[OFFICIAL] Hurley Signs Extension With URI

Ben · Unread post by **Ben** » 11 years ago

I'm a bit late to the party on this. Can someone please tell me how, exactly, this is definite (Hurley staying)?

For whatever reason, I don't feel confident until I see that he officially signed. Someone, please help me to feel better about this. thanks, in advance.

rhodyfan3 · Unread post by **rhodyfan3** » 11 years ago

I hope this is true 100%. Excuse my language but I fucking love Dan Hurley and what he can do here. I love URI we can be at the top and we will be soon!

Rhody74 · Unread post by **Rhody74** » 11 years ago

What's encouraging is that Hurley, indeed, is looking at the long-term. By improving the program as a whole, he knows it'll help in recruiting which, in turn, will improve his own prospects. If he builds a consistent winner, he may jump to a destination job, but we'll be better positioned to attract a better replacement.

wakefield · Unread post by **wakefield** » 11 years ago

ajerseyguy

"Anyone who thinks that Skinner can’t still recruit, coach and win is flat out wrong, but then again we are dealing with a core group of athletic directors who want to win press conferences as much or more than they want to win games, who use search firms to tell them who is good and who is not.

If I were Rutgers and I wanted to reshape my image and establish stability quickly, I would look at Big East associate commissioner Nick Carparelli as the Director of Athletics and if you want the Jersey connection, I would talk to Hurley. But I would also give Skinner more than a quick look."

hrstrat57 · Unread post by **hrstrat57** » 11 years ago

Still not a peep on projo dot com. almost 5 past 10.

Zero.

Amazing stir the pot and then the soup doesn't come out the way you want run and hide.

Ha ha silence speaks volumes.

The downcity nightmare coming true is gonna be sooooo sweet!

rjsuperfly66 · Unread post by **rjsuperfly66** » 11 years ago

rodfromcranston wrote:BRB thinks he's too good for our board. Whatever......
You remember that thread I'm talking about. Very entertaining!

No, I agree with you, it was a pretty, stupid, pointless thread, where one was trying to get the other to come fight in the handicap bathroom stall outside of section X for whatever reason, I can't even remember why.

Rich is more than fair with his banning technique as a whole though. People who bring valuable content to the site get a longer leash than people who are trying to flame or spam or start fights, and not for nothing Rod, but you know what your intent was. I believe there are no temporary timeouts, otherwise I'm sure everyone would face the occasionally 24 hour timeout.

Back on topic, the more news that comes out, the better it looks for URI. It's funny because when I got home tonight, I started reading this thread on page 11, and talk about difference in emotions from page 11 to page 13 to page 15. Good for URI though, hopefully this sticks and DH can get back to getting some weapons to maybe keep the game close next year in Kingston

ElmCityRhody · Unread post by **ElmCityRhody** » 11 years ago

Atta boy ATP !

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 11 years ago

When Hurley signs the extension, he will then inform the media that he will not be going anywhere. Any overtures from Rutgers will be rejected.

He might even do that tomorrow morning, on the aforementioned radio show.

I would guess Dan will then sign on Tuesday, when he gets back from the FF.

scine20 · Unread post by **scine20** » 11 years ago

TruePoint wrote:Is this going to be in the Projo tomorrow?

When this extension is signed, people that called out the coach's character should be ready to repent.

I sure as heck will.

I'll apologize on this board once I see it.

Rhody74 · Unread post by **Rhody74** » 11 years ago

hrstrat57 wrote:Still not a peep on projo dot com. almost 5 past 10.

Zero.

Amazing stir the pot and then the soup doesn't come out the way you want run and hide.

Ha ha silence speaks volumes.

The downcity nightmare coming true is gonna be sooooo sweet!

They're not worrying about the website now. It's near deadline for the dead tree version of the paper.

ramfan85 · Unread post by **ramfan85** » 11 years ago

hrstrat57 wrote:Still not a peep on projo dot com. almost 5 past 10.

Zero.

Amazing stir the pot and then the soup doesn't come out the way you want run and hide.

Ha ha silence speaks volumes.

The downcity nightmare coming true is gonna be sooooo sweet!

In all fairness, we can't expect them to miss "last call" at whatever dive they're in.

scine20 · Unread post by **scine20** » 11 years ago

ramfan85 wrote:My head is spinning. If this turns out to be true about Hurley staying, maybe we should ask the mods to completely erase this thread.

Oh, and by the way, I just found out what the BloJo's top story is for tomorrow: "Ravens beat the Pats in AFC Championship game."

Nah, they're not that far yet.

