Lakers preparing offer for Hurley
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Nah, midair on a hang glider
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that's what I was thinking
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Every time I see him I think Chris Farley in SNL's Down by the River skit. Fanta even dresses like him.
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Would imagine once the LA meeting is over Hurley knows what he is doing but will not tell Lakers yes or no because he doesn’t want the information to leak- if he has decided Yes to leave- would imagine that he wants to meet with the team first face to face & let them know instead of them hearing it from the internet or another reporter. Have a feeling the optics of this whole thing is very important to Hurley & that if he is leaving he wants to make himself look as good as he can.
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Fanta sounds like he's making stuff up for national media clout. He's saying UConn already offered Hurley an incredibly lucrative offer back in April and the fact that Hurley didn't take it means Hurley doesn't want to be at UConn, and not because the money isn't there.
We all know Hurley hasn't been offered the contract he wanted by UConn, or he would have either signed it a while ago or it would have come out a while ago that the offer was out.
We all know Hurley hasn't been offered the contract he wanted by UConn, or he would have either signed it a while ago or it would have come out a while ago that the offer was out.
8/100 isn't blow you away type offer.
Uconns final offer should absolutely be $10 mil per. That would make him the highest paid coach in college basketball. Anything short of that would be insulting given the last two seasons and where the program currently is. Maybe it's not enough but making him the highest paid coach on the men's side is where this needs to end for uconn.
(I have absolutely no idea how we pay him or where that money comes from but you figure that out at all costs)
Uconns final offer should absolutely be $10 mil per. That would make him the highest paid coach in college basketball. Anything short of that would be insulting given the last two seasons and where the program currently is. Maybe it's not enough but making him the highest paid coach on the men's side is where this needs to end for uconn.
(I have absolutely no idea how we pay him or where that money comes from but you figure that out at all costs)
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Couple thoughts:
1- between the back to back championships and the spurned interest from the biggest names in the NCAA and NBA, if Hurley does stay he is now the biggest name in CBB by a country mile. He should be able to get just about any player he wants assuming his new deal gives him the NIL to work with. However,
2- as great as he is, we cant have these sideshows every offseason where he’s courting offers and the media’s having a field day with the ‘will he won’t he’ topic. It will hurt his credibility not just with recruits and current players, but with UConn and even his ultimate prospective destinations as well. Kentucky and LA yeah purely out of respect you had to hear them out. But it’s hard to sell loyalty and buying in 100% when you look like you have a foot out the door.
1- between the back to back championships and the spurned interest from the biggest names in the NCAA and NBA, if Hurley does stay he is now the biggest name in CBB by a country mile. He should be able to get just about any player he wants assuming his new deal gives him the NIL to work with. However,
2- as great as he is, we cant have these sideshows every offseason where he’s courting offers and the media’s having a field day with the ‘will he won’t he’ topic. It will hurt his credibility not just with recruits and current players, but with UConn and even his ultimate prospective destinations as well. Kentucky and LA yeah purely out of respect you had to hear them out. But it’s hard to sell loyalty and buying in 100% when you look like you have a foot out the door.
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Media is 45% about being first, 45% about attention grabbing/clicks, and 10% accuracy today. And clearly everything Hurley related is getting clicks
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I do think it's weird that the contract seems "complicated"
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Hurley visiting the Lakers is just a 4D chess move to motivate his team for a 3peat. "I turned down the Lakers to make history, don't let me down this year guys"
I genuinely think it’s a combination of this plus his agent telling him he publicly turned down the UK offer too quickly for negotiation leverage and that he needs to let this play out and show interest just to increase UConns end, where I genuinely think he ends up.
Can’t believe I am even weighing in on this, but your second point isn’t good. He shut down the Kentucky thing- and any other college opportunity- in a minute. The NBA is an obvious goal for lots of coaches. He’s just good enough to have it be a reality.
This happens all the time in sports, just hits differently when it’s your own guy. No one wants the coach that nobody else wants either. His players know what’s up. They all have the same goals.
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There should be a high buyout in there too, maybe that’s why he hasn’t signed.
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I don't understand why a high buyout would deter him from signing. It's not like he would ever be on the hook for it.
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Hey you put some respect on Matt Foley's name
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Karaban knew this was going to happen? His goal is to play in the nba yet he turned down promises of a guaranteed contract in the 2nd round to come back to play for (insert coach to be hired later)?
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Life isn't that black and white. If you're Hurley you can't really plan for something like this to happen
You don’t need to worry about Alex. He’s a smart guy who makes fully informed decisions.
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so you're hinting at DH coming back
A buyout is money your new potential employer would have to pay for you that doesn't go to you. If you're worth 100 over 8, maybe you get 90 over 8 if you have a 10 mil buyout. (obviously this depends on a lot of factors, but just a simplification on why it's in his best interest to just not have it be a factor).
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Who knows what kind of accounting is necessary to make it look like UConns athletics department isn’t on the brink of insolvency
No big deal they’ll just jack tuition and fees up 8% per year for the next 10 years lol.