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Message: [QUOTE="gsmooth, post: 4967144, member: 9355"] This is what I was saying earlier in this thread in post #243. If you are a highly successful coach like Hurley (best coach in the country IMO), Nate Oats, Scott Drew, or someone else, there really isn't enough money in the world to leave your great situation to take on a Kentucky coaching job [B][U]Kolumbo said:[/U][/B] [I]Regarding Bags of Cash. Anyone can go to Kentucky and you just don't know how it will pan out. Whatever Calipari was, he had a pretty good track record and they still hated him. [B]Dan Hurley is gold in Connecticut. He is only 6 years in and walks on water. He is the hottest coach in the country and is only getting started. Outside of salary, there are endorsements. There are speaking engagements. Consulting gigs. Books. His earning potential is immeasurable right now and has a much greater chance of growing here in Connecticut than leaving.[/B] Nevertheless, the kentucky clowns obsessed with cash, just priceless.[/I] [B][U]My response[/U][/B] [I]And that's what these idiot Kentucky fans couldn't get through their thick heads, not all of their fans to be fair, but the ones on that particular forum. Hurley has not just won one championship, but back to back at a prestigious elite basketball program, blue blood, new blood, whatever. Winning at Kentucky wasn't going to make him feel any better. He is going to make more money with a raise, which he and the staff deserve and have earned, and all those other opportunities you just mentioned. Why would he ever consider going to Kentucky for a more lucrative contract and be under the gun of that pressure cooker. He wouldn't be able to rebuild that program the way he wants in his mold because that fanbase has no patience and would want his blood if he didn't win it all immediately. Then he would risk having his reputation tarnished on some level if he had to flee like Calipari did.[/I] [/QUOTE]

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