No shot lmao. The state government is ponying up for a basketball coach? How will the taxpayers feel about that one?
Hurley offer rumor
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Really? How many coaches has Kentucky had that was here less than 8 years? I can only think of two.
Oh yeah. Soccer coaches are some of the highest paid on earth. But no COLLEGE coach makes that.
Unless the two old friends were working together to create some media smoke. MB had to already know Drew was never coming here.
Prob giving him too much credit here.
If this works out, I’d love see a behind the scene doc or a 30 for 30 on all this.
Yeah that's not a good sign when the candidate won't even meet with you lol. The agent is just meeting to try to get him a raise at UCONN.
No horse farms involved. They are offering ownership of Keeneland in the package.
If what I saw from last year the 12.5 million would put Hurley in the top 10 of soccer managers around the world.
I think we all should just get a life. This reminds me of the Saturday Night Live Star Trek episode with William Shatner. In his immortal words….”a thing I started as a lark has now been turned into a colassal waste of time.” You there…have you ever kissed a girl? We will be rewarded in short order with a championship level coach and life will go on. Just sayin…
Agents meet without their clients all the time. It’s to see if the offer is serious. Hurley would be like 2 hours away at most.
Hard to concentrate on anything else. Hurley has always been my number 1 choice, like many others. Would be incredible.
He's a reputable source. A very fair Uconn fan.
And I imagine most tax payers are loving Hurley right about now, don't you? I don't thin that's going to be a problem. But I also don't know how all this works, and Im not saying its going to happen or that the Governor isn't blowing smoke.
But I do believe that the Governor said this. CT has more money than KY. Has more Millionaires and Billionaires. I'm sure they can find this money if needed.
Guess we'll see if their money is where their mouth is.
Can you provide a video clip of said plane coming to a stop in front of some trees?
OK look at it like this. IF UCONN gave him a raise, it would NOT be 8-10 million. MAYBE 6-6.5 up from 5 (still a 20-22% raise with a budget already leaking oil and needed GOVERMENT to approve the 5 million, not school board the STATE). So you can make 12.5 million at one school, 6 million at the other. Which one would YOU take ? A couple million you are right, might not be enough to tip the scales. But DOUBLE what you make ? Be a fool not to.
A video of the UK boosters coming out of the meeting to determine how much they are willing to pay has emerged......
I called it. I knew there was no way Hurley would consider a measly 12.5 million per year when he is building a dynasty and about to pass UK in titles. They need to go significantly higher like 15 to 20 million.
Man I hope you're right - but you can also think of it along these lines...
Can UCONN afford NOT to match the offer? UCONN had an 18% increase in college applications after the won the 2023 title - over 57,000 applicants. UCONN is expecting over 60,000 applicants for the upcoming school year. Take Hurley and the titles away, how much can that hurt the university?
Shouldn't be too hard with Connecticut's tax rates...lol
Money can’t buy happiness. All the money in the world isn’t going to get Hurley to KY if his heart and soul is at UConn. Didn’t we just find that out with Scott Drew.
Well there we have it.
Off to Oats and Donovan.
(Hurley is an idiot...FYI...this was crazy money at the best college basketball program in the country...)
Yeah I agree with you. It's really not that hard of a sell. When the UCONN men's/women's basketball is elite, that HAS to be really good for the Connecticut economy. Want the economy to stay high - keep winning. And UCONN seems to love their basketball
A video of the UK boosters coming out of the meeting to determine how much they are willing to pay has emerged......
Oats isn't an option. Only Donovan is left in tier 1 and we can't put all our eggs in that basket so now we are going to hear names like Shaka, Beard, Sean Miller. I think we will wait on Donovan we just have to move forward with a plan if he says no