University of Connecticut Men’s Head Basketball Coach Dan Hurley declined the offer he got from the Los Angeles Lakers and is returning to coach the Huskies as they try for a third consecutive national championship, and he’s already out on the recruiting trail. He’s been expertly managing the intricacies of building a team using N.I.L. and the transfer portal and he now has another tool in his arsenal. DP considers the irresistible pitch he can make to those potential recruits now that he’s turned down the opportunity to coach LeBron James.
Dan Patrick: “Dan Hurley has cracked the code a little bit here... How does this sound? Dan Hurley...if he goes into a recruit’s home today and says the following: I’d rather coach you than I would LeBron. Woah! OK, if you’re going to put it into that perspective, those words. And he can say that! I chose you.”