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Message: [QUOTE="ctchamps, post: 5329908, member: 37"] 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. But doesn't that depend on whether a recruit believes Hurley is more likely to leave than other coaches? There is enough evidence, and access to that evidence, that demonstrate a coach's tenure at an institution is not guaranteed from one year to the next. Indeed there are instances of coaches fired mid year and instances when a coach was fired before a season started. I can see a different spin that counters both of your concerns. Hurley is an open book and making these stories public will attract some players who are uncomfortable with or dislike what they perceive in coaches of having phony personas. I can see that a recruit can be excited to play for a coach so focused on winning and so intense day to day that he reached a state of complete exhaustion. Any recruit that believes they need to give 100% of their time and effort to become a better player will be attracted to a coach that lives by that same example. IMO we could lose a player or players with the hype currently going on. But it is just as likely this story will attract certain players. Players like Cam Spencer for instance. [/QUOTE]