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Message: [QUOTE="tennmike, post: 3909518, member: 4444"] I like Hurley and I think is was a good choice for the job. He's from a renowned basketball family, was a good D1 player in the Big East, relates well with his players, and is a great recruiter. He is executing his plan..."this is what to expect year 1, year 2, year 3 of a rebuild"; he is self-assured (good and bad). He loves the rebuilding process and has reverence for UConn basketball history. I read and listen to everything he publicly says during the season, up to the NCAA tourney, and after the HUGELY disappointing loss to Maryland. He seems to excel at all of the stuff along the way..."better get us now," but against the best teams, he seems to get in his own way, despite having a very capable team. Hurley appears to be introspective based on his interest in "improvement" books, but he is also stubborn. He shares practice videos with his pop. You have to believe they talk about strategy, but it is hard to envision the tough-as-nails elder Hurley (or Jim Calhoun for that matter) would waltz into a game so afraid of opposing players. "We're gonna get killed with 5-out, Sanogo is going to have trouble, we have no-one to stop Ayala, and so on. Why not check Maryland's 13 losses. How did Clemson, Rutgers, Purdue, Michigan, Wisconsin, Northwestern, Penn State, etc... overcome insurmountable odds (facetious) to beat them? Hurley is the coaching parallel to the player, Andre Jackson. He has some terrific attributes, but he has some serious and immediate stuff to work on (in-game coaching and team preparation). I hope Hurley learns what he needs to get the program all the way back, but unlike certain comments in this thread, no one is afraid of our team. So a quick NCAA exit against a mediocre Maryland team does not cap a season defined as a "huge success"; if we are to take Hurley at his word, then what was experienced this basketball season is only equal to his stated Year-3 expectation...nothing more. [/QUOTE]

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