Are you reading what I am saying? Yes, many coaches or their contacts do what you are suggesting. What I'm saying is that I will not just assume that in a certain case that is what happened.
I do not know for a fact that Hurley reached out to Hines in some form so I will not accuse him of doing it because it's sounds like a logical assumption.
I can't say I know "for a fact" because I'm not related to the kid and not privy to any such communications or meetings. Which BTW is the case for most things posted by folks here ("I'm hearing "x" from someone who would know").
What I can tell you is the same people who told me Hines was coming here while he was still playing for Plainfield (so in-season), which I posted on our boards at the time, told me last winter (a) there was basically zero chance Hines was returning and (b) Uconn, Rutgers and some others had been in contact with his people.
BTW would watch Uconn with Micah Gordon as well.