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According to Divish, they contacted Lou because the intend to induct him into the Ms HOF next year. There are some logistics to that. Lou himself brought the subject of the vacant managers position up and he was asked if he was really interested. He told them that he needed to think about it, got back to them a day later and said no.
Could they put a full court press on him and get him to reconsider? Maybe. But it sure doesn't feel like anything more than a courtesy to me at this point.