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Heard a story tonight from when he was first under consideration for the Wagner job. At that point, he was a successful high school coach with some college experience at Rutgers. King Rice was another candidate up for the job and had a lot more collegiate experience with assistant level jobs at Oregon, Illinois State, Providence and Vanderbilt over a 20 year career or so.

During or after the interview process (I forget), Bob Hurley called up the AD at Wagner and basically said to the guy "Listen, I know you have to go through your process and everything, and that's fine, but if you hire Danny, I promise you, we won't let him fail."

And then the rest is history.

Just thought this was a cool little story that provided a brief look into the support Hurley has and wanted to share. Think it will be very hard for him not to be successful with the people he's surrounded himself with. Very excited to have him (and Bob Sr.) in Storrs.
 
tcf15 said:
Heard a story tonight from when he was first under consideration for the Wagner job. At that point, he was a successful high school coach with some college experience at Rutgers. King Rice was another candidate up for the job and had a lot more collegiate experience with assistant level jobs at Oregon, Illinois State, Providence and Vanderbilt over a 20 year career or so.

During or after the interview process (I forget), Bob Hurley called up the AD at Wagner and basically said to the guy "Listen, I know you have to go through your process and everything, and that's fine, but if you hire Danny, I promise you, we won't let him fail."

And then the rest is history.

Just thought this was a cool little story that provided a brief look into the support Hurley has and wanted to share. Think it will be very hard for him not to be successful with the people he's surrounded himself with. Very excited to have him (and Bob Sr.) in Storrs.
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And King Rice's son played for Bob Hurley's last team at St. Anthony's.
 
TheChamps990411 said:
Wow! Havent heard that name in over 20 years. I remember him playing for the heels. Good for him.
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He got the Monmouth gig after Danny and has done very well...at this point, I think we've played him a couple of times!
 
Bob Hurley and Jim Calhoun are essentially the same guy from different parts of the Northeast, who do not give a damn about their own health because they want to win so freaking bad even if it kills them.
 
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zls44 said:
He got the Monmouth gig after Danny and has done very well...at this point, I think we've played him a couple of times!
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Probably reading this wrong but Dan never coached at Monmouth. We beat Monmouth in OT last year.
 
zls44 said:
Bob Hurley and Jim Calhoun are essentially the same guy from different parts of the Northeast, who do not give a damn about their own health because they want to win so freaking bad even if it kills them.
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It's pretty remarkable Hurley remained a corrections officer and St. Anthony's coach all that time, turning down D1 jobs. He is a man who has always known who he is, he kept that school afloat for decades and has meant more to Jersey City than virtually anyone has meant to their city.
 
superjohn said:
It's pretty remarkable Hurley remained a corrections officer and St. Anthony's coach all that time, turning down D1 jobs. He is a man who has always known who he is, he kept that school afloat for decades and has meant more to Jersey City than virtually anyone has meant to their city.
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Since he was a probation officer, he could make it Hell for some bad dude trying to influence a player to do bad.
 
tcf15 said:
Heard a story tonight from when he was first under consideration for the Wagner job. At that point, he was a successful high school coach with some college experience at Rutgers. King Rice was another candidate up for the job and had a lot more collegiate experience with assistant level jobs at Oregon, Illinois State, Providence and Vanderbilt over a 20 year career or so.

During or after the interview process (I forget), Bob Hurley called up the AD at Wagner and basically said to the guy "Listen, I know you have to go through your process and everything, and that's fine, but if you hire Danny, I promise you, we won't let him fail."

And then the rest is history.

Just thought this was a cool little story that provided a brief look into the support Hurley has and wanted to share. Think it will be very hard for him not to be successful with the people he's surrounded himself with. Very excited to have him (and Bob Sr.) in Storrs.
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Strong as we are, at times we all need support systems.
 
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zls44 said:
Bob Hurley and Jim Calhoun are essentially the same guy from different parts of the Northeast, who do not give a damn about their own health because they want to win so freaking bad even if it kills them.
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Both their wives made them stop coaching haha
 
Chief00 said:
Since he was a probation officer, he could make it Hell for some bad dude trying to influence a player to do bad.
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And guide kids back to the right path in order to make something of their lives through basketball.
 
tcf15 said:
Heard a story tonight from when he was first under consideration for the Wagner job. At that point, he was a successful high school coach with some college withexperience at Rutgers. King Rice was another candidate up for the job and had a lot more collegiate experience with assistant level jobs at Oregon, Illinois State, Providence and Vanderbilt over a 20 year career or so.

During or after the interview process (I forget), Bob Hurley called up the AD at Wagner and basically said to the guy "Listen, I know you have to go through your process and everything, and that's fine, but if you hire Danny, I promise you, we won't let him fail."

And then the rest is history.

Just thought this was a cool little story that provided a brief look into the support Hurley has and wanted to share. Think it will be very hard for him not to be successful with the people he's surrounded himself with. Very excited to have him (and Bob Sr.) in Storrs.
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Met Bob,Sr. and wife at the Cuse game. Super nice people who are thrilled about the reception Dan is getting at UConn.
 
CL82 said:
Met Bob,Sr. and wife at the Cuse game. Super nice people who are thrilled about the reception Dan is getting at UConn.
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I met Bob, Sr and Mrs. Hurley at Mohegan games this past Sunday. They get a charge out of being recognized and they really are responding to UConn fans. He's very approachable. We talked about a few things, including the book about him and his St. Anthony"s program. Really down to earth.
 
Blaneylover said:
I met Bob, Sr and Mrs. Hurley at Mohegan games this past Sunday. They get a charge out of being recognized and they really are responding to UConn fans. He's very approachable. We talked about a few things, including the book about him and his St. Anthony"s program. Really down to earth.
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What’s the name of the book? I could use a good read.
 
browndog319 said:
What’s the name of the book? I could use a good read.
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The Miracle of St. Anthony: A Season with Coach Bob Hurley and Basketball's Most Improbable Dynasty by Adrian Wojnarowski

I already ordered a copy.


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superjohn said:
There is a showtime series about Bob Hurley and St. Anthony's in their final season, all the episodes are uploaded on youtube. It's definitely worth a watch.
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Agreed! After having read the book, I watched every episode.
 
superjohn said:
There is a showtime series about Bob Hurley and St. Anthony's in their final season, all the episodes are uploaded on youtube. It's definitely worth a watch.
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Link for the lazy and/or challenged?
 
I Agree with others here. I read the St Anthony’s book years ago. VERY good book and would encourage you to give it a look.
 
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CL82 said:
Met Bob,Sr. and wife at the Cuse game. Super nice people who are thrilled about the reception Dan is getting at UConn.
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Great! We are thrilled to have that "no quit relentless drive to be a winner family with character in CT. Moses ll family finds Uconn in the desert sends son and like Moses l (JC) leads them back out again.
 
dennismenace said:
Great! We are thrilled to have that "no quit relentless drive to be a winner family with character in CT. Moses ll family finds Uconn in the desert sends son and like Moses l (JC) leads them back out again.
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I got the sense that they are pleasantly surprised by the nature and extent of fan support of their son less than a half dozen games in. Mrs. H., in particular, is the picture of a proud mom with a quiet smile.
 
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