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Another Dan Hurley thread

Stairmaster said:
Was that because of the lack of a HC track record, or in spite of?

In my opinion, one of the many factors leading to Ollie’s struggles has been his lack of successful HC experience.

UConn can’t be on-the-job training for anyone.
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I see your point but I don't think having HC experience is always needed to be successful...true leadership is not sometimes not a learned skill....my examples would be be from the NFL...Bill Cowher and Mike Tomlin (yes, I'm a Steelers fan too). The other key is how you learn from your mistakes and make the necessary adjustments.
 
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Bonesbrigade said:
I see your point but I don't think having HC experience is always needed to be successful...true leadership is not sometimes not a learned skill....my examples would be be from the NFL...Bill Cowher and Mike Tomlinson (yes, I'm a Steelers fan too).
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Game-planning, overseeing player development, and closing the deal with recruits are all learned skills. I would vastly prefer our next coach to be someone who has demonstrated an ability to effectively wield those skills as a HC.
 
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whaler11 said:
Would Danny Hurley have any interest in:

Boston College
Pittsburgh
Penn State
St John’s

or nah?
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For goodness sake, let's stop dumping on ourselves. UConn was a national basketball brand with 4 NCs in the last 20 years. It's a great place to be and a great opportunity to build off a tradition and add to a legacy. We just need to get the current bum out. It seems like we are the only fan base that has a built-in self loathing for a wonderful institution.
 
Bonesbrigade said:
When do we start talking about Donyell Marshall? I honestly don't know much about him as a coach except that he seems to be doing well. He is "family" which is appealing. Thoughts/criticism?
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Saw him at the liquor store a few weeks ago. Can confirm he's still tall.
 
BlueDogs said:
For goodness sake, let's stop dumping on ourselves. UConn was a national basketball brand with 4 NCs in the last 20 years. It's a great place to be and a great opportunity to build off a tradition and add to a legacy. We just need to get the current bum out. It seems like we are the only fan base that has a built-in self loathing for a wonderful institution.
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I guarantee you Dan Hurley gives far less of a hoot about our tradition than you've convinced yourself he has.

I know it makes people feel warm and fuzzy inside to think that the past four years have only damaged Ollie's brand and not UConn Basketball's. You're in for a rude awakening.
 
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Stairmaster said:
Game-planning, overseeing player development, and closing the deal with recruits are all learned skills. I would vastly prefer our next coach to be someone who has demonstrated an ability to effectively wield those skills as a HC.
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Yes and no. I still think some people are innately better at certain things then others and take less time to develope those skills. I appreciate your feedback though. I will definitely think about what you said.
 
BlueDogs said:
For goodness sake, let's stop dumping on ourselves. UConn was a national basketball brand with 4 NCs in the last 20 years. It's a great place to be and a great opportunity to build off a tradition and add to a legacy. We just need to get the current bum out. It seems like we are the only fan base that has a built-in self loathing for a wonderful institution.
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So you don't think you need to compete with ACC and Big East schools to hire a hot coach?

Let's look at the last hot A-10 coach: Archie Miller was a star at NC State. They have multiple national championship. They play in a sweet 18k seat building in a location that is rabid for college sports.

They didn't get a sniff.

I'm sure we'll get Dan Hurley with no issues. Sure our team plays in front of 4k people in a crumbling building in a league that no one wants to admit exists - it's our self-loathing that is going to be the hurdle.
 
superjohn said:
I'm just telling you what I've heard for a while now. Some other posters have hit me up more recently saying they've heard the same from several different contacts from several different places.

Again, believe what you want.
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Seton Hall is Hurley's dream job but as KO shows, better to steer clear of your alma mater and make your own name somewhere else rather than tarnish the legacy.
 
The point being, this man has now "built up" two north east programs from nothing.

If you think URI was nothing - you know nothing about URI basketball
They had some great teams and really good coaches
Love how people who salivate at replacing KO will build up anyone's resume to push forward their agenda
Is Hurley a good coach? so far yes but we will see
 
whaler11 said:
Would Danny Hurley have any interest in:

Boston College
Pittsburgh
Penn State
St John’s

or nah?
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So much history and national cache among that list of schools. Do they even pay a top 10 salary there?
 
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LIuconn said:
The HC job, what'd you think?
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Seriously, didn't know. I was assuming maybe an interview for big man coach.

The head coaching job at UConn? Sorry but that's batstuff crazy.
 
superjohn said:
Seriously, didn't know. I was assuming maybe an interview for big man coach.

The head coaching job at UConn? Sorry but that's batstuff crazy.
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But not as crazy as Ollie forfeiting 10 million dollars because Calhoun asks nice.
 
UCweCONN said:
Seton Hall is Hurley's dream job but as KO shows, better to steer clear of your alma mater and make your own name somewhere else rather than tarnish the legacy.
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Yes, Dan and Bob have really strong feelings for Seton Hall, they always have. Bob seriously considered coaching there in the past and Dan also wanted to coach there but timing wasn't right.

One of his sons is currently at The Hall.
 
superjohn said:
I've reduced you to this.
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Yeah, you post things dumber than the guy who wants Donyell to quit his job midseason to be the interim coach in order to catch me in the amazing trap of pointing it out.

You are playing some 5-D chess there buddy. Impressive.
 
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whaler11 said:
Yeah, you post things dumber than the guy who wants Donyell to quit his job midseason to be the interim coach in order to catch me in the amazing trap of pointing it out.

You are playing some 5-D chess there buddy. Impressive.
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Again I reduced you to this. Love to see where I said this...
whaler11 said:
But not as crazy as Ollie forfeiting 10 million dollars because Calhoun asks nice.
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superjohn said:
Post where I said this, I'll wait for it...
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Let’s see in the last few days you’ve given us Calhoun convincing Ollie to walk away with a reduced buyout. (all that inside Hurley info - lines up well with this).

Dan Hurley a done deal no worries about competition for him.

Benedict at fault for contracts written before he was hired.

You care deeply about Ollie and his legacy - after crapping on him for thousands of posts.

I guess you can pretend you didn’t post it - but it doesn’t change that you did.

What an elaborate trap.
 
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