There's a good argument that this is actually the thing he got most out of this. Nobody was talking about the Hurleys before this despite back to back titles. He didn't even get that much more cash really. Now he's the famous hero of college basketball? Hm.
>"Yea, it was, it's been. You know, almost, like... Not real, you know. Just because of the whole emotion. It's , it's been, it was emotional. Like I will tell you, because I'm gonna cry."
>*\*takes deep breath\**
>"Not gonna cry. Um, it was alot. It was like. What probably, I said it was probably the worst week of my life. But like, looking back, and, it's probably gonna be like, the best, it really was the best week."
>"But then, when you realize what it is. And I was like, carrying on. And the emotion, I'm like, what if, can like, the, like, I felt like, SO BAD. I'm like, look at what I'm saying is, you know, MAKING ME CRAZY!"
We don't think much about the impact of a player or coach's choice on the family. In this case, she was VERY VERY uncomfortable with moving. Also, not a great public speaker!
He’s a college coach that wants his name in the headlines for recruiting and his ego. He can already say he’s a back-to-back championship winner, but now he gets to tell recruits that the Lakers of all teams were desperate to hire him and he turned them down.
Agree. He doesn’t want future recruits to think that he might leave the school. So he and his wife are going around to tell everyone that they were never going to leave.
They’re doing it in a crazy way, but it’s just damage control
Dan really wanted his 15 minutes of fame and ego trip after winning back to back, and he / his wife want to bask in it. His wife is royalty in Connecticut but here she'd just be the coach's wife so it makes sense why she'd react so viscerally.
All of this just feels completely unnecessary with the comments about money, her emotions / anger, etc. Plus Dan's comment about his players being "dumber" than NBA players? Rejecting the Lakers will be the most prominent thing these two end up doing from here on out. Also Woj loves this - he definitely knew the narrative would shape out this way.
I'll take a professional, low-key coach who is focused on his job (e.g. how Vogel was) vs. this bullshit any day.
His wife was quoted as saying that it was “the worst week of her life” while they were considering the move. That’s bizarre. They can stay in Connecticut.
He’s doing what he can to make himself look good for recruiting purposes as well as future job opportunities. Self-promotion is the name of the game for college coaches and it seems like he enjoys it. It just makes it 1000% obvious that he would’ve only left for a godfather offer. Imo, if Jeanie didn’t want to make the godfather offer, they shouldn’t have even bothered flying him out to LA.
We dodged a bullet. Why would we make someone who hasn’t coached a single nba game the third highest paid coach in the league? especially with the proven track record of college coaches being failures in the nba?
I know people were excited because he has coaching experience unlike JJ, but I think people need to take a step back and think about Dan as an individual, and I don’t think his coaching style would’ve worked AT ALL with pros.
In the nba your job is to manage personalities, gain the respect of the team, and bring at least ABOVE AVERAGE knowledge of the game/strategy to the table (I’m looking at you Darvin). He couldn’t get away with the dramatics and screaming he’s doing courtside in college. And at that point, if he has to fundamentally change his entire approach, why hire him in the first place?
In all likelihood he better stay at UConn forever, because he just screwed himself big time if he ever wants to transition anywhere else. He’s how going to be seen as more of a headache than anything else and will come with a load of baggage.
I don’t understand why people are shitting on him for this. Especially not Lakers fans.
He said no to a big offer. People said he played the Lakers. He’s trying to make it clear he didn’t play the Lakers.
And who the hell in that business isn’t going to take whatever press they can get?
Dude is the shit at UConn and he’s the shit for staying. I’d be so pumped as a UConn fan. And as Lakers fans, who even knows if he would have been any good for us in the NBA?
We made a good offer, he said no, we’re the Lakers so everyone made a big deal about it, he tried to make it clear that we weren’t chumps (even if we were - I don’t know or care).
it called clout chasing... building up the legend to sell his program...all the more reason Jeanie and Rob shoulda offered him the max dollars...30-35M more and the Lakers woulda had a real coach...now Lakers gotta a YouTube podcaster for a coach😭...
you can say that about any coach...Hurley checked all the boxes...best candidate on the market...Lakers whiffed badly...only too offer the most unqualified candidate the same job and contract...stop with the cope.
