Another Dan Hurley thread

[superjohn]

Let’s see in the last few days you’ve given us Calhoun convincing Ollie to walk away with a reduced buyout.

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 his for thousands of posts.

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

This is like when Auggie went on for days here and on the cesspool misquoting me. At least Auggie admitted he was wrong, never expected you to. It's such a simple request, show me where I said this.

But not as crazy as Ollie forfeiting 10 million dollars because Calhoun asks nice.

 

[superjohn]

Really? I agree with you about Hurley where still a big time job imo. But you cant deny creating a whole thread about you not posting again until Ollie was fired lol.

This went on for days here with me being miquoted and me directly pulling up the post Auggie and Whaler kept misquoting me on. August finally admitted he was wrong, that's not in Whaler's DNA though.

 

[KingAG]

This went on for days here with me being miquoted and me directly pulling up the post Auggie and Whaler kept misquoting me on. August finally admitted he was wrong, that's not in Whaler's DNA though.

I do see where you said “not nearly as much” You can see how that could get misconstrued by what followed. But Touché I misremembered. Back to Danny Hurley!! Lol

 

[whaler11]

This is like when Auggie went on for days here and on the cesspool misquoting me. At least Auggie admitted he was wrong, never expected you to. It's such a simple request, show me where I said this.

You know you implied moran. You started a second thread to clarify it because you are so awful you aren’t even allowed to reply to the threads you start.

Tell us some more about how much you care about Kevin Ollie’s legacy. That’s what is truly important. We’ll just forget the 8k posts where you destroyed him and questioned his character.

 

[whaler11]

This went on for days here with me being miquoted and me directly pulling up the post Auggie and Whaler kept misquoting me on. August finally admitted he was wrong, that's not in Whaler's DNA though.

The guy who quit and never left, blamed benedict for contracts he didn’t write, claims to be worried about ollie’s legacy, thinks calhoun should convince Ollie to walk away without some of his money, and is implying that UConn won’t have competition for Hurley is trying to claim someone else won’t admit when they are wrong.

#peakboneyard

 

[whaler11]

Guy who posted this:

“I've beaten this horse dead for the past year and I'm so upset about what's happened that it makes me phyically ill. Kevin Ollie is so far in over his head and isn't the guy many of you think he is.”

Claims to be worried about Ollie’s legacy. Doesn’t want anyone to remember him poorly.

The guy who wrote “isn’t the guy many of you think he is”.

Cuz someone sent him a private message 1,500 miles away.

You must really think people are stupid to not be able to follow your childish stances.

Physically ill? Ok.

 

[superjohn]

I do see where you said “not nearly as much” You can see how that could get misconstrued by what followed. But Touché I misremembered. Back to Danny Hurley!! Lol

This went on for days before August admitted he was wrong and that I never said I wouldn't watch anymore UConn games. Whaler of course is still playing pretend.

In back to back sentences I said I wouldn't be posting as much and I wouldn't be around with Ollie still as coach. Yes, of course I can see how those two things can be viewed as contradictory but it's clearly about me posting on the board and not about watching games. My point was I wouldn't be posting nearly as much because I've made my feelings on Ollie so apparent for over a year.

August tried to change what I said attributing to me that I would never watch another minute of UConn basketball until Ollie is fired and Whaler of course jumped in on that lie. I asked over and over for them to provide where I said I would never watch another minute of Uconn basketball. They never did because I never said it.

No I had remembered not entirely correct and had to refresh myself, and after refreshing myslef amended the statement to indicate what you actually said which was you werent coming back here until Ollie was fired.

So I was wrong about quoting you to watching, but not wrong about your self imposed exile statement.

 

[whaler11]

This went on for days before August admitted he was wrong and that I never said I wouldn't watch anymore UConn games. Whaler of course is still playing pretend.

You still were full of garbage.

You haven’t been here less. You’ve been here more.

Christ I guess if you just claim everything under the sun and contradict yourself every other sentence than you can claim anything.

If you think he admitted he was wrong about you not posting I’m not sure you are literate. He even bolded ‘here’ for you.

 

[superjohn]

Still waiting for you to quote this but I'm going to bed soon.

