Lakers re-offer $100.10 million for Dan Hurley to leave UConn…
Los Angeles – Dan Hurley, the coach of Connecticut, received a hefty offer from the Lakers to become their head coach: $100.10 million spread over six years. He declined their offer to come back to Connecticut and try to lead the Huskies to an NCAA title for the third time in a row. Is there a certain sum of money the Lakers could have given Hurley to make him reconsider? On “The Dan Le Batard Show With Stugotz,” Hurley stated on Thursday, “There probably is,” but he did not know how much.
Hurley stated in his first public remarks since declining the Lakers’ offer on Monday that something truly remarkable would have needed to happen for him to leave his circumstances in Storrs, Connecticut. “To leave a place that you feel the way we do and the family connection with my wife, my sons, my mother-in-law, my father – I know how much it means to my dad to go to the Big East tournament and to come to 10 UConn games a year at home and sit courtside when I’m coaching against Rick Pitino, you know?” Hurley stated. “There’s surely a number to get away from all that. That is unknown to me.” Hurley, the renowned Bob Hurley Sr. high school coach’s son,
is 141-58 in six seasons at Connecticut, with 68-11 in the latter two seasons that saw them win titles in the NCAA Tournament. Hurley emerged as the front-runner to succeed fired Lakers coach Darvin Ham last week after a flurry of activity. On Friday, he took a plane to meet with controlling owner Jeanie Buss and senior vice president and general manager Rob Pelinka.
Hurley remarked, “I wanted to investigate the possibility of leading such a legendary franchise, walking the sidelines alongside some of the greatest players in history, like Pat Riley and Phil Jackson, and coaching the Lakers and one of the greatest players of all time, LeBron James, and another of the best players in the NBA, Anthony Davis.” “It was something in my mind that I had to explore and consider and see what it looked like.” Hurley admitted to Le Batard that he was undecided all weekend but that he had given himself till Sunday night at bedtime to decide.
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