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He could have up to 20 years left in his career, but what else would Hurley need to accomplish, if anything, to merit induction in the Hall of Fame?
A guy like Billy Donovan is a reasonable comp -- he won back to back championships fairly early in his college coaching career, but also was more accomplished before that. He also had a handful of Elite 8 appearances and one very notable Final Four appearance (at least to us) afterward. Donovan is considered a likely HOFer just based on his college coaching resume, ignoring his NBA record.
Another comp is Jay Wright -- he won 2 out of 3 and also a handful of second weekend appearances including two more Final Fours, while winning the Big East like 8 years out of 9. He is already in the Hall.
A 3rd championship at any time is slam-dunk sufficient, but not necessary, for Hurley's HOF case. He should also get there with another ~10 years that includes at least one more Final Four and 3-4 Sweet 16/Elite 8-type seasons while winning the conference a good portion of the time.
I'm not convinced that if he fell into the abyss tomorrow that what he's done so far is enough though, i.e. just on the basis of back-to-back championships.
A guy like Billy Donovan is a reasonable comp -- he won back to back championships fairly early in his college coaching career, but also was more accomplished before that. He also had a handful of Elite 8 appearances and one very notable Final Four appearance (at least to us) afterward. Donovan is considered a likely HOFer just based on his college coaching resume, ignoring his NBA record.
Another comp is Jay Wright -- he won 2 out of 3 and also a handful of second weekend appearances including two more Final Fours, while winning the Big East like 8 years out of 9. He is already in the Hall.
A 3rd championship at any time is slam-dunk sufficient, but not necessary, for Hurley's HOF case. He should also get there with another ~10 years that includes at least one more Final Four and 3-4 Sweet 16/Elite 8-type seasons while winning the conference a good portion of the time.
I'm not convinced that if he fell into the abyss tomorrow that what he's done so far is enough though, i.e. just on the basis of back-to-back championships.