twballgame9 {l Wrote}:HJS {l Wrote}:twballgame9 {l Wrote}:HJS {l Wrote}:UCLA is a challenging gig. Likely would have to be a long term move for his family. Can't hire any coaches for a while... will be spending most of the time shoring up the financials. I personally hate LA as a city (feel the opposite about Boston). That said, if he is making something like $5mm a year (I have no idea what is offered... just slotting him in between Chip and Cronin), he could afford Malibu or a real nice place in Santa Monica. Both areas are beautiful. And, especially Malibu, would be a nice place to raise a family (Santa Monica less so as you get some beach element with the Pier).
The beach element largely stays to the south in Venice. Santa Monica is not Malibu, but its still nice. Again, as long as you don't have to go anywhere in a car.
Going to the Westwood campus coming from the ocean isn't that bad of a commute at all. I'd take it over anything into Boston west of 95.
This comes down to where he sees his career. He moves to UCLA, he's going to stay put for a while. If he want the B10 or SEC, he should stay put at BC and move in a year or two. Look... maybe he wants something more permanent. I can certainly see how he may view UCLA as a better option. I could also see how someone would prefer to stay at BC long term. But, let's be real here... UCLA is not like he's leaving for UC Davis or URI. UCLA's athletic department brings in much more revenue than that of BC.
The Boston commute from the West is by far the easiest of the three directions. South is the worst. North not far behind. Boston is also worse at rush hour than almost any other city, but at every other time of the day, has no traffic relatively speaking. LA is terrible at 3 am.
MJ lives like 2 miles from campus. He is not getting on the Pike, 93, 128 or 3.