Lakers preparing offer for Hurley

[djct1999]

If this Lakers job is so good, why does anyone who has nba head coaching experience not want it?

 

[EBonz30]

This is where I'm at. The timing is never going to be right and people are always going to moan when he leaves but mid-June is probably the worst possible time this could happen. Even if he decided to leave in November you've got a likely interim staff and a locked in roster. This is potentially shambolic and puts a bunch of kids in a pretty crappy situation. The Karaban thing is the worst, to me.

The Lakers job has been open for 5 weeks, by the way. Hamm got fired on May 3 so it was, in fact, open pretty close to April. Fairly inconceivable that there was no contact in the last month plus and this literally came out of nowhere.

As I stated earlier as well- he just put up 3 fingers on Saturday on a Big Event with Millions of viewers- I confident this situation started over the last 4 days- possibly around same time with the Francesa interview.

 

[Aaron1995]

Grew up in LA in the 1980s. Never missed a game on the radio. Lakers were my first sports passion. I still hate the Celtics. If they take DH they are dead to me. (They pretty much have been for years but this will finish it off)

 

[Fatroony5]

There’s the players and then there’s Alex Karaban. Who according to the SC staff had guaranteed money on the table and left it to be developed by Dan Hurley.

Alex was likely to be a second round pick, that’s why he came back. Obviously he expected it to be Hurley developing him but if Dan leaves, he’ll develop under another coach. I mean we’ll all be disappointed but a guy who was coaching high school like 13 years ago is in line to be the lakers coach. Just think about that for a second. Players have a right to be upset but I also think they’re understanding of the magnitude of the situation. This isn’t him bolting to Seton Hall here.

 

[UofCT]

I feel like he owed it to Karaban to handle this 2 weeks ago when contact reportedly started. Kill me at the stakes if you want. He’s a fallible man, not a God. And I think he could’ve handled this better.

Karaban being on the roster is the only thing giving me hope that he returns for one more season.

 

[nomar]

Hurley also has said numerous times that Kimani has the luxury of waiting for the right situation to be a head coach. Well Dan, is the right situation handing over the reigns in the middle of June, with impossibly high three-peat expectations that you yourself have set for this program, and then make him fight to retain a roster with no portal available to him to backfill whatever departures there may be?

That is setting the guy up to fail and be the scapegoat. It's an extremely unfair situation to put Kimani in because if he has a bad year if our roster gets decimated, how far does that set him back in his career?

Honestly, my gut says not much, because what you described would be obvious to everybody and not really held against him (unless there was a debacle that went beyond wins & losses). He'd have to step down a level, but that's what was going to have happen anyway. I'm sure Kimani would welcome the opportunity despite those major problems.

 

[AntG168]

Alex was likely to be a second round pick, that’s why he came back. Obviously he expected it to be Hurley developing him but if Dan leaves, he’ll develop under another coach. I mean we’ll all be disappointed but a guy who was coaching high school like 13 years ago is in line to be the lakers coach. Just think about that for a second. Players have a right to be upset but I also think they’re understanding of the magnitude of the situation. This isn’t him bolting to Seton Hall here.

Alex was content with being a second round pick. He had guaranteed money on the table. If his decision was college with no DH he would’ve stayed in the draft.

No one is knocking him if he moves for moving. It’s the timing when allegedly they reached out a week before Alex decided. If he was their “number 1 guy” he could’ve told them it had to be handled before Alex made his decision. For this reason I don’t think he’s going. He’s a loyal guy. I can’t see him doing that. I’d be disappointed for sure

 

[August_West]

In the last 13 seasons, the Lakers have had 7 head coaches. Even Frank Vogel, who won a (bubble) Championship was escorted out the door a couple seasons later. This job becomes available every 2 years.

Not if they make the right hire here. In fact it seems that is exactly what they are trying to avoid by courting Hurley.

 

[GoConn]

Hurley is the face of UConn mens basketball and college basketball. On the lakers, he is pretty irrelevant.

