blazers offered the coaching job to jerry sloan and phil jackson

[drexlersdad]

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/8...ed-phil-jackson-jerry-sloan-head-coaching-job

Portland offered its coaching position to Jerry Sloan this week, according to the report. Sloan ultimately turned down the offer.

The Blazers also pursued Phil Jackson over the past few months, a source told Comcast Sports Northwest.

Blazers general manager Neil Olshey confirmed the team had talks with Jackson, but said, "He [Jackson] decided it wasn't time."

Jackson's agent, Todd Musburger, told the Blazers last week Jackson was flattered by the offer, but would not be coaching during the upcoming season.

 

[Boob-No-More]

Even though he didn't get them, it's nice to know Olshey is swinging for the fences in his coaching search. It would be great to get a Hall of Fame coach like Sloan or Jackson that can coach a real offense, but I'd also be happy with an up and coming proven assistant like Budenholzer or Malone.

BNM

 

[drexlersdad]

im digging canales for this year at least, the players should play hard for him, and id like the rookies to get off to a max effort start

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Vecsey is now saying that it's false that Phil Jackson turned it down. He claims that Jackson would come but that Olshey doesn't want him to:

Peter Vecsey ‏@PeterVecsey1

@ChiefofVFamily Oh, yeah, Phil would've been on IR for home games as well.

2h Peter Vecsey Peter Vecsey ‏@PeterVecsey1

Phil still would entertain pres job, But Legarie/Olshey "are leaking info so as to dissuade Allen from considering such," source claims.

2h Peter Vecsey Peter Vecsey ‏@PeterVecsey1

Phil wanted to come in at a president level... and 'maybe' coach this season, Most likely he would've inserted B Shaw & assisted at home ga

2h Peter Vecsey Peter Vecsey ‏@PeterVecsey1

A source says Paul Allen was supposed to meet with Phil... pre-Olshey. Then he & agent Warren LeGarie froze out Phil: No meeting.

2h Peter Vecsey Peter Vecsey ‏@PeterVecsey1

Neai Olshey is bs'ing

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

Has Vecsey ever been right on anything?

 

[ironcrotch]

im digging canales for this year at least, the players should play hard for him, and id like the rookies to get off to a max effort start

If you're gonna end up with a coaching change, do it soon, not later. Guys like Dame and Meyers are learning a system now in SL, once a new coach comes in that system will change. You're not doing your drafted 'franchise point guard' and favors by switching up coaches and philosophy on him.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Has Vecsey ever been right on anything?

He used to be spot on when doing the draft about who would go to whom in the next few picks. But he's such a colossal asshole you've got to think he burns bridges with every reliable source.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Consider the source but Peter Vescey (via B-Edge) said Phil would like to come in ........as team president.

 

[BrianFromWA]

Seems like vescey is trying to invoke legaries name as much as possible. Trying to get PA to sew seeds of doubt in his shiny new asskicking GM? Vesceys been a tool/mouthpiece before. But I'd see what woj has to say. He had a major hard-on for either Portland in general or kp/Penn/legarie in particular.

 

[julius]

I would think that if Paul Allen wanted Phil Jackson he wouldn't really care what others want.

 

[Natebishop3]

Oh that sounds believable.... first that Jackson would even want to come to this place which has no A) superstar or B) large market to flaunt his celebrity. But to make it even more absurd (bravo Vescey) he claims that we don't want him.

 

[MickZagger]

God, I remember when I was a little kid and every year Vecsey would say that Derrick Coleman is about to get traded to The Blazers.

Never happened. He repeated it, year after year.

 

[DaLincolnJones]

Oh that sounds believable.... first that Jackson would even want to come to this place which has no A) superstar or B) large market to flaunt his celebrity. But to make it even more absurd (bravo Vescey) he claims that we don't want him.

what is funny is he lives in snowy fuckin sorry ass montana, dumb fuck..

 

[donkiez]

Oh that sounds believable.... first that Jackson would even want to come to this place which has no A) superstar or B) large market to flaunt his celebrity. But to make it even more absurd (bravo Vescey) he claims that we don't want him.

Pretty much my thought also. Phil has a history of going with ready made winners. The fact that he lives in Montana has no bearing. Its his professional history I go by.

 

[<-=*PdX*=->]

These have been some of the strangest reports ever. Phil turns us down to we turned phil down... Makes no sense at all.