Some Guy: UConn close to signing Hurley

[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."

 

[brasssbonanzaa]

Don't like the sounds of things right now.

 

[tzznandrew]

Um, they are desperate.

This is Pitt's Hail Mary, no?

 

[8893]

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

That's a more than fair offer imo. I expected we'd try to double his current salary, which I think is around $1.2M.

 

[LIuconn]

JFC...

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

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

How so? As much disdain as we may have for Pitt, they're apparently playing with more bottom line revenues ...

 

[Yankees32123]

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

A student manager is not going to know anything about high-level negotiations.

 

[8893]

This is Pitt's Hail Mary, no?

That's my read. But with that money, they should be able to get someone else very good in the likely event that Hurley doesn't bite.