I wouldn’t put bell in that conversation. He’s had some big games for us this year. Taylor on the other hand..totally
Oh well
Agree. I want Red as we all do. I think the jury is still out on his coaching. But I am concerned about his recruiting. Freeman and Moore were two good gets but I’m not seeing momentum beyond that. It would help if we could win a couple of games we shouldn’t but I’m not sure if this staff has a killer recruiting mentality. I puke every time I think of UConn and what Hurley had done. It seems unimaginable.
A name program. TV exposure. ACC. Potentially huge crowds. He better be able to successfully portal.
What was Hurley’s record his first season at UConn?
In the last 45 years, we've had around 10 seasons like the one Red is putting together this year.
Yeah, I’m not questioning Red on the team record, but Hurley out recruited a 45 year hall of fame coach while he had a crappy record. I don’t see us closing on ‘25-‘27 recruits that we need to pull. Maybe we will. I’m just a bit worried as these guys have not been proven to be great recruiters. At least not yet.
How many spots we got? Are we in purge mode? #s, so many other factors...
He was at UConn for 2 seasons (AAC conference) before they rejoined the Big East in 2020-2021 the Covid year. He was 35-29 in his first 2 years, (16-17 and 19-12). His 3rd year which was his first in the Big East he was 15-8.
Are we a name program though? Or are we just a mediocre program to most kids today? Are we closer to Wake Forest than Duke or UNC? I’m not sure recruits view the program the same way as we long time fans do. Judging by last night, we’re looking up at Wake Forest. We are what we’ve been for a decade plus. It’s scary and depressing. Can Red create Fran Brown excitement? I’m not seeing it…yet.
We are close in closing on one top 30 guy now.
It’s not like the UCONN roster is even filled with 5 star players. He’s created a culture of toughness and clearly his guys put a lot of work into strength and conditioning. Our players need to do the same, so when your shots aren’t falling your body is at least making an impact on the game, making the other team have to work harder driving on you, boxing you out, and guarding you.
There was obviously serious mad buy in for him as well. He did it. They play so hard. Red is a NY guy as well, he cares, and we will get this right. I honestly feel Allen Griffin is the one who needs to step it up. We need trench dogs like AO, RJ. I trust for wisdom and knowledge to navigate building a program in this age.
It’s not throwing stones. It’s the truth. That’s not even up for debate. I’m not belittling anyone. Name an occasion in the past where ownership was taken? Was always the players fault
Whose accounts? He’s not a point guard.
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100%, I am optimistic that he knows as well and seeing UCONN success should fire everyone in the program up to work a lot harder. Guys like Sanogo and Clingan are amazing college basketball players because there work in the strength and conditioning has enabled them to show off their skills.
Syracuse and Georgetown got on national television after both teams went sub .500, yes they’re a name program. If the excuses becomes “well Syracuse is more akin to Wake than Duke then stop bothering with a program reset, that’s just a colossal waste of money
He’s not good enough to be guaranteed a starting spot.
