Who was the guy you were pushin' for when Rice got the boot? Pretty sure if was Chris Jent or Jeff Lebo. Oh yeah, that's right. It was Pat Sullivan.
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Danny Hurley - Rhode Island
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If Hobbs got those concessions the he will be playing in a bigger talent pool for coaches. Expect to hear new names.
this can be a lot of things. Maybe we didn't want to offer him all his asks. Maybe we didn't want to pay his buyout from URI. Also, if Danny can become successful in the A10 for a 3-5 year period then he will be looking at a bigger pay day with a more prestigious program. For all we know, he may want to coach SHU when that job opens up again in the future.
Blessing in disguise imo.
Gotta believe Johnny Dawkins is now in play, given his experience and ties to Coach K..The mention of bringing Billet back as an assistant is a tip off..
Honestly, if his father wasn't the legendary Bob Hurley of St. Anthony's would anybody have gotten excited about the possibility of him coming here ?
He wasn't gonna bring his dad with him.
BTW, please remember that Greg Schiano wasn't RU's first choice back when we were looking for a replacement for Shea.
It was just a blurb. I thought it was a clickable link to an article like most of their front page content. I guess it's the equivalent to what would be crawling across the bottom of the screen if you were watching the channel on TV.@RUforJERSEY , I can't find any story on ESPN.com about Hurley withdrawing his name. All I can find, a dozen items down the sidebar, is a photo with a short caption and no story link.
HURLEY WITHDRAWS FROM RUTGERS JOB
Rhode Island coach Dan Hurley has withdrawn from consideration for the Rutgers job, according to ESPN's Jeff Goodman and multiple reports. Hurley was the frontrunner for the Rutgers job but has decided to return to URI.
Outside of this area Danny Hurley isn't a big enough "name" to garner interest from a bigger program than RU.
Except that Hurley did not build Rhode Island's program. They were already built, minus the last year of the previous coaching regime. If anything, he has taken them backwards.
Other than his last year, Ddoes this look like a program that needed to be rebuilt?
2011-12 7-24
2010 -11 20-14
2009-10 26-10
2008-09 23-11
2007-08 21-12
2006-07 19-14
URI has a Top 25 team coming back next year. A-10 favorites. It was definitely him who turned the job down, not the other way around. He has a good year next year, he can have a much better job.
He was never coming here mostly because a lowball offer from Hobbs and what his roster looks like next year. Like the football search, Hobbs hasn't told anyone s***, and writers are getting info from familiar parties dishing in out familiar stories..
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I believe they havent been since the late 90s....Baron took them to ZERO NCAAs in 11 seasons
they finished 7-24 and no NCAA appearances in 11 years..sounds like going 10 years without a bid and then the 11th you are abysmal, the program is in the *******...its not a defense of Hurley but URI has been irrelevant since the late 90s and I dont know why some are propping up the program
Seton Hall just won the Big East tourny. Do you honestly think Hurley is waiting for that job to open up? If so, you are a complete and utter idiot.
I guess it is possible that they have reached a gentleman's agreement with someone whose team is still playing so they wish to keep it quiet but other than that if someone has agreed to take the job they should announce it. But Hurley seemed to have been their first choice (based on media reports) so my guess is he either didn't like the tenor of the negotiations or just decided to finish the job at RIU. So, who is the next guy up? Sendek? King Rice? Jay Williams?
You're picking and choosing. Baron's first few years, he TRULY did build the program back, and it took him a while. Once he got it rolling, he really got it rolling. The last year he laid an egg, but he did not deserve to be fired after the previous 5 years of winning...and winning a lot.
In 5 out of his last 6 years, that program was absolutely not in the *******.....and he got hosed a few years not getting an at-large bid.
Before that last year, he had won 109 games in the previous 5 years, to only 61 losses. That's averaging 22 wins a year.
109-61.
That's in the *******?
In back to back years he goes 23-11 and 26-10 and doesn't get an at-large bid? He got hosed.
Sorry, not buying it that he was abysmal. Hurley would love to have that kind of success.
"But Hurley seemed to have been their first choice (based on media reports) - Based on media reports"
And where do you think the local bb media are getting this idea? Straight from the royal Hurley family and their NJ cronies, that's where - who are likely very tight with them as they are basically worshiped in NJ by the press. It didn't happen with Ash and the football search because there was no strong local connection like that with Hobbs' main targets. Hobbs didn't talk then and he isn't talking now.
it does not matter what it was before, it matters what Hurley was left with.....he was left with 8 players and 7-24 team...who was on the team 5 years earlier doesnt matter. He didnt have much to work with
yes 7-24 is abysmal and gets your fired especially if you havent made the tourney in 11 years...seems like the program imploded which happens sometimes
yes 7-24 is abysmal and gets your fired especially if you havent made the tourney in 11 years...seems like the program imploded which happens sometimes
to the basketball forum where there are a ton of threads and posts on this subject? lot's of stuff there if you want to engage in it more..hot and heavy
With all the OT posts on this board you have a problem with this one? If you don't like it don't respond.
Hurley probably wants the Boston College job. As I stated multiple times, he was very open when he stated how much he and his Family love the area they are living in.....Chestnut Hill is across the border from Rhode Island.
ONLY UP UP, UP. thank you.... Not hurley is the best news for Rutgers.
Stay away from the other albatross non coach Jay Williams and we will be fine.