What is your take on Hurley and the Refs?

[Dooooooomed]

Well, today the media & internet are going after Danny for his MTE comments...

 

[TheHorde]

Well, today the media & internet are going after Danny for his MTE comments...

My advice to them is to cry more

 

[Scoe]

Well, today the media & internet are going after Danny for his MTE comments...

Wasn't it rumored that this was gonna be the last year of MTE prior to the tournament. Not suprising news in the least. They would cry if he wouldn't talk about it being a coward and so they cry about him being honest like pick a lane.

 

[TheHorde]

Because there was little to no adversity rolling people by 20. No he’s taking his ball and going home. “I’m not doing another 3 game MTE again”. Terrible look.

There wasn’t adversity in January 2023? Huh?

 

[dingaling]

Is it just me or is it possible we got more fouls called because we fouled more? Is it possible that there was a discrepancy because we foul instead of play good defense? I doubt there is a huge conspiracy with the refs. I would think these are pretty good gigs for the refs and in most cases, they are trying to do the best job possible so they continue getting good gigs. This ref conspiracy to me is quite ridiculous. We lost because we played like garbage.

 

[RuffRuff]

Hurley is getting killed on twitter and in media right now. Parrish went ahead and used an analogy of Kanye West in one comparison, with ridiculous context. Whether appropriate or not this stuff tends to run. I know he loves the media but he should take the Beli cue here with a less is more approach or it’s going to be a lot of unecessary drama around the team this season. Focus on coaching, not digging out of publicity holes. Needs to apply some diplomacy.

 

[Scoe]

Hurley is getting killed on twitter and in media right now. Parrish went ahead and used an analogy of Kanye West in one comparison, with ridiculous context. Whether appropriate or not this stuff tends to run. I know he loves the media but he should take the Beli cue here with a less is more approach or it’s going to be a lot of unecessary drama around the team this season. Focus on coaching, not digging out of publicity holes. Needs to apply some diplomacy.

It's not a big deal Hurley is gonna get killed on Twitter and the media no matter what he says. Drama in a social media world which is an imaginary place lol , guys know what they signed up for when they chose to play here. If you're distracted and others on this board are then it's on you.

 

[Hunt for 7]

Well we should have seen this coming. It was clearly a bad look.

 

[mrl2016]

No this becomes a story because our fans don’t band together and let everyone pile onto our coach getting a T because a ref blatantly made the wrong call. Detractors inside the gate after the best two back to back years in program history

Now we get articles from national media comparing him to Kanye West …

 

[superjohn]

Well we should have seen this coming. It was clearly a bad look.

Some of our fans here have blinders on.

If he was asked about it and gave some background on it and explained some of the financial stuff I would understand. His comments make it sound like he will never have them schedule another MTE again while he's at UConn because nothing went right for him and the team and they left Maui 0-3.

If coach K or Boeheim said this after their team went 0-3 our fanbase would be ripping them apart for it. Same if Self or any other big name current coach said it.

 

[HooperScooper]

Well the Maui Invitational may not be able to attract the best teams any more so Hurley won't have to worry about going back there.

There is a catch to the glamour and prestige of a Maui invite: Schools lose a lot of money for the opportunity to play on a huge stage in a small gym. Sources that played both in this year's tournament and have played in previous versions all said the price is easily north of $400,000, with some schools putting the cost well above $450,000 when taking charter flights into account.

"When you compare it to three games elsewhere with guarantees or [home game revenue], when you put it in that context, the disparity is enormous," one source said.

With the Maui Invitational returning to its scenic Lahaina home, questions emerge about tournament's future

In a time of big economic changes in college athletics, the Maui tournament may be forced to change later this decade if it wants to keep getting the biggest schools

www.cbssports.com

 

[Hunt for 7]

No this becomes a story because our fans don’t band together and let everyone pile onto our coach getting a T because a ref blatantly made the wrong call. Detractors inside the gate after the best two back to back years in program history

Now we get articles from national media comparing him to Kanye West …

And that is the fault of fans of the team that did not like their coach getting a T at the worst time. I would like to see the evidence trail on that theory.

 

[TheHorde]

No this becomes a story because our fans don’t band together and let everyone pile onto our coach getting a T because a ref blatantly made the wrong call. Detractors inside the gate after the best two back to back years in program history

Now we get articles from national media comparing him to Kanye West …

And crickets from said fans who know damn well that K would have NEVER gotten a T there. And therein lies the problem. This team and this coach deserve the same type of respect and whistle he was getting circa 1993.

