Is Hurley a good coach or just a comfortable name?

[blockm2]

At this level, it's not a wow hire. Think about the teams we compete with and then ask yourself, what other school would hire someone with his actual accomplishments? Maryland, OSH, Michigan, MSU, Indiana, no way. Maybe Penn. St. Maybe.

Rutgers basketball isn't in a position where they can compare who they can actually hire with who some other Big Ten schools might be able to hire. It'd be like Boston College football comparing a football hire with who Florida State or Clemson might hire.

You take who you can get with some upside and hope they pan out. Eddie Jordan had zero upside. Hurley might at least have a chance at turning Rutgers into a middle tier Big Ten program.

 

[ruman]

Carino says this so called divide between pro Hurley and anti Hurley in the state is overblown

And nobody in NJ would deal with Chris Partridge too. Good thing we avoided that mess.

 

[bac2therac]

Danny Hurley is the basketball equivalent to Al Golden. Lots of folks seem to want him here because of his New Jersey roots and connections but his coaching record is not stellar, but just OK. Remember early in the football hiring cycle there were articles about mutual interest between Rutgers and Golden.
Maybe the basketball hire will be different.

this is not accurate...he took a depleted URI who had 7 wins when he left to 8 to 14 to 23 to 17 in a season he lost a NBA player to injury. And your total disregard for his clout in NJ recruiting and knowing the state is evident. He took Wagner to 25-5 didnt make the NCAA that year and left to go to URI...the hate on this board is stunning, we wont be getting any other qualified candidates. The other choice might be the Stony Brook guy

 

[mikershoein]

A well known name in the jersey parochial high school ranks which cannot hurt with recruiting, coached a team with injuries to a respectable record in a decent college bball conference, which is more than EJ could do (not saying the A10 is the B1G) but saying he had to do some coaching and not rely on a single talent. IMO RU bball needs someone who will
Build the proper recruiting connections in the state and bridge the gap to getting the appropriate facilities built...this program won't take the next step until the facilities are up to conference standards which might be another whole recruiting cycle if RU is lucky, unless RU takes the Louisville approach and start pimping out local escorts to recruits.

Turd alert, reppin jerk is back

Yah, we should take the Louisville route.

Lifelong PSU fan, always takes an obvious shot at facilities and history but claims to be a supporter. With your semester at zaga, you know there done in game one by the Jesuits out of Philly.

We do not want your opinion. Go back to the McAndrews board

 

[Caliknight]

Rutgers basketball isn't in a position where they can compare who they can actually hire with who some other Big Ten schools might be able to hire. It'd be like Boston College football comparing a football hire with who Florida State or Clemson might hire.

You take who you can get with some upside and hope they pan out. Eddie Jordan had zero upside. Hurley might at least have a chance at turning Rutgers into a middle tier Big Ten program.

Lonergan has a much better resume, credentials, accomplishment. Get him. No one is asking for Coach K. But a neophyte who has never even went to the dance? Please.

 

[Caliknight]

this is not accurate...he took a depleted URI who had 7 wins when he left to 8 to 14 to 23 to 17 in a season he lost a NBA player to injury. And your total disregard for his clout in NJ recruiting and knowing the state is evident. He took Wagner to 25-5 didnt make the NCAA that year and left to go to URI...the hate on this board is stunning, we wont be getting any other qualified candidates. The other choice might be the Stony Brook guy

Definitely unfair. Golden could recruit at least.

 

[Ruthinking]

The ability to recruit NJ/NY probably is the reason Hurley is the favorite for the job at Rutgers.

What's Hurley's history with NJ/NY recruits? What big time recruits has he successfully closed?

 

[B1GNJHoops]

Lonergan has a much better resume, credentials, accomplishment. Get him. No one is asking for Coach K. But a neophyte who has never even went to the dance? Please.

Lonergan can recruit to Rutgers? George Washington is easier to recruit to. All the wealthy families look down at Rutgers while GW is status school for some.

