Rivals.com: Which program made the best long-term hire?

[tcf15]

Eric Bossi said UConn and Corey Evans said Pitt.

BasketballRecruiting.Rivals.com - Rival Views: Which program made the best long-term hire?

 

[Deadrody]

Hysterical. "The greatest recruiters of the one and done era". Right!!! The name "DUKE" didn't have anything to do with that, I'm sure. Maybe he should have reviewed his last performance as head coach. Some good, some bad, FIRED. Yeah, great hire. Kinda surprising, though, to see a Coach K protege take a job in the same conference. Awkward.

 

[RoderickSpode]

I get they want to look at it from different sides, but it says something that Hurley was Pitt’s first choice.

Who knows, Capel could work out for them (though if he does he’d probably leave for Duke the instant Coach K retires), but clearly Pitt didn’t even see him as their best option.

 

[Huskyforlife]

I get they want to look at it from different sides, but it says something that Hurley was Pitt’s first choice.

Who knows, Capel could work out for them (though if he does he’d probably leave for Duke the instant Coach K retires), but clearly Pitt didn’t even see him as their best option.

Yeah, you’d think in an article about long term success, they’d realize he’d be a goner if he does well there.

 

[Pgh2Storrs]

Evans is from Pittsburgh and is likely just trying to look favorably on the local school. I wouldn't put too much stock in anything he says about Pitt.

 

[WrenchFan69]

Capel could be a great hire for Pitt. He could also get hit with a show-cause for handing many recruits a lot of money. He could also do jail time if the FBI decides to look into it. However, even if he manages to avoid all that and has success, he'll bounce for something better when it opens up. Seems Hurley is here to stay for a long, long time.

 

[Fairfield_1st]

Evans said in his write up "Capel found success at VCU and, early in his tenure, Oklahoma." Saying "early in his tenure" makes me think of what we just went through. Can he not manage a top tier program? As @Deadrody essentially said, the name Duke speaks for itself. Pitt on your chest does not have the same cache.

 

[Guapo]

You guys,

They obviously weren't both going to choose the same answer.

Bossi chose to write about UConn and Evans chose to write about Pitt.

Nothing more, nothing less.

I know for a fact both think very highly of UConn.

 

[RipCity]

Pitt needs an amazing coach to have any hopes of catching up in the ACC. Capel wasn’t that guy for Oklahoma, and he won’t be for Pitt either in any likelihood. It’s harder to win there than it is here.

 

[Waquoit]

I would think you would have to give the nod to the guy who had never been fired before.

 

[UConn Dan]

You guys,

They obviously weren't both going to choose the same answer.

Bossi chose to write about UConn and Evans chose to write about Pitt.

Nothing more, nothing less.

I know for a fact both think very highly of UConn.

But do you even boneyard bro?

 

[Guapo]

But do you even boneyard bro?

Thankfully no.

 

[RoderickSpode]

You guys,

They obviously weren't both going to choose the same answer.

Bossi chose to write about UConn and Evans chose to write about Pitt.

Nothing more, nothing less.

I know for a fact both think very highly of UConn.

Of course they weren't going to choose the same answer, I acknowledged that in my post. My reaction wasn't just some pro-UConn knee jerk.

But if the entire premise of the piece is "which program is set up the best for the long term?" -- that's a very specific idea, and even if Hurley and Capel are perfect equals in coaching ability it seems silly to pick a guy who I'd assume (though I could be wrong) has his sights set on his alma mater. Especially compared to a guy who referred to his new position as his "dream job" (Hurley could very well have been blowing smoke, but I still doubt his planned endgame is a return to Seton Hall).

 

[Guapo]

Of course they weren't going to choose the same answer, I acknowledged that in my post. My reaction wasn't just some pro-UConn knee jerk.

But if the entire premise of the piece is "which program is set up the best for the long term?" -- that's a very specific idea, and even if Hurley and Capel are perfect equals in coaching ability it seems silly to pick a guy who I'd assume (though I could be wrong) has his sights set on his alma mater. Especially compared to a guy who referred to his new position as his "dream job" (Hurley could very well have been blowing smoke, but I still doubt his planned endgame is a return to Seton Hall).

That wasn't 100% aimed at you.

 

[Yardigan]

I get they want to look at it from different sides, but it says something that Hurley was Pitt’s first choice.

Who knows, Capel could work out for them (though if he does he’d probably leave for Duke the instant Coach K retires), but clearly Pitt didn’t even see him as their best option.

Would Capel get the Duke job before Bobby Hurley?

 

[Mokum]

Pitt wanted Hurley first so that tells you something. Pitt is a disaster. It's more like starting from scratch than a re build. They will be cellar dwellars for a long time in ACC. They are lucky they got anyone to take the job.

 

[uconnfan68]

Evans said in his write up "Capel found success at VCU and, early in his tenure, Oklahoma." Saying "early in his tenure" makes me think of what we just went through. Can he not manage a top tier program? As @Deadrody essentially said, the name Duke speaks for itself. Pitt on your chest does not have the same cache.

Duke, Pitt... just 4 letter words.

 

[ctchamps]

We'll find out in twenty years.

 

[TheChamps990411]

We'll find out in twenty years.

We`ll find out much sooner than that. 5 years tops.

 

[intlzncster]

We'll find out in twenty years.

Likely a lot sooner than that. Odds of both guys being where they are in 20 years is probably less than 1%.

 

[ctchamps]

Likely a lot sooner than that. Odds of both guys being where they are in 20 years is probably less than 1%.

Take on twenty minutes.