Hurleys Stays At UConn; Red.Fans Stuck with M.R.

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NCJohnnie said:
Thibs doesn’t exactly coddle his players and he’s done fine. Lebron would be fine with Hurley if they win and gets him another ring.
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Except Thibodeau was not coaching James but rather players who subjugated their personal egos for the team. My last comment on James because while I acknowledge his undeniable talents there is little else about him I admire, others may certainly disagree.
 
NCJohnnie said:
Thibs doesn’t exactly coddle his players and he’s done fine. Lebron would be fine with Hurley if they win and gets him another ring.
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Win a championship? The Lakers could not even win a playoff series. Lebron James is old, AD is getting old and oft injured and they have no other good players. The Lakers are a horrible job. The only benefit of the Laker job is money and Hurley has shown that is not a big deal to him. He is getting more than enough of that from his current employer.
 
Mullins Revenge said:
I cant believe people are actually falling for this. Hurley has 0 interest in the Laker job like he had 0 interest in the Kentucky job. This is clickbait and something for the networks to talk about. Hurley would have taken the Laker job weeks ago if he was going to do this.

Like Calhoun and Geno, He will be a Uconn for a very log time.
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Mullins Revenge said:
Win a championship? The Lakers could not even win a playoff series. Lebron James is old, AD is getting old and oft injured and they have no other good players. The Lakers are a horrible job. The only benefit of the Laker job is money and Hurley has shown that is not a big deal to him. He is getting more than enough of that from his current employer.
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Yeah. Beverly Hills and Manhattan Beach has nothing on cow-town Storrs
 
The Lakers are a horrible job. Absolutely no one wants the job, but one of the smartest men in sports is going to take this job?

Ok...........
 
billthetruth said:
Yeah. Beverly Hills and Manhattan Beach has nothing on cow-town Storrs
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That does not matter to the hurley family. His wife had an issue going from Rhode Island to Storrs.

I am not going to argue about this. Keep wasting your time thinking this has any chance of happening.
 
Mullins Revenge said:
And the same was said of kentucky which he had no interest in.
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Kentucky may be the college job with the most pressure, and the money would not be worth it because you are still dealing with NIL.

Also, take into account whatever Kentucky would offer, is not even in the same stratosphere as what the Lakers could offer.

Hurley could build generational wealth and he also may see the NBA as his next coaching step, since he is a hot commodity.
 
kranmars said:
Kentucky may be the college job with the most pressure, and the money would not be worth it because you are still dealing with NIL.

Also, take into account whatever Kentucky would offer, is not even in the same stratosphere as what the Lakers could offer.

Hurley could build generational wealth and he also may see the NBA as his next coaching step, since he is a hot commodity.
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Dealing with NIL???? Thats cake compared to dealing with an over the hill diva in Lebron James who has gotten every coach hes ever had fired and will force you to draft his son who cant play.

This is crazy.

Good for Hurely though. All of this nonsense will make him ever richer as Uconn will end up upping the anti.
 
Why now? Lakers job has been open for a month. Only thing I can think of is Hurley wanted the Celtics job and once they didn't underperform in the playoffs again, the Lakers became the consolation prize.
 
adavis1 said:
Why now? Lakers job has been open for a month. Only thing I can think of is Hurley wanted the Celtics job and once they didn't underperform in the playoffs again, the Lakers became the consolation prize.
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To high profile to let it pass. I think he takes it.......The amount of money and fame he will receive would be to much for a narcissist to refuse.
 
Mullins Revenge said:
Dealing with NIL???? Thats cake compared to dealing with an over the hill diva in Lebron James who has gotten every coach hes ever had fired and will force you to draft his son who cant play.

This is crazy.

Good for Hurely though. All of this nonsense will make him ever richer as Uconn will end up upping the anti.
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Dealing with Lebron? There would not be any discussions of Lebron had not given his blessings.

Hurley can build generational wealth and if things go badly with the Lakers, he will have zero problems getting another college job.
 
