Will Michigan make a play for Hurley?
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Does anyone ever consider maybe he doesn't want to start from scratch again at 51? It took him 5/6 years to build the culture he wanted here and now he's at the absolute peak of his profession - you're going to scrap everything you built for another dice roll and an extra $5m/yr?
The "steal Danny" question always forgets that he's also extremely emotional and now has deep ties with Conn from taking them to the peak, watching his son play/graduate from here, and being driving distance from his true "home" (don't think Bob Sr. would be flying out to Michigan every weekend - he sure doesn't fly out for Bobby in AZ)
And finally, Dan Hurley almost had a mental breakdown last January thinking he was going to be fired during our skid. The UM donors (or any major power donors) bring 1000x the scrutiny that ours bring. If he doesn't deliver them a ring in 3/4 years (given his past performance) they'd char-broil his seat immediately
The "steal Danny" question always forgets that he's also extremely emotional and now has deep ties with Conn from taking them to the peak, watching his son play/graduate from here, and being driving distance from his true "home" (don't think Bob Sr. would be flying out to Michigan every weekend - he sure doesn't fly out for Bobby in AZ)
And finally, Dan Hurley almost had a mental breakdown last January thinking he was going to be fired during our skid. The UM donors (or any major power donors) bring 1000x the scrutiny that ours bring. If he doesn't deliver them a ring in 3/4 years (given his past performance) they'd char-broil his seat immediately
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This is just a stupid question, never happening in a million years.
Seriously, if you posted this on a Michigan forum they would ridicule you.
Hurley is at a top job in the sport and he’s got the opportunity to cement the program as the “it” ball club of the decade and pursue HOF or GOAT status in the sport. He wouldn’t leave even if he didn’t have deep roots to the Big East and the region, which of course he has.
The only reason he would pick up the phone from Michigan would be to get a pay raise from UConn, which he would get.
Side note, our boys are defending National Champs and the best team in the country heading into the tournament and even still there are so many melts on this site. Man up and enjoy the ride!
Seriously, if you posted this on a Michigan forum they would ridicule you.
Hurley is at a top job in the sport and he’s got the opportunity to cement the program as the “it” ball club of the decade and pursue HOF or GOAT status in the sport. He wouldn’t leave even if he didn’t have deep roots to the Big East and the region, which of course he has.
The only reason he would pick up the phone from Michigan would be to get a pay raise from UConn, which he would get.
Side note, our boys are defending National Champs and the best team in the country heading into the tournament and even still there are so many melts on this site. Man up and enjoy the ride!
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Not sure his high-energy Uber enthusiastic energy would play well with NBA guys.
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I'm thinking this has to be a joke
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I dunno, ask Andrea. Or Bobby Sr.
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What a stupid thread. It’s interesting that Michigan fans know they have zero shot at Hurley but we’ve got people starting threats doing the “little engine that could” thing like it’s a foregone conclusion that Hurley would leave for a program that isn’t in the same stratosphere as ours.
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We could win 30 national championships and some of our "fans" would still have an inferiority complex. I swear it's just a state of Connecticut thing.
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Why would Hurley even consider another team? I don't think money is enough.
Wherever he goes, he would have to rebuild the program. That's a lot of work.
Here, he's already established himself. He can build a dynasty here. He can have a Wooden like career with multiple titles.
That's much better than starting over. UConn is a blue blood and a destination job. He already has that.
$$$ won't pry him away. Now if the board, university or state burdens him with something, that's a whole nother story.
I think he's here to stay for a long time
Wherever he goes, he would have to rebuild the program. That's a lot of work.
Here, he's already established himself. He can build a dynasty here. He can have a Wooden like career with multiple titles.
That's much better than starting over. UConn is a blue blood and a destination job. He already has that.
$$$ won't pry him away. Now if the board, university or state burdens him with something, that's a whole nother story.
I think he's here to stay for a long time
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I don’t know about never, but he’s not going to Ann Arbor, Michigan. Why would he go to a weaker program both now and historically. I would think think Kentucky, Kansas and Duke are the only programs where he‘d even take their phone call. Two old coaches and one not doing so hot. Still very unlikely.
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From a Michigan 247 staff writer:
“I'd have to sit and think more, but this is roughly how I would sort job prestige, in no particular order:
T1: Duke, UNC, Kentucky, Kansas
T2: UConn, MSU, Louisville, Indiana, Purdue, UCLA(?), Arizona, Villanova, Gonzaga
T3: Syracuse, Maryland, Illinois, Ohio State, Michigan, Arkansas, Tennessee, Oregon, Florida, probably a couple others
I think the top two tiers would be commonly agreed upon as the top 13 jobs in some order, but as the third tier shows, it gets very debatable from there. I don't think Michigan can say it tops that third tier, but I don't think any of those programs can say their job is significantly better than the U-M one, either. Just depends on what a given coach prefers. I guess I would slot them in the 16-20 range, but acknowledge that it's going to fluctuate annually more than the football rankings seem to.”
“I'd have to sit and think more, but this is roughly how I would sort job prestige, in no particular order:
T1: Duke, UNC, Kentucky, Kansas
T2: UConn, MSU, Louisville, Indiana, Purdue, UCLA(?), Arizona, Villanova, Gonzaga
T3: Syracuse, Maryland, Illinois, Ohio State, Michigan, Arkansas, Tennessee, Oregon, Florida, probably a couple others
I think the top two tiers would be commonly agreed upon as the top 13 jobs in some order, but as the third tier shows, it gets very debatable from there. I don't think Michigan can say it tops that third tier, but I don't think any of those programs can say their job is significantly better than the U-M one, either. Just depends on what a given coach prefers. I guess I would slot them in the 16-20 range, but acknowledge that it's going to fluctuate annually more than the football rankings seem to.”
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If you're Michigan, and Michigan sounds like an autocorrect mistake for Michelin, then I'll think of you as a tire.
In that sense, yeah, I'd kick you.
Let some non-fan, program antagonist, or media whore chasing clicks or ad revenue ask such questions in a forum where we can more comfortably ignore it.
If you don't want the head coach to be distracted from his stated goals to win the East Regional and the National Championships, then stop contributing to the distracting energy, just because you're 'curious.'
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