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Message: [QUOTE="huskymedic, post: 4335732, member: 549"] [MEDIA=twitter]1539358152973594630[/MEDIA] [URL='https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ctinsider.com%2Fuconn%2Farticle%2FJim-Penders-will-remain-as-UConn-baseball-coach-17256325.php'][B]Access to article through side door here <<[/B][/URL] -> “You never want to take advantage of his loyalty to the university,” Benedict noted. “Sometimes, the squeaky wheels do get oiled, but Jim’s just not that way. You feel great to reward someone like him that is as committed and loyal to this program, and has achieved a great deal of success.” <- -> “We wanted to be in a situation where he knew that we wanted to keep him, and we’d do everything we could do to try to retain he and his staff,” Benedict said. “But his value on the open market is probably 2 or 3 (times) what UConn can afford to pay.” <- -> “Jim never asks for anything, he never makes any excuses for anything,” Benedict said. “He just goes about continuing to try to build and advance his program. If you’re waiting for Jim to ask for something, you’re going to be waiting a long time, because that’s just not his style. He’s driven by wanting to get our baseball program back to the College World Series. Of course people like to be compensated fairly, so that’s what we’re trying to do. I’ve enjoyed every moment of working with Coach and doing anything I can to support he and his staff.” <- [/QUOTE]