Lakers preparing offer for Hurley

[Gutter King]

Yeah, we heard you the first 100 times. Christ.

To all the people that have tried to bask in the shine of this "experience".

It's been an incredibly bleak 72hr snapshot of the current state of media reporting, and fandom.

 

[UCann]

This is ridiculous dude! Why omit the next line where Jared said "I know those inside the Athletic Department are still preparing for positive press releases to go out today"?

Sorry not sure what the rules are about reposting content from there...but I thought the "tense" part was more relevant. I would have much preferred the vibes to be loose so that there was a better indication he was staying. Of course the athletic department will prepare for a positive press release to go out, that's what they're hoping for, but to me it's not much of an indicator.

 

[UCTitleTown]

Time for a new will he stay or will he go poll. I bet it'd be 80/20 the other way today.

 

[Jaydumo20]

To all the people that have tried to bask in the shine of this "experience".

It's been an incredibly bleak 72hr snapshot of the current state of media reporting, and fandom.

The amount of trolls on the internet and fake reports means that people just want to see other humans squirm. In all honesty, I love the BY but I'd drop it in a second if it means all forms of social media are gone

 

[F101Voodoo]

I felt decent yesterday. Today I don't. Really hope I am wrong for obvious reasons but also I need my life back. Checking Storrs Central, Boneyard, Twitter every few minutes is getting old and my 53 year old eyes are killing me. He leaves and that continues with the fallout.

I am a retired guy who lives alone since my wife who also was a UCONN fan passed away so I have not much to do unless my grandkids are over. My wife left UCONN to have our children and I never could get her to go back and complete her degree as much as I tried. So all I did was follow Boneyard, sports, and D-Day movies all weekend.

 

[BrassBonanza]

 

[amory]

Did we elect a new pope

 

[uconn_jack]

Norlander's interview said <would be surprised if> decision <is> announced later than 1:45PM ET.

This thread might get to 5,000 before 1:45pm.

And 1:45pm seems like an oddly specific time.

 

[TonyClifton]

just feels way too much like he wants to make sure the players know first before they hear it from the media that he's leaving. I hate to say it but that just makes too much sense. Prior to the noon practice he wants to let them know his intentions and then it will become public after the team knows first. If he was staying there would be no need to keep it hush hush.

Or 1) He respects the team enough to want to tell them in person instead of having them read it on a social media post
or/and
2) Contract details were still being ironed out and he hasn't physically signed the new contract yet
Plenty of reason and negotiating leverage amongst others to keep it quiet, until he is ready for everyone to know.

 

[Steve3596]

I have to imagine we will know in the next hour; he either coaches the practice starting at noon or he doesnt. He's not going to get through practice then announce to the world he took the Lakers job yesterday....

 

[brihman]

Hurley did a 15 minute Peloton walk about an hour ago. He gives high fives on the leaderboard.

 

[FlippinCrazy!]

This thread might get to 5,000 before 1:45pm.

And 1:45pm seems like an oddly specific time.

maybe practice starts around 1-1:30? I assume Woj already knows and Hurley gave him a set time to release it, just after he’s had time to talk to the players.

 

[Travelman6]

 

[UCfor3]

I am a retired guy who lives alone since my wife who also was a UCONN fan passed away so I have not much to do unless my grandkids are over. My wife left UCONN to have our children and I never could get her to go back and complete her degree as much as I tried. So all I did was follow Boneyard, sports, and D-Day movies all weekend.

So sorry you lost your wife recently. My wife is also a UConn fan. We are both ready for a resolution. Hope it goes our way!

 

[Huskyhoops25]

Unrivaled angst in UConn Nation. I would love to see all the players individually post simultaneously that coach is Back!!!!

 

[krinklecut]

I have to imagine we will know in the next hour; he either coaches the practice starting at noon or he doesnt. He's not going to get through practice then announce to the world he took the Lakers job yesterday....

Practice is one hour long and can be anywhere from 12-4. Does not need to be at noon.

 

[LoyalFanCT]

If Hurley is giving an exclusive to ESPN maybe ESPN can get UConn into the ACC?

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

 

[hooskies]

I have to imagine we will know in the next hour; he either coaches the practice starting at noon or he doesnt. He's not going to get through practice then announce to the world he took the Lakers job yesterday....

Practice window is 12-4, we don’t know when it actually starts

 

[Steve3596]

Practice is one hour long and can be anywhere from 12-4. Does not need to be at noon.

Gotcha, thanks. Didnt realize that.

 

[FearThePups]

He could still be waiting on the contract.

We just don’t know. Hopefully the announcement comes shortly.

 

[JustbrewitMan]

Ugh. My brother who works in NY just sent me a screenshot of FanDuel…UConn NC odds up from +1000 to +1300…hope this is just based on volatility of news but ugh

 

[Dove]

 

[amory]

I think @navery12 wrote that 90% of us will wish him well. That was on Friday. After this, I'm predicting it'll flip if he leaves. I for one, will not trash him, so there's that.

Anyone who trashes Hurley is completely out of their mind.

 

[Kemba15]

That Norlander report scares the crap out of me. We know that he is close with the program and with Dan, and he gave a specific time of when we will likely know. And then he said he leans towards thinking Dan will take the Lakers job. Woke up today feeling good that he would stay but idk. Is this his way of letting us down early?

He doesn't know. He said in the clip that his guess is based on the logic that if he was staying he'd have told the team by now. Not that he has inside information or anything.