Dan Hurley “Seriously” Considered Stepping Down From UConn Last Year

[Mr. French]

UConn fans not liking Dan Hurley are the strangest of the bunch. This thread is cringe worthy.

“Nobody holds hurley in high regard” is a helluva statement when Kentucky and the Lakers damn near were ready to sell their souls for him. If he was on the open market there would be a bidding war of epic proportions from both collegiate and professional institutions. Hide your disdain for the guy a little better.

“Hide your stupidity” would be more appropriate. Disdain is one thing.

 

[temery]

The LA Lakers & Kentucky Wildcats were sold on him winning elsewhere. When we start thinking we are smarter here than the brass of those two institutions, that's when this place has really gone off the rails.

Fans of other teams don't like Hurley for the antics, but they all think he's at the top of the sport right now in terms of coaching ability & program building. I'll guarantee you this, if some struggling power program snatched up Hurley (UNC), you'd find a lot of those types becoming fans fast.

Reminds me of a Bill Laimbeer quote: "“In Boston, they think I’m an balloon knot. But if I played for Boston, I’d be their balloon knot.”

 

[RuffRuff]

Reminds me of a Bill Laimbeer quote: "“In Boston, they think I’m an balloon knot. But if I played for Boston, I’d be their balloon knot.”

 

[temery]

Give Hurley another 10 to 15 years at UConn and he would be on anybody's Mount Rushmore. But that video was just plain stupid. Hurley isn't even in the top 10 coaches of all time.

 

[RuffRuff]

Give Hurley another 10 to 15 years at UConn and he would be on anybody's Mount Rushmore. But that video was just plain stupid. Hurley isn't even in the top 10 coaches of all time.

It's current coaches only. These guys are not Uconn fans (B10 lovers), so the point is that other fanbases do see Hurley as best in the sport. Neither flinched to include him on their current coaches MR, using different criteria. A dominant B2B carries a lot of weight.

 

[temery]

It's current coaches only. These guys are not Uconn fans (B10 lovers), so the point is that other fanbases do see Hurley as best in the sport. Neither flinched to include him on their current coaches MR, using different criteria. A dominant B2B carries a lot of weight.

I would consider Hurley one of the top four current coaches. Mt Rushmore has nothing to do with "what have you done for me lately" coaches.

The list is stupid.

 

[Blades]

AD DB chimes in on the Dan Hurley "book promo newsflash"..... about half way in.....

 

[RuffRuff]

AD DB chimes in on the Dan Hurley "book promo newsflash"..... about half way in.....

DB does a nice job of getting Hurley's back, and good perspective. You could sense a great appreciation and understanding for Dan Hurley.

One correction - wasn't so much about one guy making shots for Florida as much as it was we didn't make open shots that lost that game.

 

[UCHuskies08]

I don't know too many fans of other teams that hold Hurley in high regard. This nonsense that we (men's team) are a national treasure is just that, pure nonsense.

This is about the exact opposite of my experience.

 

[jibsey]

With the season soon to start this thread needs to be flushed away.