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Message: [QUOTE="Ts5034, post: 3740530, member: 737"] It's very possible that Hurley actually recruits better than Jim Calhoun. Recruiting to UConn in 2020 and beyond is different from recruiting to UConn during the 80's, 90's and early 2000's. Heck, recruiting to UConn is different now compared to 5 years ago when we were in the AAC. You're selling a different product now that we are in the new Big East. But, getting back to my point about Dan Hurley recruiting vs Jim Calhoun...When Hurley took this job, he had the privilege of being able to sell UConn as a 4 time National Championship program. At no point in Jim Calhoun's tenure was he able to sell that. Even though Hurley didn't win any of them, being the head coach at a 4 time National Championship school is a tremendous feather in your cap on the recruiting trail that not many coaches have. Now, winning recruiting battles and winning actual games is obviously a totally different story, but UConn is an easy program to sell if you have the right salesman. For example, look at Kentucky. John Calipari was always a great recruiter (cheater), and when he landed the job at UK, he became an even better recruiter because he was selling a better product than he ever had. [/QUOTE]