IMO, this is not a great job for Hurley. In the tri-state area / ACC country, the Hurley name carries a lot of weight b/c of his career as a Duke star and b/c of his father / brother. I'm not sure whether that travels to Arizona, where he'd suddenly have to build his roster around kids from Arizona, Nevada, and California. I worry that he'd have an Andy Enfield-type situation where the team sucks initially b/c he didn't inherit much, and people start calling for his head by year 2 b/c it takes him a couple years to get going in west coast recruiting.
I don't know what Buffalo's team looks like for next year, but, if he's got another shot at the NCAAs, I'd probably stay and take my chances on garnering more interest from a decent east coast job -- either in the Big East, a high-level A-10 job, or certain big 10 jobs -- i.e., places like Seton Hall, Rutgers, Dayton (if Miller leaves), Temple (if Dunphy retires), etc. I'd also say the ACC, but not sure what his thoughts are on going up against Duke and Coach K.
This post was edited on 4/9 1:06 PM by aah555