Live from Southern California. This is the Jim Rome Show.

I've actually come around to this. I've come around to this conclusion. The Lakers, hear me out, the Lakers actually did not do a bad job here. I mean give them some freaking credit for real.

Give them some credit I mean for real. They did not do a bad job here.

No, they did a terrible job here. They did a horrible job here. To coin a phrase, the Lakers just took a big dump in their pants.

Where do you want me to start? Where would you like me to begin? Why don't we start here? Why don't we start with this post from Woj?

Quote, after a dogged pursuit of Hurley over the past few weeks, Lakers will regroup and resume bringing

in candidates for interviews with hope of hiring a coach by draft.

Sources said.

James Barrego is expected to remain part of the group,

and the Lakers could do their first formal interview

with J.J. Reddick.

Wow, lot to unpack there. Why don't we start with the very first part, quote, after a dogged pursuit of Hurley over past few weeks, end of quote. So that underlines that LA has been going after Hurley for weeks.

And they still could not get it done.

They still could not seal the deal with a college coach. Now a damn good

college coach, but a college coach nonetheless, the freaking Los Angeles Lakers, a global brand, shut down by a college coach.

I will tell you what else is on brand.

That? That? You talk about winning the battle but losing the war.

Congrats. You upstage game one of the NBA finals and you manage to control the news cycle for 24 hours.

You can't win a game that matters anymore, but you're still able to win the media game, at least for a day.

Only to have the actual war turn into a bloody massacre

when Dan Hurley shut you down publicly.

Hope that was worth it.

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