Dan Hurley Signs Restructured Contract @ URI through 2021

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 9 years ago

I'm not worried that he's going to leave. The program will move on.

I'm just stating my opinion, no more, no less.

Maybe I should just fucking say "Oh he's staying!" Whoop-de-do!

I hope he stays too. Do any of you think I want him gone?

Get real.

STJKory · Unread post by **STJKory** » 9 years ago

Billyboy78 wrote:
adam914 wrote:
rhodyrudder wrote:Pitino is someone else who may be on the short list at sju.
I thought he was already ruled out?
I think he means Pitino Sr. They have talked about him on the St. John's board, thinking he'd love to come back to NYC for his last glory moment. It's just some wishful thinking by Johnny fans.

Yup, no one with reliable sources have mentioned this. Still Mullin or Hurley and it seems Mullin is 50/50 at best right now.

Frank_Keaney_95 · Unread post by **Frank_Keaney_95** » 9 years ago

A Preston/Skinner/ARD contingency plan sure would be fun and would soften the blow if Hurley does leave.

Don't want Hurely to the leave but get the band back together if he does.

RhowdyRam02 · Unread post by **RhowdyRam02** » 9 years ago

STJKory, why would people there be backing a Mullin candidacy? I get that he was a legendary player there, but I can't find any history of him coaching at any level or working in a college environment. If he takes the job it might work out, but I don't see any evidence at this point to think he's qualified for the job. What am I missing?

RAM67 · Unread post by **RAM67** » 9 years ago

“We’re going to get better in the future. Coach Hurley’s history speaks for itself. I came here because I wanted to be part of his program, to help get things rolling, to help build a program," E.C. Matthews

STJKory · Unread post by **STJKory** » 9 years ago

RhowdyRam02 wrote:STJKory, why would people there be backing a Mullin candidacy? I get that he was a legendary player there, but I can't find any history of him coaching at any level or working in a college environment. If he takes the job it might work out, but I don't see any evidence at this point to think he's qualified for the job. What am I missing?

I'm not 100% on him also, but the staff he has been rumored with is going to be legit. He actually has been offered two NBA head coaching jobs (Warriors and Kings) that he turned down because they were midseason (he wanted a training camp) and he wanted to make sure he had a vet assistant coach group before he took it. So there's a lot of people who think his basketball knowledge would translate into coaching and he is a hard working person in anything he does.

Negatives are lack of coaching history (although he has built teams as a GM before) and lack of recruiting expertise. Many think that Slice would be brought in from Kentucky though, and having connections with NBA people might be interesting to recruits. I'd prefer Danny or Bobby but I'd back Mullin.

Shinze88 · Unread post by **Shinze88** » 9 years ago

rambone 78 wrote: I'm just stating my opinion, no more, no less.

Sometimes less is better..... we get it .. you want him to stay, i think we all have this sentiment, the repeated doom and gloom posts are getting annoying.

Rhody83 · Unread post by **Rhody83** » 9 years ago

If Dan leaves (I believe he is staying), why wouldn't URI look for a similar replacement to what Dan was 3 years ago?

It is a better job than it was three years ago - returning talent, higher pay, workout facility, charter flights. We should be able to attract better coaching candidates than 3 years ago.

If Dan has built this program, the candidates should be existing head coaches.

DanInAZ · Unread post by **DanInAZ** » 9 years ago

Jon Rothstein ‏@JonRothstein 1m1 minute ago
BREAKING --- URI's Dan Hurley has received a contract extension through the 2020-21 season, sources told @CBSSports. Story coming.

Rhody15 · Unread post by **Rhody15** » 9 years ago

STJKory · Unread post by **STJKory** » 9 years ago

Congrats guys.

Rhody15 · Unread post by **Rhody15** » 9 years ago

YES!!!

adam914 · Unread post by **adam914** » 9 years ago

Billyboy78 wrote:
adam914 wrote:
rhodyrudder wrote:Pitino is someone else who may be on the short list at sju.
I thought he was already ruled out?
I think he means Pitino Sr. They have talked about him on the St. John's board, thinking he'd love to come back to NYC for his last glory moment. It's just some wishful thinking by Johnny fans.

