I'd rather have Oats. Especially if Hurley wins #2 this year. Law of averages says that he will have a hard time winning many more than 2 titles.
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I don't think it really changes the odds or makes Oats any more likely to win titles in the future compared to Hurley.
When we won in 2012 what happened the next year? NIT. You could say Cal wasn't nearly as hungry after that first one (well that and the fact we lost everyone and had a crappy recruiting class coming in).
Hurley won a title last year. He's back in the title game this year. I don't think hunger is really an issue here. If he didn't lose it after the first one I have a hard time thinking number 2 would magically change things.
Make a offer of 5 year 65 million. Make him the highest paid coach bye about 3.5 mil a year. I thinks it's self at 9.6 mil
I do worry about that… not enough to not want him if we could get him but I think he’s going to hurt himself in the long run yelling at the officials like that.
Pretty sure he wore that in a movie with Adam Sandler.
I'd say offer him 15 million a year for either a 3 or 5 year deal and a 5 million bonus for every time he reaches a Final Four.
Either way Hurley will soon be a 10 million dollar coach..
I read the same thing on the betting odds for our new coach. He was third best odds. I would find a new team to follow if this happens.
I think Lute Olsen announced he wasn't a candidate for the UK job every other year, and got raises every time he did it. Even when the UK job wasn't open. Seems like Rick Barnes did it a couple times too. I don't think either were ever called.
Seriously how does anyone on this message board really know that Hurley won’t come here….. The answer not a one of us don’t….. I guess we will see soon enough how this all shakes out…..
Not sure if UCONN can match KY in the salary, faculties, etc. Money is always a huge factor in these types of decisions.
The refs couldn’t hate him any more than they did Cal!!
At the end of the day if it’s about money UCONN won’t match or come close to what uk will offer
Probably can't go that high.. but it's the right idea. We have to overspend if we want him and make a portion of that salary tied to reaching every level in the NCAa tournament. 50k for a 1st round win, 100k for a 2nd round, etc etc. Hurley can stand to make another, say, 20% in bonuses if he can win in March.
Please god stop posting this fake account tweet.
They have no ad to negotiate a deal for him is my understanding. And no way can uconn pay this man what UK can. As a matter of fact UCOnn may be fine if their coach uses uk as leverage. Fine as in they will let him go. The hurleys know the UK gig is the pinnacle of cbb.
None of us actually know the guy as far as I’m aware, much less his inner thoughts. Message boards are for talking though, so I don’t think there’s anything wrong with saying he’s extremely unlikely to be our next coach. It’s unprecedented for a coach to leave for another college job fresh off a championship, much less back to back if he wins tonight. He also has deep roots in the Northeast. Nothing about it really adds up unless you assume he’s really only concerned with getting as much money as humanly possible. Even then, it’s unclear for now how much we’d outbid UConn by.
I saw that, not sure what people see with him, he’s not his dad and his record is only so so. I don’t get that one.
There's maybe three schools in the country that can ask Hurley to leave UConn with a straight face, Kentucky is one of them, and the other two don't have HC openings. Might as well ask.
You would have been laughed off the board and leading the way are the radio talking heads!
I think some are underestimating Uconns status as a basketball program, and what they are willing to pay him. I don't see a scenario where UK is actually able and willing to give him .ore than 20% over what uconn is giving him. I believe he's already getting 7.5mil (including winning incentives) at Uconn now and we know they are going to up it. Kentucky is probably going to have to get to 11 or even 12mil to have a shot.. Unless Hurley really wants to come here.
I still think Hurley is a long shot.. and I also think there's still to many people who have this "you need UK we, don't need you" mentality.
I still think Hurley is a long shot.. and I also think there's still to many people who have this "you need UK we, don't need you" mentality.
I really don’t think that’s a fair comparison because Hurley can actually coach.
I don't think it really matters, does it? The guy COACHES and PREPS for games.
It’s a long shot but I’m gonna be in the Uconn game threads tonight talking about my new coach Hurley just to see them squirm.
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