Coaching Matters- Florida going down
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Could you guys imagine if Hurley actually came here, and UConn's record was the outcome of his first season here? He would not have put together a better lineup than what he had at UConn this season. We could be knocked out today, but I don't think that I would be nearly as PO'd if it had happened with Hurley as our coach, and then Calipari and Pope both going to Sweet Sixteen with Arkansas and BYU.
Hurley has some real emotional problems. He should consider he should continue doing this. There are other things to do in life,
And just like that, the OP has descended back underneath this bridge 
For clarity, are you putting real emotional problems on him for being emotional after a really tough loss in a tournament that his teams won 13 straight games in and were in a position to win 14 to advance to the sweet 16 three times in a row?
Hurley had his team ready and think he had shown why they are so good in Tournament games as his staff does a great job scouting the opponent. That said--when you have never been there before, you have to start somewhere and today Golden and Staff made a great adjustment with that Token Press. Wore down Diarra and made UConn go deeper into the shot clock.
SEC play helped UF today--they were not rattled by the deficit and stepped it up and made winning plays. Should help them in the next round and most years every team goes through at least one game like this.
SEC play helped UF today--they were not rattled by the deficit and stepped it up and made winning plays. Should help them in the next round and most years every team goes through at least one game like this.
(IMO), you don’t leave Florida for any college job outside the SEC. He could go to the NBA, as I believe Oats will end up soon.
UNC or Duke or Kansas are not better jobs than Florida.
No, I am looking at his behavior for the entire season. Do you recall him lying on the floor throwing a temper tantrum like a 5-year-old earlier in the season. He said, "we didn't like each other." I think it is more accurate to the players didn't like him. There is no way that he isn't doing tremendous harm to his personal health the way he behaved for the entire season.
Fair but I put the likelihood of Ole Miss winning at the same likelihood of Bama losing, and I think the line bears that out.
Basically high confidence we get 5 Sweet 16 teams and a decent chance we get 6 which would tie the record. And OP throwing out “so overrated” BS LMAO
Thanks for the clarification. I didn’t really follow their season or his behavior during the season so I can’t speak to it. However, I’m gonna give a lot of leeway to both coaches and players losing at any point in the tournament from here on out in terms of their emotional reactions unless it is harmful to others.
UConn fouls - 21
UF fouls - 17
I’m making no judgement. Those are just factual numbers. I would not say officiating affected this game at all. Big time shots late and stepping up on D. Great comeback by Florida.
Hurley should be on the hot seat. Getting paid all that money and couldn't even get them out of the first weekend? WHIFFED big time in the portal, too. Mahaney? More like Mr. Haney, am I right? Just not sure where he goes from here or how he rebounds from this devastating loss and subpar season. No reason to assume next season will be better than this one, either. This was a Top 10 team entering the season but he couldn't even lead them to a Sweet Sixteen. SMH. What he did last year or two years ago is irrelevant. Living in the past much, HuskyNecks? Sorry for keeping it real I guess 
. No passes, no excuses, either win every game or you're a loser.
The second round ISN'T the UCONN standard. IT
JUST ISN'T .
This is UNACCEPTABLE for a program like UCONN. Pains me to say this, but I think this stage is just too big for him. A team like Connecticut Valley State might be a better fit.
. No passes, no excuses, either win every game or you're a loser.The second round ISN'T the UCONN standard. IT
JUST ISN'T .This is UNACCEPTABLE for a program like UCONN. Pains me to say this, but I think this stage is just too big for him. A team like Connecticut Valley State might be a better fit.
And uconn should have had 25 to 30 fouls called. They raped FL throughout the game on defense. Uconn also had to foul some at the end.
In the 2024-25 season, Florida had defeated both Hurley Brothers:
Florida-Arizona St: 83-66
Florida-UConn: 77-75
It did not look like that Florida would pull this game out until late in the 2nd half.
So greatful that Florida won.
That was not an easy 8 vs 1 game.
Good luck UK fans to your team.
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Florida is sponsored by Jiffy Lube so they have a lot of money.
Product placement gets them $1000 every time they say it.
Product placement gets them $1000 every time they say it.
UConn committed 7!in the last 3 minutes of play trying to catch up.
But they didn’t “get all the calls” or the foul disparity would be different, right? Your opinion on no calls notwithstanding.
So the disparity “should” have been +3 Florida? Still not a huge difference. Ya’ll crack me up.
To Golden's credit, he did adjust to UConn/Hurley continually trying to double team Florida's point guard, Clayton, by dumping the ball inside more to Condon/Chinyelu.
That forced Hurley to call of that strategy and just play Florida straight up defensively which played into the Gators hands.
There was also a light press which led to some UConn turnovers.
However, what could have been an easy finish when Florida led by 8 points, 74-66 with 21 s remaining, Clayton made a blunder inbounding the ball to Haugh which led to UConn's points, 70-74. Clayton also unnecessarily, fouled UConn's McNeeley with 9 seconds left.
UF players also missed too many free throws: 22/34 made FTs.
UF ended up just eeking out this win, 77-75.
Florida tried to lose this game. They broke out the John Calipari "How to get upset in the tourney" playbook. Missing fall shots and playing to the other teams tempo. Florida got drug into a rock fight and just survived today.
You love to make bold statements that are factually incorrect.
Florida won. At this point, it doesn’t matter how much. I might add Hurley had a team with higher rated talent. But, even the self appointed “Best Coach” in the game could not pull off the win.
The SEC already has 4 teams in the sweet 16, with 3 more opportunities today. Alabama is likely to win.
Ky and Ole Miss will be underdogs. Ky primarily due to injuries and Illinois will likely have the larger crowds due to proximity to the game site.
Final 5 min fouls was 7-4 UConn. So +3. This strengthens the argument that they didn’t “get all the calls”. Game was about even in calls discounting a late foul as timeout strategy.
Good game, UConn showed up and Florida responded. Nice test for them.
A three-point game with three minutes left and you turned it off? I’m not gonna tell you what happened lol
