Lakers preparing offer for Hurley

[WrenchFan69]

 

[James]

Gut is he is gone, its going to be a dreadful monday afternoon working thats for sure

 

[metsfan2323]

2:00pm practice makes me hopeful. I'd be sick if they cancelled practice.

 

[UCTitleTown]

I doubt the players know anything. Impossible for young people to keep a secret in the age of social media.

 

[HCCForever]

What are we supposed to do until 2pm, work?

My advice is to drink

 

[Vancat]

it's painful here. Think I'll just watch Twitter or X or whatever it is.

 

[nomar]

IMO-From a UConn perspective this negotiation is complicated. It involves a newly constructed contract for the HC and additional contractual financial concessions for his coaching staff. An increase in NIL budget. DB has to find the money-whether private or public- to make the math work. Multiple parties and multiple discussions/meetings -including with Dan's agent. A lot of balls in the air prior to closure.

I believe Dan wants to do this the right way for himself and his organization. His decision affects many other people that he cares about. By moving his announcement/team meeting to 2.. I'm sure its allowing some if not all of these pieces to fall into place. I believe his silence has everything to do with being "coached" by his agent to not show his cards publicly until all of the above has been satisfied.

I'm generally a glass-half-full guy, but this is how I've been seeing things.

FWIW, being glass-half-full worked out when we hired DH, when he had trouble getting over the hump, and when we had a bunch of guys go into the portal.

I do think the logic and scant facts we know supports being optimistic, but in general, this is how I feel about worrying:

 

[Austin316]

When he said Lakers vs UConn… I thought to myself “we could probably beat them in a game”

 

[FfldCntyFan]

I predict at 1:00 pm there’s a statement and a press conference scheduled for soon.

I don't see DH telling anyone anything prior to letting the players and assistant coaches know what he decided.

 

[UCTitleTown]

Danny needs to be in the Top 2 paid college coaches. Like Self, he has two Natties. He is young, cool and is still ascending. I can't believe Connecticut doesn't see the value here.

UConn Basketball is all this God-forsaken state has going for it.

 

[Woodson]

Personally if I was on the team I'm not sure I'd want to walk into a party after my coach has been flirting with leaving his job. It seems a bit self-congratulatory. It's like an owner of a business throwing a party when he sells it off to a private equity firm and no one at the party has equity.

Of course the flip side to that coin is… coach rejects massive deal from the Lebrons, I mean Lakers, to chase 3peat and coach YOU.
You think that might get the boys fired up?

 

[Drew]

 

[bigknight3]

Let him leave, the fact he’s stretching this decision out like LeBron is annoying as F

He literally just met with them on Friday. What is he stretching?

Whether he stays or goes, this is a stupid post!

 

[UConn77]

My guess is that he’s gone. Hope I’m wrong.

 

[Huskyforlife]

For the record, my post was in the original thread, and I assume an administrator moved it to its own thread. It was not my intent to start a whole new thread. I know how important it is to go for the all-time post count record.

Thank you for understanding the greater purpose in all this.

 

[Dooooooomed]

 

[AntG168]

 

[upstater]

In a setup like this, how can it be anything other than he's leaving?

He's leaving. I'll be very surprised if he stayed.

If he had made the decision to stay, news would've leaked this morning that he had turned the Lakers down.

Instead we have the news held up to talk to the players.

 

[UCfor3]

Yeah, I agree it doesn’t look good for Hurley staying. That being said, if Kimani, Luke, and even eelJim Calhoun can rally the team we’ll be OK.

I agree too. Too much cloak and dagger. Maybe it's a defense mechanism but I feel a gut punch coming.

 

[Drew]

 

[upstater]

??
Well, you do if you go to UConn to talk to the players first.

 

[F101Voodoo]

20 minutes.

One o’clock, two o’clock, three o’clock , four…….. maybe before we all go stark raving crazy we rock around the clock some more,,!!! ! !,!!! !!!!

 

[AntG168]

Hurley has the sports world in the palm of his hands right now. What a day. Let’s hope the climax is the ultimate promo for the good guys

 

[KyUCONN]

if he decides to leave so be it !!! he is not bigger than UCONN!!!!! Pitino to step in and become new coach

 

[UCfor3]

In a setup like this, how can it be anything other than he's leaving?

He's leaving. I'll be very surprised if he stayed.

If he had made the decision to stay, news would've leaked this morning that he had turned the Lakers down.

Instead we have the news held up to talk to the players.

That's how I feel too. Only caveat is a new contract.