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What the heck happened
We go into the locker room down 2 and lose by 25, down 31 at one point?
Felt like the game turned when Cunningham got his 3rd foul.
Crutcher with a bad game with 6 TOs. You know there are going to be games like a freshman PG. He'll learn.
DD with another terrible game, poor shooting and ole defense.
Jordan Davis with another poor shooting game and bad defense. Freshman on the road against a senior laden team. He'll learn and get better
22 turnovers, you've got no chance of winning. I am confused by why we just had Crutcher dribbling so much so far away from the basket. Led to long passes easily intercepted. Team seemed rushed. Not to take anything away from RI, they play strong D and they couldn't miss in the second half. They made 14 baskets in a row.
Oh well, let's see if/how they respond.
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We just are not the team to go in there and steal a win at this point. To me this is a throw away game, a bad match-up. Don't read too much more into it than that. Let's get our talented youngsters some PT and get ready for the A-10T... or more to the point next year.
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Originally Posted by FlyerBob
We just are not the team to go in there and steal a win at this point. To me this is a throw away game, a bad match-up. Don't read too much more into it than that. Let's get our talented youngsters some PT and get ready for the A-10T... or more to the point next year.
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Oh I wasn't expecting a win. I was excited about how we played and led most of the first half. Just didn't expect the beat down of the second half after being so decent in the first half. RI turned it up a couple notches and we came out on low flame.
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DDavis...going backwards. Crutcher could use some help bringing the ball up court against an experienced URI team. He didn't want the ball. Sit his *ss down until he's willing to play like a senior....a college senior, not HS.
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Turnovers killed us again and unfortunately they came from everyone. Darrell has regressed and is a major reason for our awful perimeter defense. I believe in coach Grant but he seemed to give up on the team in the second half and they responded by quitting. I know we have few options but Crosby should have been played much sooner. He’s not a good player but Crutcher was off and gassed. Also why didn’t Cunningham return? Grant seemed to begrudge him for weak effort when he picked up his last foul.
We paid a price for a lack of depth. We need more depth, can’t wait for next year, it will be much improved.
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I'm not even upset about this one. Played with them tough for a half but their talent and depth took over
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Originally Posted by TXFlyerFan
We go into the locker room down 2 and lose by 25, down 31 at one point?
Felt like the game turned when Cunningham got his 3rd foul.
Crutcher with a bad game with 6 TOs. You know there are going to be games like a freshman PG. He'll learn.
DD with another terrible game, poor shooting and ole defense.
Jordan Davis with another poor shooting game and bad defense. Freshman on the road against a senior laden team. He'll learn and get better
22 turnovers, you've got no chance of winning. I am confused by why we just had Crutcher dribbling so much so far away from the basket. Led to long passes easily intercepted. Team seemed rushed. Not to take anything away from RI, they play strong D and they couldn't miss in the second half. They made 14 baskets in a row.
Oh well, let's see if/how they respond.
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I think the game turned much earlier.
-Short turnaround from last game
-Legs not fully recovered
-Very fast paced first 10 minutes
-Pow, we're gassed
-TO's, flat footed, and poor decisions.
-Hung in for a half
Experience and talent crushed us.
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Well, I don't think the Freshman nor Trey gave up tonight, but Josh looked like he'd had it in the 2nd half. Not the type of leadership I expect from the team captain.
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defensive pressure wore them down.
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Well, I don't think the Freshman nor Trey gave up tonight, but Josh looked like he'd had it in the 2nd half. Not the type of leadership I expect from the team captain.
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He might be beaten-down because 2 of the 3 guys who could have provided some inside relief have all but quit on him and the rest of the team.
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Larry tried some a$$ kissing during post game with AG, saying Kostas was a bright spot. To his credit AG wasn't willing to compliment ANYONE and said maybe after watching the tape he'd see some positive things.
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Larry tried some a$$ kissing during post game with AG, saying Kostas was a bright spot. To his credit AG wasn't willing to compliment ANYONE and said maybe after watching the tape he'd see some positive things.
