Hiring a new coach should have been a slam dunk, but it was instead an airball, and the failure shows the depths to which the Lakers' reputation has fallen.
  • RandAlThorOPM
    41·
    5 months ago

    Hurley is taking $8m per year offer from UConn over Lakers’ 11.7m. Per this report money wasn’t the issue.

  • David_Eight@lemmy.world
    31·
    5 months ago

    OMG how will the city of Los Angeles live with such shame. Palinka should perform harakiri due the embarrassment he has brought from this failure.

    • RandAlThorOPM
      31·
      5 months ago

      Plaschke is the LA Times’ long-time sports columnist. This is a pretty damning statement from him. It is also an indication of the scrutiny Palinka is under now. He should have closed the deal when Hurley was in LA. He didn’t.

      • David_Eight@lemmy.world
        21·
        5 months ago

        IDK, this whole article seems to be based on conjecture to me. Maybe Hurley and his family like living in Connecticut, maybe he just prefers coaching college, maybe he just did the interview to get more money out of UCONN. It’d be embarrassing if he signed with anither NBA team but he stayed where he was.

        People always overreact with the Lakers. People’s opinion on Palinka change with the wind. He’s done a decent job overall IMO.

        • RandAlThorOPM
          1·
          5 months ago

          I think he wants to have input on roster construction. In college he recruits and picks the players who comes to play for him. In NBA it’s the GM who does this.

          • David_Eight@lemmy.world
            2·
            5 months ago

            He’s wants input or he wants to be the GM, there’s an important difference there. A coach having input is normal, a coach wanting to be the GM or having final say isn’t. If it’s the latter then it’s just not a good fit for either side.