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Coach Hurley

Wave that rebel flag proudly! Don’t let them a hole Yankees in them fancy suits and big words tell you nothing!
Cut the Yankee crap. I was born and raised in Ohio, then moved to Connecticut for high school, but chose to attend UK because I fell in love with Rupp's Runts and Cawood in 1966. I have always bled blue and will until the day I die. I had to put up with the Yank crap at times during my days in Lexington, but thought that sort of blight on southern culture and its schools had long passed. Whether it's a joke or not, and I'll give these posters the benefit of the doubt, It's still in very poor taste and the same is true, BTW, of northerners who call all southerners rednecks, yahoos and the like. It's just bad form. Can't we finally end the Civil War?
 
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I smell a yankee.
We have suits and extraordinary vocabularies. Do yankees know what waspers are? Doubtful.
All Hurleys are whiney Yankee a-holes.
Bobby says hey.
I smell a loser who is so shallow that they judge others on where they are from versus who they actually are. Thank god my only interaction with you closed minded hypocrites is on this forum. Who TF still calls people Yankees?
 
Cut the Yankee crap. I was born and raised in Ohio, then moved to Connecticut for high school, but chose to attend UK because I fell in love with Rupp's Runts and Cawood in 1966. I have always bled blue and will until the day I die. I had to put up with the Yank crap at times during my days in Lexington, but thought that sort of blight on southern culture and its schools had long passed. Whether it's a joke or not, and I'll give these posters the benefit of the doubt. It's still in very poor taste and the same is true, BTW, of northerners who call all southerners rednecks, yahoos and the like. It's just bad form. Can't we finally end the Civil War?
I guess it went over your head, but that was kind of my point to the guy who called Hurley a Yankee A hole.
 
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I’ve always thought he was a crybaby, I’m glad things worked out like they did, the last coach here thought he was bigger than the program after winning a title. The name Hurley will always be associated with Duke even though his brother was the one who played there. He just would not have fit in here, he belongs up north with his attitude.
 
Someone's triggered. Are you upset there's a baseball team with the "Y word" lol in the northeast and thats derogatory to you?

Lololololololololol
Triggered? I find it hilarious that there are still people who call people Yankees. These same people would probably take offense if someone up north called them a redneck. Of course, most “Yankees” probably wouldn’t think to call people that based solely on where they are from, but I guess some are still upset that they cannot own people.
 
In regards to Pope vs Hurley.. I'll start by prefacing this statement that we will *likely* never see two titles from Pope. Even two Final 4s might be more unlikely than not, over a 10-12 year span..

But.. we beat the supposed best team in the nation (Duke), and Uconn just lost to Memphis. We have a coach who might very well have a system that's just as lethal as Hurleys.. and he's able to do it with grace and humility. Which is something that can go a long way for not only recruiting, but how officiating can help (or hurt) you, media love, etc.

Too early to say I'd rather have Pope over Hurley, because Hurley has two titles and that's so hard for any coach to get.. but man, I'm close. Hurley might have found his lightning in the bottle, like someone else said, and it might be gone already. Pope is showing all the right signs of a guy who can no only coach with the best of them, but recruit, have a modern offense, and have the tight attitude and temperament.

I certainly don't have any more feelings of "missing out" on Hurley, that's for sure.


Pope reminds me of Brad Stevens with his demeanor. I’m so ridiculously happy with him so far, hope it holds up
 
Triggered? I find it hilarious that there are still people who call people Yankees. These same people would probably take offense if someone up north called them a redneck. Of course, most “Yankees” probably wouldn’t think to call people that based solely on where they are from, but I guess some are still upset that they cannot own people.
Look, you got triggered by a common term used in a non-political way. It wasn't that deep. Stop creating an argument, and just let it go.
 
I guess it went over your head, but that was kind of my point to the guy who called Hurley a Yankee A hole.
Point taken. I was in too much of a hurry, but I still recall how blacks from opposing teams were treated at Memorial Coliseum and the time Tom Payne saw the 'N' word written on the green board in the UK locker room at halftime of our game at UT in 1971.
 
He’ll get his fair share of calls from intimidation and back to back national championship respect, I feel.

My biggest concern is will Pope get his fair share by only coaching our team positively and never berating the refs?

I’m certain he’ll go ballistic at times (he got one technical last year), but overall his style is, if he remains calm and doesn’t question every single call that goes against us, so will our players.

And at the end of the game, the refs won’t decide the game.

The constant berating didn’t work for Cal…I think that was evident.
 
Watch any UConn game. This is what he does every single game. Same energy and jawing at the refs immediately from the opening tip. His 2 titles validate his behavior and antics.
Yeah. I know how coach L got away with it from the old guard refs. K came up as a Knight disciple when that behavior was more common and acceptable…but the time the new era rolled in, K was a living legend and considered untouchable. He also did it in a semi muted less demonstrative way.

I have no F’n idea why they let Hurley act like that all game yelling profanities at the refs and throwing stomping, arm flailing temper tantrums. No other coach has a leash like that and Hurley was a nobody 3 years ago and most the old guard refs that grew up in that era of bully coaches are retired
 
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Yea we all wanted him when Cal departed, but I am so glad he didn't come.
He looks like a whiny bitch on the bench and watch and see if he doesn't start getting the Cal whistle soon.
May have gotten it in this game today.
No sir we ALL didnt want him. He is egomaniac narcissist. We just got rid of one,we didnt need another one
 
I smell a loser who is so shallow that they judge others on where they are from versus who they actually are. Thank god my only interaction with you closed minded hypocrites is on this forum. Who TF still calls people Yankees?
Well someone’s panties are alk in a wad, aren’t they?
 
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Put me in the boat of those who wanted him when Cal, thankfully, left, but I honestly believe it has worked out for the best for UK.

Coach Pope just exudes class while still being confident and calm.
 
In all fairness to Coach K, he never was a clown or an animated guy on the sideline.
He did, though, chew out the refs something fierce--where if it was anyone else, they'd be T'ed up and thrown out of the game.
 
I smell a yankee.
We have suits and extraordinary vocabularies. Do yankees know what waspers are? Doubtful.
All Hurleys are whiney Yankee a-holes.
Bobby says hey.
I moved to the Triangle area of NC back in 96, after spending 2 years outside of Philly. Moved to a suburb of Raleigh named Cary. Cary was an old small town (oldest public school in the state) that has exploded the past 35 years to now probably 200K. But when I moved there in 96, it was told to me what "Cary" really stands for, "Containment Area for Relocated Yankees" 🤣. And you still hear people say that today, and it's pretty accurate, as I would estimate that well over 1/2 the people that live there come from Ohio, PA, NJ, NY, or Mass.
 
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