Some Guy: UConn close to signing Hurley

[HuskyFich]

Ah, so we have finally decided to bring out the big guns.

Cannons, actually.

 

[tcf15]

Rhode Island fan says he knows the contract offers

Maybe URI did match the total payout of UConn's contract offer, but it just takes an extra 5 years for Hurley to get it.

 

[the Q]

Hurley lives in Saunderstown.

Ok, I make that drive quite often in the summer from Tolland County. It's a solid 80ish minutes to get to the traffic lights on route 4.

 

[UConnSwag11]

Rhode Island fan says he knows the contract offers

8 and 10 years?! I think that’s way too much for the coach and the school. 5 is perfect for both parties. Hurley gets to recruit his players and see them through and both aren’t locked in to these long contracts. If he’s winning then 5 years will get the extensions and more money

 

[MadDogRevival]

What's it going to say to your fans about the future if you lose your top coaching target?

Pitt was more desperate than us.

 

[tzznandrew]

8 and 10 years?! I think that’s way too much for the coach and the school. 5 is perfect for both parties. Hurley gets to recruit his players and see them through and both aren’t locked in to these long contracts. If he’s winning then 5 years will get the extensions and more money

Who knows what the market looks like in 5 years. He could be drastically underpaid. More likely that than overpaid. If I were him, unless I thought I might fail, I wouldn't want the longer contract. He isn't a player where an injury can ruin your career, etc.

 

[the Q]

8 and 10 years?! I think that’s way too much for the coach and the school. 5 is perfect for both parties. Hurley gets to recruit his players and see them through and both aren’t locked in to these long contracts. If he’s winning then 5 years will get the extensions and more money

Yeah. I think most coaches need 5 years to be properly evaluated (basically see one recruiting class all the way through). 10 years guaranteed seems like an insane risk right now.

 

[hooskies]

8 and 10 years?! I think that’s way too much for the coach and the school. 5 is perfect for both parties. Hurley gets to recruit his players and see them through and both aren’t locked in to these long contracts. If he’s winning then 5 years will get the extensions and more money

I understand it a little more for URI, but Pitt is out of their damn minds. If that offer is true it's pure desperation

 

[the Q]

Maybe URI did match the total payout of UConn's contract offer, but it just takes an extra 5 years for Hurley to get it.

#lawyered.

 

[Huskybass]

Yeah. I think most coaches need 5 years to be properly evaluated (basically see one recruiting class all the way through). 10 years guaranteed seems like an insane risk right now.

#BobbyBonilla

 

[fatlucy]

Hurley lives in Saunderstown.

That's a nice part of the world. Glad they can keep that house and still coach UCONN.

1.5 hours. That's not too bad, really.

 

[BlueMAB]

Providence is crap. And there's no where to park ever.

Providence > Hartford

 

[jimva]

8 and 10 years?! I think that’s way too much for the coach and the school. 5 is perfect for both parties. Hurley gets to recruit his players and see them through and both aren’t locked in to these long contracts. If he’s winning then 5 years will get the extensions and more money

URI blog said it was same total $ but over 10 years

 

[tjc1888]

THIS

Is this the equivalent of a NEXT?

 

[the Q]

That's a nice part of the world. Glad they can keep that house and still coach UCONN.

1.5 hours. That's not too bad, really.

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Amazing how 3 different routes all take about the same time....90 minutes.

 

[boog204]

Providence > Hartford

Dumpster Fire > Hartford

 

[gampelcrazies]

Providence > Hartford

Both suck

 

[junglehusky]

I'm all in today, folks.

#HurleyWatch

As long as we don't wind up like Arzt

 

[Lefty2one]

Providence > Hartford

Just about everywhere besides Bridgeport >>> Hartford.

 

[the Q]

Providence > Hartford

They're on the same tier for me.

But since P does have D&B, it's a legit claim to be above Hartford.

 

[jimva]

in Providence Journal this morning

 

[UConnSwag11]

Yeah. I think most coaches need 5 years to be properly evaluated (basically see one recruiting class all the way through). 10 years guaranteed seems like an insane risk right now.

and like tcf said they offered 10 years so they money would be the same or close to it as UConn's 5 years

 

[djct1999]

Dumpster Fire > Hartford

Technically:
Dumpster Fire > Pittsburgh > Providence >= Hartford

 

[BlueMAB]

Both suck

True. Providence just sucks less.

But Hartford is starting to improve. Front Street is nice, the Yard Goats stadium is very nice, the Science Center brings in a lot of traffic, UConn has improved the area with the development. It's still disjointed thanks to 84 cutting through, but it's improving.

 

[UConnNick]

Watching this thread is like watching a two year old child at an amusement park. If you turn away or get distracted by having to do some work or something, you can get five pages behind, just like losing your kid in the crowd at the amusement park.

Then you become a page chaser. New pages are added faster than you can keep up with while reading. You can't fall too far behind or you're doomed.

 

[DSquiz]

They're on the same tier for me.

But since P does have D&B, it's a legit claim to be above Hartford.

Ours is in Manchester. You can take the CTfasttrack right to it from downtown. Do we win yet?

 

[the Q]

Ours is in Manchester. You can take the CTfasttrack right to it from downtown. Do we win yet?

Manchester does not equal hartford.

So no. lol

 

[RMoore1999]

How does Pitt take Miller given the AZ investigation? What am I missing?

How does Hurley take UConn given last coach fired for alleged NCAA violations? What if Hurley was scared by what he heard from DB regarding the pending investigation….if violations true and bad enough, job certainly not as attractive to guy with options...just asking…

 

[CL82]

True. Providence just sucks less.

But Hartford is starting to improve. Front Street is nice, the Yard Goats stadium is very nice, the Science Center brings in a lot of traffic, UConn has improved the area with the development. It's still disjointed thanks to 84 cutting through, but it's improving.

We need Federal infrastructure money to fix that and we need to be foresighted in the redesign with an emphasis on reuniting the city as well as moving traffic.

To paraphrase a personal hero of mine "It's go time... and don't half-ass it this time."

 

[Dove]

Man, its tough working today with excessive diarrhea.

#HurleyWatch