SARATOGA SPRINGS — Rick Pitino doesn’t imagine Dan Hurley goes to go away Connecticut and take an enormous potential megabucks supply from the Lakers.
“What I’m listening to — and I’ve no [inside information] — is that his father [Bob Hurley Sr.] and his spouse [Andrea] are very robust in his life they usually don’t need to go,” Pitino advised The Submit from his field within the grandstand at Saratoga Race Course, which is holding a four-day meet which might be highlighted by Saturday’s Belmont Stakes.
“I feel he’s going to strive it, no completely different than [John] Calipari tried it or I attempted it,” stated Pitino, who might be going into his second season as head coach at St. John’s. “I don’t suppose he’s going to take the job, however I feel he’s going to strive the professionals some day.”
The cash is way completely different — Hurley makes $5.2 million per yr at UConn and might be provided as a lot as $15 million per yr by the Lakers.
However the state of affairs is harking back to when Pitino signed a 10-year, $70 million contract with the Celtics in 1997 after main Kentucky to the nationwide championship in 1996 and the finals the subsequent yr.
Pitino lasted simply 3 ¹/₂ seasons in Boston, going 102-146, and stated lately on the “Pardon My Take” podcast that the most important remorse he has in his profession was leaving Kentucky at the moment.
As for whether or not he has any recommendation for Hurley, the 71-year-old Pitino stated, “I wouldn’t suggest for or in opposition to it as a result of all people’s completely different, the roles are completely different. He’s going to most likely be provided $150 million.
“However one factor I can let you know is, while you make that kind of cash it actually doesn’t matter. He has greater than sufficient cash in Connecticut. Cash shouldn’t be an element. He’s going to stay nice both means so cash shouldn’t even come into the equation.”
Pitino is in Saratoga to help his buddy and main St. John’s benefactor Mike Repole, who owns two horses operating within the 156th Belmont Stakes — Mindframe and Protecting.
