Some Guy: UConn close to signing Hurley

[WrenchFan69]

From the URI board lol

Damn they're about to ban St. Joe's from the tournament next year

 

[UConnSwag11]

The Ryan Center is nicer than Gampel, IMO.

was... we just fixed the tiles



plus it has some banners and numbers hanging up

 

[Austin316]

The Ryan Center is nicer than Gampel, IMO.

Fair point... but did he see the new Gampel roof??

 

[Devland]

was... we just fixed the tiles



plus it has some banners and numbers hanging up

We have Ted's.

 

[MattMang23]

My favorites thus far include one poster saying URI has better facilities than we do and another using the classic female analogy; we're the girl who was hot in college but put on 100 lbs. Be fair, we've only put on about 10 lbs.

They have as many NCAA tournament appearances in the last 20 years as UConn had under Kevin Ollie alone. I wouldn't worry too much about them.

 

[gwhuskyfan]

 

[Stainmaster]

Sourced by "one of the top civil litigators in the US"

...

...

 

[UConnNick]

I'm sorry, but I'm a little underwhelmed by an arena with a phony lighthouse at one end.

 

[tzznandrew]

Hmm...would Hurley prefer to go to his alma mater if this happened? We're obviously a much better job than SH, but the alma mater does have a pull.

Not enough to pull Miller from Arizona, so probably not. But until things are signed...

 

[Towney007]

Willard would be a killer hire for Pitt. I’m not even joking.

 

[methodology]

that could throw a wrench in things.

 

[HawkHusky]

Amazing how many sources with conflicting information...

Joe Kayata

✔@NBC10_Joe

Per Source: #URI head coach Dan Hurley spoke with Pittsburgh and UConn today on the phone. He plans on meeting with URI Athletic director Thorr Bjorn tomorrow. Source says Hurley wants to stay at URI if pitch is strong. A decision will be made mid week. @nbc10

8:21 PM - Mar 19, 2018

 

[CTMike]

 

[UConnSwag11]

Amazing how many sources with different information...

Joe Kayata

✔@NBC10_Joe

Per Source: #URI head coach Dan Hurley spoke with Pittsburgh and UConn today on the phone. He plans on meeting with URI Athletic director Thorr Bjorn tomorrow. Source says Hurley wants to stay at URI if pitch is strong. A decision will be made mid week. @nbc10

8:21 PM - Mar 19, 2018

 

[HawkHusky]

Who said Hurley committed today? I thought the report said he was close to a deal...

 

[tcf15]

Amazing how many sources with conflicting information...

Joe Kayata

✔@NBC10_Joe

Per Source: #URI head coach Dan Hurley spoke with Pittsburgh and UConn today on the phone. He plans on meeting with URI Athletic director Thorr Bjorn tomorrow. Source says Hurley wants to stay at URI if pitch is strong. A decision will be made mid week. @nbc10

8:21 PM - Mar 19, 2018

Hurley will probably want things that URI cannot provide - more money, better facilities, etc. I'm hopeful that URI cannot come close to UConn's offer. But with all those $20.18 donations from URI fans, you never know.

 

[TheChamps990411]

I’m not sure what we did to them. They really don’t like us, the URI fan base. Maybe because we’ve claimed Hurley as our next head coach for a few months now and it irritated them.

Would you not have a problem if your gf/bf left you for someone else? I mean its not their fault but you wouldnt be fond of them.

 

[MattMang23]

Even deceased actors are weighing in?

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

They're just a good team right now, playing in a good league, and Mack is a good coach.

... if some rumors are correct, yes until Mack potentially leaves Xavier for Louisville

 

[tcf15]

Willard's been a sleeper candidate for a while so I'm hoping that Hurley and/or his agent already knew this before going for the UConn job. And Hurley seems to be enamored with UConn's history, which far outweighs that of Seton Hall's.

 

[RoderickSpode]

Don’t like this change in the narrative over the last hour or so.

When Tony Terzi tweets that Pitt has taken the lead in the Hurley sweepstakes, it’ll be time for full-blown panic.

 

[swami7774]

The Ryan Center is nicer than Gampel, IMO.

Haven't seen a game there yet but it looks nice on TV.
But you have to go to Kingston to get there.

 

[HawkHusky]

Haven't seen a game there yet but it looks nice on TV.
But you have to go to Kingston to get there.

Game day facilities are for the fans, not the players. Players want state-of-the-art practice facilities. I think we got URI beat there...

 

[polycom]

And just like that no one knows anything

 

[KingAG]

LOL

 

[intlzncster]

Someone over on their board is now claiming Calhoun met with Hurley during the season and was "tampering."

LOL. Hurley has invited Calhoun to Kingston multiple times. Maybe they should sue Hurley for reverse tampering?

 

[80shusky]

I heard something about this earlier today on some media outlet or another. Given what Willard has built at Seton Hall the last couple of years it seems weird to me he would go to the Pitt dumpster fire. Is it a better job? I guess it gets him in ACC so you hold your nose, take it and hope you can rebuild it?

 

[the Q]

Amazing how many sources with conflicting information...

Joe Kayata

✔@NBC10_Joe

Per Source: #URI head coach Dan Hurley spoke with Pittsburgh and UConn today on the phone. He plans on meeting with URI Athletic director Thorr Bjorn tomorrow. Source says Hurley wants to stay at URI if pitch is strong. A decision will be made mid week. @nbc10

8:21 PM - Mar 19, 2018

I was just about to post this.

Interesting twist.

 

[Lefty2one]

This whole situation smells funny now. As I said earlier today, we can't have nice things. I'm bracing for the worst.

 

[MattMang23]

Don’t like this change in the narrative over the last hour or so.

When Tony Terzi tweets that Pitt has taken the lead in the Hurley sweepstakes, it’ll be time for full-blown panic.

Uhhh I remember that awful night. The board went from "what the fook would Al's son know?" to "Is he legit?" to "Holy Christ Tony Terzi" in an hour.