 

[EBonz30]

Grew up in LA in the 1980s. Never missed a game on the radio. Lakers were my first sports passion. I still hate the Celtics. If they take DH they are dead to me. (They pretty much have been for years but this will finish it off)

Why would they be dead to you? I am a lifelong Knicks fan & if the Knicks were about to hire him- obviously I would have mixed feelings about it- but it would forced me to even watch the Knicks even more with excitement.

 

[olehead]

This is where I'm at. The timing is never going to be right and people are always going to moan when he leaves but mid-June is probably the worst possible time this could happen. Even if he decided to leave in November you've got a likely interim staff and a locked in roster. This is potentially shambolic and puts a bunch of kids in a pretty crappy situation. The Karaban thing is the worst, to me.

The Lakers job has been open for 5 weeks, by the way. Hamm got fired on May 3 so it was, in fact, open pretty close to April. Fairly inconceivable that there was no contact in the last month plus and this literally came out of nowhere.

Shambolic huh.

 

[ShootURShot]

Hurley doesn't owe us anything. I hope he stays, and I think he ultimately will, but he owes it to himself to decide if he wants to pursue his dream. He is a Husky.

 

[BPT2Storrs]

I’ve got to think that the Lakers and/or other NBA franchises were thinking about Hurley a lot sooner than yesterday morning. It’s been two months since the 2nd national championship. The Lakers season was over almost a month and a half ago. I know the news dropped yesterday, but I assume Hurley has known about this far longer than when the media breaks it. If that’s the case, why not let Karaban know your intentions sooner? Or why get Liam and Aidan to commit if you know you are gone? I get that you still have a job to do as current HC at UConn but you’re not going to sell these guys on a championship if you don’t plan to be around. Either he had absolutely no idea an NBA franchise would come calling (which seems unlikely) or he is truly using this for leverage and a tactic that yes he is the best coach in the county, pro or college, and UConn better make that known in his new contract.

 

[UofCT]

Alex was content with being a second round pick. He had guaranteed money on the table. If his decision was college with no DH he would’ve stayed in the draft.

Hurley could have drafted him and guaranteed him a roster spot for crying out loud!

 

[aceboon]

This is where I'm at. The timing is never going to be right and people are always going to moan when he leaves but mid-June is probably the worst possible time this could happen. Even if he decided to leave in November you've got a likely interim staff and a locked in roster. This is potentially shambolic and puts a bunch of kids in a pretty crappy situation. The Karaban thing is the worst, to me.

The Lakers job has been open for 5 weeks, by the way. Hamm got fired on May 3 so it was, in fact, open pretty close to April. Fairly inconceivable that there was no contact in the last month plus and this literally came out of nowhere.

yea that's why I don't buy the Woj spin that Hurley has been the top target all along, doesn't make sense that Hurley would have Karaban spurn potential guaranteed contracts(Hurley's own words in that podcast from last week) if he knew something like this was coming to a head.

 

[August_West]

Hurley could have drafted him and guaranteed him a roster spot for crying out loud!

That slot is for Bronny.

 

[AntG168]

I’ve got to think that the Lakers and/or other NBA franchises were thinking about Hurley a lot sooner than yesterday morning. It’s been two months since the 2nd national championship. The Lakers season was over almost a month and a half ago. I know the news dropped yesterday, but I assume Hurley has known about this far longer than when the media breaks it. If that’s the case, why not let Karaban know your intentions sooner? Or why get Liam and Aidan to commit if you know you are gone? I get that you still have a job to do as current HC at UConn but you’re not going to sell these guys on a championship if you don’t plan to be around. Either he had absolutely no idea an NBA franchise would come calling (which seems unlikely) or he is truly using this for leverage and a tactic that yes he is the best coach in the county, pro or college, and UConn better make that known in his new contract.

This is what I’m choosing to believe as well

 

[Mike Honcho]

never a "perfect" time given you have players/families that committed to you, but a week after Karaban went back and forth on a life changing decision up until the final deadline day and decided to comeback on the premise of going for a 3 peat and an expanded role to boost his draft stock is pretty cruddy imo

This is where I'm at. The timing is never going to be right and people are always going to moan when he leaves but mid-June is probably the worst possible time this could happen. Even if he decided to leave in November you've got a likely interim staff and a locked in roster. This is potentially shambolic and puts a bunch of kids in a pretty crappy situation. The Karaban thing is the worst, to me.

