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illmatic99 said:


looks like we might run into a potential Becky-Jody v Billups-Olshey impasse
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If those are the two options I don’t think I would care which one gets hired, even if Billups is my pick. I know Dame (And nurk and CJ) likes Becky and she comes from the best tree.

I find it skeptical that this “report” comes out immediately after Woj tweets though.
 
TBpup said:
If she is the best coach, great. If it is just to be 'first', then pass.
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ya i dunno why berger framed that tweet as such. makes it seem like Becky would get the job regardless of her credentials. doubt that's the case.
 
Btw there’s no way dame can ask for a trade after a woman gets the job for the first time hahahahaha (that was a joke I don’t think he’d ask for one anyway)
 
Scalma said:
I don’t like what I’ve heard about Becky on this board but that was just one source and I was a big fan of hiring her before then, so I’d probably still be on board and just hope that all that wasn’t true.

I’ve been all in on Billups though, and he if he’s getting a second interview ownership is probably comfortable with him as well. He’s my first choice.

Barry is still the sleeper tho imo.
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I didn’t catch that. What the source say about her??
 
illmatic99 said:
ya i dunno why berger framed that tweet as such. makes it seem like Becky would get the job regardless of her credentials. doubt that's the case.
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I mean if we wanna get technical she has more experience coaching than Billups..
 
TBpup said:
He's advandced to at least the 2nd round 7 of 10 times in the Playoffs. Until someone can figure out how to advance to the 2nd round without winning in the first round, not sure what the issue is. By comparison, Terry Stotts, who had longer in Portland than most coaches in history get in one place, got out of the 1st round 3 times out of 9 Playoff appearances.

If the goal is to advance and at least give yourself a chance going forward, it would seem you need to take step 1 more often. It's not like Terry got super close and then had 2 of his better players suspended when they were on their way to winning or were up 3-2 in the WCF against a dynasty team and then lost Dame to a pulled hamstring.

I don't thinkg MDA is the end all be all for a HC, but he is an innovator, has come within an eyelash of 2 Titles and has coached 2 of his players to MVPs. That seems pretty good.
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Too many words to read.... I was just talking about the amount of talent he had to work with. He BETTER have had some success.
 
Jody is the owner. If she wanted her way she would have it her way. This almost sounds like it’s gonna be Billups and if it doesn’t work out people will remember whose call it was, or more specifically wasn’t.
 
illmatic99 said:


looks like we might run into a potential Becky-Jody v Billups-Olshey impasse
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Man...... I'm super nervous about this. If Becky is the best candidate, hire her. But I really really really hope we don't put Dame's prime in the backseat to being the first team to hire a woman head coach. I wish Calvin hadn't found out all that negative stuff because I would have been super pumped before hearing those rumors.
 
Natebishop3 said:
Man...... I'm super nervous about this. If Becky is the best candidate, hire her. But I really really really hope we don't put Dame's prime in the backseat to being the first team to hire a woman head coach. I wish Calvin hadn't found out all that negative stuff because I would have been super pumped before hearing those rumors.
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What did Calvin say? I missed it
 
Scalma said:
Jody is the owner. If she wanted her way she would have it her way. This almost sounds like it’s gonna be Billups and if it doesn’t work out people will remember whose call it was, or more specifically wasn’t.
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If Billups really is Olshey's guy I see no reason he shouldn't push hard for him. If next season goes south it doesn't really matter who is coaching the team. Olshey's head is the first one that's getting chopped regardless. Get the guy who you believe will do the best job.
 
UKRAINEFAN said:
That's discouraging that the owner of our team would make a crucial decision on that basis. It's like keeping Melo so we can say a legend played for us.
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Yeah, I also don't like that the owner is pushing for a hire because of non-basketball reasons. Hammon may be a good coach, but what does Jody know? She's not a basketball person, we know she's not a basketball person. If the main reason she's pushing for a hire is because of non-basketball reasons then I really question whether or not she's truly the right candidate.
 
B-Roy said:
Yeah, I also don't like that the owner is pushing for a hire because of non-basketball reasons. Hammon may be a good coach, but what does Jody know? She's not a basketball person, we know she's not a basketball person. If the main reason she's pushing for a hire is because of non-basketball reasons then I really question whether or not she's truly the right candidate.
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Like I said.... it really makes me nervous. If we get this hire wrong, we most likely piss away 2 more years of Dame's prime.
 
Natebishop3 said:
Like I said.... it really makes me nervous. If we get this hire wrong, we most likely piss away 2 more years of Dame's prime.
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Well it's not solely based on this hire, but if we're a 1st round exit again next year I think Dame will ask for a trade. (And he probably should be traded anyways)
 
UKRAINEFAN said:
That's discouraging that the owner of our team would make a crucial decision on that basis. It's like keeping Melo so we can say a legend played for us.
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Maybe she been talking to people that's actually no basketball and remember Billups still has that thing that still out there when was young pro.
 
Natebishop3 said:
He has a source in the Spurs organization.

Source said basically that she's lazy, the players tune her out, and the team feels trapped and can't fire her. That's me summarizing.
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Oh shit. That’s not good at all..
 
I just keep going back to the Spurs... if Becky was the true heir apparent, there's no freaking way they let her go. Pop would step aside. The team is nowhere near competing for a title right now. It's concerning that she's out interviewing and they don't seem to care.
 
B-Roy said:
Yeah, I also don't like that the owner is pushing for a hire because of non-basketball reasons. Hammon may be a good coach, but what does Jody know? She's not a basketball person, we know she's not a basketball person. If the main reason she's pushing for a hire is because of non-basketball reasons then I really question whether or not she's truly the right candidate.
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I don't think this is right, I think non-basketball reasons are OK.
Why? Uncertainty. Your logic assumes certainty we don't have. If the margin of error is too large, then one should use additional metrics.

Personally, I hope we don't hire Becky. I feel the downsides outweigh the upsides. However, if we do hire her, it's not obviously wrong.
 
James lamphear said:
Maybe she been talking to people that's actually no basketball and remember Billups still has that thing that still out there when was young pro.
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Well she hired someone that is supposed to know basketball, and is the one leading the coaching search.
 
Wizard Mentor said:
I don't think this is right, I think non-basketball reasons are OK.
Why? Uncertainty. Your logic assumes certainty we don't have. If the margin of error is too large, then one should use additional metrics.

Personally, I hope we don't hire Becky. I feel the downsides outweigh the upsides. However, if we do hire her, it's not obviously wrong.
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I also agree the downsides outweigh the upsides in this case.

And yeah, non-basketball reasons should be considered. And in most cases they have to be considered. I just don't like that it seems to be the main thing that is being considered, at least by Jody.
 
B-Roy said:
I also agree the downsides outweigh the upsides in this case.

And yeah, non-basketball reasons should be considered. And in most cases they have to be considered. I just don't like that it seems to be the main thing that is being considered, at least by Jody.
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If I'm Jody (and I want Becky), I say something like "If Billups is clearly better, show me. If not, choose Becky."
 
Incoming…. Dame asking for a trade. Hope he gets it and wins a ring like a Clyde.
 
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