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Message: [QUOTE="nelsonmuntz, post: 4119160, member: 833"] I think UConn's biggest problem is not the press, but the slow response we always have to junk defenses. If I was an inferior opponent like Depaul or Providence, I would throw a defense that I had never played before at UConn because it will tie up the Huskies for 20 minutes. Providence's half-assed 3/4 court press last year is an example. First thing I would do if I was Hurley is put one of the assistants in charge of offense during the game. This assistant would be responsible for tracking what offense they were in, what defense they faced, and what the result was possession by possession. High school teams do this on an iPad with $20 apps, so hopefully someone is already doing this on the bench. Hurley needs this information in real time. That assistant should be solely focused on the offense, feeding Hurley what defense the opponent is before Hurley sees it, and providing suggestions based on response UConn worked out weeks in advance. Hurley can take the suggestions or ignore them. If the opponent throws something weird at UConn, the assistant is ready with the response from UConn's existing game plan in the first TV timeout. Either this is not getting done, or not getting done well, but Hurley needs assistants who are more than just cheerleaders during games. He has a lot on his plate being the Head Coach. [/QUOTE]