 

[1999GoodSon]

Was it my imagination or did Coach Hurley tone it down considerably for the Dayton game? Maybe he's gotten the message. Or someone has given him The Word.

Good point. By Hurley standards, he almost looked sedated at the UMES game.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Some of our fan base will need to either develop thicker skin or hope the next time Kentucky, the Lakers or anyone else tries to hire him away from us they succeed.

 

[RuffRuff]

And that is the fault of fans of the team that did not like their coach getting a T at the worst time. I would like to see the evidence trail on that theory.

Very interesting theory indeed. Point is that it’s getting noisy, nationally, for all the wrong reasons. Many are savoring it. There is a large contingent out there that feel DHs antics exhibit a trend that is on a crash course to imploding ala B Knight. It’s the wrong take, but perception can be reality sometimes. UConn fans don’t need to adjust, the guy getting paid multi million a year does.

I love Dan Hurley. He’s not perfect (a much as Zanetto would like to think), and the great far outweigh the blemishes. When you play with the media as much as he does it’s bound to bite back when you make a misstep. Tighten it up.

 

[TheHorde]

Some of our fan base will need to either develop thicker skin or hope the next time Kentucky, the Lakers or anyone else tries to hire him away from us they succeed.

Amen. The pearl clutching is over the top. UConn’s student athletes aren’t fighting on the court and are not in trouble off the court. The program isn’t getting its hand slapped for NCAA rules violations. It’s pretty easy to do an internet search and find a slew of athletic departments that haven’t been able to say the same thing. Take a breath people.

 

[Viet Vet]

But he said it in the huddle, not to the ref, right? That’s an overly sensitive ref

If it was a vulgarity, whether he said it “to” the ref or “about” the ref is irrelevant. The ref heard it. The head coach is responsible for all bench behavior.

 

[1999GoodSon]

No this becomes a story because our fans don’t band together and let everyone pile onto our coach getting a T because a ref blatantly made the wrong call. Detractors inside the gate after the best two back to back years in program history

Now we get articles from national media comparing him to Kanye West …

Wait, what?? It's our fault that a 52 year old man sprawls on the floor throwing a temper tantrum at a national high profile CHARITY tournament?

Listen man, Hurley is a great coach, but that wasn't being PO'ed at a bad call, that was actually shocking to see. In that little Lahaina gym, the highest profile coach in the country flailing on the floor hysterically was someone else's fault?

 

[homunculus]

When the wheels were coming off early in Big East play two seasons ago he took another chance at a win from his players by getting a technical at the end of the game against Xavier.

Have you ever rewatched a recording of that game? Particularly the last 4:20?

 

[superjohn]

And crickets from said fans who know damn well that K would have NEVER gotten a T there. And therein lies the problem. This team and this coach deserve the same type of respect and whistle he was getting circa 1993.

I honestly don't ever remember K rolling around on the floor other than the time he fainted.

We all love Hurley but it's weird trying to justify this stuff. I have no problem with coaches going after the refs, I actually like it but he still has trouble picking his spots and he doesn't seem to chum it up with them and butter them up nearly enough.

 

[TheHorde]

I honestly don't ever remember K rolling around on the floor other than the time he fainted.

We all love Hurley but it's weird trying to justify this stuff. I have no problem with coaches going after the refs, I actually like it but he still has trouble picking his spots and he doesn't seem to chum it up with them and butter them up nearly enough.

The fall to the floor was over the top. Hurley can and should do better. I’ll admit it. Will you admit that K should have been T’d up in the 2004 Final Four for leaping out of his chair and repeatedly yelling Bull$hit at the refs? Will you also admit that Hurley would get a T in that situation? I’ll admit Hurley needs to tighten it up. But you yourself tried to justify a T on a trainer in a huddle. We don’t know what he said. Lmao. Just stop. And also stop trying to posit that that didn’t affect Hurley’s dealings with the refs after that. Completely agree to disagree sir.

 

[JMick]

We knew before Maui that it was likely the last MTE. Anyone piling on for that is mistaken.

 

[Hunt for 7]

Ok if we want to blame somebody else other than Hurley I have the answer. This is all the fault of his publicist. He has to have one right. All famous people do.

 

[superjohn]

We knew before Maui that it was likely the last MTE. Anyone piling on for that is mistaken.

See post #312.