Bill Russell is available. I was a Sonic fan when he was the coach. He had a bunch of 6th-round scrubs play blue chip defense. Make the call, Olshey!
Notice how long this is taking? What if they're just fooling? Stotts is on contract for next year. What if this is just a pity gimmick to increase season ticket sales while we wait all summer?
Really don't want Billups. After reading the details of those allegations, it's too much. I also want a coach that will tell Neil to buzz off. I'm afraid if we hire Billups, he'll just be an extension of Olshey out on the court.
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.
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.
