According to Pilgrim and others is 8 years 100 million.
Hurley offer rumor
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Wow. That would make him like the 5th highest paid head coach in all levels of basketball
I didn't believe pretty much anything about the Drew rumors. I am choosing to believe this.
Zero chance he turns that down!
12.5 million per year seems a little low to try get a New England man to leave a New England School after winning back to back titles. I feel like it should be 15 million per year with a 5 million bonus per Final Four. I would assume UConn will be able to offer some what close to 10 million like in the 7.5-10 million range so 12.5 isn't going to seem that big of a difference if they can offer 10 million. Also what's the point of offering the super long deals? The coach can apparently leave whenever they want to but if they have bad performance we can't fire them. Might as well do 3-5 year contracts so the coach stays hungry to do well for the next contract.
That is crazy money. I would coach UL or Duke for that amount. lol
Making more than any coach across any college sport….WOW JUST WOW
Zero chance the rumor is true also
I read that UConn is operating in a deficit already.
My brother in law told the wife just now Hurley will be KY’s Coach. Not sure how he knows this but they are friends. Just passing along my 2 cents
$12.5 is insane. Plus it's the starting point. We would likely go higher.
Hurley's sports and speaking engagement agencies have offices in NYC, just 25-30 min drive from LGA airport in Queens, where the Craft private jet N72UK flew this morning and is still parked.
People can’t say Mitch isn’t swinging for the fences. That’s a big sack offer.
I'd call that a worthy offer! If he turns it down, it's the classic case of two fools...One for offering it and the other for walking away. If true, we have a new coach!
Did this convo happen at thanksgiving dinner and are any horse farms involved?
I choose to believe
Gotcha. Seems like pretty solid information then. Thanks.
I’ll be honest. I can respect this offer. If he turns that down that’s not on Mitch.
First positive thing I’ve heard since this whole fiasco started.
Let’s hope it’s true
First positive thing I’ve heard since this whole fiasco started.
Let’s hope it’s true
I would cheer for them at 10% of that
Your bro-in-law and wife are friends? Keep an eye on that.
For that Amount of coin, what are the expectations? What happens the first time he’s knocked out in the first weekend of the tourney or loses to Arkansas in the first round of the SEC tourney? Or heaven forbid loses 10 games?
Of course this is real, but there’s no escaping the fact that pastor Scott left Mitch tucked in bed all alone last night and left him at the midnight hour.
I was just about to type this and they don't have football. The Big East is dying as a conference so they don't have that TV money either.
$12.5mil, as it is, would break the college basketball market... Again, as it is.
Whoa, that offer actually seems extreme when you put in context. That is more money than either Nick Saban or Kirby Smart made last year. And of course you know football is in a different stratosphere when it comes to revenue generation. Plus, Kirby and Nick are more accomplished at this stage than Hurley is.
You worry the agent in NY would get an offer sheet from UK , then simply fax it to UConn and get a bump from them….tho they couldn’t do near the number UK will give
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