Official: Hurley tells UK, NOPE

[TheHorde]

LOL. No, no, no. I used to hang out with some people from Ashford in high school. They attend E.O. Smith high school just like Storrs and Mansfield residents. The Ashford folks were remarkably cool.

What about Willimantic?

 

[gars44]

Imagine if Hurley lost in the sweet 16 at Kentucky next year? Off with his head!

I doubt he would lose the S16 if he was at Kentucky next year

 

[Palatine]

Kentucky has their man. But the price is high.

 

[gars44]

As close as it gets.

Ok . . .that’s pretty close

 

[Khal Drogo]

LOL. No, no, no. I used to hang out with some people from Ashford in high school. They attend E.O. Smith high school just like Storrs and Mansfield residents. The Ashford folks were remarkably cool.

They’re called Ashfordites. They have chains attached to their wallets. which makes no sense since there is never any money in those wallets.

 

[Khal Drogo]

They’re called Ashfordites. They have chains attached to their wallets. which makes no sense since there is never any money in those wallets.

Ashfordite

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0575/6381/products/DSCF0267_1302x.jpg

 

[JungleLobo]

The chance to win 3 in a row in men's college basketball is virtually 0%, unless you are Dan Hurley. You have to chase 3 in a row because you are the only man alive who can do that.

Plus, you have to wait and see what happens with CR and if there are any changes to UConn's membership or the Big East's membership.

I just don't see any Dan Hurley moving.

The upside is if Dan Hurley doesn’t do it next year, he will have to start over and try to win another couple in a row to try again.

 

[WhereistheDove?]

The guys on their board that have convinced themselves that turning down this contract is a “red flag” are too much!

 

[Waquoit]

No one ever say anything bad about Rudy Gay again

I was never a big Gay guy but I have changed my tune.

 

[Waquoit]

Have you ever seen people that live in Ashford CT. They’re fun to trash.

Worse. I had to work with a couple. One of them was the guy that proclaimed after the Donyell game that "Calhoun sucks. Mark my words, UConn will never do anything with him coaching." I moved along but years later in late April 1999 I found myself next to him at some luncheon. I said, "Hey, UConn won the national championship." He says. "Yeah, no shirt." I say, "You said to mark your words, that UConn would never do anything with him coaching, so I'm here marking your words." You can imagine how it went downhill from there but worth it. How often does one get to chance to mark a sphinchter's words?

 

[aburks41]

There are a lot of great UCONN twitter accounts, @aburks41 you're in the top 3

Thank you lol

 

[gars44]

The upside is if Dan Hurley doesn’t do it next year, he will have to start over and try to win another couple in a row to try again.

That’s the downside

 

[TheChamps990411]

To follow on from the Tweet above...

I dont think there is anyone here in the least bit surprised by this.

 

[Vuce]

https://x.com/jonrothstein/status/1778597376652935675?s=46&t=vjMKrhPdwqTtSl2gOBANTw

 

[WhereistheDove?]

https://x.com/jonrothstein/status/1778597376652935675?s=46&t=vjMKrhPdwqTtSl2gOBANTw

It’s a solid hire and I think he can do really well there. The fanbase is going to lose their G-D minds though.

 

[Brochacho]

Funny they thought that they would get Hurley, Donovan, Oats or Drew but got Pope (perfectly fine coach).

 

[upstater]

Oates is in the middle of a divorce and he’s trying to acquire joint custody of his kids. I’m sure he would need his ex-wife to agree and move as well or give up shared custody if he left

Wow... didn't know that. When he was here in Buffalo his daughter played on my daughter's soccer team (U10-11). He was often seen on the sidelines scrolling through his phone and never saying a word to anyone.

 

[kobe]

 

[superjohn]

It’s a solid hire and I think he can do really well there. The fanbase is going to lose their G-D minds though.

Super embarrassing process for them. They're going to go crazy if it's him, they already had like five threads on BBN where people said they will never watch another game if they hire Pope. Hurley, Wright, Donovan, Drew, Oats, Pearl, Beard...and they end up with Mark Pope.

 

[That Guy]

How the hell do you hire Pope before going after guys like Sean Miller, Bruce Pearl, Chris Beard, or even Shaka? Kentucky fans are going to riot lol.

 

[JSB60]

This is gonna be unpopular but I'll say it again: can we please try to leave the people who live in Kentucky alone? I don't care what some of their fans said. We are a passionate fan base, just like them. We were on pins and needles waiting for Hurley to decide when it was between us and Pitt. We know their situation as a proud program.
It seems we've got our staff in place again. Better for us to just go about our normal business and not trash another United State and our countrymen. Trash ME instead if you want.
Go Huskies

Nah, Kentucky and their fans deserve every bit of it.

 

[UConnSwag11]

Good hire. Those fans don’t deserve him

 

[controlfade]

They are so concerned about it being a big name. Pope is young and a good coach. He also played there so he knows what the fans expect. Only concern for me would be , seems like when an alum returns more times than not it ends badly.

 

[JMick]

It’s a solid hire and I think he can do really well there. The fanbase is going to lose their G-D minds though.

Drew would have been a disaster there. Idk how Pope will work out but I think it will be better than Drew would have been.

 

[The Viking]

This reminds me of my search for a wife.