Two names I want to throw into thread for your reading enjoyment.
Andy Enfield (USC). He has taken the Trojans to the NCAA tournament the past two years with impressive records. He took Florida Gulf Coast to the Sweet 16 in 2012-2013. He has NBA assistant coaching experience, he is a East Coast guy (PA). He's fairly young (47). Why leave USC for Illinois. USC is a football school. He may be enticed by salary increase. He makes around $1.5M. Why would Illinois hire him? He wins everywhere he goes. Maybe he will bring Nick Rackocevic with him.
Danny Hurley (brother of Bobby Hurley). Has coached the Rhode Island team to a 24-9 record and a trip to the NCAA tournament. He has spent 6 years with Rhode Island and prior to that spent two years with Wagner. What I like about this hire is that he was an Assistant Coach at St. Anthony High School and a Head Coach at St. Benedict's Prep School and if you know high school basketball both of these schools are consistently nationally ranked basketball programs. Current salary: $1M max. Has several 4 star recruits on current roster Kuran Iverson (former Memphis commit) and Stanford Robinson (former Indiana Commit). Why would he leave Rhode Island. Why not. The chance to coach in the B10. Why would Illinois hire him. He is the Hurley that will not leave for the Duke coaching job when it becomes vacant. The buyout clause is reasonable between ($600K and $1.2M). And he can flat out coach.
Dan is the more proven coach. Bobby may want to leave for the Duke job but it won't be his to leave for. I would have thought both Hurleys would want to stay on the East Coast so I was very surprised when Bobby bolted for ASU. But life in Scottsdale is pretty attractive..idk. I would be equally surprised if either of them wanted to be in Big 10 country.