When?He was on the staff w his brother, Bobby Hurley. Who played under Coach K.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Hurley
When?He was on the staff w his brother, Bobby Hurley. Who played under Coach K.
I posted this last night in the game thread; there is real traction here I heard from a very close source to the UT mens basketball program.
Shaka is looking to get our becuase he likely will get fired after next season (look at Texas' roster for next season, it's atrocious).
To say Dan is part of the Duke coaching tree is excessive. That said, Dan had Bobby on his staff the two seasons at Wagner and the first year at URI
Was Kevin Bacon an assistant on that squad?He was on the staff w his brother, Bobby Hurley. Who played under Coach K.
lol Bobby was on his staff.He was on the staff w his brother, Bobby Hurley. Who played under Coach K.
Hurley can get advice from Calhoun on how to beat Duke in a national title game.At the end of the day UConn has to turn to the Duke coaching tree to find someone lol
They took a bus to Pittsburgh to play in the NCAA Tournament.Hurley says he will stay at URI for less money if they commit to spending $ to grow the program - specifically citing better facilities, pay raises for assistants, and more charter flights for away games. Seems like it really puts the program in a bad spot if he goes now.
They bused to Pittsburgh because of the impending storm last week. Otherwise, they would have chartered. Their charter flight was postponed to Wednesday and the band/cheerleaders/athletics staff were on it. They chartered back to RI after Sunday's game.They took a bus to Pittsburgh to play in the NCAA Tournament.
His demands, at least on their surface, do not seem unreasonable. Invest in the program or I’ll leave for someplace that does is a fair place to start negotiating.
Of course if could also just be a face saving move where he is asking for the Cadillac of training facilities and a private jet knowing that URI will never say yes but allowing him to claim moral high ground while skipping town.
I have no idea if his demands are reasonable or not, but airing them publicly like this makes URI looks very unattractive to recruits and if he doesn't stay.They bused to Pittsburgh because of the impending storm last week. Otherwise, they would have chartered. Their charter flight was postponed to Wednesday and the band/cheerleaders/athletics staff were on it. They chartered back to RI after Sunday's game.
The NCAA covers charters for teams playing in the tournament. RedOctober is right on.They took a bus to Pittsburgh to play in the NCAA Tournament.
His demands, at least on their surface, do not seem unreasonable. Invest in the program or I’ll leave for someplace that does is a fair place to start negotiating.
Of course if could also just be a face saving move where he is asking for the Cadillac of training facilities and a private jet knowing that URI will never say yes but allowing him to claim moral high ground while skipping town.
Or national semifinal...Hurley can get advice from Calhoun on how to beat Duke in a national title game.
That '99 title game is my all-time favorite college hoops game.Or national semifinal...
I was debating just how bad the quality of college bssketball is today with some friends. That teams like xavier and UVa and even Villanova are one seeds with 0,0, and tops two nba players on their roster. The 2004 semifinal between Uconn and Duke had 12 nba players and 10 first round picks (6 for Uconn). The biggest shot was hit by non-nba player rashad Anderson however.
In case you forgot how this one ended: [emoji18][emoji18]
This year will be similar in that Duke will play Villanova in the only real matchup of quality teams left. Of course dukes players are all 18-19 and Villanova are 21-22. But any final after that game will be anti-climatic, unless maybe Kentucky (but both duke and VU are 10 points better than KY). In 2004 Uconn played gatech in the final. It was a joke. Much like when they beat that mediocre butler team after beating KY in the semis with Kemba.
That game was played at such a high level. Two great teams. Loved Khalid. Probably best Duke team to not win title, DukeSox? And Calhoun outcoached K, who didn’t adjust to the big/big double on brand (this not leaving Langdon or the other great shooters) and refused to play Magette in the second half even though Uconn had no one to guard him and he could be physical with Rip on D. Maybe K was worried about having to vacate a title for playing an illegal player. [emoji12][emoji12]That '99 title game is my all-time favorite college hoops game.
Where are you getting this?No link but Hurley is going to Pitt
Yeah nobody is reporting anything other than Hurley has gotten offers from all 3 schools involved(URI, UConn, Pitt) and will be making a decision tomorrow. Maybe Dan knows someone at UConn.Where are you getting this?
