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Post by piggy pablo on Jun 13, 2024 14:18:06 GMT -5
Hurley says he already agreed on broad details of a contract that would make him the highest paid college basketball coach in the country before speaking with the Lakers (Bill Self currently makes like 9.5M iirc). He also said the Lakers could have made him an offer he couldn't refuse but they didn't. LeBron was not involved in the interview process.
STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Dan Hurley said in a radio appearance Thursday that his rejection of a six-year, $70 million offer to coach the Los Angeles Lakers wasn’t a “leverage play” because he had already agreed to new contract with UConn.
During an appearance on “The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz,” the Huskies coach said it was a difficult choice between leading the Lakers or returning to Storrs to pursue a third consecutive NCAA championship.
“I don’t need leverage here,” the coach said. “We’ve won back-to-back national championships at this place. This was never a leverage situation for me.
“I’ve got a contract in place here for a couple of weeks and the financial part in terms of salary has been done for a while. There’s some other parts, like NIL and staff salaries and some different things that I needed or that I want adjusted. … But the sense or the idea that this was some conspiracy to get me a sweeter deal at UConn is just, it’s lazy.”
Hurley was scheduled to speak with reporters later Thursday. Kentucky also pursued him for its coaching vacancy following the departure of Hall of Famer John Calipari for Arkansas after 15 years with the Wildcats.
Hurley added that it would have been a thrill to coach LeBron James with the Lakers, though he did not speak with James during last week’s interview process. He acknowledged that Los Angeles could have made him an offer that he couldn’t have refused but added that he has a deal in place at UConn that will make him the nation’s highest-paid college coach.
Bill Simmons called bullshit on the Lakers claiming poverty and the "family business" stuff. One point he made that I found especially salient is the Busses own around 2/3 of the team. If they were ever light on cash they could sell five to ten percent for a few hundred million dollars and still fully control the team. They're also the team that has paid the most luxury tax, he said. They're doing fine.
Also, Dan Hurley doesn't know who Trey Anastasio is:
Hurley says he already agreed on broad details of a contract that would make him the highest paid college basketball coach in the country before speaking with the Lakers (Bill Self currently makes like 9.5M iirc). He also said the Lakers could have made him an offer he couldn't refuse but they didn't. LeBron was not involved in the interview process.
STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Dan Hurley said in a radio appearance Thursday that his rejection of a six-year, $70 million offer to coach the Los Angeles Lakers wasn’t a “leverage play” because he had already agreed to new contract with UConn.
During an appearance on “The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz,” the Huskies coach said it was a difficult choice between leading the Lakers or returning to Storrs to pursue a third consecutive NCAA championship.
“I don’t need leverage here,” the coach said. “We’ve won back-to-back national championships at this place. This was never a leverage situation for me.
“I’ve got a contract in place here for a couple of weeks and the financial part in terms of salary has been done for a while. There’s some other parts, like NIL and staff salaries and some different things that I needed or that I want adjusted. … But the sense or the idea that this was some conspiracy to get me a sweeter deal at UConn is just, it’s lazy.”
Hurley was scheduled to speak with reporters later Thursday. Kentucky also pursued him for its coaching vacancy following the departure of Hall of Famer John Calipari for Arkansas after 15 years with the Wildcats.
Hurley added that it would have been a thrill to coach LeBron James with the Lakers, though he did not speak with James during last week’s interview process. He acknowledged that Los Angeles could have made him an offer that he couldn’t have refused but added that he has a deal in place at UConn that will make him the nation’s highest-paid college coach.
Bill Simmons called bullshit on the Lakers claiming poverty and the "family business" stuff. One point he made that I found especially salient is the Busses own around 2/3 of the team. If they were ever light on cash they could sell five to ten percent for a few hundred million dollars and still fully control the team. They're also the team that has paid the most luxury tax, he said. They're doing fine.
Also, Dan Hurley doesn't know who Trey Anastasio is:
If they're not from the tri-state area, they can take a hike. Go back to Vermont.
Can You imagine Danny Hurley at a Phish concert? Which NCAA coach is a closet Phish fan? Thad Matta quoted the Dead when he retired from Ohio St, and that really surprised me.
Clemson will host five-of-the-eight winningest programs in college basketball history this coming season (Kentucky, Duke, North Carolina, Syracuse and Notre Dame).
