So it’s leaked to a message board and that’s the first the basketball coach hears of it. Okay.No
So it’s leaked to a message board and that’s the first the basketball coach hears of it. Okay.No
Hurley said it was not guaranteed to him by Benedict and Herbst.So it’s leaked to a message board and that’s the first the basketball coach hears of it. Okay. View attachment 99652
Okay. So my original statement was returning to the Big East rejuvenated our brand and Coach Hurley said it enhances our chances to contend for ncaa titles.Hurley said it was not guaranteed to him by Benedict and Herbst.
"When Hurley was hired a year ago at UConn from Rhode Island, he said there were no promises made to him by President Susan Herbst and the administration that UConn would ultimately re-join the Big East. Yet the rumors have been flying ever since the school left with the other football schools in 2013.
"I wanted to be the coach at UConn regardless," he said. "That had been a dream of mine my whole coaching career, is to be the head coach here. I had hoped it would happen. When I first met with [AD] Dave Benedict and President Herbst, they made it clear to me that it might not, and take this job with the understanding that you could very well be in the American and don't take it based on rumors that we could be relocating."
UConn's Dan Hurley Says Joining Big East Enhances Recruiting, Chance To Contend for NCAA Titles
The UConn men's basketball team has won four NCAA titles since 1999. With the school's return to the Big East in 2020, Dan Hurley believes it will "definitely enhance' recruiting and the program's ability to contend for more NCAA titles.www.forbes.com
Okay. So my original statement was returning to the Big East rejuvenated our brand and Coach Hurley said it enhances our chances to contend for ncaa titles.
BC can join the Patriot League, if that league will have them.I kind of feel that way (re: BC), but honestly, at this point I'd love to just absorb all the remnants of the ACC and improve the BE. Maybe we hold BC in the wind for a month or two and publicly embarrass them before letting them in
I'm okay with hockey since they are in Hockey East with us.BC can join the Patriot League, if that league will have them.
They bring nothing, and I never want to play them again in any sport.
Okay. So my original statement was returning to the Big East rejuvenated our brand and Coach Hurley said it enhances our chances to contend for ncaa titles.
LOL! Don’t be silly. You NEWBIE fanboys are a riot. Because the coach at Rhode Island would never leave for a job with a 4 time NCAA champion. Houston also got to the Final Four in 2021 and the Elite 8 in 2022 out of the AAC. And FWIW, he wasn’t getting the Pitt job, so don’t go there. But you don’t turn down a major job because of the league unless you are in the NBA. Nobody would have turned it down and Dan Hurley wouldn’t have. It is a what have you done for me lately business. All it takes is one down year at Rhody and a big year by someone else and You could well be an A-10 coach forever.There is NO way Hurley comes here unless he was confident UConn was joining the Big East. Maybe nothing was guaranteed, but the move was in the works.
There is NO way Hurley comes here unless he was confident UConn was joining the Big East. Maybe nothing was guaranteed, but the move was in the works.
A little bit. I don't know what was in play at the time but Hurley was a big boy and knows the odds on a situation. Same with mora. The b12 thing wasn't a hope on anybodys radar when mora got here so I'd say mora had less promiseHurley and Mora were sold the same vision (different conferences) Hurley's worked out to perfection. Mora's hit a brick wall