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Dan Hurley's buyout money gives Rhody some options
The use of the buyout money is just one of a series of major decisions that Bjorn and school president David Dooley have no doubt discussed over the last few days. Bjorn has decided not to attend the Final Four this weekend in San Antonio in order to keep working on his search. He’s clearly committed to exploring several avenues and talking to some sitting head coaches, as well as weighing the option of promoting Cox.

One name to watch is Joe Dooley, the coach at Florida Gulf Coast. He was a finalist when URI hired Hurley but has since led FGCU to at least 20 wins, one NCAA Tournament and three NIT berths in five seasons. Dooley, 52, is a New Jersey native who recruited the best players in the country for Bill Self at Kansas from 2003-13.

Vermont’s John Becker, 49, is ready for a move up the coaching ladder. He’s a Connecticut native who has won 20 or more games in each of his seven seasons. On a different note, Buffalo’s Nate Oats recently signed an extension with a $1 million buyout. That lessens his availability for a program like URI that would like to avoid paying a large buyout figure.
 
Dan Hurley's buyout money gives Rhody some options
The use of the buyout money is just one of a series of major decisions that Bjorn and school president David Dooley have no doubt discussed over the last few days. Bjorn has decided not to attend the Final Four this weekend in San Antonio in order to keep working on his search. He’s clearly committed to exploring several avenues and talking to some sitting head coaches, as well as weighing the option of promoting Cox.

One name to watch is Joe Dooley, the coach at Florida Gulf Coast. He was a finalist when URI hired Hurley but has since led FGCU to at least 20 wins, one NCAA Tournament and three NIT berths in five seasons. Dooley, 52, is a New Jersey native who recruited the best players in the country for Bill Self at Kansas from 2003-13.

Vermont’s John Becker, 49, is ready for a move up the coaching ladder. He’s a Connecticut native who has won 20 or more games in each of his seven seasons. On a different note, Buffalo’s Nate Oats recently signed an extension with a $1 million buyout. That lessens his availability for a program like URI that would like to avoid paying a large buyout figure.

Why would Oats go to URI? Not a big prestige bump. Maybe double his salary at best.

Oats is not the type of guy they'd ever land. He's got a chance to earn 3m+ next year, at one of the better programs in the country. The Bulls are gonna be good next year.
 
"Just like almost every P5 job is a better gig than UConn in the current landscape. Many neutral and respected college hoop minds outside of this board will and have agreed to that."

-URI fan, 2 hours ago.
 
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Hoping Hurley puts together a team similar to this one...



I’m turning 33 this year.

I think we get banner #5 before I hit 40.
 
Excited about him. If you never saw it watch the documentary called "The other dream team". All about the basketball in Lithuania and their team that played the first US Olympic dream team. You might remember their Grateful Dead tie die uniforms.
Yep I remember that actually.
 
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