Brady Quinn - Who knows...Maybe JJ Redick Could be a Good Head Coach...

hey uh stunning development in the World of Sports can you believe it JJ reic is the head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers year deal yeah $8 million a year reportedly it's a four-year contract I mean I thought for sure that this was you know they were going to go in a different direction and this was and I mean but nope JJ reck is the guy he is the new head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers can you believe it um so how much was reportedly offered to Dan Hurley was it 6 years 70 million I think was the number I saw if I'm not mistaken something like that why wouldn't JJ demand that exact number I don't know the whole the whole thing is weird what's weird about it it it just it doesn't make sense like if if JJ reic knows that Dan Hurley is being offered that amount then yeah why wouldn't he ask for that amount the other option if it's not JJ reck bgo who's an assistant for New Orleans um and then as far as Splash hires I don't know like Calipari I don't know like I I I mean I look at it I go it it felt like this was really JJ reic and will float out there Dan Hurley to try and steal some Shine from the NBA finals and then JJ reck reportedly I think Rob pink said that he offered him the job uh Thursday morning it's like dude stop he was offered the job while they were recording a podcast him and LeBron James together that's when the job was offered this idea that anybody else is making this call and not LeBron James is laughable just doesn't add up so I'll say this I'm I'm not going to criticize the hire the process to your point was the one of the worst Kept Secrets we've seen in a while but who knows maybe JJ reic could be a really good head coach You Know M maybe he'll have the ability whether it's working with LeBron uh talking to LeBron and and helping him devise a plan to make this thing work we don't know like I'm more Curious than anything else to see how this plays out yeah and in part because I do think JJ reddit's smart I I think he sees bigger picture as far as basketball but who knows like I mean who really has any clue how this whole thing is going to play out we just know this he wasn't their number one pick at least he wasn't I should say Rob pinkas there's a reason why Dan hle was there and then on top of that he's got no experience which I think often times we like we we kind of relate oh this guy's going to be good cuz we've seen him do it before there's there's plenty of times guys are good at something or are they ended up you know being great at something or or elected or they get a job to something they haven't had any experience before we've seen that so I'm going to get give him the benefit of the doubt to kind of wait and see I'm not going to judge it but what what does make me most interested to see next is what they do in the draft Yeah if they do indeed take Brony if that is to entice LeBron to stay there it because it feels like this was LeBron's pick like this was who LeBron wanted to be head coach yes and I also look at it and I go that's really that would really be the finishing touch on exactly who's running the show there if Brony James is a Laker after the draft then we then you get your answer because this idea and Petro talked about it before too his biggest issue is the push back that LeBron James doesn't have any any say or it's not his his idea like the like the story that came out I think was that Darin ham was fired and the guy that really had the issue with Darin ham was Anthony Davis like come on dude you think Anthony Davis is pulling the strings there you think LeBron James is pulling the strings there and it you just go back through the course of his career and it's not to say like look if there's a lot of people out there that if they had the power and control to be able to change things within an organization good for them like I don't have an issue with LeBron wanting to go play for other teams I don't have an issue with him wanting to play for his son I think that we talked about it yesterday I think that's awesome it's this idea that he doesn't do all this that that he isn't behind the scenes orchestrating all this that this wasn't a plan that was put in place that maybe had something to do with you know them on the podcast getting together and having discussions about it I just look at it and I go if we're going to be truthful about LeBron James the most successful era of his NBA career of his playing career was when he didn't have control when he was in Miami cuz he tried that same game with Pat Riley as we've talked about and Pat Ry was like oh no dude like you got it all wrong like I'm calling the shots here that's your head coach and that was the most successful run he had as far as a GM and calling shots elsewhere it it to be to be seen it remains to be seen whether or not this is going to work I'm with you I'm fascinated by it but there's a lot of casualties along the way of guys that LeBron James has not wanted any part of not wanted to deal with wanted to move on from and I just wonder at some point does JJ thetic look at this and go man I could just go back to being a broadcaster it's less stress I'm going to make a good living I made a good living in my planing career and I was a damn good broadcaster at that I just I I I'm I'm with you I'm fascinated to see how it works out I'm just skeptical well here's what we know I mean even though in the NBA now they' they've moved through head coaches relatively fast I mean look at Monty Williams for example oh God he's made like 85 million the past two years to not coach sweet so there's 's that but what he knows is he knows if it doesn't work out he does have TV on the other side of this you know it doesn't matter how things go honestly unless there's I mean some ridiculous incident that happens or something but he's got that in his back pocket I think the interesting thing is how he handles and who he brings in to help him out on his staff you know being a guy who's entering into one of the biggest job in sports I mean it's the Lakers head coach and it's funny you brought up John Calipari who maybe a couple years ago feels different if you make that higher you know now where you feel like in Lexington they kind of ran him out of town in Kentucky to go to Arkansas and you you kind of wonder if it has the same appeal to it and and it would be interesting to see John Calipari and LeBron James working together because I don't know that John Calipari would push back on anything LeBron James wants I do think JJ reic will push back back um I don't know how successful that'll be but I do think he will be the type to try to hold him accountable or push back if he doesn't believe in something that he's doing and that's what that's what made him a good broadcaster like I like people like don't like JJ reic because they think well he's a little bit smug or he's a little bit arrogant I I thought he was like he would push back on Stephen A Smith like he would push back on on conversations that were being had and he would like and yeah you know he probably some regret things about you know Bob Koozie and Jerry West and just sort of their era of basketball and all that but that's why I just wonder if how long before there's an incident and do we find out about it because if if he's been in the media as long as he's been in and he knows how this game works if all of a sudden there's a story comes out that him and LeBron James there's a little bit of friction JJ reic does strike me as the type that would absolutely disgust it or have no issue discussing it in the media and just deal with the repercussions so that's why I'm I am interested to see how this plays out so it's a fun and it's funny because his reputation will last past his coaching job again Assuming he's not you know who knows maybe he's like a Sean McVey you know he's kind of one of those Brilliant Minds that he's able to connect with players and he's going to be coaching there for as long as he wants I mean that is the interesting thing now when you look at you know Los Angeles outside of Jim Harbaugh you know you look at MC and the impact he had on the Rams and you've got someone like JJ reic who I think in ways has a similar personality recall quick you know wit to him or or the ability to you know process quickly I I I I do think he'll be a good head coach I just hope he has time like I don't care if it's a player or a coach often times the the rug is ripped from out underneath them and they have no time and I I I feel odd saying this but I do think it's somewhat true this contract doesn't make me feel like he's going to have a ton of time like it's a contract that they can move off of you know from him yeah had it been the Dan Hurley deal different story because it would it would been so punitive to the to the club to move on from him now it's it's not really like that as much so that's the hard part is I'm not even so sure you know they wouldn't if it's not working out after a year or two just say yeah we're going to move on it doesn't hurt them to do so I I I don't I mean I've said it before I don't know anybody that would I mean Although seeing as you pointed out Monty Williams make whatever 80 plus million dollars to basically you know do nothing uh over a couple of years is he by the way is he in the Jimbo Fisher realm like are they in okay so he's there he joined the club yeah yeah all right so him and Jimbo Fisher on a yacht somewhere going hey man what do you want to do today I don't know spend a little bit of money so uh so good for B Williams but JJ reick uh we get to see how it plays out uh it'll be a fun watch and uh and who knows maybe gets fed up and sick of the whole thing and just walks out which would also be fun