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Some Guy: UConn close to signing Hurley

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Chief00 said:
I would love to have George back but he is a couple years older than Calhoun - and a better golfer LOL - lives on the Cape and in FL - Coming back? Is he crazy?
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George is done with college basketball and work of any kind. He'll be available by phone between rounds.
 
upstater said:
LOL--if the school gives $20.8 million to athletics, how can they say athletics "makes" $26.63? They have a very definition of "makes" than I do.
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We count taking money out of students' pockets as revenue too.
 
uconndoit said:
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Why would a rising star like Hurley take a job with ANY school that would throw one of its own under the bus to free up the cap space to hire him? I'm no Kevin Ollie fan, but there's no denying he was a Husky through and through. It was time, I get it. But pay the guy what you owe him. Don't try to "build a case to fire him for breach." No class program would do that. That's the toxic environment Hurley is walking into. A school that's virtually bankrupt. An AD with training wheels. A university president with thin skin and no vision. And, oh yeah, a conference that is trying to wish itself into "Power" status. If I'm Hurley, I run as far and fast as I can from Storrs.
 
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I really hope this isn’t gonna drag out as Hurley waits to see if Willard ends up at pitt.
 
minidarren said:
Hurley would be stupid to not explore all options. Hurley would be stupid to choose Pitt over UCONN.

Let the man do his due diligence and then come home to UCONN.
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It’s interesting to me that he’s moving fast, interviewing 2 days after a loss. Either he’s moving fast to get a better offer out of URI and to please the fans, or he’s very very very interested in UConn and/ or Pitt. I can’t take it anymore
 
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minidarren said:
Hurley would be stupid to not explore all options. Hurley would be stupid to choose Pitt over UCONN.

Let the man do his due diligence and then come home to UCONN.
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I disagree. This is UConn. If you need to explore all options, then we aren't the option. Especially with this list of schools, his decision should be easy. This should not go on longer than today. I have had this happen to me twice in my career. After negotiating the offer, the firm said you have 24 hours to decide. One time I took it, the other time I didn't, and neither time did I look back with regret. Time isn't always the solution. If UConn is the place for him, he already knows.
 
This is the guy who tweeted last night that Hurley to UConn was done and multiple sources have confirmed that. Now that’s been deleted and replaced with...

 
Kemba15 said:
This is the guy who tweeted last night that Hurley to UConn was done and multiple sources have confirmed that. Now that’s been deleted and replaced with...

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this is just agony at this point.
 
The insiders say it's done. Some of the media says it's close. Some of the media says it's not close... yet. Chief says he's not telling. Someone come get me when there's white smoke.
 
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I'm sure AD Dave is all over this. Oats and Musselman are on speed dial and AD Dave will be applying maximum pressure.
 
kansashusky said:
lol, but I thought he was already recruiting for us?

We all know how this one ends.
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Maybe it's conditional recruiting.. "What IF I go to UConn, will you go too?" What about Pitt? ..and Seton Hall?" lol Ugh!
 
Power 5 said:
Why would a rising star like Hurley take a job with ANY school that would throw one of its own under the bus to free up the cap space to hire him? I'm no Kevin Ollie fan, but there's no denying he was a Husky through and through. It was time, I get it. But pay the guy what you owe him. Don't try to "build a case to fire him for breach." No class program would do that. That's the toxic environment Hurley is walking into. A school that's virtually bankrupt. An AD with training wheels. A university president with thin skin and no vision. And, oh yeah, a conference that is trying to wish itself into "Power" status. If I'm Hurley, I run as far and fast as I can from Storrs.
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There’s a very good chance Kevin Ollie broke NCAA rules and could be subject to forfeiting his whole buyout. There’s incentive for both sides to reach a settlement, which is likely what will happen.

I know you’re just a salty Pitt or URI fan, but uninformed takes like this are getting old.

And congrats to P5 basketball teams for their conference affiliation, but UConn is still a better basketball program than most of them provided we have a competent coach. People are way too obsessed with the P5 label these days. Yawn
 
Source: Coach Hurley set to meet with URI regarding future
But Hurley plans on meeting with URI Athletic Director Thorr Bjorn on Tuesday, with the source also saying Hurley will remain at URI -- for less money -- if Rhode Island's pitch is strong.

Hurley's wish list includes more money for his assistants, more charter flights for the team's road games and a practice facility. ​

I'd be shocked if URI is able to provide all of that for Hurley.
 
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tcf15 said:
Source: Coach Hurley set to meet with URI regarding future
But Hurley plans on meeting with URI Athletic Director Thorr Bjorn on Tuesday, with the source also saying Hurley will remain at URI -- for less money -- if Rhode Island's pitch is strong.

Hurley's wish list includes more money for his assistants, more charter flights for the team's road games and a practice facility. ​

I'd be shocked if URI is able to provide all of that for Hurley.
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This seems like he is trying to slip out of RI by asking for outrageous for their budget things, then URI says no and then he leaves.
 
tcf15 said:
Source: Coach Hurley set to meet with URI regarding future
But Hurley plans on meeting with URI Athletic Director Thorr Bjorn on Tuesday, with the source also saying Hurley will remain at URI -- for less money -- if Rhode Island's pitch is strong.

Hurley's wish list includes more money for his assistants, more charter flights for the team's road games and a practice facility. ​

I'd be shocked if URI is able to provide all of that for Hurley.
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Yeah...a practice facility? Where is a school like URI going to get money for a practice facility? They'd be much better off letting Hurley go and elevating his Associate Head Coach, and going from there.

It's possible, with a few more years of success, they can be something more akin to VCU or something, and maybe get something like that through, but when their biggest donors is someone giving $800K....they ain't there yet.
 
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Why is it so hard for us to land anyone? Recruit, coach? Always down to the wire and Drama?
 
uchusky32 said:
Why is it so hard for us to land anyone? Recruit, coach? Always down to the wire and Drama?
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Why are we believing everything that's being posted? Most of these people don't know anything.

Those who are in the know see this as a done deal. Everyone else is blowing smoke or looking for clicks. @tcf15 posted something here that I can believe and seems pretty reasonable, but even that is Hurley asking for the moon and knowing all he'll get is a block of cheese.
 
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