Hurley details how Geno Auriemma refocused him in new book

[StllH8L8ner]

I'll read it, but the excerpts I've read have been so/so.

I just finished it. A lot of info we knew or suspected already, but I enjoyed it.

 

[Steve85]

Let's not kid ourselves - you can take on that mindset once the wheels were in motion, he had a couple NC's, could attract any recruit he wanted. Without them, he wouldn't even be in a position to have a voice on the topic.

Women's hoops is also a very different arena, not nearly the $$ at stake. Hurley just signed a massive deal where state taxpayers are footing the bill. There is an expectation that comes along with that.

actually, unless things have changed and I don’t believe they have, state taxpayers don’t pay for Dan or Geno’s salary other than their base pay of a couple hundred thousand. the bulk of their compensation is from TV rights $, donors, camps, media deals. but that said, I agree with your general point.

 

[HW611]

This pooped up on my timeline and I thought it was relevant. From another B2B coach.

 

[Mr. French]

This pooped up on my timeline and I thought it was relevant. From another B2B coach.

I hate when things poop on my timeline.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

I tried reading the book about his dad - pretty boring read to be honest.

You thought The Miracle of St. Anthony was a “pretty boring read”? You might just not be a reader.

 

[Waquoit]

From the beginning, even before he'd won a title; to me it seemed Geno had a policy to not recruit players that had a bigmouth father. I wonder if he mention something like that to Dan.

 

[uconnfan68]

It's easy to say when you've won 12. The only reason he has gravitas is because he's won so much.

Yeah, he was just lucky he got all those players to come here...