They're still covering the Red Sox collapse in 2011.

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 11 years ago

It's really sad...that the last media outlet to report important news about it's state university, is in it's own state.

All the projo's sports "reporters" do now, is reword news from other outlets. Last to know, first to blow.

STC · Unread post by **STC** » 11 years ago

Who gives a shit if the Projo ever reports on this story, the Projo is irrelevant. They are dying a slow death like most newspapers around the country.

What is more important is URI gaining relevance on the national scale. I love that Sports Illustrated is all over the Hurley extension, then followed up by Zags Blog and NJlive.

But, HERE is the most interesting part, did anyone see Billy Baron's jab at URI athletics....

Hey Billy, sour grapes buddy. Your dad had ten years at URI and couldn't accomplish a damn thing. Nobody cares about soft 20 win seasons, take that shit to Canisius where you and your pappy belong!

Btw here are some more links to Hurley fodder, including Cordischi chiming in....

http://www.nypost.com/p/blogs/collegesp ... z2PjxmL277

http://www.golocalprov.com/sports/repor ... -contract/

Hoping someone will get a podcast to this as I'm not going to be up at 7AM....

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 11 years ago

Grandkids in bed, daughter out with her friends.
Now I have quiet and can watch Michgan win.
Oh, I have to walk Arthur soon......
I am very happy right now, and no Debbie Downers can spoil it.
Do what Shaka does. Us against the world!
Plus, when was the last time the Blojo broke a story on URI?
Art Martone, Sean McAdam and half the Projo staff were right, when they went to CSNE. The print media is dying.
Gotta love Cordishi bringing he financial problems at URI into it.
Wooo! Better hope Hurley isn't sucky like Jim Baron!

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 11 years ago

Who is Cindy Boren?

Ex Cindy Baron?

ramfan85 · Unread post by **ramfan85** » 11 years ago

I'm sure CFL is pushing for more folding chairs on the floor of their gym.
As for Billy, he wasn't here long enough to know what our programs are like.

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 11 years ago

Rod, Cordischi is a toad.

Like the state is going to pay for any of it, meaning program improvements. Not hardly.

I'm sure some of the money needed

was wrangled out of some boosters, and some will come from increased revenue from winning.

Just like the money to get rid of clown-o came from boosters.

Captainron@ · Unread post by **Captainron@** » 11 years ago

Hope the rumors are true

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 11 years ago

Wow, I went out 5 hours ago all pissed off and come home to read this. What a roller coaster of emotions today regarding my favorite sports team. And SCREW PC. I HATE THAT SCHOOL. I HATE DAVE GAVITT...... AND ALL YOU PC FANS...SCREW YOU TOO!!! .....there, i got that off my chest, i feel better.

Rhody Blue · Unread post by **Rhody Blue** » 11 years ago

Rod- Ask your sources whether Chris Christie called Hurley . I heard he did call Hurley, but want additional confirmation. Great news all the way around......

RhodyNJ · Unread post by **RhodyNJ** » 11 years ago

Rhody Blue wrote:Rod- Ask your sources whether Chris Christie called Hurley . I heard he did call Hurley, but want additional confirmation. Great news all the way around......

I saw that he called Mike Brey from ND to ask advice on the situation as a whole. Not sure what the connection is there or if Brey has any relationships with Hurley, Howland, etc.

steviep123 · Unread post by **steviep123** » 11 years ago

Obadiah wrote:Sorry, Rod, that you got banned from the PC board. But the moderators of that board just can't rise above pettiness. They couldn't carry the glove of the moderators of this board in terms of being cool and classy.

On the Hurley redux, I'm going to wait a bit before celebrating. The Harrick double-take years ago still has me twitching when I encounter similar situations.

Rod, you're better off

eli#10 · Unread post by **eli#10** » 11 years ago

Unable to listen to DH on the radio tomorrow morning so I am counting on you guys for a real good summary of what he had to say...........

seanmc94 · Unread post by **seanmc94** » 11 years ago

steviep123 wrote:
Obadiah wrote:Sorry, Rod, that you got banned from the PC board. But the moderators of that board just can't rise above pettiness. They couldn't carry the glove of the moderators of this board in terms of being cool and classy.

On the Hurley redux, I'm going to wait a bit before celebrating. The Harrick double-take years ago still has me twitching when I encounter similar situations.
Rod, you're better off

Rod,

You know you says more then shit. It's free fir anyone to look at. You picked a fight, lost your temper and got run. No big deal; just own it. Drop the persecution complex. If a PC fan came on here and started dropping expletives at everyone; he'd get run too

Unread post by **ATPTourFan** » 11 years ago

eli#10 wrote:Unable to listen to DH on the radio tomorrow morning so I am counting on you guys for a real good summary of what he had to say...........

