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Posted: **Mon Jun 10, 2024 5:49 pm**

Fishclamps wrote: Mon Jun 10, 2024 4:34 pm Never would have worked with LeBron there. Would have been a nightmare for Hurley.

I disagree. LeBron won’t play forever and letting him construct the team in return for his open praise of the coaching job he is doing would have given Hurley the leeway to weather the coming post-Lebron rebuild.

I honestly think you’re a fool if you turn down the Lakers job whether LeBron is there or not.

Posted: **Mon Jun 10, 2024 5:49 pm**

SCCats wrote: Mon Jun 10, 2024 5:44 pm A college coach turned down $12M a year from the Lakers to stay in Hartford and coach UCONN.

Good on him, but damn.

Even worse - Storrs

Posted: **Mon Jun 10, 2024 6:48 pm**

UAEebs86 wrote: Mon Jun 10, 2024 5:49 pm
SCCats wrote: Mon Jun 10, 2024 5:44 pm A college coach turned down $12M a year from the Lakers to stay in Hartford and coach UCONN.

Good on him, but damn.
Even worse - Storrs

It’s a double whammy for me as a Laker fan. Getting shit from UConn fans that Hurley prefers Storrs over LA.

Posted: **Mon Jun 10, 2024 8:01 pm**

I thought I read the deal was 6 year $70M.

Posted: **Mon Jun 10, 2024 9:22 pm**

SCCats wrote: Mon Jun 10, 2024 5:44 pm A college coach turned down $12M a year from the Lakers to stay in Hartford and coach UCONN.

Good on him, but damn.

It's a blue blood program and arguably the top program in the country right now. I don't think Hurley's decision is as surprising as some are making it sound. Coach K turned down the Lakers as well. For similar reasons.

Posted: **Tue Jul 09, 2024 11:02 am**

Posted: **Thu Jul 11, 2024 4:25 pm**

If the Knicks job opens up soon, that's the one I think Hurley will leave for.

Posted: **Thu Jul 11, 2024 5:18 pm**

Beachcat97 wrote: Thu Jul 11, 2024 4:25 pm If the Knicks job opens up soon, that's the one I think Hurley will leave for.

The current Knick coach makes around $7M. That will increase when he resigns but it won't necessarily be a bump in salary that makes him change for a NBA type job. Maybe he wants something different but his coaching style won't play well with players making 4-5 times as much money as you are.

Posted: **Thu Jul 11, 2024 5:52 pm**

Like Steve Kerr has said, he will never coach college ball. Don't have to deal with recruiting and the myriad of NCAA rules.

When Lute retired, he said the only thing he wouldn't miss is recruiting.

Posted: **Thu Jul 11, 2024 6:08 pm**

TheCat wrote: Thu Jul 11, 2024 5:18 pm
Beachcat97 wrote: Thu Jul 11, 2024 4:25 pm If the Knicks job opens up soon, that's the one I think Hurley will leave for.
The current Knick coach makes around $7M. That will increase when he resigns but it won't necessarily be a bump in salary that makes him change for a NBA type job. Maybe he wants something different but his coaching style won't play well with players making 4-5 times as much money as you are.

TC, Hurley has already made his intention to coach in the NBA very public. The Lakers are just a shit show, and he probably avoided an ice berg. When the right east coast job opens up, he'll have greater interest.

Posted: **Sun Jan 26, 2025 12:07 pm**

Who will be the next head coach at Indiana? Mike Woodson is not a good coach.

Posted: **Sun Jan 26, 2025 12:20 pm**

Irish27 wrote: Sun Jan 26, 2025 12:07 pm Who will be the next head coach at Indiana? Mike Woodson is not a good coach.

If there isn’t a For Sale sign up in front of his house, there should be one.

Posted: **Sun Feb 02, 2025 3:15 pm**

If Hubert Davis gets canned, do we need to worry about Tommy to UNC?

Posted: **Sun Feb 02, 2025 3:21 pm**

Chicat wrote: Sun Feb 02, 2025 3:15 pm If Hubert Davis gets canned, do we need to worry about Tommy to UNC?

LSU fan wants him:

Posted: **Sun Feb 02, 2025 4:52 pm**

Just don’t see CTL having fun in Cajun land. Might be wrong but 5m a year seems to be enough

Normally for North Carolina I would always be concerned but with NIL who knows what the plum jobs are

Posted: **Sun Feb 02, 2025 5:38 pm**

Tommy seems a lot more Lute than Fisch. UK offered Lute a nice raise.

Lute was so poorly paid at Arizona that even after winning a natty, he made less than Mike Stoops who hadn't been a head coach at any level.

Posted: **Sun Feb 02, 2025 6:48 pm**

Start worrying whem/if Oregon becomes open.

Posted: **Sun Feb 02, 2025 7:07 pm**

Lute was all class. When I was a kid in Iowa, he was getting hassled when he and Bobbi went out. He appreciated that Tucson folks would leave them alone.

That’s why he came out here. Money wasn’t the issue, it was lifestyle.

Posted: **Sun Feb 02, 2025 7:10 pm**

KaibabKat wrote: Sun Feb 02, 2025 6:48 pm Start worrying whem/if Oregon becomes open.

My youngest is really good friends with Tommy’s daughter. They met during lunch break at CFHS. They became thick as thieves and got along like a house on fire.

She loves Tommy and from what I’ve heard he digs it here and there nowhere else he and his family want to be.

I’d be surprised if he bails for money.

Posted: **Sun Feb 02, 2025 7:27 pm**

Tommy struck me as a lot like Few where when he likes a place he intends to stay there. I wouldn't be concerned unless some Miller type of fuckery happens again.