But not as crazy as Ollie forfeiting 10 million dollars because Calhoun asks nice.

 

[whaler11]

Still waiting for you to quote this but I'm going to bed soon.

You implied it multiple times and you know it.

So now that you’ve realized it’s beyond moranic you’ve decided to pretend you didn’t.

You really are kind of vile aren’t you? Try being a man sometime and owning up to something.

It’s a lot better look than telling people Ollie isn’t the person they think he is and then making a lame emotional plea about his legacy.

Less integrity than Spartacus is something I didn’t know was possible.

It’s all there for anyone with a room temperature IQ to see. Hopefully you live up to your threats soon. You get worse by the day.

 

[BLUEDOGHOUSE]

SuperJohn vs Whaler11

Does Whaler11 have the edge with his 30k plus posts (essentially a BY lifer)? AKA Joe Gatekeeper.
OR
Does SuperJohn (AKA Littlejohn per August West) have the edge with his honest straight forward posts similar to his flamboyant departure post?

This is like the WS of Poker:



Whaler11 vs SuperJohn

 

[Stainmaster]

I'll be back once Ollie is no longer our coach.

 

[Fishy]

Sometimes I wish we had a feature where we could see a poster’s BAC.

Not to prevent them from posting, but just because I think it would be fascinating.

 

[BLUEDOGHOUSE]

Sometimes I wish we had a feature where we could see a poster’s BAC.

Not to prevent them from posting, but just because I think it would be fascinating.

That is the fun of though. What makes the BY one of the top 5 hoops sites in America!

 

[nomar]

Sometimes I wish we had a feature where we could see a poster’s BAC.

Not to prevent them from posting, but just because I think it would be fascinating.

If I start a thread proposing that we hire Khalid El-Amin as HC, just go ahead and assume it's .24

 

[BlueDogs]

It sure as hell won't be recovered by the time Danny Hurley has every P5/BE school with an open job kissing his ring this March.

Could be a year to late to the table. We shall see. One thing is certain, his market price keeps increasing. But, I'm pretty confident Hurley can help rebuild UConn into a formidable program again. The question is does UConn value saving it's hard fought legacy, national brand indentity and appeal or saving $10 MM which will undoubtedly be pissed away on something else in the future. This is when leaders make the hard decisions which are necessary.

 

[Horatio]

I couldn't stomach someone named "Hurley" coaching UConn. It just doesn't sit well.

 

[superjohn]

SuperJohn vs Whaler11

Does Whaler11 have the edge with his 30k plus posts (essentially a BY lifer)? AKA Joe Gatekeeper.
OR
Does SuperJohn (AKA Littlejohn per August West) have the edge with his honest straight forward posts similar to his flamboyant departure post?

This is like the WS of Poker:



Whaler11 vs SuperJohn

This is what I'm dealing with. Whaler again attributes something to me I obviously didn't say. I ask him a bunch of times to show where I said this and he doesn't provide anything. I have to go back and look up the old posts he's referring to which again show he isn't being honest. I get called vile.

I'm afraid what I feared the most is going to happen. It's clear there needs to be a change, the best way for this to happen is amicably. We come up with the money or some sort of agreement is reached and Ollie can leave quietly with a wonderful reputation intact as a great player and someone who won us a championship. It's getting ugly and only going to get uglier I fear. Ollie is subborn as all hell and is going the man on an island route. As more blowouts inevitably happen it will get uglier and Ollie will build more walls up around himself. None of this is good.

Benedict and Calhoun need to handle this right.

Since I'm not allowed to post in any of the threads I start I have to start another one to clarify what I said earlier. When I said this has to be handled right by Benedict and JC I wasn't talking about Calhoun being involved in the hiring process. That would be ridiculous and Benedict already knows Ollie has to go, it's all about the transition now, how it gets done. They somehow all have to sort through this mess to have the smoothest possible outcome in what seems like an impossibly unsmooth situation at the moment.

Even though Ollie has alienated Calhoun there is still genuine love there and Calhoun always wants the best for KO. Ollie is trying to go it alone and I think Calhoun is still one of the only people (maybe the only person) who can get him through this and do what's best for Kevin and the University.