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We played a much better team on their home floor playing for an A-10 Championship. Did well to stay with them the first half.
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Larry tried some a$$ kissing during post game with AG, saying Kostas was a bright spot. To his credit AG wasn't willing to compliment ANYONE and said maybe after watching the tape he'd see some positive things.
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I thought AG had a good plan in the first half which was not to try and track meet with RI. I did think the UD players faded at the end of the first half and looked a step slow early in the 2nd half. For this game to be close, RI had to be off from behind the arc and they weren't. Probably Crosby should have seen more time, surprised that eventually he did when the game was completely over. XW or lack thereof is one of the major reasons of struggling this year, just my opinion.
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of Donoher's teams. They lack confidence on the road against good teams. Archie's teams played with a chip on their shoulder. Just like Xavier and Arizona not like a traditional Dayton team. UD will probably carry this over to La Salle in Philly. It definitely is a glimpse of what to expect in Washington D.C. at the A-10 tournament.
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Originally Posted by Radar
Larry tried some a$$ kissing during post game with AG, saying Kostas was a bright spot. To his credit AG wasn't willing to compliment ANYONE and said maybe after watching the tape he'd see some positive things.
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Haha I also got a smile out of that one. Larry was trying to be positive but he swung and kissed. Kostas played okay in my opinion, not great, especially in the second half.
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Rhode Island is on track to get a 5 maybe a 6 seed. I'm too lazy to look it up now but that's the highest seed potentially for an A10 in at least 4-5 years.
This was, regular season wise at least, one of the best A10 teams in a number of years
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Rhody has final four potential. At-least Regional Championship Game. Not saying they will; but certainly the potential is there.
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Originally Posted by OSU Flyer
Rhode Island is on track to get a 5 maybe a 6 seed. I'm too lazy to look it up now but that's the highest seed potentially for an A10 in at least 4-5 years.
This was, regular season wise at least, one of the best A10 teams in a number of years
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Crutcher really struggled in this game against solid defensive pressure. He looked like the rookie he is tonight. He was far too passive on the perimeter. If they are going to pressure you hard, you need to attack hard. He didn't - partly due to inexperience and partly due to being overmatched physically. Scoochie - as a junior or senior - would have penetrated and dished or finished. Jalen will learn and get better.
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Originally Posted by OSU Flyer
Rhode Island is on track to get a 5 maybe a 6 seed. I'm too lazy to look it up now but that's the highest seed potentially for an A10 in at least 4-5 years.
This was, regular season wise at least, one of the best A10 teams in a number of years
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I see them as a 3 or 4 seed. I fully expect them to be in the Sweet 16, and at that point it will depend on match-ups.
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we were a 6 seed last year vs 11 seed wichita state ..
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Originally Posted by Donniex3Era
we were a 6 seed last year vs 11 seed wichita state ..
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7 v 10
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Originally Posted by OSU Flyer
Rhode Island is on track to get a 5 maybe a 6 seed.
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And they played 16 home games and only 13 road/neutral games. If they had played more road/neutral games they could be a 2 or 3 seed (even though they lost both of their non-conference road games).
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Yikes, my bad!! No memory anymore. OK, then, when was the last A-10 team to go to the Elite Eight?
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Wow!....wasn't much fun.
I don't get to see the Flyers play "up close"...but I do have a few observations.
1. I don't recall ever seeing a UD team beaten up the way we were in the 2nd half.
2. At times we had four freshmen on the floor and always three.
3. URI had four seniors on the floor much of the time.
4. Better team....more talent and much, much more experience. The joint was rockin.....a sell-out. URI fans know this has to be their year. Graduation losses will be severe. I have never experienced security like the Ryan Center....everything but a strip search.
5. The difference maker in the second half, in addition to item 4 above...in my opinion was URI's suffocating defense. They shut us down completely.
We're playing for next year. I hope AG can keep his team together and add a good freshman or two.
Good night, all.....and Go Flyers!
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Rhody has final four potential. At-least Regional Championship Game. Not saying they will; but certainly the potential is there.