Yeah I was totally thinking you meant Richard. My bad.

RhowdyRam02 · Unread post by **RhowdyRam02** » 9 years ago

STJKory wrote:Congrats guys.

Thanks for coming on here and being a good contributor. Good luck with your coaching search going forward

Unread post by **TruePoint** » 9 years ago

Good news but doesn't end the saga for now. Your move, SJU. Will be interesting to read the details.

RhowdyRam02 · Unread post by **RhowdyRam02** » 9 years ago

As for you ungrateful posters who thought Hurley was holding us hostage, for penance get on your running shoes and get ready for the 5k to support Coaches vs. Cancer.

adam914 · Unread post by **adam914** » 9 years ago

Its all over twitter now...had it all the way, never in doubt!

adam914 · Unread post by **adam914** » 9 years ago

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 9 years ago

TruePoint wrote:Good news but doesn't end the saga for now. Your move, SJU. Will be interesting to read the details.

I think it ends it. Love this news! OK, who is the big guy who is coming?......on to more fun and less stressful topics!

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 9 years ago

So happy. Time to get back to more fun and less stressful topics now, like who is the big guy that's coming in? YES!!!!!!!!!

Unread post by **TruePoint** » 9 years ago

Ok I stand corrected on being out of the woods. Glad to be wrong. The Alford situation is why I hesitated to assume it was over, but sources seem not to consider that a possibility here. Good news.

bigappleram · Unread post by **bigappleram** » 9 years ago

Oh poor Darth Idiot. All his dreams crushed, Danny boy turns down a Jersey based P5 job and the almighty Big East and NYC to stay in Kingston. I heard Crow is best served raw. I wonder what his "sources" at the north providence stop n shop are saying now.

Unread post by **TruePoint** » 9 years ago

Ok I stand corrected on being out of the woods. Glad to be wrong. The Alford situation is why I hesitated to assume it was over, but sources seem not to consider that a possibility here. Good news.

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 9 years ago

I trust Zags, the "or anywhere" says it all!nywhere, per source. Will sign extension early this week.

NJ03 · Unread post by **NJ03** » 9 years ago

This is awesome

Ashcat · Unread post by **Ashcat** » 9 years ago

Sweet. I'm so pleased.

Tom98 · Unread post by **Tom98** » 9 years ago

Thank u God!!!!

Tom98 · Unread post by **Tom98** » 9 years ago

I can't take the stress.....are we sure???

theblueram · Unread post by **theblueram** » 9 years ago

Jeez, where is the money coming from??????

PeterRamTime · Unread post by **PeterRamTime** » 9 years ago

HELL YES
HOLY HURLEY
Too much suspense for my liking!

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 9 years ago

So, the report says this has been in the works since February. Makes sense with Rod's post a while back that the Hurley's are house searching in RI.

Tom98 · Unread post by **Tom98** » 9 years ago

Any report from URI directly???

bigappleram · Unread post by **bigappleram** » 9 years ago

If so testament to Thorr for getting ahead of situation and being proactive. Proving to be a great GM

Tom98 · Unread post by **Tom98** » 9 years ago

Where is that prick Jim Donaldson now???

reckless jake · Unread post by **reckless jake** » 9 years ago

Welp, that was NOT fun. I believe we can breathe again and re-open the recruiting stream for new postings again. Cant wait for the upcoming season.

For our friends to the north of us, Karma is a bitch, and I hope it starts with Dunn leaving for the NBA.

Unread post by **TruePoint** » 9 years ago

Tom98 wrote:Any report from URI directly???

