Tom Crean

[JMick]

Keep dreaming. Neither is coming.

Donovan is a pipe dream but I'm not sure why people think we're some terrible school that couldn't attract Hurley

 

[ucp990411]

No thanks to Crean. Another name that may not be popular on the board but I think could be a realistic get is Jeff Capel. Once you look past his Duke ties, you realize he is young, energetic and can flat out recruit. With the Duke job going to either Hurley or Woj, Jeff may jump at the opportunity.

I don’t think a head coach in a P5 conference would very interested unless he was on the hot seat himself. No to Tom Crean. How about a rising star from a smaller school? It wirked for us before.

 

[superjohn]

Donovan is a pipe dream but I'm not sure why people think we're some terrible school that couldn't attract Hurley

This is the same fool who claims Bob Hurley hates Calhoun.

 

[Dove]

This guy?

 

[UConnNick]

If we were a consistent top 25 team over the last 3 years the AAC would be looked at much more highly. We are a huge reason for the poor reception the conference has received. Look at the Big East - they're viewed as a high major. You can argue that historically the teams in the AAC are better. If UConn is back to being UConn and Memphis gets their crap together we aren't a mid major conference anymore

That's total nonsense. You're either P5 or you're not. We're not. Until such time as the networks decide to pay your league P5 money, you're mid or low major. You can "view" your conference as high major or "P6" all you want, but that doesn't make it so without the P5 money. And I don't envision any networks lining up to pay the AAC or any other mid major conference P5 money anytime soon.

 

[JMick]

That's total nonsense. You're either P5 or you're not. We're not. Until such time as the networks decide to pay your league P5 money, you're mid or low major. You can "view" your conference as high major or "P6" all you want, but that doesn't make it so without the P5 money. And I don't envision any networks lining up to pay the AAC or any other mid major conference P5 money anytime soon.

Basketball =/= Football

P5 is a football designation

 

[Stainmaster]

Basketball =/= Football

P5 is a football designation

Not going forward, no.

 

[JMick]

Not going forward, no.

If UConn was UConn and Memphis was Memphis this conference would annually be a top 4 conference in college basketball. You cant be a top conference in all of college basketball and be considered a mid-major

 

[BUConn10]

The only reason I see Donovan as being a pipe dream is because the man specifically stated that he left the college game because he was tired of the recruiting game. Recruiting would be more difficult at UConn than at Florida in my opinion, but in my heart I feel like if that wasn't a factor we would have the necessary pull to make him consider. Otherwise the man is where he wants to be based on his statements in the past.

 

[BUConn10]

If UConn was UConn and Memphis was Memphis this conference would annually be a top 4 conference in college basketball. You cant be a top conference in all of college basketball and be considered a mid-major

A conference is only as good as it's peak firepower team.

I agree with you saying we are partly responsible for the AAC's bad initial reception. Had we been on the forefront of the national stage we could have headlined the AAC as a major conference just like Villanova has for the BE the last few years. A consistent title contender legitimizes all the teams that play in the conference statistically and perceptually.

 

[UCweCONN]

The only reason I see Donovan as being a pipe dream is because the man specifically stated that he left the college game because he was tired of the recruiting game. Recruiting would be more difficult at UConn than at Florida in my opinion, but in my heart I feel like if that wasn't a factor we would have the necessary pull to make him consider. Otherwise the man is where he wants to be based on his statements in the past.

Also, admittedly, the climate in Florida is a tad more attractive than Storrs.

 

[UConnNick]

If UConn was UConn and Memphis was Memphis this conference would annually be a top 4 conference in college basketball. You cant be a top conference in all of college basketball and be considered a mid-major

Nobody cares about CBB anymore when it comes to negotiating media rights deals. You can fantasize all you want about being in a "high major non-P5 conference" for BB, but such a thing doesn't exist in the real present day world of college athletics. You're either P5 or you're not, in any sport. That's where the big $$$$$$ is.

 

[UConnStats]

If you honestly believe that Dan Hurley hired Tom Moore, is offering the same recruits as KO, but isn’t gunning for the UConn job, I think you’re mistaken.

Hurley would easily jump to coach UConn.

 

[JMick]

Nobody cares about CBB anymore when it comes to negotiating media rights deals. You can fantasize all you want about being in a "high major non-P5 conference" for BB, but such a thing doesn't exist in the real present day world of college athletics. You're either P5 or you're not, in any sport. That's where the big $$$$$$ is.

What in the world are you talking about? You don't even know what a mid-major is, do you? Money has absolutely nothing to do with what we are discussing.

