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Message: [QUOTE="HooperScooper, post: 5329954, member: 10"] Matt Norlander article. He seems to have a pretty good relationship with Hurley. They spoke for an hour in July and Hurley was in a much better place and ready to tackle the 2025-2026 season. Excerpt from the book: [I]"I knew my mind, and I knew my body, and I could feel that I was completely cooked," Hurley writes. "Just burnt. I didn't even know how I was standing. I stared at the office walls, muttering, conducting a brutal review of our season. I didn't build a strong enough roster. I wasn't a good leader. I let everyone down in Maui. I lost control, emotionally, at various points. I came in here some days sad and defeated, when I needed to be positive and inspiring. Then I went through the self-lacerating what-ifs: What if we'd played a little bit better in Maui? What if we hadn't blown that game against Seton Hall? What if we'd been a better seed than an eight seed and hadn't needed to face a number one in the second round? Who knows? "It was unhealthy to be ruminating this way. I was unhealthy. I desperately needed to get out of town, flee to my standard hideaway, Dorado Beach in San Juan. I needed to do some healing, not think about basketball for a few days. But that wasn't possible in this new era. The transfer portal and NIL deals made every college player a free agent, so right after the tournament I needed to be in my office, in Storrs. If I left town right then, I wouldn't have a team for the 2025-26 season. "At that point, I wasn't even sure that I would return for the 2025-26 season."[/I] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/dan-hurley-briefly-contemplated-leaving-uconn-after-turbulent-2024-25-season-i-wasnt-a-good-leader/[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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