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Scalma said:
how is it taking long? Who have the other teams with an opening hired?
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It just FEELS like it's taking long. The reason may be that Sly slowed the board processing time. For example, I actually posted this a half-hour ago but it's appearing only now. Sly will increase this thread's length by making time appear to slow. More bucks for Denny.
 
milwaukee is gonna fire Bud and we'll have to compete with them for coaching candidates too
 
TBpup said:
I think MDA is better than a lateral move from Stotts. Someone on the Fan today said no D'Antoni team had ever been in the bottom 10 in defense. That is better than Stotts right off the bat. Then he coach 2 players to MVP seasons and was within a couple of flukes of 2 titles.

He's not my favorite, but IMO would be a BIG improvement over Stotts.
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Until the playoffs
 
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jlprk said:
It just FEELS like it's taking long. The reason may be that Sly slowed the board processing time. For example, I actually posted this a half-hour ago but it's appearing only now. Sly will increase this thread's length by making time appear to slow. More bucks for Denny.
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You taking LSD again?
 
TBpup said:
I think MDA is better than a lateral move from Stotts. Someone on the Fan today said no D'Antoni team had ever been in the bottom 10 in defense. That is better than Stotts right off the bat. Then he coach 2 players to MVP seasons and was within a couple of flukes of 2 titles.

He's not my favorite, but IMO would be a BIG improvement over Stotts.
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I wonder what metric they are using for “never been in bottom 10 for defense”?

Using defensive rating, in his 16 years as head coach he’s been in the bottom 10, 7 times
 
I'm hoping we get D'Antoni at this point. He really does have such a solid coaching record: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_D'Antoni#Head_coaching_record
He's got a very solid .564 winning average despite spending 4 seasons with the Knicks and 2 seasons on a broken-down Kobe.

He made Jeremy Linn a household name.

He's run a superstar-driven, contending offense from the PG position repeatedly. And I think this is the biggest point. The way he had Steve Nash's offense play was really incredibly different from Harden's offense. He adapted the team's game play to maximize the star's talent.

When you have a superstar like Dame in the final few years of his prime, you don't fuck around with people unproven at the head coaching position. I'm sure Hammond and Billups and the rest are nice people and may even become excellent head coaches, but we need a guy who has coached at the highest level for elite talent NOW. Why guess at how well a coach can handle the pressure of a deep playoff run when we can just buy a coach who has already done it?

I can eventually get behind other guys, but MDA is easily my top choice.
 
mook said:
I'm hoping we get D'Antoni at this point. He really does have such a solid coaching record: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_D'Antoni#Head_coaching_record
He's got a very solid .564 winning average despite spending 4 seasons with the Knicks and 2 seasons on a broken-down Kobe.

He made Jeremy Linn a household name.

He's run a superstar-driven, contending offense from the PG position repeatedly. And I think this is the biggest point. The way he had Steve Nash's offense play was really incredibly different from Harden's offense. He adapted the team's game play to maximize the star's talent.

When you have a superstar like Dame in the final few years of his prime, you don't fuck around with people unproven at the head coaching position. I'm sure Hammond and Billups and the rest are nice people and may even become excellent head coaches, but we need a guy who has coached at the highest level for elite talent NOW. Why guess at how well a coach can handle the pressure of a deep playoff run when we can just buy a coach who has already done it?

I can eventually get behind other guys, but MDA is easily my top choice.
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I am coming around to the idea of him coaching here. I am sure he would set up the offense that fit best for dame. Of course there is issues with defense, but if Neil ain’t planning on trading CJ then I don’t see us improving much there
 
This idea that Hammon can't be fired even if she is awful seems predicated on the conviction she will fail but team can't fire a woman because she might cry or something.

Bull.

There are no secrets in the NBA. Everyone knows when a team underachieved, when the coach has lost the team, or when a coach is on the hot seat despite being liked by team (Stotts).

People who have worked with Hammon say she is ready now and will succeed. If she fails the world will know.

She should be hired. Qualified, respected, no baggage.
 
Scalma said:
won’t matter because if they fire Bud he’ll be Portland’s coach within 48 hours.
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I liked Bud coming from what he did in Atlanta, but watching that Game #5 loss to the Nets brought up a TON of questions and if I were a Bucks fan, I'd be pissed at his game plan.

  • Where was the defensive help or double teams on Durant?
  • Why did they not run play after play right at Harden who was obviously hampered (1-10) but still logged 46 minutes?
  • After the first couple of makes, how do you not take away the '3' from Jeff Green who can not create that shot on his own?

Very poor in-game adjustments that are very remeniscint of Stotts.
 
TBpup said:
I liked Bud coming from what he did in Atlanta, but watching that Game #5 loss to the Nets brought up a TON of questions and if I were a Bucks fan, I'd be pissed at his game plan.

  • Where was the defensive help or double teams on Durant?
  • Why did they not run play after play right at Harden who was obviously hampered (1-10) but still logged 46 minutes?
  • After the first couple of makes, how do you not take away the '3' from Jeff Green who can not create that shot on his own?

Very poor in-game adjustments that are very remeniscint of Stotts.
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I don't think I've ever seen a coach crucified in the media so badly and so immediately over the mismanagement of a game like Bud did in this one. And it's absolutely deservedly so.
 
One other point in D'Antoni's favor--the dude was literally at least a decade ahead of everybody else with the Suns offense. I mean he was running Shawn Marion at PF and a young Amare at center back when other teams were regularly throwing out there guys who had 20-40lbs and 3-4 inches on both of them. And he was winning with it at an elite level.

I want a coach who's playing one step ahead of everyone else. If there's some new innovation in game style in the coming years, I expect D'Antoni will be very quick to realize and adopt it.
 
mook said:
I don't think I've ever seen a coach crucified in the media so badly and so immediately over the mismanagement of a game like Bud did in this one. And it's absolutely deservedly so.
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They are having a field day!
 
Mediocre Man said:
Ok
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Think about it, close ties to Seattle, assist gm for Spurs, could move upstairs eventually, I’m sure hes been talked about in circles for bringing sonics back and Koldie would be aware of that, seems to have a good rep around league.
 
Fairly-Hard said:
I agree it’s bull but the fact that it’s being discussed makes it a very real issue.
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It’s an issue and we should’ve progressed past it as a society, but we haven’t, so pretending she’s gonna be treated the same is just naive. That doesn’t mean I agree with it, or that I don’t think she should get the job. But if she does, we should be prepared to be stuck with her past her expiration date if she fails. And after being stuck with Stotts long past his, I’m not sure I’m down for the extended cut.
 
Rehashing Neil's description of the process:

- 20-25 candidates filtered down after touching base w/ Jody
- Initial interviews with a more manageable number of candidates "which I will conduct." Narrow scope before it reaches Jody.
- Final interviews involving owner and solicitation from Dame, and any other insight they can gather around the league.

Eventual decision: "will be made by our group and our organization led by Jody Allen."

i wonder if we hear of any other candidates having initial interviews
 
oh boy, now the New Orleans job is available, as I was predicting. That one might be more appealing than some of these others.
 
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