Also, now that Gonzaga is going to the Pac 12, it makes it a much less attractive job. lol

Posted: **Sun Feb 02, 2025 7:32 pm**

Miller got screwed and I loved him as our Coach imho.

Posted: **Sun Feb 02, 2025 7:42 pm**

The only thing Tommy would have in common with coaching at Mathew Knight arena would be Dana Altman's bald spot.

Posted: **Sun Feb 02, 2025 7:50 pm**

dovecanyoncat wrote: Sun Feb 02, 2025 7:42 pm The only thing Tommy would have in common with coaching at Mathew Knight arena would be Dana Altman's bald spot.

Let’s hope that’s it, not the sweet tooth for rapists that Altman has.

Posted: **Sun Feb 02, 2025 8:03 pm**

Had that already with Fisch.

On Lute living the lifestyle there, I recall someone, maybe Dick Vitale, sayng that there are only 2 college coaches in America where if they walk into a restaurant everyone stops talking. Lute Olson and Bobby Knight.

Posted: **Thu Feb 06, 2025 4:26 pm**

Chicat wrote: Sun Jan 26, 2025 12:20 pm
Irish27 wrote: Sun Jan 26, 2025 12:07 pm Who will be the next head coach at Indiana? Mike Woodson is not a good coach.
If there isn’t a For Sale sign up in front of his house, there should be one.

Mike Woodson is “retiring” at seasons end.

Posted: **Thu Feb 06, 2025 4:42 pm**

I don't blame him now that the team will be wearing practice jerseys to games.

Posted: **Thu Feb 06, 2025 6:16 pm**

Fucking yikes

Posted: **Thu Feb 06, 2025 9:22 pm**

Thank God we're a Nike school.

Posted: **Mon Feb 24, 2025 1:42 pm**

Posted: **Mon Feb 24, 2025 1:50 pm**

Trying to rally the team to beat us I see…

Posted: **Mon Feb 24, 2025 1:52 pm**

That's not going to save them after how pissed we are from Saturday.

Posted: **Mon Feb 24, 2025 5:52 pm**

AZCatGirl wrote: Mon Feb 24, 2025 1:52 pm That's not going to save them after how pissed we are from Saturday.

Posted: **Mon Feb 24, 2025 7:59 pm**

kind of wild to let your hc go after sweeping the kansas schools last week. the ucf road game was pretty ugly but 'tah shot over 50% from the field despite being sloppy with the ball. is utah trying to make an early move with the anticipated coaching changes coming this offseason, or what?

Posted: **Mon Feb 24, 2025 8:51 pm**

15-12 isn’t phenomenal but it’s not fire your coach bad. Maybe something else is going on there…

Posted: **Mon Feb 24, 2025 11:24 pm**

From what I read around the internet all the boosters hated him

Posted: **Thu Mar 06, 2025 6:02 pm**

Utah hires Alex Jensen as basketball coach: Mavericks assistant who played for Utes will replace Craig Smith

https://www.cbssports.com/college-baske ... aig-smith/

Great, a legacy hire! Although this one brings back a lot of bad memories.

Posted: **Sun Mar 09, 2025 9:32 am**

What a fantastic stretch of games.

In 2024, the Wolfpack finished the regular season with a 17–14 overall record and a 9–11 record in the ACC, good for 10th place in the conference. However, Keatts' team rallied to win five games in five days in the ACC Tournament, including wins over No. 15 seed Louisville, No. 7 seed Syracuse, No. 2 seed and No. 11 ranked Duke, No. 3 seed Virginia, and No. 1 seed and No. 4 ranked North Carolina to earn the ACC's automatic NCAA tournament bid.

In the 2024 NCAA Tournament they were placed in the South Region and seeded No. 11. There the Wolfpack defeated No. 6 seed and No. 22 ranked Texas Tech, No. 14 seed Oakland, No. 2 seed and No. 8 ranked Marquette, and No. 4 seed and No. 13 ranked Duke to advance to their first Final Four since 1983, becoming only the sixth ever 11 seed to reach the Final Four.

Posted: **Fri Mar 14, 2025 11:46 am**

Posted: **Fri Mar 14, 2025 11:49 am**

Although I guess I shouldn’t be shocked since he hasn’t made a sweet 16 in 15 years as the head man.

Posted: **Sat Mar 15, 2025 11:58 am**

Posted: **Sat Mar 15, 2025 12:01 pm**

Neptune was ill equipped to take on the job and was done no favors by his admin as far as having the infrastructure to survive in the NIL landscape.

Posted: **Tue Mar 18, 2025 4:04 pm**

Indiana hired the West Virginia coach Darian Devries. Assume he will take his son along with him. He wasn’t at WVU long, only one year I think. Tough Break for the mountaineers

Posted: **Tue Mar 18, 2025 4:49 pm**

They’ve had a bad few days…

Posted: **Tue Mar 18, 2025 5:17 pm**

RichRod should coach both.

Posted: **Wed Mar 19, 2025 2:08 pm**

Many will remember the Bill Frieder/Michigan/ASU situation.

Posted: **Thu Mar 20, 2025 8:13 am**

Posted: **Thu Mar 20, 2025 8:46 am**

Not that it matters at all, but I always thought his glasses were stupid.

Posted: **Thu Mar 20, 2025 8:53 am**

Chicat wrote: Thu Mar 20, 2025 8:46 am Not that it matters at all, but I always thought his glasses were stupid.

They don't fit his face very well.

Posted: **Fri Mar 21, 2025 1:06 pm**

Sean Miller to Texas? I can't see him leaving Xavier so soon

Posted: **Fri Mar 21, 2025 2:57 pm**

84Cat wrote: Fri Mar 21, 2025 1:06 pm Sean Miller to Texas? I can't see him leaving Xavier so soon

There's seems to be a lot of smoke. Miller with Texas resources could be scary!

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