NY Times article on Hurley/Murray

MrRamsDen76 · Unread post by **MrRamsDen76** » 10 years ago

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/14/sport ... tml?src=me

Unread post by **ATPTourFan** » 10 years ago

Seth Berkman has been working on this for a few months. I'm sure he was disappointed that he couldn't interview Dan or Luke in Kingston or Brooklyn for this piece.

Rhody72 · Unread post by **Rhody72** » 10 years ago

I'm not sure whom Luke has been instrumental in recruiting at URI. But, this is his first year. Let's see who signs this spring and fall.

Unread post by **TruePoint** » 10 years ago

Would be Luke if we land Gustys. I think Luke has been primarily focused on future classes, though. Considering when he came on board, that makes sense. He came with the expectation that he'd be a strong recruiter, and I wouldn't doubt that just because he hasn't brought anyone in yet. Recruiting is a relationship-based endeavor so you have to allow some time to build relationships.

Rhodygirl2 · Unread post by **Rhodygirl2** » 10 years ago

On vacation this week in Mexico. At the resort we're staying in, they do an abridged nytimes and give it to you at breakfast. I went straight to the back page for the sports, and there was a piece on Rhody! So random and nice.

Time to look to the future, can't wait to see how the team shapes up for next year.

Rhody Blue · Unread post by **Rhody Blue** » 10 years ago

It is good for the program to get some pub in the NY Times. But lets not kid ourselves. The article calls Hurley and Murray the leaders of the staff, That is laughable as Preston Murphy is not even mentioned in the article and is responsible for bringing in amongst others the A10 co-rookie of the year and hopefully a stud point guard in Jarvis for next year. Best decision Hurley made was to keep Preston on board for his the staff .

Running Ram · Unread post by **Running Ram** » 10 years ago

Rhody Blue wrote:Best decision Hurley made was to keep Preston on board for his the staff .

definitely one of his best decisions.

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 10 years ago

I thought the same thing, Rhody Blue.
Preston is clearly the MVP on the staff.
To me, keeping him was THE best decision Hurley
has made, with the possible exception of not
leaving for Rutgers.

scine20 · Unread post by **scine20** » 10 years ago

The writer said that Billy Baron left "before this season."

Do these people have editors? Geez.

bressler3south · Unread post by **bressler3south** » 10 years ago

It's not the Times of yesteryear, that's for sure…BUT, the exposure is good, the syndication is good wherever it gets picked-up….

bressler3south · Unread post by **bressler3south** » 10 years ago

http://college-basketball.si.com/2014/0 ... ?eref=sihp

Nice article on SI.com about the A-10.

Unread post by **TruePoint** » 10 years ago

I think you guys are looking at the article as a sports piece. It wasn't. It was a human interest piece that happened to have a sports angle, and the target audience is different from the average sports fan. Considering the article's perspective, none of the criticisms leveled here should be surprising. (Not that they aren't legit)

adam914 · Unread post by **adam914** » 10 years ago

Right, more of a piece about two coaches with very famous fathers.

Unread post by **ATPTourFan** » 10 years ago

adam914 wrote:Right, more of a piece about two coaches with very famous fathers.

Yep, that was exactly the point.

Miramfan · Unread post by **Miramfan** » 10 years ago

This was good exposure for URI but, If I did not read this forum and the recruiting section, I would think that Luke was the Head Assistant or the Associate Head Coach. The article referred to him and Coach Hurley as the leaders of the Staff. Obviously Coach Hurley leads this team but the facts state that Murphy is the Lead Assistant.

McRam · Unread post by **McRam** » 10 years ago

Though about starting a thread that said, "Hurley might leave", but decided that those of us "Graybeards" might not survive until we opened the thread. In any event, it is about Hurley so I decided to put it in the Hurley family thread.

http://www.ubbullrun.com/2014/3/18/5524 ... bby-hurley

PS Understand Buffalo turned down CIT bid, CFL was happy!!

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 10 years ago

It will be interesting to see which Hurley moves on first.

Hopefully it's Bobby. Dan's got a lot of work to do here, and it's going to take a while. Of course I would love to see him here for a long time, just like Shaka will be at VCU.

And be just as successful as Smart is too.

ace · Unread post by **ace** » 10 years ago

I know coaching can keep you bouncing around, but no way he's moving his family for the fourth time in four years. Buffalo is not a great coaching gig right now, but they're doing some good things at that school in general with their sports. Not having McCrea next year will be tough and a chance to show what kind of coach he is (my take, a pretty good one, which is hardly surprising).

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 10 years ago

Yeah, I give him 2-3 years, and he'll get an offer he likes for sure.

twisted3829 · Unread post by **twisted3829** » 10 years ago

bobby tweeted that the rumors are not true, he's not going anywhere

Unread post by **TruePoint** » 10 years ago

That's a solid tweet

ramster · Unread post by **ramster** » 10 years ago

TruePoint wrote:That's a solid tweet

Don't get much more solid than that. Should squelch the rumors for the short term and the long term. Interesting that he even states he is not doing this again.

