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August_West said:
JC himself said he was a hair away from going to South Carolina around 97
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I think there were other factors in that though. He thought he’d be living in South Carolina before long because he loves Hilton Head and he had some issues with UConn giving the program the resources he was demanding. It all got worked out, but it was real close. Thank Pat Calhoun for that.
 
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If Danny returns UConn to elite borderline blue blood status, I think he’s a lifer. Maybe only the NBA threatens that.
 
Hoophound said:
Dan just doesn’t seem like an NBA coach to me. He’s need to really overhaul his personality.
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Could you imagine an nba players reaction to him screaming at them? I think it would be electric, although I suppose he could channel the inner thibs on the psycho meter
 
AZHuskiePop said:
If they offer double your UConn salary what do you do?
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I think this Florida idea has zero legs so we’re speaking purely in hypotheticals, but I’d just note that his father turned down a ton of offers for more money to spend several decades at a school that was barely hanging on by a thread financially (and ultimately couldn’t, I think). So this guy does not come from a family motivated by money. And Dan Hurley is making exponentially more money than pops ever did. Is $6M in Gainesville giving you a materially better life than $3M at UConn? Not unless your bank account is all that’s driving you.

TL; DR this is a dumb thread.
 
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Dan Hurley wants to be an elite coach.. Can't happen at Florida.. Can happen in Storrs. Family ties too strong to leave Northeast -Their value to Dan Hurley-Priceless.

Can't believe this is posted heading into our first weekend for the Big Dance..
 
shizzle787 said:
UConn is a better basketball job than Florida, and his recruiting ties are in the Northeast.
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Not on this planet it isn’t. Some of you guys are just so NEWBIE-Centric you can’t accept reality. The NEWBIE is not comparable to the SEC in prestige, money or any other way. As for recruiting, you can always convince guys from Jersey to go to Florida. Getting guys to go the other easy takes the talent.
 
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aburks41 said:
UConn is a top 10 program in the country again now that we are back in the Big East. Unless one of Duke, UK, KU, or the NBA come calling, anywhere else would be a step down. We are not in that 2nd tier like the Xaviers, Providences, etc of the world (aka, potential stepping stone programs). We are the elite of the elite.
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Here’s the problem with your analysis. UConn isn’t a top 10 program, and the New Big East is not the Big East. It has exactly 1 team people consider a power, and which is deserving of that consideration. And “anywhere else” would most certainly not be a step down. Most Big 10, most original ACC, Most B12 and SEC would be steps up. When your regular season champ can’t crack the top 10 all year, that tells you everything you need to know about how prestigious the NEWBIE is.
 
ConnHuskBask said:
I have a hard time seeing Hurley leaving except for Rutgers (NJ), Seton Hall (alma mater; NJ). Just strikes me as a guy who is all about the northeast and his home turf.
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Seton Hall would give us Willard, Kadary Richmond, Yetna and a player to be named later for Hurley.
 
krinklecut said:
We’re not allowed to speculate transfers but this dumpster of a thread is okay?
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Technically, yeah cause it’s based on some idiot off the board’s speculation
 
Slick said:
We need to make some noise in the tourney in order for Danny to good offers from any top level schools. I think he is making over 3 million a year from uconn.
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Yeah so here’s a newsflash… We are top level program. There’s nothing that Hurley wants to do that he can’t get done here. Sure, some Big Ten or SEC program could offer him more money, but then he would be away from his family, out of his region, and starting from scratch.
 
PNolanFan said:
Could you imagine an nba players reaction to him screaming at them? I think it would be electric, although I suppose he could channel the inner thibs on the psycho meter
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When does he scream at kids? Refs, sure, but players? I haven’t seen it.
 
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freescooter said:
Not on this planet it isn’t. Some of you guys are just so NEWBIE-Centric you can’t accept reality. The NEWBIE is not comparable to the SEC in prestige, money or any other way. As for recruiting, you can always convince guys from Jersey to go to Florida. Getting guys to go the other easy takes the talent.
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What the hell is Newbie and Newbie-Centric?

Win a couple of games in the tournament and this ninny will disappear again.
 
AntG168 said:
If Danny returns UConn to elite borderline blue blood status, I think he’s a lifer. Maybe only the NBA threatens that.
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This, I think he said in an interview before that some day he would consider the NBA if it was avail. More was something along the lines of everyone wants to challenge themselves to coach at the highest level.

One thing he said when he took the job was that he was really only interested in going to a program where he could compete for National championships. That’s here, there’s not a ton of other places that have openings that have National Championship expectations. Great recruiting ground for him, close to family, idk why he would leave.

SEC Booster money comes with SEC Booster headaches. I don’t know if that’s something he’s into. People HERE were complaining about how long the rebuilt took while he was trying to establish a culture & identity. Picture it at FL
 
Kentucky is paying Cal $8 million a year on deal worth $86 million. And that's just salary not including extras and perks. The SEC is the high rent district.
 
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