Some really thoughtful self reflection and comments by Hurley.

[mauconnfan]

What JC did is amazing. I'm not taking away from it. But he didn't inherit what say, Bill Snyder did in K-State football (the worst D1 program) but JC's success was far greater. Perno had some pretty decent teams and good players like Tim Cole, Norm Bailey, Hobbs etc.

He had good players I agree. But they were cellar dwellers in the BE because while being a great guy, he wasn’t a very good coach. Corny Thompson became a less impactful player after his freshman year each year and he would’ve been a stud if JC (or DH) had a piece of him. Truth is they weren’t a program anyone was concerned about even though they were in the BE. Basically still Yankee Conference level.

 

[HuskyHawk]

He had good players I agree. But they were cellar dwellers in the BE because while being a great guy, he wasn’t a very good coach. Corny Thompson became a less impactful player after his freshman year each year and he would’ve been a stud if JC (or DH) had a piece of him. Truth is they weren’t a program anyone was concerned about even though they were in the BE. Basically still Yankee Conference level.

I was there for it, so yeah, I get it. We got the BE invite because we were pretty good in the Yankee conference. Still remember the joy of the NIT championship. That was huge.

 

[Waquoit]

We got the BE invite because we were pretty good in the Yankee conference.

We got the Big East invite because we were the best team and had the best and newest arena in New England at the time of it's founding.