 

[UConnNick]

What in the world are you talking about? You don't even know what a mid-major is, do you? Money has absolutely nothing to do with what we are discussing.

You don't seem to understand that football, not BB is driving the bus in collegiate athletics, and money is all that matters. But continue living in your fantasy world where CBB still matters, if you want to.

 

[ktuck911]

How about this guy as a replacement for Ollie if things continue the way they are in the second half of the season?

Took Marquette to the Final Four with D-Wade. Coached at Indiana. Working at ESPN this year but has expressed an interest in returning to coaching. Has name recognition.

Hell no

 

[ktuck911]

The only reason I see Donovan as being a pipe dream is because the man specifically stated that he left the college game because he was tired of the recruiting game. Recruiting would be more difficult at UConn than at Florida in my opinion, but in my heart I feel like if that wasn't a factor we would have the necessary pull to make him consider. Otherwise the man is where he wants to be based on his statements in the past.

Agreed on Donovan coming here as a pipe dream but bullcrap on the recruiting part... UConn is a proven winner (4 National Championships in still less than the last 20 years) I just think we can't afford Donovan....

 

[JMick]

You don't seem to understand that football, not BB is driving the bus in collegiate athletics, and money is all that matters. But continue living in your fantasy world where CBB still matters, if you want to.

You are just putting words in my mouth now. Go re-read what was written and come back to me. My point is that the AACs national perception sucks because we have sucked. If we had been good at basketball the last several years the league would be viewed much differently. That has literally nothing to do with money or any other conferences.

 

[UConnNick]

You are just putting words in my mouth now. Go re-read what was written and come back to me. My point is that the AACs national perception sucks because we have sucked. If we had been good at basketball the last several years the league would be viewed much differently. That has literally nothing to do with money or any other conferences.

And my point is the national perception of the AAC as a BB conference doesn't matter because nobody values CBB anymore. Explain to me how UCONN and Memphis could have magically transformed the BB perception of the AAC?

The conference couldn't possibly have gotten off to a more meteoric start than winning men's and women's NC's in 2014. Did anybody care? Of course not, because BB doesn't get you anywhere. Football does.

The AAC is the best of the G5 football conferences. That is where the reputation of the conference is made. Does anybody think the AAC is the best women's BB conference in the country just because UCONN is the best team in the country? Of course not. The conference sucks. Two more good men's teams wouldn't change the perception all that much. The conference will continue to get dissed with lousy seeds or deserving teams getting left out of the BB tourney because the P5 conferences rule.

 

[JMick]

And my point is the national perception of the AAC as a BB conference doesn't matter because nobody values CBB anymore. Explain to me how UCONN and Memphis could have magically transformed the BB perception of the AAC?

The conference couldn't possibly have gotten off to a more meteoric start than winning men's and women's NC's in 2014. Did anybody care? Of course not, because BB doesn't get you anywhere. Football does.

The AAC is the best of the G5 football conferences. That is where the reputation of the conference is made. Does anybody think the AAC is the best women's BB conference in the country just because UCONN is the best team in the country? Of course not. The conference sucks. Two more good men's teams wouldn't change the perception all that much. The conference will continue to get dissed with lousy seeds or deserving teams getting left out of the BB tourney because the P5 conferences rule.

Ask for a dictionary next Christmas. Look up "perception" and get on the Google to see what a mid-major is

 

[tcf15]

If you honestly believe that Dan Hurley hired Tom Moore, is offering the same recruits as KO, but isn’t gunning for the UConn job, I think you’re mistaken.

Hurley would easily jump to coach UConn.

I’ve said it on here before - Hurley wants the UConn job. He would definitely come.

 

[djct1999]

This is the same fool who claims Bob Hurley hates Calhoun.

Hurley does and it seems that you are the fool. Give it up, Danny Hurley is not coaching here. Ever.

 

[Huskyforlife]

If Donovan would come here, someone better pony up his salary, talk about saving the program...

 

[djct1999]

The only reason I see Donovan as being a pipe dream is because the man specifically stated that he left the college game because he was tired of the recruiting game. Recruiting would be more difficult at UConn than at Florida in my opinion, but in my heart I feel like if that wasn't a factor we would have the necessary pull to make him consider. Otherwise the man is where he wants to be based on his statements in the past.

If fired by okc, Donovan would most likely take a year or two off and do tv. He definitely would not rush back into college.

 

[Huskyforlife]

Hurley has won one A10 championship, why does everyone love him so much?