As for Whaler saying Calhoun is the reason we're in this mess, Calhoun had nothing to do with the terrible contract extension. He strong-armed KO in there and long term it has beem a mess but we still do have that 4th National Title. I want Ollie to be remembered for that. The longer this drags out and the more shut off and standoffish KO gets the worse his legacy will be and more unnecessary damage will be done to the program.

For someone with such strong opinions, I’m not sure you are actually paying attention to what is going on.

Nor do you seem to have acquired any understanding about the people we are discussing.

LOL at the idea you are concerned about Ollie’s legacy. Not that I don’t agree with some of what you say but you’ve spent a year plus tarring and feathering him. It’s as ridiculous as me claiming to wish Bob Diaco well in his future endeavors.

This all leads back to the absurd concept that Ollie is going to leave $10 million on the table because someone convinces him to. Who would do that? Who would do that in this situation where the fanbase has lambasted him and the Athletic Director has gone dark.

Nice look by the way Dave - maybe if you fake your death this will all solve itself.

Here is how it works: Fire the man and pay him his money or keep him and tell the world you are keeping him so everyone can find a new topic to obsess about.

But not as crazy as Ollie forfeiting 10 million dollars because Calhoun asks nice.

 

[AZHuskiePop]

I couldn't stomach someone named "Hurley" coaching UConn. It just doesn't sit well.

He is the Old Big East Hurley
Keep telling yourself that

 

[temery]

Sometimes I wish we had a feature where we could see a poster’s BAC.

Not to prevent them from posting, but just because I think it would be fascinating.

What’s a BAC?

 

[Fishy]

What’s a BAC?

Blood alcohol concentration.

 

[temery]

Blood alcohol concentration.

In my defense, I would have figured it out once I sobered up.

 

[Huskyforlife]

Would Danny Hurley have any interest in:

Boston College
Pittsburgh
Penn State
St John’s

or nah?

I really hope not, if we're an option. The conference is still only 1 factor, even if it's a big one.

 

[KemBaller]

The top available coach in his conference went to Indiana last year. To think we are Hurley’s upper limit is ludicrous.

So which school at Indiana's level is going to have an opening? Kansas gonna fire Self? Roy Williams retiring?

 

[djct1999]

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.

Yeah, if only the old Big East still existed and we were still in it.

 

[djct1999]

I really hope not, if we're an option. The conference is still only 1 factor, even if it's a big one.

A job in this conference vs the P5 is the difference between working at Blackberry vs Apple.

 

[August_West]

Does SuperJohn (AKA Littlejohn per August West)

While I have no problems plagiarizing others work ( I have a night job doing just that) I must disclose that the simple genius of "littlejohn" belongs to the great mind of @8893

 

[Hoophound]

A job in this conference vs the P5 is the difference between working at Blackberry vs Apple.

Unless of course, that coach wins. Then he is at UConn with a top salary, great facilities, a big brand, a tough OOC schedule in what becomes a pretty good conference that is always winnable. The fans come back to their seats, all of the games are on tv, he makes a fortune on tv commercials and appearances and is treated like a god. Then life is fantastic.

 

[djct1999]

Unless of course, that coach wins. Then he is at UConn with a top salary, great facilities, a big brand, a tough OOC schedule in what becomes a pretty good conference that is always winnable. The fans come back to their seats, all of the games are on tv and makes a fortune on tv commercials and appearances and is treated like a god. Then life is fantastic.

Top salary? The same people who say Hurley is a lock also claim we can't even afford the buyout. Keep in mind, a big part of why Edsall is back is because he accepted a 1 mil salary. Hurley ain't accepting that. And while I do agree with your best case scenario, we are an entire coaching cycle away from that. Hurley knows he will have better opportunities and get a richer contract somewhere else. That ship sailed. All in, it would most likely cost UConn(buyout inlcuded) 22-25 million for Dan Hurley. Yeah, right. Sounds like a lock.

 

[Tuna]

But, I'm pretty confident Hurley can help rebuild UConn into a formidable program again.

How many games have you watched URI play that you can be pretty confident?

I would keep in mind that this is probably the worst the A10 has been in over a decade. And without going back and looking at results, I bet last year was the next worst.