The Lakers job has been open for 5 weeks, by the way. Hamm got fired on May 3 so it was, in fact, open pretty close to April. Fairly inconceivable that there was no contact in the last month plus and this literally came out of nowhere.

Calhoun got lambasted for abruptly retiring in September, on the eve of the season.

I am not nearly as pessimistic as some of you. Hurley built up a program that's bigger than himself. I don't see a mass exodus coming, but a lot of that will depend on how AD David Benedict handles the situation. PC was able to rebound effectively by taking decisive action and hiring Kim English. Jury is still out on how well he performs, but year 1 was a success. We may have more limitations based on the timing, but we also have some huge built-in advantages.

 

[Mike Honcho]

Not if they make the right hire here. In fact it seems that is exactly what they are trying to avoid by courting Hurley.

Well they don't seem too happy with their options given that they are about to throw the kitchen sink at Hurley.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

yea that's why I don't buy the Woj spin that Hurley has been the top target all along, doesn't make sense that Hurley would have Karaban spurn potential guaranteed contracts(Hurley's own words in that podcast from last week) if he knew something like this was coming to a head.

There's a positive flipside here that's being unsaid but I don't really have any reason to put much stock in it, particularly given what's being reported about the mood in Storrs (if Fanta is to be believed). (i.e. they all know he's not going - but again I've seen nothing to indicate that that's the case.)

 

[AntG168]

There's a positive flipside here that's being unsaid but I don't really have any reason to put much stock in it, particularly given what's being reported about the mood in Storrs (if Fanta is to be believed). (i.e. they all know he's not going - but again I've seen nothing to indicate that that's the case.)

On SC he’s insinuating that they’re optimistic he returns in the building. But no one knows for sure

 

[Hey Adrien!]

 

[Fatroony5]

I’ve got to think that the Lakers and/or other NBA franchises were thinking about Hurley a lot sooner than yesterday morning. It’s been two months since the 2nd national championship. The Lakers season was over almost a month and a half ago. I know the news dropped yesterday, but I assume Hurley has known about this far longer than when the media breaks it. If that’s the case, why not let Karaban know your intentions sooner? Or why get Liam and Aidan to commit if you know you are gone? I get that you still have a job to do as current HC at UConn but you’re not going to sell these guys on a championship if you don’t plan to be around. Either he had absolutely no idea an NBA franchise would come calling (which seems unlikely) or he is truly using this for leverage and a tactic that yes he is the best coach in the county, pro or college, and UConn better make that known in his new contract.

Guys, Mahaney & Liam both committed while Darvin Ham was the coach of the Lakers, like what are we even doing here? Have conversations been going on for more than a few days? Probably. But often times, these things move fast. We don’t really know the exact timeline & it’s entirely possible that Hurley didn’t seriously consider this until a few days ago. We’re all going to be upset if he leaves but the guy built a powerhouse here at UConn. Some around here acting like he’s the devil if he decides to pursue a lifelong dream of being an NBA coach.

 

[CONN78SEJ]

Karaban being on the roster is the only thing giving me hope that he returns for one more season.

Hurley or Karaban? Lol

If you mean Hurley, that’s an even bigger circus and disaster.

Hurley needs to put out a statement quick about UConn Basketball being his only job or this team will disintegrate faster than you can say Latrell Sprewell.

 

[AntG168]

Guys, Mahaney & Liam both committed while Darvin Ham was the coach of the Lakers, like what are we even doing here? Have conversations been going on for more than a few days? Probably. But often times, these things move fast. We don’t really know the exact timeline & it’s entirely possible that Hurley didn’t seriously consider this until a few days ago. We’re all going to be upset if he leaves but the guy built a powerhouse here at UConn. Some around here acting like he’s the devil if he decides to pursue a lifelong dream of being an NBA coach.

You’re missing the point. If he only seriously considered it AFTER AK turned down guaranteed NBA money while knowing of the interest before then, that sucks. And he owed AK better timing