Kentucky also offered Hurley 8 years and $100 million. So it will be about fit and I’d be surprised if he takes an offer from a Lakers team that needs lots of work. That said, I’ve been surprised before and will be again. Just probably not about this.
Source: https://x.com/AmicoHoops/status/1799462367740481863
by bambam-in-vietnam
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LMFAO
Yeah, not sure why you’d offer something lower than he already declined
When you don’t even outbid other college programs ☠️
Keep in mind that Steve Kerr is the highest paid NBA Head Coach at $17.5 million annually
Woj was making it seem like they were offering 100M+ .
This is hilarious. Lakers with Balmer as their owner would be a cheat code, I’m much happier with their current ownership
Kentucky boosters easily much richer then the Lakers ownership
They really thought the Lakers brand was worth an extra 900k wow
Why are we acting like that’s a bad offer for a coach with no NBA experience
Jeanie poor millionaire
$70M to get fired in a year and a half because he won’t put Bronny on the floor is pretty tough to pass up tbh.
regarding reporters =
Sam Amick = K
Sam Amico = No
Us UConn fans should feel really blessed to have a guy willing to leave $3 million+ per year on the table to stay with our program.
Imagine going to that school, not giving AF about ball, and knowing that the only thing your entire yearly tuition paid for was a weeks salary for the bball coach
Lakers offer was more than enough, I don’t think it was a money decision
$11.8 million in California is like easily less than $6 million in take home when you get past state and federal taxes, agent fees, etc.
If the lakers were actually a serious organization (lol) they would have manned up and offered $16-$18 million per, which would probably get him around $6-9 million per after taxes but before agent fees
Probably realized they can get somebody much more affordable than that because the ownership family is actually cash poor because all of their family wealth is from the lakers themselves
Why are coaches paid so little?
$15million is average for a 4th/5th man. But a coach is more valuable than that.
Even 2/3 makes >$25million. Which seems more reasonable.
Like many have said, that Lakers offer was unserious and did not entice Hurley one bit. He’s currently in a stable, lucrative position and you didn’t even offer him top dollar, you just wanted to tell people you tried.
I’m surprised he didn’t take it. Worst thing that could happen is Lakers don’t produce, he gets fired, he gets a similar offer from another NCAA blue blood and makes double.
All in my ass.
Small family business, can’t afford more than that
I was gonna say 6 years and 70 million seems kind of low considering what was being said by the media. I assumed the Lakers were gonna give him a grandfather 10 year offer for like 120 or something just to make this happen.
Plus he won’t need to deal with LeManagement
Did they tell him there’s a ping pong table in the break room tho? That’s gotta make up the difference
It’s low key a little f’ed up that a college can afford to pay more than a professional sports team…
lol
11.6 min in California turns into like 5 mil a year. That’s a no brother
CBBALL HC = CEO
NBA HC = COO
They’re very different jobs
Doesn’t seem right that a school can outbid a nba team
justa pathetic offer. hed see half of that living in cali. i fucken hate jeanie
Should universities have this much money to give to sports?
As Private Equity money starts flowing into College athletics, I expect it to be much harder to tempt coaches to the professional leagues.
Lakers just cheap when it comes to coaches 😂
Lakers are notoriously cheap when it comes to HCs. That was the reason they did not hire Lue. Reason Riley left.
If money was not really the issue, then Hurley really chose a bunch of college students over LeBron James lol
I mean come on, at least match what Detroit is giving Monty lmao