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I was really happy with how played in the first half. Rhody was on their home court with a conference title on the line and we hung with him as long as our talent/depth would let us.
Kostas being involved and out of the doghouse is nothing but a positive. Think of how few minutes he's played this season. He's our third leading offensive rebounder. Very good chance we never get a 6'11 guy with his physical talents again. If he can put together he could go down as the best shot blocker and defender for a big we've ever had.
Crutcher for as much as he struggled with turnovers I thought this was one of the worst games defensively he's played. He was guarding talented guys and likely gassed in the 2nd but he had some brutal series on defense.
Jordan Davis I think is going to flourish offensively without Baby D next year. It seems like JD is tentative on offense and defers probably more than he should. DD seems to me like he dominates the ball on offense and DD's role on offense freezes JD out at times. A lot of games I feel like JD never gets into a good flow offensively.
We gotta get a PG in the spring be it a freshman, grad transfer or wherever. Crutcher no matter how good is or will be can't log these kind of minutes.
There's no room for dead weight on the roster. 7 minutes off the bench for guards and most that was Crosby was the game was out of hand. Cohill and Matos need to hit the ground running.
AG has his work cut out for him between spring period and the fall one for the 2019 class. Then when and what level of eligibility he takes in the spring this year is going to be interesting
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And they played 16 home games and only 13 road/neutral games. If they had played more road/neutral games they could be a 2 or 3 seed (even though they lost both of their non-conference road games).
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As opposed to what? Playing 2 weak buy games and getting an 11 seed?
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And they played 16 home games and only 13 road/neutral games. If they had played more road/neutral games they could be a 2 or 3 seed (even though they lost both of their non-conference road games).
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They lost to number 38 and 13 in those road games, those were very tough opponents.
UD's average buy game this year was number 149.
Per the rpi wizard, URI only lost 3 spots in the rpi by losing those 2 games vs. beating number 149 twice at home. They also lose 10 spots in the sos by playing those buy games instead of the 2 road games.
That seems like a wash.
In addition, the selection committee does not really frown upon those type of good road losses.
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Wow the security check was unreal. I thought maybe it was in response to the Fla. shooting but someone told me it was something new they started this year.
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UD2, can you stop infecting every d**n thread with buy games/ home/away counts, rpi, and seeding. Go start your own thread for that discussion.
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Trey had a double double, 10 and 10 pts/rebounds.... not too much to add to what has already been said...
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Personally, I didn't like how the game was called. Officiating remains highly inconsistent.
The, so called, verticallity rule is a coin toss. Trey seems to be getting very frustrated with calls against him.
Kostas was clearly frustrated and was lucky to not get the double technical. He was getting pushed and held on one end and called for fouls on the other. The fouls may have been legit, but the absence of calls was noticeable.
Crutcher also got manhandled. Lots of holding and slapping. "Freedom of movement" was out the window. Lots of turnovers. Not sure how many were frustration from physical abuse and how many were bad decisions.
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I think the minutes that have been put in by DD and Cunningham are taking a toll. Neither is quite the player they were in the 1st half of the season. Josh has carried the inside game for this team on his back, basically alone. Trey has busted his butt and played great most of the time but is not the inside presence Josh is. I see the team up close at home and Josh has looked completely exhausted and sometimes limping in games of late.
Worried about Cruthcher and Jordan Davis as well going forward. This is their first experience not playing a high school schedule. I think they’ve been great in their first year, but they are into unchartered territory in number of games and probably minutes played.
Hopefully we can avoid a bottom 4 finish and get a little bit of a breather after GW game. Nice to get a win or two (more?) in A10 tourney.
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Not just the minutes but combine that with a losing season and 2 morons that did not buy into what AG is doing and I would be frustrated as well. Let's hope Josh sticks around.
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In effect, Josh and BabyD both seem to be hitting "the wall." Josh hasn't played in 2 years. BabyD has never played this many minutes.
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This game reminded me of the UD women's NCAA game against UConn a few years ago. The women held serve for a half against a clearly better team but the cream rose to the top in the end.