Isn't his son a high school junior or senior? He could easily stay in RI to finish out high school regardless of where the job is.That would seem to indicate Pitt would be out. I'd doubt he'd want to take his son out of high school.
Rumor is he was surprised by Rhode Island's offer, didn't think/believe they could be that aggressive
Sure he could live away from his family for his final year or two of high school......I'm not sure how "easily" it would be for a family to make that decision though. I'm sure that has something to do with the struggle for Hurley.Isn't his son a high school junior or senior? He could easily stay in RI to finish out high school regardless of where the job is.
He spent 2 years at Wagner and they improved from 13 wins to 25 wins from year 1 to year 2. In 6 years at URI he's 113-82 with 3 20 win season. He inherited a tough situation and went from 8 wins to 14 to 23 in year 3. He won the A-10 tournament last season and the regular season title this year. He's got the #34 ranked recruiting class coming in next year that includes 2 top 150 recruits so we know he can recruit good players to a non-P5.Again, do we know this guy is actually a good coach? Has he beaten any good teams? Won anything? Recruited diamonds who became pros? I have go clue, just asking. I sense if his name was Dan Smith the offers might not be so forthcoming?
Thanks. I’m not sure that tells me he can succeed nationally, but I’m not sure Uconn is a national program anymore. And we know Pitt is a mess.He spent 2 years at Wagner and they improved from 13 wins to 25 wins from year 1 to year 2. In 6 years at URI he's 113-82 with 3 20 win season. He inherited a tough situation and went from 8 wins to 14 to 23 in year 3. He won the A-10 tournament last season and the regular season title this year. He's got the #34 ranked recruiting class coming in next year that includes 2 top 150 recruits so we know he can recruit good players to a non-P5.
Hurley has turned around two programs in two opportunities. Nobody is certain to be able to succeed/recruit at a big-time program but his resume certainly shows him to be as capable as anyone coming up through the ranks.Thanks. I’m not sure that tells me he can succeed nationally, but I’m not sure Uconn is a national program anymore. And we know Pitt is a mess.
Hurley is supposedly meeting with the team tonight. Nobody knows if the message is he's staying or leaving
Yup this is what bye bye sounds like. I assume to Pitt with plenty of rope and a chunk of dough.That sounds like leaving to me.
Isn't that pretty similar to UConn's two most recent contracts offered to Calhoun and Ollie? Maybe a slight increase but in same ballpark.Some Uconn donors evidently footing the bill.
#why?
Isn't that pretty similar to UConn's two most recent contracts offered to Calhoun and Ollie? Maybe a slight increase but in same ballpark.
Where is that Calhoun presser clip?
Edit: Here it is....I so love this.
BC kept them out of the ACC and the Big Ten wanted Rutgers over them.Why isn't UConn in a power five conference? Over the past twenty years they've been one of the five or ten best men's programs and of course, the women are otherworldly. Was there some behind the scenes stuff?
Good point about TBE money. I doubt Ollie wants his personal stuff public so I'm guessing he settles for a portion of what he's owed. Some of the stuff I've heard about him is off the charts scandalous that caused his messy divorce, player transfers, etc and likely would prevent him from ever getting another head job (see what I did here).The blog that broke the Hurley news last night is called “a dime back”. Lolol
When they signed Ollie and Calhoun they still had $10m per in big east exit fees coming in and the state/school were subsidizing the athletic department with $20+ million per year. That is all gone now.
When they signed Ollie to extension and gave him the absurd $10m buyout, they still had hopes of joining a P5 conference. So they kept up appearances in terms of the athletic department budget. Note Edsall is getting $1m to be football coach and Hurley contract being paid from outside. They’re never getting into a competitive conference so for the AD to convince donors to do this is a great sell job, especially considering how the AD is currently undermining Ollie so they don’t have to pay the $10m. The “investigation” into uconn’s basketball program was initiated internally so they had cause for firing Ollie. The real reason they wanted him out is that he’s a personal disaster. Not going to go into it here but look at how six plus recruits trandmsfer after a year. Not because of lack of success on the court...
Embedded Husky from the moment he joined the URI staff a year ago, apparently.Hurley is also bringing Tom Moore with him. Very interesting.