Yup. And distraction to kickstart the new season. If you want to help your team out, keep it quiet. He talked down the Knicks job like he had no interest and Uconn was the place for him, then this. A bit all over the place. Weird timing. Why it feels book intentional.
I seriously doubt it. But I will rethink if he strikes out this recruiting season.
That;s not a fare comparison. Where Uconn was when JC got here and were it was when Dan Hurley got here...We might have been down, but we had 4 NC and 4 years removed from the last one. He also had world class facilities...what did JC have? AND...DANNY HAS THE PORTAL!!
And how many has he won without his son on the team?
that was my first thought hearing this news, gives some nice ammo to other coaches during the recruiting wars.
Better than Belichik's without Brady...😉
Brady did not help Bill's case - retired and how was New England? Thought about it an unretired, went to Tampa and see how they did? NFL is a completely different animal to NCAA basketball.
Both of you are pointing out how emotions, spin and perspective can factor into a recruits perspective. Certainly there is a chance that a recruit can be persuaded to avoid UConn if that recruit buys into the possibility Hurley can leave anytime.
AND ... SO DO ALL THE OTHER TEAMS!!
Was rock bottom - worst state the program had been in since pre-Calhoun. We lost a ton of brand equity at that point, the 4 titles weren't holding much water. History can fade fast and in college hoops, the coach is the brand. If we had hired another dog of a coach, could have easily got into the same rut of a situation as Indiana found themselves in where top coaches avoid because it becomes a toxic situation.
At Uconn, we are recruiting against other top programs that are going to have cemented continuity with coaching (Scheyer, Pope, Sampson, Lloyd). Very rarely is there much movement at the very top of the food chain of college hoops. Not sure how this theory applies across the top 10 or so programs in the country.
It could've been far worse than Indiana. I think people forget just how dire things looked. Sure we were only 5 seasons away from winning it all but we were terrible and we were stuck in a conference playing Tulane in an empty high school gym having our games broadcast from what looked like a telescope from a Russian blimp. As bad as Indiana screws up they always had the Big 10 and the money that comes along with it to fall back on. People on the board here were talking about hiring Frank Martin and if there was any way Hurley could be convinced to come here over the allure of the Pittsburgh job.
Seriously, what is wrong with you? What would make you respond to a post that uses the phrase, quoted by you, "than most people," and pretend he wrote the words you use -- "any coach ever?" Do you talk to your therapist about your need to do this?
Human nature is a little more complicated than this which I'm sure you know.
In other words the best of the best.
Frank Martin, ooof. Talk about the buzz kill of a hire that would have been. In the 8 years since Dan Hurley joined, Frank hasn't made the tourney once between SC & Umass and is 2 games over .500. Not sure it would have been any better than trying to bring Howie Dickenman out of retirement.
Then the guy needs to go to the Ollie-Yard.
Generally I would agree with this point of view, but if he does get this year's team to the final four, even with one player (Karaban) who started for the prior two titles and three others (Ball, Stewart & the older Ross) who were part of the most recent championship team (two who actually contributed a little), it would have to be viewed as far more than merely running one exceptional roster to a lot of success.
Calhoun Didn't....that's what my post was in ref to
C'mon man we were loaded with talent when Hurley took over, everyone remembers that
