I get that people are emotional after a loss. When you are trending towards being a Hall of Fame coach, you have to put your emotions in check.

I was trying to open my browser to get to write more in my blog, and the browser opens to a MSN site with a whole bunch of links to look at. And of course, my attention got caught by the headline about Hurley sounding off after losing to Florida.

As the Huskies left the court and walked by the Baylor locker room, he was caught on video saying this about the refs. “Hope they don’t (redacted) you like they (redacted) us,”  said Hurley. “I hope they don’t do that to you, Baylor. I hope they don’t do that to you guys.”

As a person who did not have any rooting interest other than being a college basketball fan, I didn’t feel like the game was unfairly called for either team. There might have been some calls I think might have been wrong as there is in any game – but they certainly didn’t look biased, and certainly didn’t decide the game.

It is horribly unprofessional to be using profanities when talking about the referees – whether it is on the court or off the court. Just because he doesn’t have a microphone on him doesn’t mean someone is not listening. But it is a ridiculously horrible look.

The Huskies have won 13 straight tournament games, which is an amazing feat. And the second that things don’t go their way, Dan Hurley wants us to believe it was because the referees stole the game from them. It certainly has nothing to do with Walter Clayton Jr putting the #1 seed Gators on his back and carrying them to a victory, although in fairness, I believe in his press conference, he did mention Clayton was heroic.

I just hate the fact that on the court, Dan Hurley deserves tons of accolades for the historic run that the Connecticut Huskies have done under his leadership. And yet, every time I see him, I see a person that I would not want to be leading anything I am involved with. Being a leader is more about winning. It also is about doing it the right way. And screaming for 40 minutes at the referees, making ridiculous trash talking with fans (like he did at Creighton), and acting like a cry-baby when he loses are certainly not things that true leaders do.