Some Guy: UConn close to signing Hurley

[nomar]

Any news on the Hurley to uconn front?

Yes. He might sign with UConn.

 

[JMick]

Yes. He might sign with UConn.

I also heard he might not

 

[upstater]

If I got Elizabeth Hurley, that would be pretty satisfying too.

Funny you should say that. I'm hearing from sorcerers close to UConn's AD that she has everyone bedazzled.

 

[nomar]

I heard he also might not

Well, my sources tell me he might sign here or with Pitt, or he might stay at URI. They tell me it depends on how money he's offered, and whether he wants to continue to build the URI program.

As you can tell, I'm pretty plugged in.

 

[brasssbonanzaa]

FWIW Jeff Jacobs' original tweet that UConn is closing in on hiring Hurley has been deleted.

 

[auror]

FWIW Jeff Jacobs' original tweet that UConn is closing in on hiring Hurley has been deleted.

MOTHER--ER

 

[junglehusky]

FWIW Jeff Jacobs' original tweet that UConn is closing in on hiring Hurley has been deleted.

DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

 

[nomar]

FWIW Jeff Jacobs' original tweet that UConn is closing in on hiring Hurley has been deleted.

Eh, it only led to a 62-page thread. No big deal.

 

[NowInStorrs]

FWIW Jeff Jacobs' original tweet that UConn is closing in on hiring Hurley has been deleted.

But what does it MEAN!?!?

 

[MattMang23]

Here's what I'm rolling with...keeper league where we lock the guys up we wanna keep, the long term deals run through the years listed:

Interesting. We only keep one player, anyone drafted 5th rd or later. I kept JD Martinez from last year.

 

[junglehusky]

FWIW Jeff Jacobs' original tweet that UConn is closing in on hiring Hurley has been deleted.

well he hasn't deleted his RT of his NHR piece from yesterday (the 19th) that said UConn was pushing to get it done...

 

[Travelman6]

This is now the 9th largest thread, lets keep going guys!

 

[CL82]

This is now the 9th largest thread, lets keep going guys!

This thread is kind of like a filibuster at this point. We should start working out shifts.

 

[Deadrody]

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I fairly certain you have not donated more than state taxpayers have paid - and the UConn Senate University Budget Committee (SUBC) says as much.
https://senate.uconn.edu/wp-content...Senate-UBC-Report-on-AD-Subsidy-to-Senate.pdf

On the whole the UConn athletic department is now heavily subsidized. If your aren't familiar with public budgeting terminology, in this case "subsidy" means State appropriations to UConn. ANd for the record, this doesn't even account for capital expenditure (like the Gample roof).

- Between 2005 and 2017, expenditures for the AD grew 70% from $47 million to $80 million.
- During this same period, despite numerous high-profile achievements in women’s and men’s basketball, earned revenues increased by less than 10%.
- Fairly stagnant revenues meant that most (83%) of the $33 million increase in the Athletics budget has been subsidized by UConn; an additional $8.3 million comes from mandatory student fees.
- The subsidy has increased by a factor of almost nine from $3.5 million in 2005 to an estimated $31 million in 2017.
- The extent to which the AD budget is subsidized grew from 7.3% in 2005 to 38.6% in 2017.

- Only one of UConn’s sports teams—men’s basketball—receives sufficient direct revenues to cover its costs.
- Despite the outstanding achievements made by the women’s basketball team during the period of analysis, the low revenues for women’s sports compared to men’s, resulted in the team being subsidized.
- UConn’s football team was the team with the largest deficit in absolute dollar terms, requiring a subsidy of $7.5 million for 2014.​

Yeah, maybe you missed it. I don't donate to football and don't really care about UConn football until such time as they can be nationally relevant for more than 5 minutes. I donate to Uconn basketball and, again, MY donations have funded UConn basketball infinitely more than YOUR taxes. Not all of the state of CT's taxes - YOUR taxes. Go do the math. I'll wait.

 

[MattMang23]

Imagine if Hurley or anyone in his family or camp came here to take the temperature of the fan base and saw this thread... He'd be hightailing it to Pitt

 

[RoderickSpode]

FWIW Jeff Jacobs' original tweet that UConn is closing in on hiring Hurley has been deleted.

 

[Robertelamin]

New Haven Regrets

 

[BLUEDOGHOUSE]

Big Red is pissed. Get it done!

 

[uconnphil2016]

I'm checking out for the night. Hope I wake up to some news--good or bad. Just want this wrapped up. Goodnight, Boneyard

 

[UConnSwag11]

Imagine if Hurley or anyone in his family or camp came here to take the temperature of the fan base and saw this thread... He'd be hightailing it to Pitt

I think it’s shows dedication to the team

 

[brasssbonanzaa]

The article he wrote is still there: UConn men pushing hard to hire Hurley

He probably took it down because of his later clarification tweet, which contains the original info from the first tweet as well as a second source of info:
Jeff Jacobs‏ @jeffjacobs123 Mar 19
Update: While one source says UConn is close to signing Dan Hurley, a second said the school is pushing hard to complete a deal and Pittsburgh is still in the picture. Hurley is definitely UConn's No. 1 target and there is strong mutual interest.

 

[UConnSwag11]

I still see the tweet kind of.

This will hurt Jacobs more than the university

 

[CL82]

I'm checking out for the night. Hope I wake up to some news--good or bad. Just want this wrapped up. Goodnight, Boneyard

I question your commitment to the program.

 

[MuchoDogYears]

Sorry, contrary to the prior 62 pages I’ve got nothing noteworthy to add regarding the Hurley situation.

Check back in 20.

 

[Rocktheworld]

I'm checking out for the night. Hope I wake up to some news--good or bad. Just want this wrapped up. Goodnight, Boneyard

Not even midnight

#casualfan