Should Byron Scott accept the Lakers Job?

samnizam · Star Player Joined: 25 Oct 2008 Posts: 1358

I think Byron should turn down the job . Its so much disrespect to a family member of the lakers.

fadeaway3 · Starting Rotation Joined: 15 Jul 2014 Posts: 345

I don't like how he's being handled but I think B-Scott would be a great fit here.

samnizam · Star Player Joined: 25 Oct 2008 Posts: 1358

agree but the way the Lakers treating him is BS. Doc river is not coming its a pipe dream

lakersken80 · Retired Number Joined: 12 Aug 2009 Posts: 38780

I think he'll take it because coaching this franchise is his dream job. Despite the fact that they are giving him the run around and taking their sweet time figuring out what to do.

yinoma2001 · Retired Number Joined: 19 Jun 2010 Posts: 119487

Has he been offered the job? I mean we may need another interview to find out.
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samnizam · Star Player Joined: 25 Oct 2008 Posts: 1358

Rigged4fun · Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2014 9:29 am Post subject:

Until By gets offered the job he can't turn it down. It seems the Buss family is at odds at who they want to hire. The question is why?

greenfrog · Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2014 9:31 am Post subject:

Sure, he and Mrs. Scott can use the money to remodel their kitchen.

samnizam · Star Player Joined: 25 Oct 2008 Posts: 1358

Hector the Pup · Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2014 9:40 am Post subject:

How exactly has he been disrespected? I guess I'm not a very sensitive person, even on the interwebs.

oldschool32 · Franchise Player Joined: 24 Jun 2005 Posts: 20032

I'll agree that this has been a disrespectful process. It's like the Lakers are saying we'll think about it, but we want to see if anything, anything at all, better comes along we may want to go in another direction. I'm just curious what they would do if Byron withdrew his name from consideration? Hire Dunleavy?
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samnizam · Star Player Joined: 25 Oct 2008 Posts: 1358

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ElginBaylor · Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2014 9:53 am Post subject:

I think verbally it's already a done deal, that's why no one on the Lakers end is panicking about no having a coach. The only people panicking at this point are the fans. Mitch, on the other hand, is making the rebuilding of the roster his main priority. Byron, in the meantime, is waiting in the wings to see what kind of squad Mitch give him.

In other words, yes, of course he'll sign.
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Hector the Pup · Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2014 9:56 am Post subject:

EddieJonesss · Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2014 10:14 am Post subject:

Your title says "Should he accept the Lakers job?"

While your poll says "Should he turn the Lakersjob?" which I assumed you meant to read "Should he turn down the job?"

This will mess with your results.

fadeaway3 · Starting Rotation Joined: 15 Jul 2014 Posts: 345

dont_be_a_wuss · Franchise Player Joined: 29 Mar 2012 Posts: 21458

Maybe they are having trouble agreeing to price and terms.

ComputerBlue · Star Player Joined: 04 Apr 2006 Posts: 1872

gus26 · Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2014 10:36 am Post subject:

i think he already accepted and I honestly think they are hung up on $ and years... I'm sure byron wants to get paid and is probably asking for something like 3 yrs $20M... and his reason is that guys like fisher and ker are getting $5M a year and they're rookies and he is an experience coach... and he probably wants a shorter term contract so if the team does good he can get a raise right after 2017 when teams will be making tons of money and the lakers will have signed some stars in 2016 so he would be coming off a successful season 2016-17 season...

the lakers on the other hand are probably upset that they're still paying mike brown and mike d'antoni this year and are also looking to establish something more long term and are looking to pay as least as possible so they're probably offering something closer to 5 yrs $25M...

thats my guess anyway...

just seems like a foregone conclusion that the lakers hire byron, its a money thing right now...

greenfrog · Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2014 10:41 am Post subject:

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Who Takes The Blame · Starting Rotation Joined: 05 Dec 2012 Posts: 733

Hes use to coaching tanking teams so hes a good fit here.

Mege · Starting Rotation Joined: 11 Apr 2005 Posts: 522

I had a friend bring up the this very issue about Byron and the interview process thus far. I'll paste my answer here:

"Scott can respond to this in two ways if he feels disrespected by the Lakers front office. He can, as you said, tell them to kick rocks, and walk away due to this unprecedented treatment of a perspective head coach. It's seems clear, by now, that Byron is not their first choice nor is he very highly regarded by the front office. His second choice is would be to take what he always said was his dream job and prove the front office wrong by outperforming expectations. Both are prideful responses but the second choice would be a more positive way of going about it."