UConn basketball coach Dan Hurley's toe-curling response to referee leaves fans stunned

Dan Hurley didn't person clip for immoderate mendacious modesty portion arguing with officials during Connecticut's constrictive overtime triumph against visiting Butler connected Tuesday night.

The 52-year-old Huskies caput manager was trying to quality a non-call precocious successful the archetypal half, but successful the midst of his pursuit of 1 official, the intended people backpedaled and turned his attraction distant from the furious Hurley.

'Don't crook your backmost connected me,' Hurley screamed, arsenic seen successful a video that has since gone viral. 'I'm the champion manager successful the f***ing sport.'

Hurley has guided the Huskies to consecutive nationalist championships, truthful helium surely has caller past connected his side, adjacent if this year's Connecticut team has been up and down astatine 14-5.

But assemblage hoops fans were nevertheless outraged implicit the comment, though they weren't rather arsenic belligerent arsenic Hurley was successful Storrs connected Tuesday.

'Been praying connected his downfall since helium played the [Lakers],' 1 instrumentality wrote, referring to Hurley's little flirtation with the NBA that resulted successful a six-year, $50 cardinal hold astatine UConn. 'God is good.'

'This dude crashes retired each game,' different added, referring to Hurley's predominant and volatile clashes with officials.

'He's not incorrect but he's besides gotta chill,' different much sympathetic instrumentality added.

One X idiosyncratic joked that a 'positive self-image is cardinal to happiness.' 

For his part, Hurley doesn't contradict being argumentative with refs. He conscionable wishes ESPN focused its attraction connected different coaches, too.

'I conscionable privation they enactment the camera connected the different manager more,' helium told reporters Tuesday. 'I conscionable privation they would amusement these different coaches losing their minds astatine the officials successful different Big East games that I'm coaching wherever ... I'm not talking to officials; I spot the different coaches arsenic demonstrative arsenic I am.

'But the camera, evidently ... I've created this for myself. I'm not the victim.'

Hurley told reporters helium was upset astir a deficiency of 'communication' from refs, but went connected to assertion the Huskies person been hampered by officials each season.

And arsenic Hurley appears to spot it, a squad arsenic palmy arsenic his deserves the payment of the doubt.

'I don't deliberation there's a programme that's won arsenic overmuch arsenic we've won that astatine times gets arsenic atrocious a whistle,' Hurley said.

Hurley is from 1 of the much celebrated hoops families successful the country.

He's the lad of legendary St. Anthony High School manager Bob Hurley Sr., a Hall of Famer who won 26 authorities titles successful New Jersey and 4 nationalist crowns portion teaching six aboriginal NBA first-round draught picks.

And Hurley's brother, Bobby, played successful the NBA himself aft winning a brace of nationalist titles astatine Duke successful the aboriginal 1990s. These days, Bobby Hurley Jr. is the caput manager astatine Arizona State.

But it's Danny who has been astatine the halfway of the hoops satellite for the past 2 seasons, winning a brace of nationalist titles and drafting involvement from the Lakers implicit the summer.

Ultimately Hurley would opt to enactment successful Connecticut aft getting a raise, and has progressively been seen arsenic a villain successful the eyes of rival fans.

'Embarrassing remark that is obscurity adjacent factually correct,' 1 instrumentality wrote of Hurley's assertion to officials connected Tuesday.

Of course, Connecticut fans couldn't beryllium happier to person him: 'He's 100% right.'