Running Ram · Unread post by **Running Ram** » 10 years ago

ramster wrote:
TruePoint wrote:That's a solid tweet
Don't get much more solid than that. Should squelch the rumors for the short term and the long term. Interesting that he even states he is not doing this again.

Yeah, I like it, he's going to stick around and try to build something special for UB and he's not putting his family through another upheaval. Good man Bobby Hurley.

twisted3829 · Unread post by **twisted3829** » 10 years ago

i don't think he wants to move his family to a new state for the 3rd year in a row

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 10 years ago

Does this mean that Bobby is now a hotter coaching prospect than Dan?

RF1 · Unread post by **RF1** » 10 years ago

Billyboy78 wrote:Does this mean that Bobby is now a hotter coaching prospect than Dan?

I think the shine has come off a bit for Danny. Two losing seasons will do that for you. Bobby has always been the bigger name and just came off one of the most successful seasons ever (not saying much) at Buffalo. He is likely the hotter Hurley prospect right now. If Danny has a good season next year and Bobby stumbles, it flips. It is all about what have you done lately.

twisted3829 · Unread post by **twisted3829** » 10 years ago

no offense to Bobby but he had a lot more talent left over at Buffalo than Dan did here

Unread post by **ATPTourFan** » 10 years ago

"Hotness" with regard to coaches usually comes just from some guy on the internet throwing crap at the wall. Now, if schools are actually engaging a coach, that should count towards one's hotness. I don't read much into this stuff.

Unread post by **SGreenwell** » 10 years ago

RF1 wrote:
Billyboy78 wrote:Does this mean that Bobby is now a hotter coaching prospect than Dan?
I think the shine has come off a bit for Danny. Two losing seasons will do that for you. Bobby has always been the bigger name and just came off one of the most successful seasons ever (not saying much) at Buffalo. He is likely the hotter Hurley prospect right now. If Danny has a good season next year and Bobby stumbles, it flips. It is all about what have you done lately.

I think Bobby is the hotter coaching prospect right this second, but it's also a matter of degree. Like, if Duke had a coaching vacancy, neither one of them is getting a sniff. If an A-10 team had an opening, then Bobby might be a candidate, depending on his connections to the program hiring. I don't think Danny could jump to a high major or power conference right now, but he's better positioned to do that than Bobby, who's coaching a low conference team.

scine20 · Unread post by **scine20** » 10 years ago

My prediction is that Bobby Hurley's next job will be at Duke taking over for Coach K.

ace · Unread post by **ace** » 10 years ago

scine20 wrote:My prediction is that Bobby Hurley's next job will be at Duke taking over for Coach K.

Tommy Amaker

I love Bobby, but his job gets a lot tougher next year without McCrea. Not many new coaches inherit their conference's player of the year.

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 10 years ago

Amaker bombed at a BCS school when he got canned by Michigan.
He should stay put or take a mid major job.

ace · Unread post by **ace** » 10 years ago

I'll tell him you said so

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 10 years ago

Isn't Amaker the leading candidate for the BC job?

ace · Unread post by **ace** » 10 years ago

Billyboy78 wrote:Isn't Amaker the leading candidate for the BC job?

Yes, but not everyone's convinced that's a good move, which is saying something.

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 10 years ago

I though Jim Calhoun was?
Who'd want that BC job, anyway?
Baron? Jerry D? Gordie Chiesa?

Unread post by **TruePoint** » 10 years ago

If I were Amaker, I wouldn't be interested in the BC job.

scine20 · Unread post by **scine20** » 10 years ago

BC is a bad job. They play in a horrible arena and it's a terrible place to recruit. I'd hold out for something better if I were Amaker. Wake Forest just fired their coach. That's 10 times the job that the BC job is.

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 10 years ago

Calhoun has interest in this? WTF is he thinking?

I've heard BC has no interest in him. Still bad blood between UConn and BC no doubt.

Unread post by **TruePoint** » 10 years ago

rambone 78 wrote:Calhoun has interest in this? WTF is he thinking?

I've heard BC has no interest in him. Still bad blood between UConn and BC no doubt.

Maybe he's thinking he likes money? He's a Boston guy and he isn't working, and he would only be coaching for a couple years win, lose or draw. I think the BC job is terrible, but even I can't think of a reason why Calhoun wouldn't take it if his health would allow him to coach.

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 10 years ago

I was thinking more along the lines of, how does he think BC would take him?

You're right about his reasons for wanting the job, just don't think BC wants him.

Unread post by **ATPTourFan** » 10 years ago

I think Calhoun had someone leak feigned interest just to bust some balls.

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