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Message: [QUOTE="pj, post: 3246748, member: 2524"] A counter-example is not dispositive only in the sense that it's trivially true that other coaching candidates may evaluate UConn differently than Hurley did. But Hurley's choice does show that not all coaches will evaluate UConn negatively because of the Ollie firing. UConn fired Ollie and still brought in the hottest coaching candidate in the country, at a salary discounted to what Pitt was offering. And with Hurley's success, which we can already see is a sure thing since his biggest hurdle, recruiting, is being overcome, will only make the job more attractive. In reality, college coaches get fired all the time, especially from a top-10 program after consecutive losing seasons. Coaching candidates know that comes with the territory, and the $3 mn salary. If the parting was not clean, that reflects badly on Ollie, not UConn. [/QUOTE]