Lakers preparing offer for Hurley

[FearThePups]

Geno's got a house on the Jersey shore.

Not the Philly shore?

 

[gtcam]

$70 million..- that's all?? thought they'd offer $15 per year...x 6 = $90 million...

Never got over the 11.5million offer - that was the max
That is medial salary for NBA coaches

 

[GameTime]

There are much larger threads in history, but has there ever been one that got to #4,679 in such a short period of time or is this the recordholder?

And it should be. It was the difference between possibly making generational history, or another half decade of insignificance.

 

[Linart]

If Geno's team stays healthy this year, we could have a repeat of 2004 and 2014--double NCs.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Best part was how Hurlwy controlled the narrative, timeline and no leaks.
That takes a bunch of respect and a healthy dose of fear from anyone who thought of crossing him.

 

[HU5KIES]

Never got over the 11.5million offer - that was the max
That is medial salary for NBA coaches

11.5m would have been 5th highest NBA HC salary per The Top 20 Highest-Paid NBA Coaches in 2024

 

[alphasigko]

I'm willing to compromise -- Hurley stays, we bring in Bronny as a walk-on, and LeBron donates $20,000,000 to UConn's NIL fund.

And Bronny rides the bench? Sounds good to me.

 

[F101Voodoo]

Yes, per Fanta and Simon Charles.

Time to lock this thread? I have certainly had enough of it!

Then don’t open this thread. Have faith , It will die soon of boredom as we decompress and wait until mid December for some Duke , Georgetown, or Creighton or Duke jebonees who will crap on Boneyard and want Hurley fired.

 

[superjohn]

Awesome story. I love that.
You really outdid yourself staying chill through this process.
And one more thing...I personally consider Kent Falls to be the most underrated brewery in the country. You got great taste

Great beer, nice people, and a great location. Unfortunately they can only do small pours now because of a difficult neighbor but it's fine with me because you get to try more things.

 

[CL82]

Geno's got a house on the Jersey shore.

I thought he had a place on the Connecticut shore. East Lyme maybe?

 

[Edward Sargent]

My gut says he stays!!

 

[AreBee1969]

Say what you want about Hurley being an East Coast Guy, loyalty, threepeats, an underwhelming offer and the state of the Lakers organization...dude just got free J Tim's wings for life.

 

[nomar]

It’s over

 

[LBird33]

I don’t want to do this again anytime soon. Whew

 

[Tenspro2002]

On the other hand, doesn't this increase the probability that Hurley is using this as leverage in negotiations with Benedict?

Going to the Lakers for LeBron's last ride is super high-risk, high-reward for a first time NBA coach. If he wins a title, he's a HOF lock and a legend.

If he faceplants, he could be out of the league and take a while to get a second chance, and there's a decent chance of that.

My gut feeling is he's using this as leverage for a contract here and will go to the NBA eventually, but not for at least another handful of years. Remember, Billy Donovan won back to back, was courted by the NBA, even took the Magic job at one point before reneging, and ultimately coached at Florida 8 years after his second title.

Its entirely possible he takes the offer, but it's also the case that everything we've seen so far is consistent with both sides going through the exercise for leverage.

The other impression I get is that Hurley is really enjoying being "wined and dined" and he deserves it. That isn't to say he wouldn't seriously consider the offer, but there's something to be said for him relishing this experience in itself and sees being courted in this way as a reward in itself.

Yes, I think he recognizes that being courted by the Lakers and turning them down would elevate his personal brand and that of UConn to legendary status. There is no downside to him doing what he's doing, even if he's currently leaning towards staying.

It seems much more (or, at worst, equally) likely that Hurley has been working with Benedict for months, there were hurdles outside either of their control, and Hurley is using this as leverage to help both himself and Benedict get there with the powers that be.

Um, or it's taking time to iron out the revised UConn offer.

Appropriate level of relaxed (and of shelling out money) for a guy who's getting a big raise at his current gig.

My head canon/theory is that AD Dave knows exactly what he's doing and the hold-up to getting a new Hurley contract in place is above his head.

He tacitly supported Hurley listening to the Lakers' interest in the guise of "hey, I need an earth-shattering competing offer in hand in order to get our people to move on this."

Hurley went through the dog and pony show, got the Lakers offer, with the intention of using it as leverage to help Benedict jolt the powers that be into finishing his new UConn contract with some urgency. If he were really blown away he might take it, but I think both he and Benedict know that the play is almost certainly to get a beefier contract here.

Hurley, again with tacit approval from Benedict, has played coy in order to keep the powers that be uncomfortable and eager to finish the deal.

This has been my read from the beginning and nothing I've seen so far is inconsistent with it.

That's not to say it's impossible for him to leave (indeed, the actions we've seen so far aren't inconsistent with that outcome either), but nothing is contradicting my prior that this was first and foremost a play for leverage (and maybe a little well-deserved flattery).

I'm just going to leave all these here.

 

[AllHusky]

I'm just going to leave all these here.

Don’t break your arm

 

[Tenspro2002]

Don’t break your arm

I've had a lot of practice, all good.

 

[formerlurker]

I've had a lot of practice, all good.

 

[nomar]

I'm just going to leave all these here.

Not going through that exercise but my posts speak for themselves.

My underwear stayed dry the entire time, let's put it that way.

 

[Woodson]

Not going through that exercise but my posts speak for themselves.

My underwear stayed dry the entire time, let's put it that way.

Really? Even when the $100 million number was (falsely) reported?

 

[nomar]

Really? Even when the $100 million number was (falsely) reported?

You can search my posts. (Not that you'd want to.) No.

I'm not going to say I wasn't concerned, because of course I was, but I was always optimistic. There was never a second I would have bet against him returning.

It always seemed to me that (a) he'd be crazy to not hear the Lakers out, (b) this was a great way to negotiate the best possible deal with UConn, and (c) there was nothing that indicated to me there was anything beyond interest in his part.

 

[RuffRuff]

Our guy Mr John Fanta was a bit of a hack in all this. Between his early Laker's call and the false contract numbers, starting to feel like Johnny Boy is more about self promotion then getting real facts. He's a cute act while he's credible, but once his ballooned need for attention becomes his primary driver, my sense is that the Fanta train may start losing steam.

 

[GampelGladiator]

news worthy of a twin bill...

 

[mjmoney23]

Uconn wasting no time...

 

[hooskies]

Strike while the irons hot.