ESPN radio is usually really good about quickly getting interview segments online. I'll post it as soon as I can find it. Until then...

Obadiah · Unread post by **Obadiah** » 11 years ago

The reason people should get banned is because they come to taunt or to contradict excessively. rod did neither of those things, expletives are a minor issue because delete feature is always there. The best example was Brutus, now there was an asshole.

peeps4life · Unread post by **peeps4life** » 11 years ago

maybe rod telling me to die had something to do with it. richard coren let's posters exist well past their due date.

rodfromcranston · Unread post by **rodfromcranston** » 11 years ago

I said that on our URI board, not the Cryiz board.

Kingston · Unread post by **Kingston** » 11 years ago

It's a lock Hurley is here to stay.

Put the house on it. This is going to be a great week. Can anyone recall an offseason like this. Time for rhody to become the flagship basketball program of the northeast. And yes is realize uconn is in the northeast. All I keep thinking in my head is the LETS GO RHODY chat in my head.

peeps4life · Unread post by **peeps4life** » 11 years ago

it's funny... because it's also been widely reported that pc is working on an extension with cooley... but everyone here still thinks PC is a stepping stone for him. weird how that works when the shoe is on the other foot. and FWIW... neither coach actually HAS an extension signed.

adam914 · Unread post by **adam914** » 11 years ago

rambone 78 wrote: It is a little unsettling, that URI may have been dragging it's feet on promised program improvements, until the Rutgers situation forced their hand.

According to Zags this has been in the works for months, so Rutgers had nothing to do with it.

DanInAZ · Unread post by **DanInAZ** » 11 years ago

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/espn-ra ... 29818?mt=8

Link to ESPN Radio app to be able to listen to 98.7 New York.

reef · Unread post by **reef** » 11 years ago

Thank you Danny Hurley for staying at URI !!!

Rhody74 · Unread post by **Rhody74** » 11 years ago

Nothing in the ProJo's Sunday edition, either. Losers ....

neil · Unread post by **neil** » 11 years ago

Don't know if a post I made yesterday go through, so apologies if I'm repetitive. I just thought that there was a sense of values in the Hurley family starting with the father that would not have Coach leave just for money. Did Dan call his dad and ask for advice? Who knows? But one could imagine him saying that he had a job to finish at Kingston and a responsiblity to those who he recruited. One way or the other, I'm proud to be a Ram fan this morning with Coach Hurley leading us to better things. Go Rhody!

RamJam · Unread post by **RamJam** » 11 years ago

Rod - Told you this was gonna happen in a PM and you lambasted me as well as another. I appreciate it. The both of us are patiently awaiting your humbled apology, which I doubt we will see.

When I posted Friday, deal for Dan was in the works. Heard about 2 hours later that URI was matching. I knew it sounded crazy indeed, but that's exactly what happened.

Bottom line is good news for URI, A10 and college basketball in general.

Unread post by **ATPTourFan** » 11 years ago

Ramjam, that's not what happened. What did URI "match", exactly? Dan is not getting paid more, as has been reported, with this extension. Rather, the contract language guarantees certain program upgrades such as travel, training, etc.

Zagoria, who you could say is Dan's personal, unofficial mouthpiece, says the extension has been in the works for months. This makes sense given communication from people like Daryl Jasper who continually reminded us all that we have to give Dan the tools he needs to transform Rhody into a championship program.

Unread post by **ATPTourFan** » 11 years ago

By the way, Dan Hurley is NOW LIVE on ESPN Radio!
The ESPNradio website allows you to scrollback in case you miss the interview, which started at approximately 7:35am
http://espn.go.com/espnradio/play?s=espn

Rhody74 · Unread post by **Rhody74** » 11 years ago

Listening now ... Dan said extension talks for several months. Family loves RI and has adjusted well. Rebuilding a "tough thing to go through" .... looking forward to coming back and looking forward to a "huge jump" next year.

"I'm really happy where I am at right now .... wants to be in a position where I can take a program to the highest level. .... so excited to be there and about the future."

He's staying folks. He certainly sounds like he's at Rhody to get the job done.

RamJam · Unread post by **RamJam** » 11 years ago

It was told to me that Rutgers has a 2 million dollar deal on the table. That same source, 2 hours later said that URI was going to match and extend Hurley. I didnt post the 2nd part because A) didnt want anything getting back to original source b) no one would believe it and c) i would get ridiculed like i did.