I would gladly take him - excellent choice - but please don't assume he can get the same talent at Rutgers.

Lonergan goes International and parochial. Parochial kids look down at Rutgers.

I'd like to know how he can adapt to recruiting at Rutgers which has Division 2-3 facilities and doesn't match GW's political "cache"

 

[B1GNJHoops]

Lonergan has a much better resume, credentials, accomplishment. Get him. No one is asking for Coach K. But a neophyte who has never even went to the dance? Please.

So according to you. We should hire Bill Carmody, Steve Donahue and Al Skinner.

Let's do it. They all have tournament success!

 

[G- RUnit]

Definitely unfair. Golden could recruit at least.

No depleted team at Rhode either. Prior coach kicked off best player for disciplinary reasons and University President showed backbone(not) by firing coach. Prior to that averaged almost 23 wins for four straight years.

 

[RUtrumpet92_rivals498139]

...the hate on this board is stunning, we wont be getting any other qualified candidates. The other choice might be the Stony Brook guy

Really? Hurley is the ONLY qualified candidate we can get? If true, Hobbs needs to be begging Danny to have mercy on us and take the job.

 

[B1GNJHoops]

Really? Hurley is the ONLY qualified candidate we can get? If true, Hobbs needs to be begging Danny to have mercy on us and take the job.

No ones fault but Rutgers.

Lonergan is up there but is home and GW is good school and program.

Masiello has the whole lying on his resume thing.

Sendek is less intense than Jordan.

 

[SAE96]

Some of you people have issues. There is nothing that this board can do to help you.

Maybe we can suggest to John that he create a self-loathing or Danny Hurley pissed in my cereal board. He may be able to combine the two for the sake of efficiency.

 

[MADHAT1]

this is not accurate...he took a depleted URI who had 7 wins when he left to 8 to 14 to 23 to 17 in a season he lost a NBA player to injury. And your total disregard for his clout in NJ recruiting and knowing the state is evident. He took Wagner to 25-5 didnt make the NCAA that year and left to go to URI...the hate on this board is stunning, we wont be getting any other qualified candidates. The other choice might be the Stony Brook guy

BAC, look at the whole picture at both RI and Wagner, Danny did a pretty good job at both places but not the major rebuild jobs you're trying to making it look like.
Deane had a disastor year 5-26 that got him fired at Wagner and his body of work during his time there wasn't no great shakes, but 2 years before he was let go the Seahawks were 23-8 and second in the Northeast Conference with a 15-3 record than fell to 16-14 before the season that got him fired.
Baron had four straight 20 or move win seasons and the season before that streak started, he won 19.
So the Rams weren't as inept as you make them out to be when Danny took over.
Hurley just had more upside as a HC there than Baron was and that's why he's a good candidate for the RU HC position .
The other choice might be from Iona or that Stony Brook guy, but don't forget the GW HC might be in the picture as well .
Just that Hobbs probably will have a harder time to convince ML to come to RU than he would
have to talk DH into it.
I'm looking at the St Bonnie's guy as the sleeper in the coaching search if plan B needs to be used
because Danny and/or Mike won't touch the job..

 

[Knight Shift]

this is not accurate...he took a depleted URI who had 7 wins when he left to 8 to 14 to 23 to 17 in a season he lost a NBA player to injury. And your total disregard for his clout in NJ recruiting and knowing the state is evident. He took Wagner to 25-5 didnt make the NCAA that year and left to go to URI...the hate on this board is stunning, we wont be getting any other qualified candidates. The other choice might be the Stony Brook guy

Not a hater. I am pretty dispassionate about basketball. But Danny Hurley has some red flags and a mediocre W-L record. Put the two together, and I lean against his hire. As with football, I will support whoever the AD and administration hires. I am not vehemently opposed to DH, just think there are better alternatives out there like the Stony Brook coach.

