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Message: [QUOTE="2Infinity, post: 2646989, member: 242"] Some of the posters on the URI board are trashing Hurley because of the improvements and enhancements that the admin pledged to him....suggesting it would've made the two programs similar. This guy has a more objective view. Blue Man wrote: URI_05 wrote:He’s just like the rest of them. Just talked a better game. [I]Completely wrong. [B]He wanted the same commitment to the program that he gave. UConn was willing to do that. We can’t.[/B] We don’t have fans or donors that value this like they do. It will look like he took the money but that’s just his agent doing agent things. This was on all the enhancements they were willing to do that we can’t or won’t. [B]Charters to all games are great. What about charters to recruiting visits?[/B] Being able to [B]pay your assistant coaches[/B] more is great. [B]What about paying them enough where they view the job as a destination [/B]instead of needed to rehire every year or two? A plan for a practice facility is great. What about actually having one? [B]Plus the fan base. Ours sucks as a basketball school.[/B] It took 6 years, 2 A10 titles, and 2 NCAA victories for us to finally feel like wow maybe next year we’ll sell out our games. [B]He’ll get that support from day one when he should’ve gotten that here.[/B] Remember this feeling, and remember yesterday when so many people all of a sudden started to donate. I guess the Baron 2.0 crowd finally got their wish though so there’s that.[/I] [/QUOTE]

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