Some Guy: UConn close to signing Hurley

[August_West]

Don't worry about it. I'm sure they meant phat anyway.

I dont care if you guys call me fat. We are all Husky brothers. I am fat (but less by the day). Anyway that's not the issue.

Syracuse fans dont have permission to call me fat.

 

[Exit 4]

Meh. They said the same about us. History, big fan base, commitment to basketball excellence will keep that job relevant.

Now, if they go and do something stupid and hire McNamara, he may run them into the ground, and then it'll be hard to pick themselves back up given their recent regular seasons.

But I think they're solidly Top 15 in terms of jobs.

I was actually thinking yesterday how fortunate we are that it was Pitt that has the vacancy and not Syracuse. ACC$ + Syracuse would have been very hard to beat.

 

[JCSuperstar]

Is he on the Satellite of Love?

 

[tzznandrew]

Would a coach that never went to cuse want to go there? I’m not saying it bc of the school but bc of everything else weather, distance, etc. They’re saying McNamara is top of the list.

I think they could do better than McNamara.

I think they could get anyone in the A10, just like we did, and they could get some AAC coaches as well (if we weren't in the conference--and there were worthwhile coaches--we could to).

I think they could take a successful P5 coach from a weaker school, too.

Don't underestimate history, resources, and commitment to basketball. It's why people thought Pitt would beat us but didn't.

 

[auror]

But they went out of their way to say they're doing a national search.

If they can offer something like $2, they can actually attract a good coach.

I looked into it a bit more. Looks like he's owed a buyout if they don't name him coach, but is not technically "coach in waiting". Plus probably losing their best recruiting class if they go elsewhere. I'd be shocked if they didn't promote him.

 

[August_West]

Is he on the Satellite of Love?

Space Mountain!!

 

[tzznandrew]

I was actually thinking yesterday how fortunate we are that it was Pitt that has the vacancy and not Syracuse. ACC$ + Syracuse would have been very hard to beat.

Syracuse + ACC would probably beat us, all things considered. I'm not sure it would with Hurley, given how close he wants to be to his family in NJ and Syracuse is in Canada, but other coaches it would almost certainly be a trump card.

We have better history--but not significantly; theirs is longer--and they have more money and better opponents. I think this is why Benedict fired KO when he did rather than giving him another year. He wanted to lock someone in now before bigger openings happened, and our real main competition could have been Louisville, which wouldn't have opened up but for the disaster that was what happened to them. In a few years, there are a number of really good job openings coming up at UNC, Duke, Syracuse, and probably UCLA.

None of those (but Cuse) might have looked at Hurley, but why have another crappy year and hope?

 

[intlzncster]

Meh. They said the same about us. History, big fan base, commitment to basketball excellence will keep that job relevant.

Now, if they go and do something stupid and hire McNamara, he may run them into the ground, and then it'll be hard to pick themselves back up given their recent regular seasons.

But I think they're solidly Top 15 in terms of jobs.

We've got a way better location, given the talent in the local preps. Even though Storrs ain't great, it's a hell of a lot nicer place to be than Syracuse, especially, again, because of location. We've got better pull, despite what they think, in NYC. Now with Danny, we'll likely have a leg up on NJ.

And while their conference is better, it's a hell of a lot harder to win in than the AAC. They'll always be second fiddle to UNC/Duke. We would too.

Cuse is going to be really good next year probably, so that will give them a bump.

 

[BlueMAB]

I dont care if you guys call me fat. We are all Husky brothers. I am fat (but less by the day). Anyway that's not the issue.

Syracuse fans dont have permission to call me fat.

Love the new avatar

 

[tzznandrew]

We've got a way better location, given the talent in the local preps. Even though Storrs ain't great, it's a hell of a lot nicer place to be than Syracuse, especially, again, because of location. We've got better pull, despite what they think, in NYC. Now with Danny, we'll likely have a leg up on NJ.

And while their conference is better, it's a hell of a lot harder to win in than the AAC. They'll always be second fiddle to UNC/Duke. We would too.

Cuse is going to be really good next year probably, so that will give them a bump.

Yeah, I think we're a better job if we're in the same conference. I also don't think they could poach a coach from us.

But Syracuse isn't Pitt.

They also look like they'll do the same thing we did, which I would be quite happy about.

