Worst Coached UConn game since I have been a fan of the Huskies

[CTBasketball]

So he didn't win a national championship?

When was the last time you smiled?

 

[UconnAlum04]

When was the last time you smiled?

April 7, 2014

 

[Doctor Hoop]

But most teams don't have anybody like that and still score.

This is what I've been talking about.

 

[Doctor Hoop]

And, Whaley does not have the ability to match up. Whaley was giving up 4" and 5" and 40 lbs to the Cinci bigs.

Whaley blocked their shots and forced pass-outs repeatedly.

 

[HoopsHype34]

So he didn't win a national championship?

He won a championship and coached brilliantly his first two years. Then his last four years he lost the drive to recruit and develop players. KO in 2012-13 and 13-14 vs KO 14-15-17-18 were night and day. KO's teams the last two years were never prepared to play.

 

[Doctor Hoop]

The only way to make that work is to use Akok or Polley as the screener, so that AG can just kick it back to them for a 3, or they could then quickly send it to a shooter in the corners.

Something I've been asking for, Polley for pick and pop, and Akok can either pop or roll to the hoop. I'd also like to see more big to big screens on the baseline, which would give Gilbert someone to feed.

 

[ucp990411]

Completely agree here. But AG over penetrates and needs to look to kick out more. Yes the 2 guys parked in the corner drives me nuts.

Is he capable of kicking out?

 

[tentoes4rings]

He needs to call a timeout in the first couple min and reset his club. Why does he wait til the under 16?

And he needed to get Bouknight in the game much earlier than the 12 minute mark. That can’t happen again with the lack of scoring talent on this team.

 

[Martin]

I keep reading "Low Basketball IQ" on this board, but no one defines what that means. Carlton catching the first pass of the offense 25 feet from the basket doesn't mean Carlton has a low basketball IQ, it means he is running a stupid offensive set. Either Hurley has totally lost control of his players and these insane, contested pull-up 3's are happening without his approval, or Hurley thinks these super-low percentage shots are helping our team win. Either Hurley had a response for Cincinnati's overly aggressive, deny defense and the players were refusing to run it, or he went an entire game without making a single adjustment to a defense that was shutting UConn down.

This is a scary friggin thought.

 

[August_West]

All boneyarders know in the back of their minds that the Tulsa game is going to be brutallll.

+1000

 

[mrl2016]

Too many balls bouncing off the hands of our players. Too many passes at the feet. Too many lazy passes getting stolen and taken down the other way.

There’s a lot of things I wish Hurley did differently, but the difference in this game was execution not coaching.

 

[Conquistador]

What was frustrating was seeing Gilbert being Gilbert (driving, tripping, and hitting the bottom of the backboard and falling out of bounds), screaming at the tube, then a shot of Hurley on the sideline. No reaction to mild amusement. Calhoun would’ve yanked Gilbert out of the game by his neck while spewing saliva down his ear!!!

 

[hardcorehusky]

Instead of looking to bench Carlton, Dan Hurley earlier in the season ran plays for him early in games. Since we have gone away from that, he has disappeared. This is on Dan Hurley to get Carlton going early. Also, we weren't prepared for the press and defensive pressure. That is on Hurley as well. Interested to see the bounce back against a weak USF.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Something I've been asking for, Polley for pick and pop, and Akok can either pop or roll to the hoop. I'd also like to see more big to big screens on the baseline, which would give Gilbert someone to feed.

Honestly, Josh is such a wide load now, and they always front him, so all he has to do is turn around and he just erased the other 5, if Akok attacks the opposite side good luck defending that. Josh could be a very good interior screener. But we can’t do that if Josh is still jogging back from the three point line, behind AG, as he usually is.

 

[August_West]

I saw him tanked at Grants late one Saturday night before a Sunday noon game.

Coaching hungover must be hard.

Joe Namath beat the Oakland raiders in the afl championship game after 3 girls a bottle of Johnny black and 45 minutes of sleep. And that’s ON the field. What’s your point again?

 

[ClifSpliffy]

Joe Namath beat the Oakland raiders in the afl championship game after 3 girls a bottle of Johnny black and 45 minutes of sleep. And that’s ON the field. What’s your point again?

piker.lol.

 

[metsfan2323]

That is a good one.

Remember when Ollie won a National Championship? I do.

You mean that season when we had the best player in the country and couldn't beat a dreadful Houston team on the road? Yeah I remember, I remember all of the detail, you just remember the highlights.

 

[superjohn]

Joe Namath beat the Oakland raiders in the afl championship game after 3 girls a bottle of Johnny black and 45 minutes of sleep. And that’s ON the field. What’s your point again?

That was considered a boring night staying in for basically every night of Marvin "Bad News" Barnes career.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

You mean that season when we had the best player in the country and couldn't beat a dreadful Houston team on the road? Yeah I remember, I remember all of the detail, you just remember the highlights.

So winning a National Championship doesn't count because of a loss to Houston. Got it.

 

[metsfan2323]

So winning a National Championship doesn't count because of a loss to Houston. Got it.

The point i'm trying to make is it is way too early to jump ship, otherwise known as pulling a Nelson.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

The point i'm trying to make is it is way too early to jump ship, otherwise known as pulling a Nelson.

Are the two options blind loyalty or wanting him to go? Hurley coached a terrible game against Cincinnati. That is a fact. I provided a lot of examples of exactly how the coaching was bad. Better players aren't going to fix what happened against Cincinnati. Hurley has to get his act together as a game coach.

 

[Waquoit]

I have no solution for this

And yet you proclaimed it the worst you ever saw. I would assume the worst ever coaching performance would have at least of couple of obvious fixes.

 

[Excalibur]

Nothing but garden variety armchair quarterbacking going on here . . .

 

[Kolumbo]

With the talent on the 2006 squad and losing in the elite 8 in the 1 vs. 11 matchup, that steamer has to be on the short list.

 

[Conquistador]

With the talent on the 2006 squad and losing in the elite 8 in the 1 vs. 11 matchup, that steamer has to be on the short list.

George Mason was def one of the toughest losses I can remember.

 

[The Funster]

Joe Namath beat the Oakland raiders in the afl championship game after 3 girls a bottle of Johnny black and 45 minutes of sleep. And that’s ON the field. What’s your point again?

One could party and get it done, one could not.

 

[The Funster]

Nelson only sees things in absolutes.

 

[Ukonnfan]

Ya’ll pounded the drum for Hurley. Now ya want to throw him overboard. Perhaps some of you should have applied for the head coach job... support him, you’re not helping. The program is on an upswing. The coaches and players would like your support, and they deserve it.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Nelson only sees things in absolutes.

Funster only sees things in taking cheap shots at other posters for applause.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

And yet you proclaimed it the worst you ever saw. I would assume the worst ever coaching performance would have at least of couple of obvious fixes.

Everyone else is wrong, and you are correct that Hurley coached a marvelous game against Cincinnati. It was a masterpiece in game management that will be the basis for textbooks on coaching.