What is your take on Hurley and the Refs?

[Umami Zen]

In Maui- What opposing coaches are doing vs Dan and the refs is "Good Cop-Bad Cop".. Penny and Tad were pretty laid back with calls-Weren't in the ref's faces-Didn't call them names. Are you going to let him say that to you? Not complicated. Who is going to get the "judgment calls-50/50 calls"? Especially with non-BE refs.

No one can complain about Dan's UConn resume/success. But if this is the way he's gonna roll-His players will occasionally be put in tough situations as they have been in Maui. BTW-Sports/BB aren't always fair-Calls are missed and blown by refs all the time. Why they have the TV monitor courtside. They're not perfect. Not giving them a pass-Just reality.

Let's turn the page and start playing UConn BB.

 

[Deepster]

As a former high school coach play the game like its 7 on 5 and let your players take care of the rest. If the players take care of business you get the W.

Glad to know a two time national champ has this kind of resource to lean on.

 

[Edward Sargent]

Part of my problem is that many times the fouls occurred off camera and there were few replays. of those that were replayed, the two cylinder calls both against us were not consistent and the McNeeley over the back was a bad call and when he was hacked was missed. They didnt go to the monitor enough in these two games. We lost two games by 3 points with a 30 free throw disparity.

 

[DMIL]

Given the make up of this years team, Hurley's approach needs to change. This squad does not have the margin to overcome the vendetta from the referee fraternity against Coach Dan Hurley. Once he puts together an elite team full of Alpha Dogs, I think he will be able to flex at that time.

His formula incorporating Euro ball methodology and related data analytics has worked for the last 2 Championship teams but will not be effective based on how this team is currently constructed. Against physical, athletic, talented teams with size at key positions with good coaching staffs we will be at a disadvantage despite having positional advantages based purely on talent. The lack of experience at key positions is impacting the results as well. There is a lot to fix here. Historically, it has taken Hurley too long to make adjustments and this is something that he has gotten better at. I'm hopeful Hurley and staff will figure this out. However, there should be some recognition that we have been exposed and so this will be uncomfortable for a while until they figure this thing out. This is where not having that go to guy on the squad that can go off and create his own shot at any time hurts you. All of that fancy ball movement and fancy sets means nothing against long, physical athletic teams that can guard the 3 point line. Defensively, this team is a shell of its former self and if we are being honest we know that the thought going into this season was that we would trade defense for this complex Euro-ball offense that has been so effective for the last 2 Championship teams. The pieces are too different.

I think going forward, they should think about playing their most athletic line up with a couple of shooters. Diarra, Reed, Karaban, Ball and Jayden Ross or J Stew with Ahmad Nowell, Stew or Ross, McNeeley, Samson and Mahaney coming off of the bench. Mahaney should is not ready to play the point for us and should be used in off ball situations for precision scoring opportunities.

We also have to rediscover our inside and mid-range game. The team has become overly reliant on the 3 ball and this only works with inferior, less talented, smaller and less physical teams. I think the quickest thing that the team can sure up is their defensive discipline. The offensive tweaks and related chemistry will take more time.

 

[Woof 101]

He is a great coach who has zero self control and if you sit close enough to the bench you know he deserves every single tech he gets and more.

You don't have to sit close to the bench, you can read lips and spittle on TV. How he was not tossed is beyond me.

He has to know better. Period.
"I think it was the calls," he said, adding, "I would expect to come to play in an event, and I don't know too many back-to-back national championship teams that get that type of a whistle."

Someone making 8.33 million dollars a year should understand what the team did last year or the year before now means nothing with a complete different team. Basically stating we should be favored for past success.
Just me but the constant basketball capital of the world and three peat mantra is nothing but fodder for opponents. As an amateur coach I sought some advice from a high school basketball coach that had over 500 wins. His first was don't change your personalty, I am much like Dan. He did go on to say if you have to interact with officials do so with respect.

Dan said himself after a loosing streak and onto a winning streak for a NC when asked, what did you do to turn the team around? His reply was basically, I stopped getting on the officials. Hope he can do so again tonight to bring home a W and gain some respect among the officiating community.

 

[Monte]

He should make up his mind: Does he want to coach the refs, OR, the players!

 

[JellyBean]

We all love and appreciate Coach, but his antics are so over the top. If he was losing and pulling stunts like what he does, on a nightly basis, he would have been fired already. Winning allows certain behaviors to be okay and it sends a bad message.

 

[Revrat]

I mean, honestly, there is only one take. Is his treatment of the refs working? Im pretty sure the answer is no. and if the current national media is any indication it's only going to get worse. Hopefully, he can read the room and take a step back and maybe some conciliatory actions because he has a target on his back. It wouldn't surprise me , if he keeps it up, he gets tossed in a game quite quickly. You can read his lips. Yelling "you don't belong here" to refs faces is just not going to cut it. And I'm sure he has been yelling alot worse. The attitude that these crappy refs deserve it might sound fine but it's not going to get any results because nobody is on his side on this.

 

[Deepster]

I mean, honestly, there is only one take. Is his treatment of the refs working? Im pretty sure the answer is no. and if the current national media is any indication it's only going to get worse. Hopefully, he can read the room and take a step back and maybe some conciliatory actions because he has a target on his back. It wouldn't surprise me , if he keeps it up, he gets tossed in a game quite quickly. You can read his lips. Yelling "you don't belong here" to refs faces is just not going to cut it. And I'm sure he has been yelling alot worse. The attitude that these crappy refs deserve it might sound fine but it's not going to get any results because nobody is on his side on this.

You assume his end goal is the reaction from the refs. Maybe his end goal is reacting to things naturally and cultivating that (and everything else) into a title winning culture.

 

[Revrat]

You assume his end goal is the reaction from the refs. Maybe his end goal is reacting to things naturally and cultivating that (and everything else) into a title winning culture.

Honestly WTF does that actually mean? Especially when it's costing us games. It's the antithesis of winning culture and a pure example of the whining culture, which is exactly how it's being portrayed all over the media.

Oh and I'll add on a bit because i havent seen anything on this but if you look at the kids body language and facial expressions? They are buckling under the pressure in a big way. They look shell-shocked under the weight of it all.

 

[Sphinx]

You need other choices
O - It enrages the refs so much that they start making phantom calls such as player's face-fouled-guard and OTB on clean rebound, so it actually hurts the team

Yes, especially when the game's on the line. I would submit that 50% of games that go down to the wire are decided by the refs. For UConn, in the Hurley era, it's been closer to 100%. So far this year, it's the refs 2, UConn 0. It's not that Hurley can't win a close game. It's that Hurley can't win a close call. The last time UConn won a close game on a ref's call was against Villanova a few years back, and Hurley was sitting in the locker room. It is what it is.