Wouldn't touch the Lakers job with an 20-inch pole

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Zezzo!

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Now, I loved the Lakers all my life but right now I think that may be one of the worst jobs in the NBA. There's no stability, even if win you win (see Frank Vogel/Darvin Ham) the roster may or may not have holes, one bad 3-game losing streak you may be looking for another job and finally, you have to submit to Lebron even at age 40. I hear unproven JJ Reddick is the front-runner and hear he may be the next Pat Riley, which I highly doubt, I still would not take that job. It's a can't win situation!

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Zezzo! said:
Now, I loved the Lakers all my life but right now I think that may be one of the worst jobs in the NBA. There's no stability, even if win you win (see Frank Vogel/Darvin Ham) the roster may or may not have holes, one bad 3-game losing streak you may be looking for another job and finally, you have to submit to Lebron even at age 40. I hear unproven JJ Reddick is the front-runner and hear he may be the next Pat Riley, which I highly doubt, I still would not take that job. It's a can't win situation!

Comments, thoughts?
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Thoughts are simple regarding this job. Keep LeBron happy and you are golden.
 
It's a job where as it is currently, nothing you do as the coach is ever going to be good enough.

Vogel won a title in the "bubble" and got bounced two years later when the old and the oft injured (LeBron and AD) combined to miss nearly 80 games and they missed the playoffs...and he took the axe for often having an over the hill Westbrook taking the court with a hodge podge of marginal players and other over the hill guys on many nights.
 
It's incredible how one player has had the ability to make so much of an impact on his teams, both good and bad. Once he won a title with the Cavs, he really could had retired. Kyrie decided that was enough, even with him on a championship team wasn't enough to stick it out. And you look around, only Anthony Davis has left his team to join LeBron. Everyone else runs from him. Young guys with options want nothing to do with him. He's a coach killer and a young player killer. The 2020 title is a joke, that took two guys who get run down and injured and basically had a little tournament where they were 100% rested and ready to go at the start.

Lakers should just call him in, tell him this is his last season in LA, he will be the player / coach and just leave it at that.
 
I would take that job tomorrow, knowing that I'll last 1-2 years on the bench and then get paid another 2-3 years after getting fired. Lebron is the coach killer, not sure why the Lakers don't realize that.
 
What Danny Hurley really meant to say....
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I can’t imagine he was ever going to take it anyway, but the Lakers offered a deal worth $30 million less and close to the same average per year as the offer Hurley didn’t take at Kentucky.

They needed to offer like $100 million for this to maybe be serious and they limped to the table with $70 million.
 
nwwarrior09 said:
I can’t imagine he was ever going to take it anyway, but the Lakers offered a deal worth $30 million less and close to the same average per year as the offer Hurley didn’t take at Kentucky.

They needed to offer like $100 million for this to maybe be serious and they limped to the table with $70 million.
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It's pretty bewildering that the Lakers would make him such an unimpressive offer but I guess it gives a pretty damning glimpse at the state of their front office if that was their strategy to attract the hottest candidate in coaching right now.
 
This was a win win for Hurley.

Either get a 100 million LaL contract, or spurn the Lake Show and bea ble to use this as a recruting tool for yrs to come that even one of the most prestigious franchises of all time and a top ten NBA player all time and Lebron James couldnt tear him away.
 
nwwarrior09 said:
I can’t imagine he was ever going to take it anyway, but the Lakers offered a deal worth $30 million less and close to the same average per year as the offer Hurley didn’t take at Kentucky.

They needed to offer like $100 million for this to maybe be serious and they limped to the table with $70 million.
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I'm not sure any amount of money would had taken him out there. It just makes no sense. He's an old school, yell at the players coach. How does that work in the NBA? He's east coach, high energy.
At UConn, he's in complete control. He owns the team, he runs the program, he recruits his guys. With the Lakers, he has no control.
As I've always said with these guys, how much money do you really need before it becomes irrelevant?
 
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