Look back at the posts, I PMed Rod who then talked about the offer being matched. Said I should stick to writing fiction or WWE scripts. (which are totally real by the way)

EZBuckets · Unread post by **EZBuckets** » 11 years ago

They are covering multiple topics, but the most important is that Dan said multiple times that he's staying and has no interest in talking to Rutgers.

Says family likes it here and that having to rebuild programs during 2 of his 3 seasons as a head coach takes a huge toll and he isn't prepared to start from scratch once again.

Also speaking about Gilvydas, Mike Rice and various other topics.

Unread post by **ATPTourFan** » 11 years ago

RamJam wrote:It was told to me that Rutgers has a 2 million dollar deal on the table. That same source, 2 hours later said that URI was going to match and extend Hurley. I didnt post the 2nd part because A) didnt want anything getting back to original source b) no one would believe it and c) i would get ridiculed like i did.

Look back at the posts, I PMed Rod who then talked about the offer being matched. Said I should stick to writing fiction or WWE scripts. (which are totally real by the way)

You keep saying "match".. Rhody is not matching anything with Dan. There was no $2M deal/offer. That was the bullshit account that was floating around a few nights ago that Rod, among others, received.

Rhody74 · Unread post by **Rhody74** » 11 years ago

RamJam wrote:It was told to me that Rutgers has a 2 million dollar deal on the table. That same source, 2 hours later said that URI was going to match and extend Hurley. I didnt post the 2nd part because A) didnt want anything getting back to original source b) no one would believe it and c) i would get ridiculed like i did.

Look back at the posts, I PMed Rod who then talked about the offer being matched. Said I should stick to writing fiction or WWE scripts. (which are totally real by the way)

By saying "matching offer" suggests:

1. There was an offer on the table from Rutgers. Dan said nothing in his interview about an offer.
2. All reports said the extension was not about the money. So, if he was, indeed, offered $2 million, he won't be receiving that kind of money from URI .... at least in the current contract.

What you reported and what's being reported now are two vastly different things. Stop thumping your chest and rejoice like the rest of us are.

Unread post by **ATPTourFan** » 11 years ago

EZBuckets wrote:Says family likes it here and that having to rebuild programs during 2 of his 3 seasons as a head coach takes a huge toll and he isn't prepared to start from scratch once again.

Exactly! He hates losing. Ready for huge hump in wins next year and all that will come with it.

Rhody74 · Unread post by **Rhody74** » 11 years ago

Side note: both Dan and the interviewer referred to Biruta as "Gil" ....

Unread post by **ATPTourFan** » 11 years ago

Dan is very passionate about the uptempo style of basketball he hopes to see in Monday's championship game. He's definitely NOT a fan of the grappling "wrestling match" style that has seemingly taken over at so many programs and conferences.

This is additional good news for Rhody fans who will be treated to an entertaining, WINNING style of basketball with responsible man-to-man defense, strong rebounding and a multifaceted offensive threat.

Rhody74 wrote:Side note: both Dan and the interviewer referred to Biruta as "Gil" ....

Heard that. Wonder if he was just continuing with the shortened name for Gilvydas because the host started it? Honestly though, I think Dan has used the short version all last season on radio and TV.

ace · Unread post by **ace** » 11 years ago

It's a familiarity thing. You know him, you can call him Gil.

Iggy1979 · Unread post by **Iggy1979** » 11 years ago

seanmc94 wrote:Not one of those reporters ever said or wrote he SHOULD leave. They gave reason why he could leave. The rest was inferred by you.
I notice that you failed to report that rooke and SC were on record this morning stating that they wanted DH to stay. I would assume you git banned for excessive profanity; not your opinion. If you're going to report what they say; tell the whole story.

Sean: Go back and read Cordischi's column. He said given the chance Hurley would leave in a New Jersey minute. Turns out he was wrong. So now he writes a column that the reason he was wrong was that the Rutgers AD got fired. Pathetic.
Donaldson wrote a column on who URI should hire to replace Hurley before Rutgers even made an offer. Also pathetic.
That's the whole story.

RIFan · Unread post by **RIFan** » 11 years ago

the projo is waiting to do a piece on why we can't afford whatever is in the extension, and should be happy with what we have; just accept that we will always come up short. Not big enough, not enough money, not enough fans...blah blah blah.

They sure were quick to right the obit for the Hurley time in Kingston...not so much the loyal Hurley story.

This story might actually require work, since they can't just roll out stories from the archives and change the names and dates like they usually do.