Matt just said…

[Wonky]

… that he believes the first guy between Hurley and Drew to accept the job offer will have it.

If that’s true, I’m disappointed. You have to make Hurley say no before you extend an offer to Drew. Just have to.

 

[Wildcat Sheli]

Wait!?!? Is it protocol to make offers to more than one person at a time?

 

[EliteBlue]

That comes off to me like Mitch wanting it to be Drew and stacking the deck in his favor while still being able to pay lip service to “I offered Hurley”

 

[TheBlueMist]

You (and Matt) don’t think Mitch is just waiting next to a phone for the first call to come in, do you? This isn’t The Amazing Race. UK can do all kinds of things to massage information to make it appear they got who they (always) wanted.

 

[Cats192]

… that he believes the first guy between Hurley and Drew to accept the job offer will have it.

If that’s true, I’m disappointed. You have to make Hurley say no before you extend an offer to Drew. Just have to.

He just said "If you got Scott Drew, it's because you didn't get Hurley."

 

[the nail at the foul line]

… that he believes the first guy between Hurley and Drew to accept the job offer will have it.

If that’s true, I’m disappointed. You have to make Hurley say no before you extend an offer to Drew. Just have to.

You don't make two offers

 

[Larry Skaggs]

… that he believes the first guy between Hurley and Drew to accept the job offer will have it.

If that’s true, I’m disappointed. You have to make Hurley say no before you extend an offer to Drew. Just have to.

Mitch’s job is not to make Hurley say no, it is to make him say yes

 

[Wonky]

He just said "If you got Scott Drew, it's because you didn't get Hurley."

He said that after I posted. Prior to the last break he said he thinks they will take the first guy to accept it.

 

[TM2013]

Im listening too and I did not hear that. Might have missed it I guess. He has said multiple times he thinks UK is throwing the bank at Hurley today.

 

[CatOfDaVille]

I'll be very disappointed if we didn't offer Billy D before deciding on Drew.

 

[docholiday51]

Matt Jones will be well down the list of who is the first to know what is really going on.

 

[RunninRichie]

I kinda like it. Puts pressure on Hurley to hurry up and decide. But Jones is probably lying, he knows nothing anymore.

 

[sam_o]

He doesn’t have a clue

 

[JimboBBN]

I'll be very disappointed if we didn't offer Billy D before deciding on Drew.

You and 99 percent of this fanbase

 

[catben]

Every effort will be exhausted to bring Dan Hurley to UK because he is the boosters choice. So if we end up with Scott Drew, it will be because Hurley just doesn’t want to leave UConn, not because Mitch didn’t do all he could to bring him here.

 

[4UK4Life]

So did he offer them both 11m?

 

[rick64]

I'll be very disappointed if we didn't offer Billy D before deciding on Drew.

He's burned Mitch before. He said he wanted the job then backed out. Timing with him isn't great either with the NBA playoffs starting next week. Can he afford to wait maybe several weeks for Donovan to maybe say no again. Agree he'd be a great hire, but I think UK and Mitch feel like they need to act fairly quickly to build a roster.

 

[BoogieTowns]

I don't know if this guy knows anything but I just saw this Tweet

 

[MidseasonTweak]

It's going to be Drew if that's the case. Drew would accept in a heart beat. Ugh.

 

[docholiday51]

So does that mean that UK is making Hurley and Drew the same offer? Does that make any sense?

 

[RunninRichie]

I don't know if this guy knows anything but I just saw this Tweet

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Walking into a disaster here. CALL BILLY DONOVAN.

 

[WildcatSir]

I don't think he can offer both coaches at once. If so he never offered Dan Hurley.

 

[Kattopper]

Matt Jones will be well down the list of who is the first to know what is really going on.

This. The guy is out of the loop.

 

[R.O.T.Muckinfush]

He's burned Mitch before. He said he wanted the job then backed out. Timing with him isn't great either with the NBA playoffs starting next week. Can he afford to wait maybe several weeks for Donovan to maybe say no again. Agree he'd be a great hire, but I think UK and Mitch feel like they need to act fairly quickly to build a roster.

Bullshit, you won't have to wait several weeks. It's obvious Mitch is giving preferential treatment to his buddy and isn't even going to reach out to Donavan. The whole machine is behind it too covering for Mitch.

 

[Blueaz]

That comes off to me like Mitch wanting it to be Drew and stacking the deck in his favor while still being able to pay lip service to “I offered Hurley”

Bingo...
us hicks are too stupid to realize that

 

[Dontworryboutit23]

Well I don’t see

I'll be very disappointed if we didn't offer Billy D before deciding on Drew.

The issue with donavon is you have to wait it out awhile and it’s a massive gamble

 

[JFCats22]

Bullshit, you won't have to wait several weeks. It's obvious Mitch is giving preferential treatment to his buddy and isn't even going to reach out to Donavan.

Thanks for the update. 1) Mitch and Drew are not buddies, this false narrative that keeps being pushed is hilarious to me, 2) you should let the media and everyone else know that Mitch isn't going to reach out to Billy D since you are in the loop on this

 

[catben]

I don't know if this guy knows anything but I just saw this Tweet

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So none of these coaches wives or family want to move to Lexington????

This place is WAAAAAAYYYYY better than Waco and Storrs!!!!!

 

[WhoAreTheseBoosters]

… that he believes the first guy between Hurley and Drew to accept the job offer will have it.

If that’s true, I’m disappointed. You have to make Hurley say no before you extend an offer to Drew. Just have to.

LOL at thinking that’s how business is done.

 

[the nail at the foul line]

Walking into a disaster here. CALL BILLY DONOVAN.

Have I ever been wrong? Drew is very good.

 

[wfc7]

Matt understandably seems to be offering a lot of time to speculating about the coaches he believes are UK’s top two picks. Maybe he should be talking more about the third pick (who may be THE pick).

 

[JFCats22]

So none of these coaches wives or family want to move to Lexington????

This place is WAAAAAAYYYYY better than Waco and Storrs!!!!!

Nearly every coach has wives, kids, etc...I don't buy any of that as being a reason why Drew (or anyone else) doesn't accept a job.

 

[Bluesbrother]

So did he offer them both 11m?

Good question ... they're both not worth $11, for sure.

 

[Sejonesy]

 

[Jakerz]

Mitch has got a lot of questions to answer once this is all over and he should be accountable for every single one.
Hopefully our fake journos will grow a pair and ask the tough questions and stop worrying about their shitty inside sources getting their feelings hirt

 

[SemperFiCat]

Does Matt Jones get back in the loop, or in UK's better graces since Cal is gone? Can anyone speak to that development?

 

[RondoBaller21]

Can’t believe he didn’t call Billy first smh.

 

[catben]

Bullshit, you won't have to wait several weeks. It's obvious Mitch is giving preferential treatment to his buddy and isn't even going to reach out to Donavan. The whole machine is behind it too covering for Mitch.

Billy is NOT going to leave Chicago until they are eliminated from the playoffs. They have a Play-In game one week from today. If they win they will play in another series, that puts it off for at least 2 more weeks.

So, YES, it could be “several weeks” until he could come to Lexington. That is a HUGE problem in this day and age of the transfer portal.

 

[docholiday51]

Getting Hurley out of UCONN will be nearly impossible. They have won titles back to back. He probably thinks he can win a third, no one in coaching would pass up that opportunity.

 

[R.O.T.Muckinfush]

Matt jones is cucking for barney and supporting Drew to get back in good graces. Jones is establishment although he pretends not to be. He should be dogging this pick like Clay Travis did for Schiano..... but we don't have a real personality on the fans side... it is all controlled