I see Hurley building something akin to Saban's Alabama years. Top talent is gonna want to go there specifically to get coached hard and become better basketball players
Dan, being a Connecticut guy now for so long, you GOTTA get some CT stuff in on those tchotchkes. Some Huskies stuff or, even better, some WHALERS stuff!! Best logo in the history of sports. I'll even send you something. Let me know. ;)
Can't believe I'm saying this as a late seventies UConn alum, but I think Hurley is a better coach than Calhoun. And I was extremely skeptical when he was hired, but he's the real deal.
Danny has a youthful exuberance to him that allows him to connect with his players on a deeper level than Calhoun could. Calhoun was like a dad, Danny is like you're amazing big brother who always has your back and always gives it to you straight. Who you playing harder for, your task master dad or your task master big bro, who is confident, brash and animated?
@@BlyGuy I think that's a good take. Calhoun recruited the same types of "coachable personalities" but ruled more by "fear". He had a number of recruits over the years who just couldn't deal with his intensity level and left the program. And he was a better defensive coach than offensive coach. Their offensive droughts were the main reason it took them the decade of the nineties to finally get to a final four. Hurley combines the defensive intensity with a much better overall offensive strategy and approach.
@@jaykay6387 yea 100%. I vividly remember watching games with my old man during the Calhoun years and both of us being amazed at how bad they could look at times offensively.
@@BlyGuy Exactly. Their half court sets were awful and they didn't run enough to take advantage of the type of athletes they had. Hurley has addressed that deficiency.
Saw Danny’s brother in the first ever New Jersey tournament of champions against Luther Wright and Elizabeth 🏀 My high school was Bridgewater West we had Eric Murdoch and Lance Miller. I hope Danny never goes to the NBA
