Some Guy: UConn close to signing Hurley

[CL82]

Looky what I did. Too soon?

By god man, are you insane?!

 

[Jimmy Serrano]

Blauds has absolutely nothing new in that story. IMHO anything he may get is gonna be from Calhoun

Blauds’ teaser is probably speculation that if Willard goes to Pitt then Hurley would be interested in coaching at his alma mater. It’s revolutionary ground breaking analysis that any nitwit with dial up Internet could come across for free.

 

[FDNY99]

@brasssbonanzaa those guys are pretty funny over there. They would actually make a good addition to HE as the 12th team...

 

[UConn76]

URI is so low budget they don't even have a t-shirt canon...and hurley thinks they'll build him a new practice facility...

Was at a John Oliver show and he said that the t-shirt canon was one of America's greatest innovations... UConn has a freakin gattling gun t-shirt canon..
That alone should be enough to get both Hurley to UConn and us into a P5 conference..

 

[TopDogs]

FWIW, another poster over at the URI Board is claiming his source told him the exact opposite. They're preparing for a poster vs. poster rumble.

 

[Fairfield_1st]

Yeah, he signed that in May 2017. Nothing new.

Thanks. He said Rothstein reported it. I just ASSumed it was new.

 

[the Q]

Was at a John Oliver show and he said that the t-shirt canon was one of America's greatest innovations... UConn has a freakin gattling gun t-shirt canon..
That alone should be enough to get both Hurley to UConn and us into a P5 conference..

I could not agree more.

 

[brasssbonanzaa]

Thanks. He said Rothstein reported it. I just ASSumed it was new.

Yep, the quoted Rothstein tweet is from 2017 when Hurley reupped through '23-'24.

 

[8893]

Post from URI Board: (from a different person right after that PC fan posted about his friend who texted that Hurley is staying)

A friend of mine who is the personal attorney of a B of T member at UConn told me 20 minutes ago that "This DEAL is COOKED and BAKED..." meaning all the conjecture of Dan Hurley to the University of Connecticut is OVER.

Hurley will be the next coach at Connecticut. Money was the most important factor but not the only one. There was clearly no sensitivity or regard for players and fans of URI. Yes of course he feels bad for Russell et al. BUT the cash cow element of this takes precedent. It is all business.

Sorry its over. I tried in another post to help disclose some important info. I understand the mods actions. Respected and understood!

Sounds sketchy to me.

 

[brasssbonanzaa]

@brasssbonanzaa those guys are pretty funny over there. They would actually make a good addition to HE as the 12th team...

Ugh. Drop Mack and stick with 10.

Whoops, wrong thread.

 

[Jimmy Serrano]

I’m getting a feeling that I’m sitting at a table playing poker with Tony Terzi and Ray Kasongo.

 

[Lefty2one]

I'm pretty sure roughly a quarter of the people following this situation closely just got duped by that year-old Hurley extension article. Guessing that's what the other guy on the URI board is referencing.

 

[jimva]

I believe this will be over today. The longer it drags out the worse it is for everyone's reputations and relationships in college BB that will be important for all schools and coaches down the road

 

[UofCT]

I believe this will be over today. The longer it drags out the worse it is for everyone's reputations and relationships in college BB that will be important for all schools and coaches down the road

Are you an insider?

 

[tzznandrew]

I believe this will be over today. The longer it drags out the worse it is for everyone's reputations and relationships in college BB that will be important for all schools and coaches down the road

The fact that two message boards are freaking out--forgetting entirely about Pitt, who seems to have moved past Hurley on their board--this affects literally no one's reputation. URI just finished playing Saturday. It's Tuesday. Things aren't dragging out.

 

[TopDogs]

 

[polycom]

Well...let the bidding war continue.

 

[TopDogs]

 

[8893]

Pitt, who seems to have moved past Hurley

You were saying?

 

[tzznandrew]

You were saying?

Their board is what I meant, but right on cue.

 

[TopDogs]

Sort of feels like a desperation bid by Pitt, no?

 

[BaZZnBOAT]

Have to imagine our bid is just as big.

 

[tzznandrew]

We can match that.

Should we?

Is Pitt even a good fit for Hurley?

We'll find out!

 

[8893]

Sort of feels like a desperation bid by Pitt, no?

Um, they are desperate.

 

[tzznandrew]

According to Rothstein, we offered less money.

We probably didn't know Pitt's offer when we made ours, and Pitt is clearly desperate.

 

[HawkHusky]

According to Rothstein, we offered less money.

Didn't someone here suggest a few days ago that we offered $2.5 Mil?

 

[8893]

Their board is what I meant, but right on cue.

Yeah I took some liberties by cutting off your quote, by the timing was so friggin' perfect I couldn't resist.

 

[Lefty2one]

Hurley's camp will give us time to match; unless he's already told us that the monetary difference isn't an issue.

 

[tcf15]

Remember these words from Goodman: "If Pitt offers $3 million and UConn only offers $2 million, that’s a significant difference but if UConn can close the gap and get closer to Pittsburgh, I’d be surprised if Danny Hurley isn’t the next coach at UConn."

 

[JimHurley]

I talked to a student manager on the men's team and he says nothing is done "as far as he knows."