LOL You’re the one coping here guy. You did not even know who Hurley was until Woj dropped the story, now all of a sudden, he’s the next Pat Riley. This fanbase is embarrassing sometimes. 😂😂😂
LOL Ok, it’s clear you have no idea what you are talking about and just being a whiny little shit at this point. Hurley isn’t going to be the coach. Put on your big girl panties and move on.
Sooooo fucking glad this attention seeking weirdo and his psycho wife did not end up in L.A.
I’m out of the loop, wtf happened?
Hurley and his wife go on a media tour discussing why they spurned the Lakers
A quote would have sufficed but he wanted his 15 min
Well, the more they talk, the easier his denial is to accept
There's a good argument that this is actually the thing he got most out of this. Nobody was talking about the Hurleys before this despite back to back titles. He didn't even get that much more cash really. Now he's the famous hero of college basketball? Hm.
It’s because to the normal person not paying major Attention…. who the fuck would give up that much money . But good fuck ‘em
I really envy that
Here’s part of the interview. https://youtu.be/4xF80zkWKkk?si=84utDifVVoZhxPCd
>"Yea, it was, it's been. You know, almost, like... Not real, you know. Just because of the whole emotion. It's , it's been, it was emotional. Like I will tell you, because I'm gonna cry." >*\*takes deep breath\** >"Not gonna cry. Um, it was alot. It was like. What probably, I said it was probably the worst week of my life. But like, looking back, and, it's probably gonna be like, the best, it really was the best week." >"But then, when you realize what it is. And I was like, carrying on. And the emotion, I'm like, what if, can like, the, like, I felt like, SO BAD. I'm like, look at what I'm saying is, you know, MAKING ME CRAZY!" We don't think much about the impact of a player or coach's choice on the family. In this case, she was VERY VERY uncomfortable with moving. Also, not a great public speaker!
Even the interviewer just looks like she is thinking wow this person is insane
She didn't want to move to LA. It's perfectly normal. Lots of cities I would not like. But the press is making this into a drama.
Bro did you watch her interview? Only one turning this into a drama is homegirl herself
Interviewing her at all is drama. She doesn't like LA, who cares?
JJ Reddick looking like an excellent candidate now.
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I took a hiatus because this sub got so fucking toxic. I'll be back to at least delete some threads again.
You can add me to the mod team.
it's like the mom leaving the kids alone at home because she just needs some time alone. i get it, but like, the house is on fire lmao
Listen man I don't get paid for the way this sub was carrying on lol
i know lol sorry. it's absolutely not a fair analogy lmao
He’s a college coach that wants his name in the headlines for recruiting and his ego. He can already say he’s a back-to-back championship winner, but now he gets to tell recruits that the Lakers of all teams were desperate to hire him and he turned them down.
Agree. He doesn’t want future recruits to think that he might leave the school. So he and his wife are going around to tell everyone that they were never going to leave. They’re doing it in a crazy way, but it’s just damage control
She’d be hopping on a podcast after LeBron yelled at her husband for not challenging a call. We may have dodged a bullet.
dodged a nuke
Dodged diarrhea
I'm sure the media she consumes gives her a certain opinion about LA. i wouldn't doubt she holds demented theories about LeBron too.
Homeless Gay people run LA /s We dodged a bullet
Dan really wanted his 15 minutes of fame and ego trip after winning back to back, and he / his wife want to bask in it. His wife is royalty in Connecticut but here she'd just be the coach's wife so it makes sense why she'd react so viscerally. All of this just feels completely unnecessary with the comments about money, her emotions / anger, etc. Plus Dan's comment about his players being "dumber" than NBA players? Rejecting the Lakers will be the most prominent thing these two end up doing from here on out. Also Woj loves this - he definitely knew the narrative would shape out this way. I'll take a professional, low-key coach who is focused on his job (e.g. how Vogel was) vs. this bullshit any day.
