Hurley on Coaching Rumors

[EBonz30]

I have strong feelings that Hurley wants to become the coach at Uconn, pretty confident in my feelings.

 

[CL82]

I have strong feelings that Hurley wants to become the coach at Uconn, pretty confident in my feelings.

Doomed.

 

[storrsroars]

Yeah, but I'd argue that's because it's Syracuse. If Wake has that resume, I don't think they're in.

If UConn has that resume we're not even in the bubble discussion.

 

[Marty Jackson]

Just him saying the right things

EXACTLY!!!! What else could he possibly say in public? Has zero merit.

Am a little surprised he admitted this happens every year. He's that good, or he thinks he's that good?

 

[intlzncster]

EXACTLY!!!! What else could he possibly say in public? Has zero merit.

Am a little surprised he admitted this happens every year. He's that good, or he thinks he's that good?

URI has given multiple extensions/upgrades to his contract in the past specifically to hold off on him getting poached. There's been plenty of interest. Maybe not top jobs like UCONN, but interest nonetheless.

 

[Bobol]

The ACC has nine teams in the tournament. The AAC has three.

If you are going to measure what is the best basketball conference by the number of schools invited and seeding than the Big East wins.... the same % of teams invited to dance as the ACC but two #1 seeds.

 

[Chief00]

From a ProJo beat writer:

Yeah, Chief got the memo - that’s why I responded as I did yesterday when a poster asked me - hey Chief is Hurley the next coach? Finish the season first!

 

[Chief00]

Don't forget: almost every player in the URI rotation is a senior. The majority of his kids are leaving next year no matter what happens in the tournament and no matter what their coach decides to do in the offseason. Pretty good time for him to choose to take a better job.

Exactly but that’s not coming from Chief LOL

 

[TheChamps990411]

We will see what happens in the coming weeks. If theres anybody out there that thinks Hurley coming here is a 100% lock, maybe you should come back to reality. Im not saying he wont be the coach, but what we are hearing so far is just speculation and rumors. There is still a long way to go before this is wrapped up.

I dont think anyone here thinks its 100% that hes coming here but we`ve seen much stronger denials from coaches that flew the coup. I honestly would be more surprised by him not taking the job then by taking it. A guy like Hurley takes a URI job knowing and hoping that someday its a stepping stone to the big jobs.

 

[gtcam]

Don't forget: almost every player in the URI rotation is a senior. The majority of his kids are leaving next year no matter what happens in the tournament and no matter what their coach decides to do in the offseason. Pretty good time for him to choose to take a better job.

Yeah they are
And due to that I wonder out loud what has happened to that team in the last 2-3 weeks
They are not peaking when they should be
I talked to a business associate who is a URI alum he doesn't like Hurley as a game coach but says he is good at recruiting middle of the road (3*) guys and developing them in 4 years.
He is a URI season ticket holder and says there is a lot of talk of Hurley leaving but there is that buyout

 

[Rico444]

Obviously we're probably not going to get much info until after URI is eliminated, but have we seen anything definitive that UConn is interested in Hurley? I'm sure we are, but has any reporter actually stated that "sources say UConn is eyeing Hurley" or anything like that?

 

[Jaybird65]

Yeah they are in for it. Because the job was never posted I believe they already have the coach ready. URI fans have it coming to them. If URI loses, Friday we could possibly see Hurley to UConn

The job must be posted at some point in time. I'm sure it will be posted for a short time once the legal beagles in Labor Relations & Human Resources have the i's dotted & t's crossed, plus, there's really no hurry to post if Hurley is the target & URI is still playing. Bunch of back room stuff going to be ready to pounce when they can.

 

[nomar]

Saying “they know where my head is at” is far different from “they know I am not going anywhere,” or “they know I am where I want to be.” Coach speak.

"They know I'm gone"

 

[Awol]

I think Hurley either comes to UCONN (if offered) or stays at URI (family related).

Anyone else wondering that if we land Hurley and he is as successful as we hope, he becomes the next name mentioned to replace Ratface, Roy, Squid, etc. I realize you never not pursue your top choice because of this, but I can't get the thought out of my head and remain enamored with guys that would view UConn as their job of a lifetime.

 

[MattMang23]

The A-10 has been a 3-6 bid league since the AAC’s inception. Never a one bid league in that time period. It has more bids than the AAC since the AAC inception. Why all the inaccurate facts about the A-10?

What, exactly, was factually inaccurate in the post you quoted?

 

[Ewekon]

And zero of our better players are seniors, even if one did decide to leave.

Other than Jalen, we have better players?

 

[CT Rhody]

What, exactly, was factually inaccurate in the post you quoted?

That the A-10 was a one bid league last year which is factually incorrect obviously. Somebody also said the AAC was ten times better than the A-10 which is interesting since it has less NCAA bids than the A-10 since its inception ‍♂️. Maybe on court results don’t matter in terms of who is better these days, or ten times better, who knows.

 

[Caronimo]

Hurley or bust

 

[CL82]

That the A-10 was a one bid league last year which is factually incorrect obviously. Somebody also said the AAC was ten times better than the A-10 which is interesting since it has less NCAA bids than the A-10 since its inception ‍♂️. Maybe on court results don’t matter in terms of who is better these days, or ten times better, who knows.

Can't just leave it there, post links showing the respective bids.

 

[AdamaNation]

I have strong feelings that Hurley wants to become the coach at Uconn, pretty confident in my feelings.

