roster and allow for a more even spread or minutes.
 
HuskyWarrior611 said:
This is how I read it too. Not a smaller role but more the same one as last year ideally.
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He said we discussed his role next year. He didn't say same, bigger, smaller or different. They discussed each other's expectations for the next season. To ensure they were in alignment.

Diarra probably wants the chance to start and be a vocal captain. And expressed what he wants to get out of next season to prepare him for a chance to play pro ball, somewhere.

Hurley probably wanted Diarra to understand the mix of players they were targeting to bring in that could see time at PG, including Nowell and Mahaney. Hurley probably reiterated that starting and minutes running the point would be earned. But staying in the 6th role might be a possible outcome if it was best for the team.

Diarra took his time and decided to come back with an understanding and acceptance of the parameters that Hurley laid out for him.
 
bigknight3 said:
He said we discussed his role next year. He didn't say same, bigger, smaller or different. They discussed each other's expectations for the next season. To ensure they were in alignment.

Diarra probably wants the chance to start and be a vocal captain. And expressed what he wants to get out of next season to prepare him for a chance to play pro ball, somewhere.

Hurley probably wanted Diarra to understand the mix of players they were targeting to bring in that could see time at PG, including Nowell and Mahaney. Hurley probably reiterated that starting and minutes running the point would be earned. But staying in the 6th role might be a possible outcome if it was best for the team.

Diarra took his time and decided to come back with an understanding and acceptance of the parameters that Hurley laid out for him.
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pretty much how I read it as well, don't understand how anyone could take a negative slant towards that quote.
 
UofCT said:
I must have missed that quote from Hurley. Diarra is too good on both ends to not play significant minutes.
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No one said he isn’t going to play significant minutes. Starting and coming off the bench playing significant minutes are two different things.
 
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bigknight3 said:
He said we discussed his role next year. He didn't say same, bigger, smaller or different. They discussed each other's expectations for the next season. To ensure they were in alignment.

Diarra probably wants the chance to start and be a vocal captain. And expressed what he wants to get out of next season to prepare him for a chance to play pro ball, somewhere.

Hurley probably wanted Diarra to understand the mix of players they were targeting to bring in that could see time at PG, including Nowell and Mahaney. Hurley probably reiterated that starting and minutes running the point would be earned. But staying in the 6th role might be a possible outcome if it was best for the team.

Diarra took his time and decided to come back with an understanding and acceptance of the parameters that Hurley laid out for him.
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I agree with everything here as far as how the conversation probably went.

But the way everyone keeps leaving Ball out of the PG mix, y’all better hope he’s not our starter next year. Even now saying Mahaney can play it but still not Ball is lol.

If people think I’m annoying now.
Excited Party GIF by Late Night with Seth Meyers
 
UConnSwag11 said:
No one said he isn’t going to play significant minutes. Starting and coming off the bench playing significant minutes are two different things.
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Nah not really. In the Hurley era the most MPG logged by a bench guy was Brendan Adams back in 2019 at 22mpg. Diarra played 19mpg last year and now Newton, Cam and Castle are off the team. Significant minutes = starter minutes.
 
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dennismenace said:
Are Nowell and Abraham here for the summer workouts?
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They were for the first summer session. They were in all those practice videos. Hurley mentioned the first summer session is over and the kids went home and will be back for the second summer session. I think the second summer sessions starts today and goes through August 16 and then the players go home again until the fall semester starts.
 
imno1 said:
I read Hurley’s quote as just not guaranteeing starting spot but he’ll have to earn it.
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We only have one player who is guaranteed to start barring injury. Everyone else will have to fight for their minutes, and a lot of players are so close in talent that it’s conceivable that the best five players won’t blend into the best team Hurley can put together.
 
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Good problem to have I guess but Hurley gonna have his hands full getting enough minutes for everyone at those 3-4 spots with Karaban, Stewart, Ross, McNeeley, and Abraham.
 
team is clearly extremely amped up in practice. i think the biggest concern this year is injuries and just managing the fine line between going hard and going too hard.
 
Wonder how much we can read into Dan saying he wants Abraham to handle the ball? Maybe he has some Andre Jackson Jr stuff to his game?
 
aceboon said:
Good problem to have I guess but Hurley gonna have his hands full getting enough minutes for everyone at those 3-4 spots with Karaban, Stewart, Ross, McNeeley, and Abraham.
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If they give Karaban some mins at the 5 they can find time for everyone. Eventually guys will start to separate themselves though. Great problems to have. We have come a long way from the fun lineups of Cobb, Onuorah, Larrier, Antoine Anderson, etc.
 
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