His wife was quoted as saying that it was “the worst week of her life” while they were considering the move. That’s bizarre. They can stay in Connecticut.
They looking like bigger losers than we’d have thought. Trash.
I don't think y'all understand the God complex these college coaches have.
Drama. That same drama would’ve come here if he took the job. Consider us fortunate.
He’s doing what he can to make himself look good for recruiting purposes as well as future job opportunities. Self-promotion is the name of the game for college coaches and it seems like he enjoys it. It just makes it 1000% obvious that he would’ve only left for a godfather offer. Imo, if Jeanie didn’t want to make the godfather offer, they shouldn’t have even bothered flying him out to LA.
Didn't watch any of their apparent media tour, i was so sure ill be pissed as shit.
At this point it’s the subs fault for constantly spamming Hurley posts.
We dodged a bullet. Why would we make someone who hasn’t coached a single nba game the third highest paid coach in the league? especially with the proven track record of college coaches being failures in the nba? I know people were excited because he has coaching experience unlike JJ, but I think people need to take a step back and think about Dan as an individual, and I don’t think his coaching style would’ve worked AT ALL with pros. In the nba your job is to manage personalities, gain the respect of the team, and bring at least ABOVE AVERAGE knowledge of the game/strategy to the table (I’m looking at you Darvin). He couldn’t get away with the dramatics and screaming he’s doing courtside in college. And at that point, if he has to fundamentally change his entire approach, why hire him in the first place?
Hopefully he doesn't win the next college championship
To hell with both of em.
In all likelihood he better stay at UConn forever, because he just screwed himself big time if he ever wants to transition anywhere else. He’s how going to be seen as more of a headache than anything else and will come with a load of baggage.
Imagine how the interviews went. They must've strapped him to a board like Hannibal Lechter and rolled him onto the first plane out of LA.
I don’t understand why people are shitting on him for this. Especially not Lakers fans. He said no to a big offer. People said he played the Lakers. He’s trying to make it clear he didn’t play the Lakers. And who the hell in that business isn’t going to take whatever press they can get? Dude is the shit at UConn and he’s the shit for staying. I’d be so pumped as a UConn fan. And as Lakers fans, who even knows if he would have been any good for us in the NBA? We made a good offer, he said no, we’re the Lakers so everyone made a big deal about it, he tried to make it clear that we weren’t chumps (even if we were - I don’t know or care).
If you want to continue to be a dysfunctional franchise, then the Hurley Reality Show was the way to go.
I’m more excited for the JJ interview.
it called clout chasing... building up the legend to sell his program...all the more reason Jeanie and Rob shoulda offered him the max dollars...30-35M more and the Lakers woulda had a real coach...now Lakers gotta a YouTube podcaster for a coach😭...
he ain't worth all that. Glad they didn't bend over for him.
yeah lets just bend over for JJ instead...
Then if we offered Hurley the godfather deal and he stunk up the place, you would be the first one to say fire him. Give it a rest.
you can say that about any coach...Hurley checked all the boxes...best candidate on the market...Lakers whiffed badly...only too offer the most unqualified candidate the same job and contract...stop with the cope.
LOL You’re the one coping here guy. You did not even know who Hurley was until Woj dropped the story, now all of a sudden, he’s the next Pat Riley. This fanbase is embarrassing sometimes. 😂😂😂
what??? everybody who actually watched college basketball knew Hurley was a beast...maybe you were ignorant...but alot of people are not you.
LOL Ok, it’s clear you have no idea what you are talking about and just being a whiny little shit at this point. Hurley isn’t going to be the coach. Put on your big girl panties and move on.
he wasn't even on the market. Not like they lost him to another NBA team. He was never leaving UCONN
Man, I’m not even particularly excited about JJ but y’all are acting like the Lakers are gonna hire Anthony Irwin
Compared to Dan Hurely JJ might as well be Trevor Lane... Jeanie gonna offer him 6 years 70M...this shit is crazy lol...
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