It was dumb because it gave the ref the opportunity to do exactly what he did. It was the wrong decision to do what he did in that situation.
It gave the ref the opportunity to make an egregious decision? Sure. If Hurley was dumb then Cooley was dumb to do it tonight as well.
He knew how to draw fouls and was our best and only offensive threat at the end of last year. People want to talk about how small he was and how he got manhandled by bigger guards but he was also a first team BIg East player. That is way more than we can say of any the guards on this team including Hawkins who I like. At least we are getting a good one next year in Castle.
Hopkins? Thought that was Carmelo
I’m not using it as a referendum. I haven’t said I want Hurley gone by any stretch of the imagination.
Once he gets his guys…….
Hurley can focus on developing aggressive offensive skills, have the team practice 1 on 1 moves, show them how to clear space so players who can beat their defender have a lane to the hoop, practice once you beat your opponent and are going to the hoop how to draw contact to get to the line. I think these things can be taught and practiced. Hurley also needs to learn and teach better offensive sets and plays. Clingan is doing great but hopefully will learn how to carve out space and maintain it better too. He is a game changer.
All his points were from the stripe so not sure what doubling would have done. I don’t look at everything thing on the refs but combine home cooking and a guy who is really good at drawing fouls and your cooked. I really think those 2 early fouls changed the game when our leader Dre rode pine.
Marquette, Xavier, Seton Hall are not teams in the past that fall under “should” beat. We’ve beaten good teams and been a top 3-4 BE team since we’ve been in the conference. Wright and McDermott has had everyone’s number. He’s also beaten multiple high level coaches outside of Big East play.
He goes 14-2 through the first 16 games
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thanks, I mostly post in women's forum but I been here for almost 10 years. I used to post more when Kemba Shabazz Giffey teams were here, I still did around 2015-17 but it was kind of depressing post Boatright so I stopped for a bit.
I be forgetting we have Springs. Is he really that bad to not get minutes in these matchups?
It’s not all on him being outcoached for sure. But that plays a big role. Karaban simply can’t match up on these guys, yet he always does. Clingan needs to play more. We need to run a more versatile offense, Hawkins shouldn’t be the only one working hard.
That we can agree on. The Karaban on Hopkins thing is a head scratcher to me. Everyone knew it wouldn’t work.
The revisionist history with Cole is kinda ridiculous. If he was that good we would’ve won a tournament game.
At this point I think it's safe to assume the answer is yes. He's in year 4 and can't get off the bench outside of garbage time
I just don’t believe it based on the fact that Phil Nolan and Charles Okwandu were useable. Worst players have made an impact. We’ve seen Springs play too. I would say he’s probably a better player than those guys.