When the Lakers were going through their coaching search, one name that kept coming up despite being employed at the time was Quin Snyder. The Jazz head coach never really indicated he wanted the job, but reports kept coming up linking him to it.
Obviously, the Lakers made the choice to hire Darvin Ham — and potentially the decision as well to not wait on Snyder’s future to play itself out at the same time — in a move that felt like the common sense one. Snyder would eventually part ways with Utah and never landed with another team.