For many parts of the second half AG had four freshen on the court at the same time. What would aany reasonable person expect against a senior laden team at home chasing their first championship in 37 years?
My guess is Hurley is somewhere else next year (perhaps AZ?) and RI's new coach will suck as much as AG in the eyes of some RI fans. "But, we won a championship last year, how can we only be a .500 team"
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We go into the locker room down 2 and lose by 25, down 31 at one point?
Felt like the game turned when Cunningham got his 3rd foul.
Crutcher with a bad game with 6 TOs. You know there are going to be games like a freshman PG. He'll learn.
DD with another terrible game, poor shooting and ole defense.
Jordan Davis with another poor shooting game and bad defense. Freshman on the road against a senior laden team. He'll learn and get better
22 turnovers, you've got no chance of winning. I am confused by why we just had Crutcher dribbling so much so far away from the basket. Led to long passes easily intercepted. Team seemed rushed. Not to take anything away from RI, they play strong D and they couldn't miss in the second half. They made 14 baskets in a row.
Oh well, let's see if/how they respond.
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This game reminded me of the UD women's NCAA game against UConn a few years ago. The women held serve for a half against a clearly better team but the cream rose to the top in the end.
For many parts of the second half AG had four freshen on the court at the same time. What would aany reasonable person expect against a senior laden team at home chasing their first championship in 37 years?
My guess is Hurley is somewhere else next year (perhaps AZ?) and RI's new coach will suck as much as AG in the eyes of some RI fans. "But, we won a championship last year, how can we only be a .500 team"
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Dowtin is really good. Fatts Russell and Langevine are good too. They get active on the transfer/juco market and they'll be much better than .500
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I think you are assuming Hurley is still there. Would a new coach be on the top Juco's in late March/early April?
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Originally Posted by springborofan
I think you are assuming Hurley is still there. Would a new coach be on the top Juco's in late March/early April?
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New Mexico State's first year coach got a grad transfer who's going to be the WAC player of the year.
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Originally Posted by OSU Flyer
New Mexico State's first year coach got a grad transfer who's going to be the WAC player of the year.
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Rhode Island has 5 or 6 seniors who contribute. They will have more holes to fill than UD did after last year. Greater than 50/50 Hurley is gone after this year (especially given the current environment). Will a new coach be able to plug that many holes?
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Originally Posted by springborofan
Rhode Island has 5 or 6 seniors who contribute. They will have more holes to fill than UD did after last year. Greater than 50/50 Hurley is gone after this year (especially given the current environment). Will a new coach be able to plug that many holes?
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Depends on the hire. There's first year coaches that hit the ground running. It's not easy but it's been done.
no matter who's coaching them they won't be as deep but if you're starting with a backcourt of Dowtin/Russell and Cy Langevine up front you could build around them.
I disagree Hurley is gone. Too many jobs where you won't know if you're walking into significant NCAA trouble. None of the penalties are going to be decided before hiring season is over
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Originally Posted by OSU Flyer
I disagree Hurley is gone. Too many jobs where you won't know if you're walking into significant NCAA trouble. None of the penalties are going to be decided before hiring season is over
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Plus he has already turned down other "bigger" jobs. I know coaches lie, but he has said he is happy at URI and that's where he wants to be, and it does seem like that's true. He would probably leave but maybe only for a certain few jobs.
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Originally Posted by CT Flyer
Plus he has already turned down other "bigger" jobs. I know coaches lie, but he has said he is happy at URI and that's where he wants to be, and it does seem like that's true. He would probably leave but maybe only for a certain few jobs.
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You have to believe Miller is gone at Arizona. Hurley would be a good fit there, assuming he is clean. I would hate to be an AD trying to do a quick due diligence on a potential coach hire.
Hurley has turned down jobs, but there is some comparable to the Archie situation. Don't desert your seniors, see them play it out to a high level, and use that to get a better job and payday.
There will be some other great jobs open. You have to wonder if Shaka is in trouble unless he makes the tourney and wins a couple?
