Comment on Plaschke: Dan Hurley rejection is another humiliation for Lakers brand
David_Eight@lemmy.world 2 years 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.
RandAlThor@lemmy.ca 2 years 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.
jenny_ball@lemmy.world 2 years ago
plsschke sucks and always has
David_Eight@lemmy.world 2 years 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.
RandAlThor@lemmy.ca 2 years 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 years 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.