WPRI TV Interview - Dan Hurley discusses decision to leave URI for UConn

[2Infinity]

Good interview on the difficulty he had in deciding between staying at URI and coming to UConn.

Dan Hurley discusses decision to leave URI for UConn

 

[rich1122]

Guy cares. He really cares. Glad that it was difficult to leave. Wears it on is sleeve.

We could do worse.

 

[Tuna]

Seems like a great guy.

 

[polycom]

Guy cares. He really cares. Glad that it was difficult to leave. Wears it on is sleeve.

We could do worse.

Forgot to log out of your troll account huh?

 

[AtlantaHusky]

Love the reverence he has for our program. Excited to have you aboard, Dan! Lead us to happiness again.

 

[BUConn10]

we need to give him a huge welcome, really excited for the future of UConn.

 

[djct1999]

we need to give him a huge welcome, really excited for the future of UConn.

It's really easy to believe Coach Hurley will kill it at UConn.

 

[TheChamps990411]

Thats a real guy right there. Man i hope hes the real deal and brings us back to national prominence. You pull for a guy like that.

 

[3rdbass]

Got to admired Dan Hurley in that interview with how hard a decision it was leaving a place that felt like family. He wears his emotions on his sleeve. Just glad we have such a respected guy who has passion for what we had built to come here and hopefully lead us back to the promise land. Welcome to UCONN Dan Hurley!

 

[nomar]

Love the reverence he has for our program. Excited to have you aboard, Dan! Lead us to happiness again.

That passion will stand out to recruits.

 

[nomar]

Forgot to log out of your troll account huh?

UConn Train Rolls On

77-74

 

[Penfield]

It seems pretty obvious that Dan and his family were very happy at URI. You could tell it was a painful decision for him to make, and he seems like a genuine guy. I really hope they end up being just as happy at UConn.

I think this will be a great move for him because he gets to take one of the upper echelon jobs, but he won't have to move his family far and the UConn campus still has that smaller community feel like URI.

 

[intlzncster]

Here's a great article about leaving his high school gig for Wagner. He's gotten better at it.

Dan Hurley’s Painful Parting to Coach at Wagner

Couldn't even finish the phone call to resign his position.

 

[Chief00]

Looking forward to the press conference tomorrow @ Werth

 

[krinklecut]

Pretty much saying Pitt wasn't a huge factor. Makes me really think all the leaks were coming from his agent to get a better deal.

 

[auror]

Pretty much saying Pitt wasn't a huge factor. Makes me really think all the leaks were coming from his agent to get a better deal.

I still think it was Pitt damage control. Check out their fans attitudes this week. "At least we tried." "AD put out the best offer." Etc. They lost their guy to an AAC school and it wasn't close. All the other leaks to Goodman were also Pitt-related, ie the Sean Miller stuff.

Agent doesn't need public pressure to have leverage. He just lays Pitt's offer on the table and tells UConn to match it.