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We played a much better team on their home floor playing for an A-10 Championship. Did well to stay with them the first half.
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For as many posters who go sprinting off the ledge after every turnover or bad Grant decision there are guys like this. Patient. Rational. Aware. We need more posters like this.
Ive said it before i'll say it again. January 2014 VCU game at home.
We will be ok.
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Originally Posted by OSU Flyer
Jordan Davis I think is going to flourish offensively without Baby D next year.
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I think you're correct. And I also will be revitalized.
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but he has said he is happy at *URI and that's where he wants to be, and it does seem like that's true.
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I swear i've heard this before
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Originally Posted by jack72
You have to believe Miller is gone at Arizona. Hurley would be a good fit there, assuming he is clean. I would hate to be an AD trying to do a quick due diligence on a potential coach hire.
Hurley has turned down jobs, but there is some comparable to the Archie situation. Don't desert your seniors, see them play it out to a high level, and use that to get a better job and payday.
There will be some other great jobs open. You have to wonder if Shaka is in trouble unless he makes the tourney and wins a couple?
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Normal circumstances I'd say Louisville or Arizona gets him. I think the thing with this is the issues with those schools is you don't know what you're walking into.
Louisville lost their title for the hooker in dorm thing that happened years ago. The NCAA moves at a glacial pace and none of the issues at either AZ or Louisville are going to be resolved this spring.
Severe scholarships, multi-year postseason bans, recruiting restrictions are all possibilities that are going to be hanging over the head of whoever gets those jobs. Not to mention the AD that hired you could be forced out as a result of this scandal.
Smart play here is wait a year and see what the lay of the land after all this fallout is
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Originally Posted by BRob2Perryman3
I swear i've heard this before
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I have no doubt he's gonna leave and maybe even this year but the smart coach is going to be cautious in this environment.
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You think Hurley would go to Arizona and coach in the same conference as his brother?
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You think Hurley would go to Arizona and coach in the same conference as his brother?
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Do you think he would like 2-3 million dollars and some great weather in a great environment? Heck ya.
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Originally Posted by CT Flyer
Plus he has already turned down other "bigger" jobs. I know coaches lie, but he has said he is happy at URI and that's where he wants to be, and it does seem like that's true. He would probably leave but maybe only for a certain few jobs.
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I'm sure Hurley and others are usually 100% truthful when they say "I'm happy here" or "I love it here".
It makes zero sense to follow it up with the obvious: "But I could be a tad richer/happier somewhere else!"
Hurley to Arizona has crossed my mind, but I wonder if the brothers want to coach at arch-rivals schools in the same conference. That would be mighty interesting for Mom and Pop Hurley.
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Originally Posted by OSU Flyer
Normal circumstances I'd say Louisville or Arizona gets him. I think the thing with this is the issues with those schools is you don't know what you're walking into.
Louisville lost their title for the hooker in dorm thing that happened years ago. The NCAA moves at a glacial pace and none of the issues at either AZ or Louisville are going to be resolved this spring.
Severe scholarships, multi-year postseason bans, recruiting restrictions are all possibilities that are going to be hanging over the head of whoever gets those jobs. Not to mention the AD that hired you could be forced out as a result of this scandal.
Smart play here is wait a year and see what the lay of the land after all this fallout is
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Perhaps but Hurley has the team this year. It's one and done, and he'll be facing the rebuild for the next couple years. Will he still be relevant then?
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Originally Posted by CT Flyer
Plus he has already turned down other "bigger" jobs. I know coaches lie, but he has said he is happy at URI and that's where he wants to be, and it does seem like that's true. He would probably leave but maybe only for a certain few jobs.
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I found it interesting that Tweedles Dee & Dumb, the announcers for the game, when describing URI's 1st outright A10 championship, commended Hurley and that this championship has been "6 years in the making" when 2 yrs ago they wanted to run Hurley's arse out of town.
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Originally Posted by FlyerBob
Perhaps but Hurley has the team this year. It's one and done, and he'll be facing the rebuild for the next couple years. Will he still be relevant then?