URI is likely the source for Koch's report (a guess). School may let Dan's side do the announcement eventually, but important to note they agreed in principal but not finalized yet (no reason to worry about that, just the reason no official announcement yet).

bigappleram · Unread post by **bigappleram** » 9 years ago

I guess he isn't like everyone else (contrary to the belief of one of our biggest "fans" )

ramster · Unread post by **ramster** » 9 years ago

Great news. Well done URI.
I think a Win-Win for Hurley and URI

Ashcat · Unread post by **Ashcat** » 9 years ago

To belabor the budget discussion, URI allocation of the $1.7 Billion State Higher Education Budget is $734 million which is recommend by the Governor as part of her Annual State Budget. This State Budget must be enacted by the Legislature to become effective. Within this budget is a specific line item for every Classified and Non-classified employee of the University. To simplify, Governor Raimondo has recommended an 11% contribution in support of our operating budget. The operating budget is of course totally apart from the Capital Budget which includes the bonded projects backed by the good faith and credit of the State, the components therein which may or may not require voter approval. The Study you cite Rod, was concluded under the Carothers administration as an abstract in 2008. Amazingly it uses a straight line extrapolation that is not coming to fruition as if it was to be believed we should now be at about 5%. I believe the contributions will continue near or at the current level based on the Legislatures' propensity for subsidizing in-state tuition at RIC, CCRI and URI.

Rhody83 · Unread post by **Rhody83** » 9 years ago

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketb ... -year-deal

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 9 years ago

This also has to be a big help for recruiting, having a coach who is being heavily pursued by a (supposedly) better conference. Some great publicity for both Dan and the school......as stressful as it was, it is now worth it.

theblueram · Unread post by **theblueram** » 9 years ago

Ashcat wrote:To belabor the budget discussion, URI allocation of the $1.7 Billion State Higher Education Budget is $734 million which is recommend by the Governor as part of her Annual State Budget. This State Budget must be enacted by the Legislature to become effective. Within this budget is a specific line item for every Classified and Non-classified employee of the University. To simplify, Governor Raimondo has recommended an 11% contribution in support of our operating budget. The operating budget is of course totally apart from the Capital Budget which includes the bonded projects backed by the good faith and credit of the State, the components therein which may or may not require voter approval. The Study you cite Rod, was concluded under the Carothers administration as an abstract in 2008. Amazingly it uses a straight line extrapolation that is not coming to fruition as if it was to be believed we should now be at about 5%. I believe the contributions will continue near or at the current level based on the Legislatures' propensity for subsidizing in-state tuition at RIC, CCRI and URI.

You can't paint that however you want. They can include URI's operating expenses in their budget however they want. Fact is, they contribute $50-60 mill a year. That's it. It would be better for the state to submit in their budget a line item for $60 million for higher ed than the entire URI budget. The state can go f themselves. I'm in favor of privatizing.

bigappleram · Unread post by **bigappleram** » 9 years ago

Very worth it and a highly publicized snubbing if the BE for an A10 coach is a significant event.

ramster · Unread post by **ramster** » 9 years ago

bigappleram wrote:Oh poor Darth Idiot. All his dreams crushed, Danny boy turns down a Jersey based P5 job and the almighty Big East and NYC to stay in Kingston. I heard Crow is best served raw. I wonder what his "sources" at the north providence stop n shop are saying now.

BAR, Love the North Providence Stop and Shop reference

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Love that Hurley has negotiated with URI and stories saying he is going nowhere.

Great day for Keaney Blue members and all URI Fans - students, Alumni and all
Great day for URI players, past, present and future
Great day for the University of Rhode Island
Great day for the Atlantic 10
Great day for the State of Rhode Island
and Great Day for anyone I forgot

CT Rhody · Unread post by **CT Rhody** » 9 years ago

Rhody83 · Unread post by **Rhody83** » 9 years ago

He can tell recruits "I wanted to sign for a longer contract to show you I am staying to run a program that competes for the tournament every year. Come join me."

ramster · Unread post by **ramster** » 9 years ago

Billyboy78 wrote:This also has to be a big help for recruiting, having a coach who is being heavily pursued by a (supposedly) better conference. Some great publicity for both Dan and the school......as stressful as it was, it is now worth it.

For sure,
and all this happening during Elite 8 / Final 4 Weekend when all the College Basketball World is paying attention.
In the end this is better for URI - puts us out there in conversations, TV and Internet.
Great news.

ElmCityRhody · Unread post by **ElmCityRhody** » 9 years ago

YES !

Blue Man · Unread post by **Blue Man** » 9 years ago

Ye of little faith...

theblueram · Unread post by **theblueram** » 9 years ago

The RC is going to be rockin next year!!!!!