Lakers preparing offer for Hurley

[jake14mw]

About a month ago I came here to post this prediction and then got distracted by reading other threads and forgot, LOL. After I read Lebron's quotes about Hurley, I knew they were going to come after him. Coaching Lebron is a brutal thing though.

 

[jorge34]

This is the part that’s crazy to me. What if Hurley doesn’t want Bronny? What if some other team takes Bronny before LA? Taking a kid who put up 4 ppg in college just to keep Lebron is so anti-Hurley it sounds crazy to me.

He can’t possibly want Lebron. If he goes there, it’s to rebuild

 

[nelsonmuntz]

The lakers can’t win now no matter who the coach is. Does Hurley really want to go through a rebuild? If it’s just about money then go get that bag sir. I just think DH cares more about winning than money.

Hurley can take the Lakers job, win 40 games over the next two years while getting really paid, get fired, and then care about winning again when he returns to coaching college.

 

[oshkosh]

This would open the door for Jim Calhoun to coach on an interim bridge year, to go for the 3 peat. What a story!

 

[TheHorde]

He can’t possibly want Lebron. If he goes there, it’s to rebuild

I’d have to think that going there to have LeBron call the shots for 2-3 years wouldn’t sit well with him.

 

[UCTitleTown]

At least they waited for us to finish recruiting for this season. This is Lebron pushing this btw.

DH is going to have fun coaching Bronny..... Imagine those strategy sessions between LeBron and DH on integrating Bronny into the rotation.

 

[Rico444]

He can’t possibly want Lebron. If he goes there, it’s to rebuild

Do you really think he's going to go in there and dictate to the Lakers to boot one of the best players of all-time? If he goes there LeBron is staying and they're drafting Bronny, and Dan is going to have to be OK with it.

 

[dennismenace]

Here are some things to think about:

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[huskysupporter]

The lakers can’t win now no matter who the coach is. Does Hurley really want to go through a rebuild? If it’s just about money then go get that bag sir. I just think DH cares more about winning than money.

What if maybe he has confidence in his coaching ability and believes he can win in LA?

 

[7774Bo]

He’s not stupid

You CANNOT win with that team and a 40 year old LeBron, max contract, calling the shots. Cap strapped. No first round pick next year.

Hes “exploring” what a partnership would look like…

He’s not dumb. He HAS to know a rebuild, without Lebron, is required.

And most likely, AD would need to go as well

Totally agree. Even as a Lakers fan this job is a future nightmare. Plus, gm and owner are so unbelievably stupid it’s stunning Hurley is doing this for anything other than contract negotiation leverage.

 

[temery]

About a month ago I came here to post this prediction and then got distracted by reading other threads and forgot, LOL. After I read Lebron's quotes about Hurley, I knew they were going to come after him. Coaching Lebron is a brutal thing though.

Nobody coaches Lebron.

 

[August_West]

You're talking about people being naive without acknowledging that Woj and Shams leak whatever their sources want them to leak, when they want them to leak it. So that they continue getting scoops. It's an ecosystem.

Yeah, it's clearly legitimate that the Lakers are interested. It takes two to tango. Danny will no doubt listen. I would. His agent would fire him as a client if he didn't.

Let's wait until Woj reports Danny wants the job and the two sides are negotiating the terms before throwing our hands in the air.

It's really amazing seeing people's defense mechanisms kicking in here. Saw the same thing with Alex. Everybody saying he was gone so they could protect themselves emotionally in the event he did leave.

Nobody has any basis to handicap this based on a couple tweets that say the Lakers are going to make an offer.

No.

But there is a basis to handicap it on based on what Coach Hurley has said in the press as recently as yesterday, no?

If you weigh his comments about the NBA over the years (and recently), and combine it with the type of opportunity that this unique instance presents and whether or not it checks the boxes that he himself has set as "need to haves" it should give an informed person major pause.

Does that mean he is going? Of course not. But I absolutely have an odds percentage in my own head, based on the facts we have been provided by both Hurley over the years, and now credible sources in regards to a specific opportunity.

 

[tuvent08]

Hurley can take the Lakers job, win 40 games over the next two years while getting really paid, get fired, and then care about winning again when he returns to coaching college.

This is exactly right. It’s worked for Cal, Pitino, Saban, etc. He really can’t lose right now, and honestly he has earned it.

 

[jake14mw]

I thought it was very odd how quickly the announced that the assistants would be back. It sounded to me like a succession plan.

 

[August_West]

The lakers can’t win now no matter who the coach is. Does Hurley really want to go through a rebuild? If it’s just about money then go get that bag sir. I just think DH cares more about winning than money.

Money is the last thing this is about. Money is a factor in keeping score. In stating a value and worth in a profession. So in that manner it is great for the ego to be recognized as the top of the top and is a factor in that manner. That is why UConn already shouldve made him the highest paid coach in college, major slip that this wasn't already done, but that's not why he'd go.

This is about personal goals and achievement.

 

[uconnfan68]

Hurley can take the Lakers job, win 40 games over the next two years while getting really paid, get fired, and then care about winning again when he returns to coaching college.

Aka the Leonard Hamilton route.

 

[jorge34]

They are not offering him a 3-4 year deal. They are offering him a long term deal to take them through the inevitable rebuild so he can build the team to his tastes. Y'all also forget that once LeBron is gone, they are going to have a bunch of cap space to go get the top FA players. It's not going to take long to be competitive again

It’s career suicide stepping into that job with Lebron at this stage of his career

Ask frank Vogel and Darvin ham.

It makes sense if they are moving on from Lebron. If makes NO SENSE if he signs an extension.

 

[imno1]

Money talks…I think he’ll seriously consider it, unfortunately

This isn’t solely about $$$. He’s getting paid no matter where he coaches. It’s more about two things, the state of college bb and also what Danny considers the ultimate challenge

 

[Martin]

not like this. Hurley the lakers only REAL target, and want him to dictate the direction of the franchise and install his system and culture.

How does that happen w the father son duo there?

 

[August_West]

How does that happen w the father son duo there?

Lebron loves Hurley. This is probably in big part his idea.

 

[UCTitleTown]

If DH could get us a three-peat, I'd happily drive him to whatever NBA team facility he goes to, but the timing sucks. The Buss and LeBron dynamic also sucks.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

Kinda crazy that the Lakers have been focused on Hurley for a couple weeks yet there was no reporting on it before this morning.

 

[huskysupporter]

It’s career suicide stepping into that job with Lebron at this stage of his career

Ask frank Vogel and Darvin ham.

It makes sense if they are moving on from Lebron. If makes NO SENSE if he signs an extension.

It’s not career suicide. Blue Blood college teams would be lining up with bags of money if Hurley flames out in the NBA.

 

[jorge34]

Do you really think he's going to go in there and dictate to the Lakers to boot one of the best players of all-time? If he goes there LeBron is staying and they're drafting Bronny, and Dan is going to have to be OK with it.

No, I dont he will be able to dictate anything

But it also makes no sense for either side bringing him in under those conditions

 

[Rico444]

Lebron loves Hurley. This is probably in big part his idea.

I'm sure he does, but does Hurley like the idea of being told what is going to happen by LeBron and Bronny?