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They'll take a step back next year but I think should still be in position to be good. Dowtin, Russell and Langevine are back next year. That's a good core to work with and the add the top ranked recruiting class in the A10 with a top 100 guy. Add a grad transfer or a JUCO & they're back in business.
He'll still be relevant. He's the 2nd most desirable coach outside of the big six leagues behind Gregg Marshall and he's untouched by scandal so far which carries weight.
I think URI will be a bubble team next year but he's got the name, recruiting & body of work to still be desirable even if they end up rebuilding.
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Hurley has calmed down big time.
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Originally Posted by OSU Flyer
They'll take a step back next year but I think should still be in position to be good. Dowtin, Russell and Langevine are back next year. That's a good core to work with and the add the top ranked recruiting class in the A10 with a top 100 guy. Add a grad transfer or a JUCO & they're back in business.
He'll still be relevant. He's the 2nd most desirable coach outside of the big six leagues behind Gregg Marshall and he's untouched by scandal so far which carries weight.
I think URI will be a bubble team next year but he's got the name, recruiting & body of work to still be desirable even if they end up rebuilding.
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Just playing Devil’s advocate here, but what if Hurley leaves, Langevine has to miss the season due to surgery on both hips, their top two recruits decide to go elsewhere, one of their other recruits decides he just not really into playing so he takes off some road games and only plays in two games, one of the recruits they get to replace the second best recruit is academically ineligible, Mike Laysard gets in a bar fight, gets arrested, then tried to fight his cellmate and it ends up on social media and he is kicked out, and Nikola Akele has a back injury, takes a while to come back, and then has some struggles and can’t travel to Dayton for a February road game to work on academics?
They still a bubble team or nah?
I’m gonna go with nah, unless say, some preseason magazine said that they should be a bubble team before most of that stuff happened.
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Originally Posted by FlyerBob
Perhaps but Hurley has the team this year. It's one and done, and he'll be facing the rebuild for the next couple years. Will he still be relevant then?
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I think Dowtin alone will make that team good next year. He could easily be the best player in the league the next two years.
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Originally Posted by THirt
Just playing Devil’s advocate here, but what if Hurley leaves, Langevine has to miss the season due to surgery on both hips, their top two recruits decide to go elsewhere, one of their other recruits decides he just not really into playing so he takes off some road games and only plays in two games, one of the recruits they get to replace the second best recruit is academically ineligible, Mike Laysard gets in a bar fight, gets arrested, then tried to fight his cellmate and it ends up on social media and he is kicked out, and Nikola Akele has a back injury, takes a while to come back, and then has some struggles and can’t travel to Dayton for a February road game to work on academics?
They still a bubble team or nah?
I’m gonna go with nah, unless say, some preseason magazine said that they should be a bubble team before most of that stuff happened.
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Originally Posted by CT Flyer
I think Dowtin alone will make that team good next year. He could easily be the best player in the league the next two years.
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He's 2nd or 3rd nationally in assist to turnover ratio. He's good
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This might be the year for Hurley to look for greener pastures. There will be a few jobs open up this spring.
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Originally Posted by THirt
Just playing Devil’s advocate here, but what if Hurley leaves, Langevine has to miss the season due to surgery on both hips, their top two recruits decide to go elsewhere, one of their other recruits decides he just not really into playing so he takes off some road games and only plays in two games, one of the recruits they get to replace the second best recruit is academically ineligible, Mike Laysard gets in a bar fight, gets arrested, then tried to fight his cellmate and it ends up on social media and he is kicked out, and Nikola Akele has a back injury, takes a while to come back, and then has some struggles and can’t travel to Dayton for a February road game to work on academics?
They still a bubble team or nah?
I’m gonna go with nah, unless say, some preseason magazine said that they should be a bubble team before most of that stuff happened.
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Oh, come on! That kind of stuff never happens! And even if it did, Hurley should still have that team in the top 2-3 of the A10 anyway, just because it’s UD, er, I mean URI, right?!
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