Head Coach Search: What Now?

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  1. sirronstuff

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    He's not ready to coach the big boys. We dodged one, expensive bullet.
     
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    I mean, just look the last comments of this thread. Your paying top dollar for that? Lol

    I don't get why Hurley is in such pedestal. He was no one a few years ago. He's not the best coach in the world, not even close. At least for now, where he haven't proved anything outside 2 great years in college.

    He was a gamble. An intriguing gamble for sure, but still a gamble. Not a sure thing. He never coached pros. EVER. Absolutely no one knows how he would turn out, which makes it a gamble. That doesn't command such a high offer.

    Considering both the risk involved in him and where we are as a franchise and the clouds over our near future, I think it's terrible business to do such an offer.
     
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    Can't find a format for this gif that'll show up so I'll post it as a two-shot screen grab
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    God complex. I had concerns about him going from small city god to being blamed for everything while having less control at the next level.

    This might have been for the best.
     
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    agree, that approach would not work in the pros

    Very different worlds
     
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    truly strange thing both to say and to allow to be printed, imo.

    jj would nevah! :Adlaughing:
     
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    Hurleys are really milking these interview requests for all they're worth.



    Going to take a bit of a leap with this guess because i didn't fact check this, but I'm assuming -- First time the wife of a coaching candidate we've interviewed gets a sitdown exclusive with the local news station.


    Can JJ's wife get an interview about what a distraction the Hurley story was to his family for that week?
     
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    well, one thing that was definitely true was that lady wanted no part of moving. and i get that. they both certainly saw how much scrutiny the lakers head coach gets, too, and both probably figured that was not super fun. her quote there "why? you're so good at this!" sounds super confident but i see that as concern that he might not be good at the other thing. you have to believe you're good enough to take our job. one thing i'll say for ham is that he definitely felt like he was up to the task. he was wrong, and probably overconfident to a fault, but you can't show up worrying.
     
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    So I guess we gotta wait a few more days for the inevitable JJ Woj bomb.
     
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    it's all tiresome, and the end result won't be one that anyone is blown away with, so meh
     
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    Probably more like the Shams bomb on this one, right? WOJ already dropped his with Hurley.
     
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    Pretty much
     
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    That rivalry is crazy but yeah. Shams might be the guy on this one.
     
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    first post, last post, what's the difference.
     
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    There’s only one, and it’s the Joker.
     
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    as in he'll be the one to break it? i'm not sure. didn't jj seem annoyed with shams in that one snippet?

    if you mean shams was right, he was absolutely in the dark on the hurley thing, so his implicit claim of redick 4eva was flat out wrong.
     
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    “We” just did this amazing thing? “We’re” (quickly corrected herself to you’re) just so good at this? I wasn’t aware she was on his coaching staff. We may have indeed dodged a bit of a bullet here..
     
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    At least she (probably) doesn’t make him mary her every year like a certain “Doug” we know. :clap: :rofl:
     
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    I ranted on Trevor Lane’s video when he revealed this.
    Unbelievable, but believable considering all we have learned since Jeanie took over.
     
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