Hurley signs 2-year contract extension

[HooperScooper]

He's buddies with Rothstein, Goodman, Zags etc. It's a great thing after years of what seems like a bit of an adversarial relationship with UConn and the tri-state and national guys.
On first glance it seems totally ridiculous but I'm pretty sure the buyout remains $0 with Edsall.

Oh so they can fire him at any point without paying him anything else? O.K. then that makes sense.

 

[Umami Zen]

I don't think that Hurley will be an NBA threat for a long, long time if ever.

The way he coaches doesn't really fit the NBA style. He's about recruiting, toughness, building a great staff, aggressive defense, etc. The NBA is about offensive skill and flexibility and covering the PnR in a variety of ways...Also managing egos. That's just not really how Hurley has operated to date.

Congrats, Coach. Well deserved.

He's hit the lottery at a place he respects and loves. Why not do the Geno thing and just keep chillin' in Storrs?

 

[HuskyHawk]

There is ONLY one answer on Edsall. He is a Plug. One that was inexpensive ... and continues to be $. Benedict believes he is gonna circle back to a good program ... and quite frankly, so do I. He is hard to take; but he also is the Football typology that I like. Gristled old school

I also think he didn't get this season, didn't get a chance to see if he can win any games in the new Independent reality. So they give him that shot. I think it's fair to say we think he did an ok job recruiting last year given the circumstances.

 

[UCFan1513]

Wonder if the impetus for the extension was getting us to the tourney this year - seems to have been a goal to get us there by year three and would make sense to extend him now that he hit it. Or maybe the extension was coming regardless of tournament this year, and just on our upward trajectory

 

[SportsFan88]

Was just going to post that. Why?

UConn stays the course in football and men’s basketball, extends contracts for Randy Edsall, Dan Hurley

Impressed with the program building and management, UConn athletic director David Benedict made a move Friday to keep UConn football and men’s basketball on course, extending the contracts of…

www.courant.com

Really good question because i have no idea why either, but I don’t know why he was hired back in the first place after he left the way he did SMH

 

[HooperScooper]

I don't think that Hurley will be an NBA threat for a long, long time if ever.

The way he coaches doesn't really fit the NBA style. He's about recruiting, toughness, building a great staff, aggressive defense, etc. The NBA is about offensive skill and flexibility and covering the PnR in a variety of ways...Also managing egos. That's just not really how Hurley has operated to date.

Congrats, Coach. Well deserved.

I was thinking something similar. Not all coaches are made for the NBA. The way Hurley is wired, high strung, highly emotional, I'm not sure that works in the NBA.

 

[UCTitleTown]

Well that settles that. He's not leaving for a while.

Stay long enough and he'll lose the "young coach" moniker that's thrown around whenever jobs open up.

 

[Umami Zen]

Wonder if the impetus for the extension was getting us to the tourney this year - seems to have been a goal to get us there by year three and would make sense to extend him now that he hit it. Or maybe the extension was coming regardless of tournament this year, and just on our upward trajectory

Positive things usually begin to happen in a successful Year 3 of a rebuild

 

[UConn_Top_Dog]

Looks like we have found our coach! Great pick!

 

[auror]

Whelp a couple years at least.


The backend isnt that prohibitive and would be paid off by anyone he wanted to jump to. But thats the business of sports and if that was the case in 4-5 years it would probably indicate we were wildly successful over the interim.

Not worried about it. I just find buyouts (on both sides) curious concerning the market.

Yeah I was actually thinking that it's really not hard for him to leave after '22. So he really only has 1 more year totally locked in. The level of school he would jump to from us is basically just high tier football school/ basketball blue blood, any of which could afford $4.5-6 mil buyouts.

 

[BFieldHusky]

Yeah I was actually thinking that it's really not hard for him to leave after '22. So he really only has 1 more year totally locked in. The level of school he would jump to from us is basically just high tier football school/ basketball blue blood, any of which could afford $4.5-6 mil buyouts.

And then have to pay him. Why would he leave? His recruiting footprint is the Northeast, specifically NY/NJ. His wife wants to be close to NJ. This is well known.

Edit: His buyout is 6 million prior to April of 2023. I don't know. Seems like a big number to me.

 

[Huskyforlife]

I know this won't be a popular take but, is the NBA the only threat here? In 3 or 4 years guys like Roy, K, and even Boeheim will be considering retirement. Those schools will shell out whatever it takes to get their guy, more than potentially UConn is willing to match in their current financial situation. If Hurley is the best young coach in the nation by 2023, I think we should be concerned about the very low buyout.

 

[BFieldHusky]

I know this won't be a popular take but, is the NBA the only threat here? In 3 or 4 years guys like Roy, K, and even Boeheim will be considering retirement. Those schools will shell out whatever it takes to get their guy, more than potentially UConn is willing to match in their current financial situation. If Hurley is the best young coach in the nation by 2023, I think we should be concerned about the very low buyout.

He makes more money than Boeheim right now. Syracuse is not a threat.

 

[Waquoit]

That's some good ADing right there.

 

[BGesus4]

He makes more money than Boeheim right now. Syracuse is not a threat.

Yeah but Boeheim gets to dig for gold on the sidelines

 

[Marat]

He makes more money than Boeheim right now. Syracuse is not a threat.

Hurley likes the rebuilding concept, but yeah, no way he would go there to rebuild Cuse after Boeheim retires.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

I was thinking something similar. Not all coaches are made for the NBA. The way Hurley is wired, high strung, highly emotional, I'm not sure that works in the NBA.

Could be similar to Thibs

 

[elmcityboy]

I don't think that Hurley will be an NBA threat for a long, long time if ever.

The way he coaches doesn't really fit the NBA style. He's about recruiting, toughness, building a great staff, aggressive defense, etc. The NBA is about offensive skill and flexibility and covering the PnR in a variety of ways...Also managing egos. That's just not really how Hurley has operated to date.

Congrats, Coach. Well deserved.

yeah, agreed. also, weird to say given that he is only 48, but he is also sneakily a little old to be a first-time nba head coach these days. lots of young, technocratic assistants and former players getting the call-up these days. that, or old, grizzled nba veterans.

congrats, coach!

 

[CONN78SEJ]

Fantastic news!!!

 

[rollskies]

I was thinking something similar. Not all coaches are made for the NBA. The way Hurley is wired, high strung, highly emotional, I'm not sure that works in the NBA.

I also have always gotten the vibe that Hurley really enjoys the mentoring part of working with college kids/students. I am not sure he would give that up so easily. Can’t see him as an NBA coach at all. And i don’t mean that in a bad way, I think he’s an amazing coach. But the fit at this level based on his energy just seems like the perfect fit.

 

[auror]

And then have to pay him. Why would he leave? His recruiting footprint is the Northeast, specifically NY/NJ. His wife wants to be close to NJ. This is well known.

Edit: His buyout is 6 million prior to April of 2023. I don't know. Seems like a big number to me.

Yeah I didn't mean to come off like I expected him to leave or anything. Or that he was plotting it. Just that it's not insanely difficult to do so if the situation arose.

I think he's got a good thing going on here. He "bought low" on the UConn brand as it were. He should have everything he needs to compete here. And we the fans should reap the rewards.

 

[superjohn]

Hurley signs contract extension

Boneyard response- I'm worried Hurley is going to leave

 

[ucp990411]

Darn. I guess I will never get my dream job

 

[TRest]

He makes more money than Boeheim right now. Syracuse is not a threat.

Ocean summers>lake summers.

 

[Austin316]

That lunatic is stuck with us lunatics (naturally)