Some Guy: UConn close to signing Hurley

[tzznandrew]

Glad I had some vague confirmation of this when I went to bed, but would have loved to have been in the HurleyWatch thread as the news broke.

Oh well. This has me genuinely excited for UConn for the first time since 2016 ended.

 

[8893]

Fell asleep on the recliner shortly before 9:30 so missed the news in real time but thankfully saw it before heading to bed around 11:30.

Great to awaken to the news that tweets about this thread were newsworthy for an article in today's New Haven Register:

The Hurley watch has been excruciating, yet hilarious on Twitter

 

[JCSuperstar]

Congratulations you magnificent bastards, you did it.

One thread to rule them all,
One thread to find him;
One thread to bring them all and in the darkness sign him.

 

[fatlucy]

This was great to wake up to! Wahoo! Happy days are here again. Man I miss hoops!

 

[jdb50]

The snow does not even bother me this morning. Had to hit the hay at 10:30 last night as I have had the flu at a low level since Sunday AM. Still have a fever but it should be over soon. There is hope now which we had none of at the end of the season. Welcome Coach Hurley!

 

[TopDogs]

Do we have any idea when official word is expected to come down? Soon, I hope?

 

[Urcea]

Just woke up to this, we’re back baby let’s fuckin goooooooo

 

[Dibbie]

Where's that Ray Allen video...time to pony up!!

 

[Giscombe12]

Certainly nice news to wake up to, but I’m waiting for the thread that says “AD DB Confirms Hurley to UConn” before celebrating. (Sweet job by the site autocorrecting that extra D to Benedict!)

 

[Horatio]

So Tom managed a way to finally come back home. Calhoun will probably be around a lot
"Moore" now also. Good news. Go Huskies.

 

[Kolumbo]

 

[Fairfield_1st]

Dear God...If Hurley is coming to UConn, show me a sign by having Kstallings like my post.

I'm tempering my enthusiasm. KStallings never liked my post. It (the bot) liked the post before and the post after, but not this one.

 

[HawkHusky]

1. Jon Rothstein‏Verified account @JonRothstein 3m3 minutes ago
   Rhode Island made David Cox “head coach in waiting” when he was promoted to Associate Head Coach, per multiple sources. School would have to pay buyout if it went in another direction.
   
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   Jon Rothstein‏Verified account @JonRothstein 4m4 minutes ago
   Tom Moore is expected to be a part of Dan Hurley’s staff at UConn as an assistant coach, per a source. Was a former assistant under Jim Calhoun.
   
   1 reply9 retweets9 likes
   
3. 
   Jon Rothstein‏Verified account @JonRothstein 4m4 minutes ago
   Dan Hurley's deal at UConn is worth 6 years, per a source.
   
   0 replies11 retweets11 likes
   
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   Jon Rothstein‏Verified account @JonRothstein 4m4 minutes ago
   UConn will hire Rhode Island’s Dan Hurley as its next head basketball coach, per a source.
   

 

[Dibbie]

I gotta put this out there....it feels a bit awkward to be excited that a Hurley is going to be the next UCONN coach. Some of you young pups may not understand, but damn I hated Bobby!!

OK, I feel better...

 

[Hi-Low]

I didn't doubt he was coming here for a second

 

[UConnSwag11]

Ok. Time to get going. Need confirmation from the team and recruits

 

[Paesano]

I’m heading to bed. This has been an exhausting day. Glad I made it to get the unofficial word.

Also glad I helped my 94 y/o neighbor who fell. Would have helped her even if we didn’t need Hurley. If it helped the cause all the better. Found out she played forward on her NC hs B.B. team.

She was unaware women’s college B.B. games are on tv. So we’re going to make sure she watches the UConn women’s game on Saturday.

Fleud is back!!!@

 

[WaterDawg]

It’s on ESPN...

Sources: UConn to hire Rhode Island's Hurley

 

[firstnline]

I would just love to see a 4or 5 star player decommit from a P5 and come and enroll at UConn for Hurley. That would be more than icing on the cake.

 

[fatlucy]

ESPN confirming

Sources: UConn to hire Rhode Island's Hurley

 

[Stinger92860]

I gotta put this out there....it feels a bit awkward to be excited that a Hurley is going to be the next UCONN coach. Some of you young pups may not understand, but damn I hated Bobby!!

OK, I feel better...

Maybe Danny hates Bobby too. I’ll be shocked if he doesn’t hate Laettner.

 

[bennyMr]

So has only ADB confirmed Hurley is coming? Has either University put anything official out yet?

What a ride this thread has been.

 

[fatlucy]

Ok, now I need to get all the work done I didn’t do yesterday.

 

[HawkHusky]

Looks like Hurley smelled the BS regarding a practice facility. LOL at 2 years!!!

Jeff Goodman‏Verified account @GoodmanESPN 3m3 minutes ago
URI’s offer, per sources, was $2 million per year for 7 years beginning in July of 2019. Also commitment to build a basketball-only practice facility (to be completed within next 2 years), staff salary increases and ability to charter for all away games. Big-time offer by URI.