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Postby hoops22 » Sun Apr 07, 2024 10:37 pm

Wonder who Kentucky targets. I imagine Hurley is going to be someone they take a close look at.
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Postby stever20 » Sun Apr 07, 2024 10:56 pm

to think this entire string started due to SMU going to the ACC and firing their coach.
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Postby stever20 » Mon Apr 08, 2024 12:42 am

UConn better have the Brinks Trucks ready for Hurley.
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Re: NCAA Coaching Carousel

Postby admin » Mon Apr 08, 2024 6:11 am

stever20 wrote:UConn better have the Brinks Trucks ready for Hurley.

I just can't see it. Would be a very odd match.
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Re: NCAA Coaching Carousel

Postby stever20 » Mon Apr 08, 2024 7:30 am

admin wrote:
stever20 wrote:UConn better have the Brinks Trucks ready for Hurley.

I just can't see it. Would be a very odd match.

May very well be true. But if his agent is worth anything, he'll get as a result of this(along with hopefully b2b titles) a huge raise.
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Re: NCAA Coaching Carousel

Postby Husky_U » Mon Apr 08, 2024 9:02 am

Hurley was already set to get a big raise after this season, per our AD. It will probably be a huge raise now.

I don't see Hurley at Kentucky, but college basketball is now the wild west so who the hell knows...
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Re: NCAA Coaching Carousel

Postby GoldenWarrior11 » Mon Apr 08, 2024 12:29 pm

I get the booster connection, but Calipari seems like such an odd fit for Arkansas. Had the move been to a Louisville (still a top-level program, minimal change in location) or a USC (LA, B1G move) I could see it. Arkansas has always been an underappreciated basketball program, given its fan support and historical success. Will be fascinating to see if he can get Arkansas to a F4 or even win an SEC Championship.

For UK, the expectations are so high that, realistically, there is not a present coach capable of consistently meeting that demand. Even if you take Dan Hurley, there's no way he makes it to his back-to-back NCAAT championship game appearances, as he missed the tournament the first two years; I'm not sure you make it to year three at UK if that happens. It took Scott Drew seven years to even win an NCAAT game, and he has *only* won one NCAA Championship (which doesn't meet the standard or expectation from UK). There is not a beloved alum that the fan base is clamoring for either. The next coach needs to be a winner from day one. Nate Oats checks many of those boxes, as does Bruce Pearl; but neither has won an NCAA Championship.

Will be interesting to see nevertheless.
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Re: NCAA Coaching Carousel

Postby stever20 » Mon Apr 08, 2024 8:11 pm

Nate Oats announces he's going to stay at Alabama.
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Postby stever20 » Tue Apr 09, 2024 12:30 am

Hurley after game- "I'm not going in the portal"
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Re: NCAA Coaching Carousel

Postby ArmyVet » Tue Apr 09, 2024 10:37 am

Fun article in USA Today that is worth a read:

UConn's Dan Hurley is the perfect sports heel. So Kentucky job would be a perfect fit.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/c ... 257594007/
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