Dan Dakich says Danny Hurley must listen to the Lakers, unable to outright deny them
TMZSports.com
The L.A. Lakers want UCONN head coach Danny Hurley, and despite a fat new contract and an opportunity to go back-to-back-to-back, the coveted coach needs to listen to Lake Show execs, according to Dan Dakich, former Indiana University player and coach.
Dakich, host of Outkick’s “Don’t @ Me,” joined Babcock on “TMZ Sports” (airs nightly on FS1) on Thursday — only hours after news of the Purple and Gold’s interest in Hurley rocked the basketball world — and we asked the longtime player, coach, and media personality about the bigtime development.
“Well, you got to listen. You got to listen. I mean, you’re talking the highest-paid NBA coach is [making] 17 and a half million. I don’t give a damn. You got to listen,” Dan said.
The question is … would Danny and the Lakers even be a good fit?
Hurley, born and raised in New Jersey, has spent nearly his whole life on the East Coast. Danny starred at St. Anthony’s H.S. under legendary coach and father, Bob Hurley Sr., before heading to Seton Hall Univ. in South Orange, NJ, where he played for P.J. Carlesimo.
Southern California, it turns out, is far, far away from Jersey, and the Northeast.