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Message: [QUOTE="LStudfellow, post: 4931779, member: 5436"] The truth is, that the best are the best because they are confident, right down to the core of their souls. Dan's word usage yesterday is from the same ilk as the "You better get us now, because it's coming" genre he has used since becoming our coach. Anyone on here who was a fan of the NBA in the 80's and 90's knows that the two biggest trash talkers were... Larry Bird and Michael Jordan. And do you know why? Because they were two of the greatest players of all time, and they knew it. And they were going to make sure you knew it, too. Dan has that same belief in himself, his coaching staff and this team. Period. And anyone who thinks we are giving other team's "bulletin board material" at this point... if anyone still alive in this tournament needs that for extra motivation when they are already in the Sweet 16 and still alive with the chance to win the National Championship, then there is something wrong with them. The 'Cinderellas' are all gone, and have put the balls away for the year. Only the big boys are left. As much as I have always been leery of over-confidence I can also state that the best of the best have every right to feel that way, and exude it in their actions and their words. Dan Hurley has clearly been the best basketball coach in all of men's college basketball since last February (if not longer), and he has earned the right to talk this way. As UConn Husky fans we were all dying to get back to when we could feel this way again after the pathetic, soul-crushing and just plain sad end to Kevin Ollie's coaching tenure. Dan has taken us beyond most if not all of our wildest imaginations in a relatively short time. He is the same, confident guy now as he was on the first day and in the first year he took this job. What he is trying to accomplish is nearly impossible, going back-to-back. I say let him do it his way. It certainly has been working. Enjoy the ride, because it sure is fun to be back on top of the heap and acting the part, instead of like sheepish little wanna-be's. [/QUOTE]

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