 

[nirrad]

His best player missed 6 games total, 2 of which were in their conference tourney. Who else was missing?

Eddie Jordan had it rougher. Let's not play the injury card, especially when it is unwarranted.

Look again he lost his leading scorer at the beginning of the season.

 

[Jackson206:)]

Look again he lost his leading scorer at the beginning of the season.

Don't let the facts get in the way of the anti-Hurley crowd! Some of the garbage being spewed about Hurley is really hilarious. Ignorance is bliss. Is Hurley the answer? Who knows. But, other than this year with the injuries and still ended up just under 500, his teams have gotten progressively better.

 

[AreYouNUTS]

Danny Hurley is the basketball equivalent to Al Golden. Lots of folks seem to want him here because of his New Jersey roots and connections but his coaching record is not stellar, but just OK. Remember early in the football hiring cycle there were articles about mutual interest between Rutgers and Golden.
Maybe the basketball hire will be different.

Well put Shift. I'm find with Hurley if he's hired; just wan the search to be done properly, as was football's, and pray we don't just hand him the job.

 

[nirrad]

Don't let the facts get in the way of the anti-Hurley crowd! Some of the garbage being spewed about Hurley is really hilarious. Ignorance is bliss. Is Hurley the answer? Who knows. But, other than this year with the injuries and still ended up just under 500, his teams have gotten progressively better.

Thank you

 

[G- RUnit]

Don't let the facts get in the way of the pro Hurley crowd. Ignorance is bliss. Not a hater but not a Koolaide drinker either. Danny previously turned down RU and made ridiculous demands. Not exactly showing RU the love. Of course many fans will be skeptical.

Jim Baron's last four years at Rhode Island: 76-59! Dan Hurley's first four years at Rhode: 62-63! That gives me tremendous pause. Just the facts no agenda.

All of you who mocked Eddie for using injury excuse are justifying Hurley's sub .500 record on injuries. Hypocrites much?

 

[anon_ivydyf0amkzay]

"Not exactly showing RU the love."

…and why exactly does he owe RU any love?

 

[G- RUnit]

"Not exactly showing RU the love."

…and why exactly does he owe RU any love?

Turned us down once. I want to hear its my dream job and we are going to win championships, not give me seven years guaranteed when I only coached at Wagner and had a horrible first year at Rhode.

 

[Scarlet_Scourge]

The anti Hurley people are weird. I am not sure what their agenda is or if they realized that we would be lucky to have anyone take this job much less someone who might have a chance to turn things around.

 

[anon_ivydyf0amkzay]

Turned us down once. I want to hear its my dream job and we are going to win championships, not give me seven years guaranteed when I only coached at Wagner and had a horrible first year at Rhode.

Sadly, the reality is that it is not a "seller's" market from our point of view...we may have potential out the ***, by virtue of geography alone, but we SUCK and have SUCKED for a LOOOONG time. In the time since our last NCAAT, I graduated, joined the military, retired after 22 years and have started another career!

 

[RUfinal4]

I think Hurley is only 43 years old. That is a good age for a new coach. The GW guy sounds like a good coach too but my fear is the recruiting game / pressure of Rutgers / NJ may be tough for him coming from a private school.

With Hurley, he recruited for St Ben's to become a top HS program. At Wagner he made them respectable where they are in the NIT this year. At URI he has done well although not superior yet.

At Rutgers he has the connections to get at least 2 top 30 NJ players each year. There are 2 St Anthony's players in the NJ 2016 top 10 from 24/7 sports with 1 going to Georgetown and 1 to Eastern Kentucky. A St Ben's kid is going to GW next year.

 

[G- RUnit]

The Hurley lovers are just as odd and seem to think there is sone sort of agenda or vast hoops conspiracy when many are just not sold when he previously rejected us, has been a .500 coach at Rhode, has had some on court incidents, has never been to the Big Dance and is not his father.