Mullins Revenge said:
Dealing with NIL???? Thats cake compared to dealing with an over the hill diva in Lebron James who has gotten every coach hes ever had fired and will force you to draft his son who cant play.

This is crazy.

Good for Hurely though. All of this nonsense will make him ever richer as Uconn will end up upping the anti.
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You have it completely wrong (there's a first time for everything, I guess). The Lakers do not want Hurley for the purpose of having him coach LeBron. That will be a year, maybe two at most. They want Hurley to build the team that comes AFTER LeBron. That's the sales pitch - not just the money, but the opportunity to build a team how he wants, with the resources to do it, and compete at the highest level of the game. And it's a pretty good pitch.

I think it's a roll of the dice about whether it goes well or implodes if he goes that way. And I think the Thibs references are completely misguided for the same reasons as Logen - Thibs has a roster of very specific personality types that were acquired to mesh with his approach, and it is not easy to find those players in the league generally. Look at it this way - what high level talents around the league that might put the Knicks over the top seem like good fits for Thibs and the Knicks? After Jimmy Butler and Giannis - neither of whom is especially available - it gets very hard to come up with names.

I do not agree with Logen about the remainder of his opinion about LeBron, but as he said, opinions on that can vary.
 
kranmars said:
Dealing with Lebron? There would not be any discussions of Lebron had not given his blessings.

Hurley can build generational wealth and if things go badly with the Lakers, he will have zero problems getting another college job.
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Lebron doesnt know Hurley. He can give his blessing and a month in realize he doesnt like Hurley and not listen to a word he says. Dwayne Wade vouched to his buddy lebron for Spolstra and lebron turned on him real quick.

Taking the Lakers job means you will be bossed around by Lebron, you have to draft Lebrons son and play him etc etc etc.

There a reason no one wants the job.
 
lawmanfan said:
You have it completely wrong (there's a first time for everything, I guess). The Lakers do not want Hurley for the purpose of having him coach LeBron. That will be a year, maybe two at most. They want Hurley to build the team that comes AFTER LeBron. That's the sales pitch - not just the money, but the opportunity to build a team how he wants, with the resources to do it, and compete at the highest level of the game. And it's a pretty good pitch.

I think it's a roll of the dice about whether it goes well or implodes if he goes that way. And I think the Thibs references are completely misguided for the same reasons as Logen - Thibs has a roster of very specific personality types that were acquired to mesh with his approach, and it is not easy to find those players in the league generally. Look at it this way - what high level talents around the league that might put the Knicks over the top seem like good fits for Thibs and the Knicks? After Jimmy Butler and Giannis - neither of whom is especially available - it gets very hard to come up with names.

I do not agree with Logen about the remainder of his opinion about LeBron, but as he said, opinions on that can vary.
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Being castrated your 1st 2 years on the job doesnt sound like a great sales pitch to me. And anyone taking the Lakers job knows that is the deal. Lebron runs the show, not the coach.
 
Mullins Revenge said:
Lebron doesnt know Hurley. He can give his blessing and a month in realize he doesnt like Hurley and not listen to a word he says. Dwayne Wade vouched to his buddy lebron for Spolstra and lebron turned on him real quick.

Taking the Lakers job means you will be bossed around by Lebron, you have to draft Lebrons son and play him etc etc etc.

There a reason no one wants the job.
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Hurley makes between $5-$6 million per at UConn, and he will double that in the NBA.

That is hard to pass up.
 
Another thing about Hurley. Because of his mental health struggles, he may not want to coach until he is dead.

If the Lakers go 5/70 for example, I find it hard to believe he will turn that down.
 
kranmars said:
Another thing about Hurley. Because of his mental health struggles, he may not want to coach until he is dead.

If the Lakers go 5/70 for example, I find it hard to believe he will turn that down.
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If mental health is playing a role in this, I think thats even more of a reason not to take the Lakers job. Thats a ton of stress that doesnt exist in Storrs.
 
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