 

[August_West]

Love the new avatar

thanks @tcf15 !

 

[djct1999]

Syracuse is a geographic outlier in the ACC and a total misfit. No one will want to follow Boeheim and once he leaves that program will face many difficult years. They joke about us, but in reality they can only dream of winning 4 titles.

 

[nadav]

Also the Carrier Dome is an XL Center level dump.

 

[Exit 4]

Syracuse + ACC would probably beat us, all things considered. I'm not sure it would with Hurley, given how close he wants to be to his family in NJ and Syracuse is in Canada, but other coaches it would almost certainly be a trump card.

We have better history--but not significantly; theirs is longer--and they have more money and better opponents. I think this is why Benedict fired KO when he did rather than giving him another year. He wanted to lock someone in now before bigger openings happened, and our real main competition could have been Louisville, which wouldn't have opened up but for the disaster that was what happened to them. In a few years, there are a number of really good job openings coming up at UNC, Duke, Syracuse, and probably UCLA.

None of those (but Cuse) might have looked at Hurley, but why have another crappy year and hope?

I never bother to wade into this topic on the boneyard, but as a white collar professional living down in lower FF County, in my world Syracuse still has a lot more prestige and mojo with high earners. More people in my neighborhood would still choose Syracuse over instate tuition at UConn for their child. UConn has made great strides academically and every year that preference differential is narrowing, but its still the case that monied types in NYC and the NYC burbs lean Syracuse. My office has three parents with Syracuse kids and zero UConn kids (but we tend to hire UConn!). UConn will get closer to equal footing in another 30 years as the new improved UConn alumni base ages into their higher earning years, but that takes generations. And as far as places to live during school years, well Storrs is better, but I have to say nobody down this way thinks Storrs is a 10 and Syracuse a 3, its more like a 3 vs 6 on the scale. Its way too early to talk of the demise of the Syracuse brand...unfortunately it still has juice.

 

[BleedHuskyBlu]

"To continue the gag fest...in UConn's release about the hiring Dan is quoted as calling UConn "One of the best public universities in the country."
Are you kidding me. Let me know the next time a student, based on academic standards, chooses UConn over UVa, Michigan, Ohio State, UCLA. Hell even UVM has a better academic reputation for a state university within the New England region. "


"Exactly. A UConn degree isn't holding much more water than any other New England University is."


URI fans are so salty ahaha. They are lying to themselves to cope with the hurt they are feeling

 

[intlzncster]

thanks @tcf15 !

Plus, it's serendipitously modeled after that old Johnny Cash photo. Which works with your musical mojo.

 

[August_West]

Plus, it's serendipitously modeled after that old Johnny Cash photo. Which works with your musical mojo.

 

[outlaw]

is this the right place to idea dump UConn v URI series at Mohegan?

 

[#1 PA Husky Fan]

Tell them that 1<4 and drop the mic. We fire coaches that only have as many championships as Boeheim.

 

[Exit 4]

"Hell even UVM has a better academic reputation for a state university within the New England region. "

Totally off topic, but I feel like the UVM name is worth far less today than 30 years ago. When I think of UVM, I think of coffee baristas, ski lift operators and organic products.

 

[intlzncster]

Looks like Jerry's a thumb out guy, while Johnny's the opposite. No idea what that means but apparently I roll with the Dead on that one.

 

[intlzncster]

Totally off topic, but I feel like the UVM name is worth far less today than 30 years ago. When I think of UVM, I think of coffee baristas, ski lift operators and organic products.

If by organic products, you mean copious amounts of mary jane, then you are spot on.

 

[Deepster]

Space Mountain!!

It’s not the newest ride but it has the longest line! Woooooooo!

 

[MattMang23]

Meh. They said the same about us. History, big fan base, commitment to basketball excellence will keep that job relevant.

Now, if they go and do something stupid and hire McNamara, he may run them into the ground, and then it'll be hard to pick themselves back up given their recent regular seasons.

But I think they're solidly Top 15 in terms of jobs.

One title is excellence? Well then, CCNY is a top 10 job, too!

I actually agree with you by the way, just wanted to get a jab in at the fact that they only have one title.

 

[aburks41]

This is kind of strange, isn't it? Check out Ollie's twitter likes...

lol KO has me blocked and I've never even tweeted at him before...wtf?