They seem strong.

 

[TJT]

Can't just leave it there, post links showing the respective bids.

I listed it in an earlier post yesterday.

The A-10 has sent more teams to the tournament (18 for the A-10 and 15 for the AAC) and has actually also earned more NCAA units (24-22) than the AAC even with UConn's 2014 national championship. The AAC trumps the A-10 with a national championship but comes up short on other NCAA Tournament performance metrics.

NCAA BIDS AND UNITS BY LEAGUE SINCE 2014
2014 AAC: 4 (11 units*) / A-10: 6 (10 units)
2015 AAC: 2 (3 units) / A-10: 3 (5 units)
2016 AAC: 4 (5 units) / A-10: 3 (5 units)
2017 AAC: 2 (3 units) / A-10: 3 (4 units)
2018 AAC: 3 / A-10: 3
TOTAL AAC: 15 (22 units) / A-10: 18 (24 units)

* UConn National Championship

 

[imno1]

Anyone else wondering that if we land Hurley and he is as successful as we hope, he becomes the next name mentioned to replace Ratface, Roy, Squid, etc. I realize you never not pursue your top choice because of this, but I can't get the thought out of my head and remain enamored with guys that would view UConn as their job of a lifetime.

Let’s hope he lands here and he’s that successful.

 

[Marat]

Anyone else wondering that if we land Hurley and he is as successful as we hope, he becomes the next name mentioned to replace Ratface, Roy, Squid, etc. I realize you never not pursue your top choice because of this, but I can't get the thought out of my head and remain enamored with guys that would view UConn as their job of a lifetime.

That was supposed to be Ollie, an alum who bleeds blue.

The reality is there probably won't be another Calhoun, unfortunately.

 

[Kembacity]

I don't really understand what UConn's selling point would be to Dan Hurley. I want him as much as the next guy but the A10 and AAC are comparable conferences while URI is nationally relevant and UConn is not at this point. Yes, we could offer him more money as URI barely pays him anything, but if he is looking for money, I feel as though there are P5 schools that could offer this guy more. If he is looking from a basketball perspective, URI is in much better shape currently from a national standpoint than UConn. Essentially, why would a guy like Dan Hurley want to come to UConn right now?

You are beyond delusional. In my reading on ESPN to brush up to fill out brackets, I saw a story about "who is this year's Kemba Walker" which talks about what star player could will their under the radar team to a national title, the way Walker did in 2011 or Napier did in 2014 also at Connecticut. So since URI has been good for 2 years and we sucked, tons of people talk about URI nationally and don't know UConn??

Hand in your UConn T-shirts brother, we don't need you anymore, go root for URI

 

[Kembacity]

That was supposed to be Ollie, an alum who bleeds blue.

The reality is there probably won't be another Calhoun, unfortunately.

I agree, who cares about if we keep Hurley (if hired and if successful) forever, let's just have him come here and be successful... if we lose him to a bigger name job in 5-10 years, I can live with that

 

[HuskyHawk]

I listed it in an earlier post yesterday.

The A-10 has sent more teams to the tournament (18 for the A-10 and 15 for the AAC) and has actually also earned more NCAA units (24-22) than the AAC even with UConn's 2014 national championship. The AAC trumps the A-10 with a national championship but comes up short on other NCAA Tournament performance metrics.

NCAA BIDS AND UNITS BY LEAGUE SINCE 2014
2014 AAC: 4 (11 units*) / A-10: 6 (10 units)
2015 AAC: 2 (3 units) / A-10: 3 (5 units)
2016 AAC: 4 (5 units) / A-10: 3 (5 units)
2017 AAC: 2 (3 units) / A-10: 3 (4 units)
2018 AAC: 3 / A-10: 3
TOTAL AAC: 15 (22 units) / A-10: 18 (24 units)

* UConn National Championship

Are you including Wichita State in those numbers? Have you considered TV exposure?

In a season when URI was good, and UConn terrible (not counting conf tournament games):

• URI was on ESPNU 7 times (that was the most exposure, ESPN's 4th rated network). CBSSN 6 times.
• UConn was on CBS 2 times, ESPN 5 times, ESPN2 5 times, ESPN News 4 times, ESPNU 3 times, CBSSN 6 times.

I'm not saying the A-10 sucks. It's a good mid major league. Always has been. But the AAC is primed to be a power basketball league once UConn, Memphis and Temple return to form.

 

[tzznandrew]

I agree, who cares about if we keep Hurley (if hired and if successful) forever, let's just have him come here and be successful... if we lose him to a bigger name job in 5-10 years, I can live with that

Even Kansas lost a coach to another school. They'd still rather have had Roy Williams for those years than not, I'm sure.

 

[Rico444]

Anyone else wondering that if we land Hurley and he is as successful as we hope, he becomes the next name mentioned to replace Ratface, Roy, Squid, etc. I realize you never not pursue your top choice because of this, but I can't get the thought out of my head and remain enamored with guys that would view UConn as their job of a lifetime.

It's a concern, but it's also a long way down the road. In order for Hurley to be a hot coaching candidate for the big guys, he would have to come here and consistently put UConn in the top 10 or take us on a deep tournament run. With where the program stands today, I wouldn't mind being in that position in the future.

 

[Pgh2Storrs]

Annnnd we’re off

 

[WhereistheDove?]

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Annnnd we’re off

But they're totally not concerned about it happening....