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The storied Butler basketball program played two-time defending national champion UConn at Hinkle Fieldhouse – packed house, great game, massive comeback falls just short – and you know what people in the Mailbagg™ wanted to talk about afterward?
Dan Hurley.
This is my fault.
Well, my fault … and Dan Hurley’s fault. He’s a magnet for attention – whether he wants it or not, it’s coming – and he deserves the scrutiny. One, his team always is that good. Two, his behavior is always that noticeable: On the court, before the game, after the game, in the news conference. Dan Hurley is incapable of being boring.
Is he capable of being likeable?
As it turns out…
That’s what people in my subscriber text message group – more than 2,500 have signed up, please join us here – wanted to discuss afterward. Not the game. We’re not even talking about practice.
They wanted to discuss Dan Hurley, in part because I made a big deal about a few of his interactions at Hinkle – including one with me, what, say something – and in part because he’s Dan Hurley. And we are but moths to a light bulb burns so bright.
UConn, Dan Hurley survive Butler
From: Dale W.
Hurley didn’t like the national attention his unhinged maniac routine received after the Maui Invitational. He is who he is. A lot of basketball media excuse it because he wins.
Don’t fool yourself. Media don’t make excuses for winners. Media make excuses for athletes, coaches, teams, etc., because the fallout from fans is just so awful. And UConn fans, like fans of all those Boston teams – same fans, really – are brutal. Miserable. And they are legion. Go after, say, New England for its cheating or UConn’s coach for his ranting, and those folks drop an avalanche on you.
Then again, fan bases of the biggest winners are the same almost everywhere. Alabama football, Kentucky basketball, Yankees, Cowboys, Lakers – those folks don’t tolerate negative stories. They go looking for them, and then gather like…
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Author : Indianapolis Star
Publish date : 2024-12-24 09:50:00
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