That’s the word.
Hines to UConn?
- Thread starter King of S
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Hines on his way out.. “Seton Hall? come on eh, they’re a glorified crew”
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Guess we know what the S stands for in his username…
Hurley was really impressed with him after game 1. Said he thought he was best rookie big man in BE. Similarities to Reed.
If it happens, so much for his ...... whatever..... for Holloway and the Hall.
If it happens, so much for his ...... whatever..... for Holloway and the Hall.
Stop. Hurley loves Holloway and Seton Hall but why does that mean he has to let his program miss out because of it?
If Danny didn’t tamper then whatever. Better than him in Queens.
Wherever he goes he’ll be a great player and we simply have to deal with it… and beat them.
They all tamper. Even us. At least via intermediaries.
Hines is rated the #22 transfer by The Athletic. High major starter and immediate impact wherever he goes. Everyone wants him.
Correct, I guess for me its one thing to know a kid is gone and another thing to initiate the process of poaching kids particularly mid season? Do they all do that as well? I'd hope not but I'm not sure the % is higher than I'd like.
Forget about Hines. Forget about Kadary who goes over to NY and never comes back. Danny Hurley has no respect for this thing. He’s a guy who stepped over his own father to take the big seat.
Style of play in Storrs is better suited for Hines' skillset. I'm pissed because the kid is going to be a star.
Pretty sure Kimani has a job on the Uconn staff principally for stuff like this, like others do on other staffs, including ours. It’s all in the game, to quote another HBO show. Everyone does it, and if you start going through the mental gymnastics of trying to distinguish one instance from another, it becomes silly. Hell our HC got caught doing this as an AC here with TT and Cuse.
The conference needs to re-implement the rules it used to have about not being able to transfer to a conference school without a 2 year sit out.
If rich programs can buy the best players from their conference foes, it will destroy the parity that makes teams improve and protects the actual level of competition in conference play.
It will be like a sporting event in which Kim Jong Un is a contestant. Or UConn & St. Johns will be the Harlem Globe Trotters while the rest of the league will be variants of the Generals.
If rich programs can buy the best players from their conference foes, it will destroy the parity that makes teams improve and protects the actual level of competition in conference play.
It will be like a sporting event in which Kim Jong Un is a contestant. Or UConn & St. Johns will be the Harlem Globe Trotters while the rest of the league will be variants of the Generals.
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They can implement it, but these rules no longer stand up in court.
If Hurley never reached out to Hines' people like Pitino did before he went into the portal I have no issue with him going to UConn.
Yup and if you want the Big East to be good, telling the other teams they can't recruit good players from the conference certainly does not help the league overall. Teams in the conference like SHU need to step up and keep their players.
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Queens got their site set on a more skilled and more agile big man from Africa via the South west
Aint happening with transfer rule in conference and nor should it. That would put schools in the Big East at a disadvantage nationally. NCAA can’t even do a broad transfer limitation rule.
Yankees and Red Sox were the Harlem Globetrotters to rest of AL East for 3 decades. Survival of the fittest when there is no cap on spending.
The Golden Boy may not be looking so golden right now.
No doubt Hurley is a prick, but can’t blame him in this case. His job is to improve his team by all means.
And to quote the great philosopher Norm Peterson: “It’s a dog eat dog world and I don’t want to be caught wearing Milkbone underwear.”
I have a bridge to sell in Brooklyn if you believe UCONN did not reach out to Hines during the season.
Portal ain’t played that way. Hurley is no Saint. And his assistant Young, who has a very scrupulous past, is no choirboy
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I have no idea or doubt that contact was made. It’s an open market and everything is in play. I don’t fault Hurley.
Seton Hall only has Seton Hall to blame, assuming the kid even wanted to stay.
Come on, you cannot seriously believe that to be true? I understand the dynamic you are wrestling with here and that you don't think Hurley will ever take a Hall transfer, and maybe you end up being right. But if he goes to Uconn, this is no different than if he went to SJU, and no different than Richmond. That may be upsetting for many here and the various narratives folks spin, but it won't be for those who have accepted the reality of this absurd portal NIL world.
Does it matter "IF" they did or not? Everyone is going to assume that they did once he commits there. It's like the old days whenever we were in contention for a top flight recruit. "IF" the kid chose to commit elsewhere then those who drank the SHU kool aid would say it was because the other school gave him a big bag of money.
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I wouldn't be shocked if someone from Uconn reached out to Hines before the season ended but there is a difference between him & Kadary, who was a fully developed, all Big East player.