Yeah, I don't get the complaint that it's a PR move... of course it is but it can also be the right basketball move. You can kill two birds with one stone. As I think you mentioned an end of the bench coach can be just about anyone that brings some kind of expertise or motivation to a team.
this is laughably transparent. hiring someone with 0 experience because she has oregon ties and is a woman.
I think if people want to see women succeed in the NBA coaching ranks we need to stop the narrative that they're hired for token or political reasons....Chauncey knows who he wants to hire and our front office had a woman in the top 3 for head coach..there's truly no reason to speculate this woman didn't earn the hire on her own merits and was hired because of her gender...I felt like with Hammon it became more about her gender than skillset and that's not how we should approach inclusion...I'm glad to see Chauncey building a staff and trust his ability to attract talent to his team. She has been coaching men in Maine...it's not a new situation for her other than the talent level
With no discernible progress or improvement.
They’ll say it’s strictly a PR move
Based on her coaching experience, why do you think this was a 'merit' based hire?
And the team's record did not see a significant change while she was there.... It's still a crappy team.
I think it was a merit hire because Chauncey is a deep basketball mind and he chose her...I don't know her any more than you do...I just say she got hired by a guy with a hell of an NBA resume...I'm genuinely enjoying seeing who's he's hired so far...I just don't believe it's an affirmative action hire and that Chauncey sees how she fits his team...simple..I didn't know shit about Jim Moran before Stotts hired him either or Nate Tibbetts.on the same train of thought I didn't know where the hell Weber State was when we drafted Dame....
i mean Stoudamire this summer is making the leap from college to the nba assistant coaching rank as well. but he played for 15 yrs in the league and was a head coach in college for a few yrs.
Record always falls on the development coach. It’s a tale as old as time
However, they do have one very famous fan:Looks like the U of Maine really has a prominent basketball program.
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/maine/
Over the last 4 years, they have a < 0.25 winning percentage (even in-conference games).
I completely disagree with this for all the reasons I've stated...Chauncey isn't a front office puppet first of all. This is his hire...no matter if folks think there's a Vulcan conspiracy or not..it's Chauncey's complete choice to hire these assistants. I would rather cheer the hire than stain it with hidden agendas...too much of that shit these days...we all need to clear the air around this team for a change.
Apples & Oranges example here.
it's the 3rd assistant. who cares... really? we had John Yim et al a long ass time and no one really cared.
John Yim was the mastermind. Terry was just the face.
As someone already pointed out end of the bench coaching hires are unknowns all of the time. She just has to bring one thing that Chauncey likes to be a good hire. Who the fuck is Ryan Forehan-Kelly? Somehow he's on Steve Nash's staff. This is a non-story besides the fact that it checks a second box as a good PR hire.
