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This team will never take the next step with Hurley as coach

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how about peeps just stop replying to this dumpster fire of a post so it gets buried?
 
I never said Hurley is as great as Calhoun. I'm just pointing out that Hurley was hired for a rebuild. The program was in pieces and in a conference that the top recruits just didn't want to play in.

1st year he brings in Adams
2nd Bouknight, Akok, Gaffney
3rd Sanogo, Cole, Jackson, Martin

The last two season are covid affected. He's recruiting well. He has a promising 3 recruits for next year.

Ollie's failure goes beyond his inability to recruit and keep players in the program. The messy way he departed UConn has been another obstacle for Hurley that should not be underestimated. There were some players who were just going to stay clear of the program.

I was just pointing out that it is early yet. He's had what... really less than 2 1/2 years worth of games? He may make some mistakes (which he needs to clean up going forward), but the guys play hard for him and I have not seen a team of his give up.
 
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He’s making $3 million a year. It’s fair to criticize him where and when it’s warranted. They are better on defense but I can’t name a player who is a significantly better offensive player now than they were before they met him. And after jumping all over Gtown to start the game I’m watching now they finish the first half with only 25 points. Why?
 
Martin said:
He’s making $3 million a year. It’s fair to criticize him where and when it’s warranted. They are better on defense but I can’t name a player who is a significantly better offensive player now than they were before they met him. And after jumping all over Gtown to start the game I’m watching now they finish the first half with only 25 points. Why?
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To answer your question, My insider sources have confirmed to me that Hurley has them spend one hour during each practice deliberately missing 5 foot bunny layups over and over until they get it right 10 out of 10 times.
 
JustbrewitMan said:
To answer your question, My insider sources have confirmed to me that Hurley has them spend one hour during each practice deliberately missing 5 foot bunny layups over and over until they get it right 10 out of 10 times.
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That’s just crap. What I just witnessed was a team completely disorganized, out of sync and clueless for very long stretches. That’s coaching. Period. Give me a break.
 
Spaceman213J said:
I never said Hurley is as great as Calhoun. I'm just pointing out that Hurley was hired for a rebuild. The program was in pieces and in a conference that the top recruits just didn't want to play in.

1st year he brings in Adams
2nd Bouknight, Akok, Gaffney
3rd Sanogo, Cole, Jackson, Martin

The last two season are covid affected. He's recruiting well. He has a promising 3 recruits for next year.

Ollie's failure goes beyond his inability to recruit and keep players in the program. The messy way he departed UConn has been another obstacle for Hurley that should not be underestimated. There were some players who were just going to stay clear of the program.

I was just pointing out that it is early yet. He's had what... really less than 2 1/2 years worth of games? He may make some mistakes (which he needs to clean up going forward), but the guys play hard for him and I have not seen a team of his give up.
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Hurley will never be Calhoun. Heck he probably is not as good a coach as his father. Yes, he seems to have instilled a better work ethic and his kids try hard. But he talks about this rebuild like it’s a 20 year master plan. Great coaches in other sports don’t do that. They make take a year, but that’s it. Hurley isn’t the answer
 
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How about some more Hurley excuses??
the league
the Refs
Covid


The handwriting is on th wall people.
 
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husky429 said:
Did he? I don't agree with the clown of an OP, but I didn't see any improvement on offense and he clearly missed TO opportunities in the first half.
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I don’t know really, but I think the criticisms of Dan Hurley are overblown. At this stage of the rebuild and in this season, Bouk is the key to the team. UConn survived without Bouk, but the real team is with him. Let him play for 5 games straight and see where UConn is, and then judge Dan Hurley on the year.

UConn might not go anywhere, but they could also be very dangerous. With Bouk on the court, the other pieces all look better. I’m high on Cole’s upside.
 
If you think the book on Hurley is written, you are a drama queen.

If you can't see his struggles with in-game coaching, you don't understand what you are watching.
 
husky429 said:
Ya the "uconn recruit dropping rankings" conspiracy is weird. All 3 of our curremt commits have improved their rankings since committing.
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I've followed recruiting for many years and it's pretty rare to see a guy drop from the #7 center to the #16 center on a reclass and even stranger for a guy to drop from #31 to #92 just because he enrolls a semester early to practice with the team.
 
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husky429 said:
Did he? I don't agree with the clown of an OP, but I didn't see any improvement on offense and he clearly missed TO opportunities in the first half.
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I think the step up came in the second half. First half was sloppy, stupid, and leaderless.
 
I don't think the problem is with Hurley. The problem was all the BB fans who demanded UConn go into the New Big East. UConn has to come up with a workable strategy to get into the ACC or similar conference.
 
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