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Message: [QUOTE="Bazz2014, post: 5025281, member: 10369"] I agree that this could be used in negative recruiting to try and paint a certain picture of Hurley having a foot out the door, I just think it is incredibly easy to flip that script when you get to sit down with any recruit. The program and culture at UConn is elite to an extent that the NBA is taking notice and wants a piece of it. Come play for UConn and you’re playing within a system that has the notice of NBA front offices. As to Hurley having a foot out the door, the “coaching carousel” is a threat to basically any program. Plenty of the coaches at historically top programs (Duke, UK, Indiana, etc.) haven’t proven they can win anything at the college level yet. If the best they can do is make a recruit a little nervous that Hurley may have a foot out the door, I have complete confidence that Hurley and his staff can convince the kids we want, and their parents, that he is committed to UConn and that includes being thoughtful and transparent if and when he decides to make any career changes. And then I expect him to look those kids dead in the eye and say, “if all you want is a guarantee that you’re gonna play for a coach that will NEVER come up in any type of top level coaching job speculation, then maybe you are better off at Duke/UK. Cause you’re right, nobody is calling those guys.” [/QUOTE]