Today, like most trading deadlines, draft days and free agency, is why I tune out the clickbait media.
I’m just not interested in the race to “Who is right” that goes down between The Athletic, ESPN, and all the major talking heads out there. They’re as close to the source of truth as I am to being a billionaire. Which is to say not at all. Enjoyable to read? Sometimes. Treated as Gospel from the Mount? Never.
They’re justifying their jobs and they possess zero “insider” info. They are tools for leverage and misdirection. That is all. Nothing more, ever.
Having said that, Dan Hurley is a much better candidate for the job than is JJ Reddick. It’s refreshing to hear the Lakers aren’t being suckered by decent hair product and podcast. Now, if Hurley declines we could be up the creek.
I prefer pretty much everyone on the list over Reddick. Give me Sam I Am Cassell, Stotts, Adelman, Borego or Atkinson. All day, every day.
There are major concerns with his overall demeanor and mental stability on the job. But his skills are undeniable. So now we wait. Hope he takes it, not sure I trust us falling back to plan B.
I think it’s a done deal. Otherwise Dan would not have told his players, UConn would not be talking to potential replacements, and Dan and his agent and wife would not be flying to LA to talk to Lakers owner Jeanie Buss and GM Rob Pelinka tomorrow.
I give Jeanie and Rob a lot of credit. They ran two campaigns for two excellent out-of-the-box candidates. Dan’s was private while JJ’s was public. Both represented head coaching candidates with strong modern offensive beliefs. Both were out of the Lakers’ normal network, which was refreshing and encouraging.
The Lakers want to hire a legacy coach and, in my opinion, they found the two best possible candidates in JJ Redick and Dan Hurley Figure out what you want, find candidates who could be what you want even if untraditional. Sounds simple but it’s not in reality. Kudos to Jeanie and Rob IMO.
Hi Jaime, thanks for giving an honest opinion on this. It was just yesterday that the Athletic sounded like JJ got the job, then all of a sudden something like this comes out today. My only concern about Hurley is his style of screaming at players. Not sure how the players will respond to that. Thank you Jaime.
I wish this story wasn’t even out there. Cuz I’m gonna be double pissed off if JayJay ends up with the job now. Hurley is so much more the better candidate, it ain’t even close. We’ve gotta seal the deal and not even let him out the door once he gets in that meeting.