Wolves Head Coach- Dwane Casey Is Their Man <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">The Minnesota Timberwolves are negotiating with Dwane Casey after offering their vacant coaching job to the longtime Seattle assistant. Casey, according to NBA coaching sources, beat out San Antonio Spurs assistant P.J. Carlesimo and deposed Cleveland coach Paul Silas in the race to succeed Flip Saunders as Wolves coach. Sources said Casey and the Wolves exchanged contract figures Tuesday and are progressing toward an agreement. Team vice president Kevin McHale coached Minnesota to a 19-12 record after Saunders was fired in mid-Feburary, but the 44-38 Wolves missed the playoffs just one year after ending a run of seven consecutive first-round exits by reaching the conference finals. McHale maintained from the start that he didn't want the job on a permanent basis, and Casey materialized as a leading contender early last week. </div> Link
Well hopefully everyone is a bit satisfied, Mchale gets his 2nd choice(1st choice seem to be PJ). And Kevin Garnett gets what he wants, no Carlismo. I think it was smart for the Wolves to go a bit more low key with their coaching decision. And go the route of a lesser known guy. This team has its fair share of egos and bring in a coach with his own big agenda may just stir up negativity. Casey still looks like he has that mean streak in him. The Wolves need a little of that as well, solid hire in my opinion.
yaa i beleive is the finalist,don't think wittman or lowe will be head coaches,they'll stay assistances. anyway! it seems like there won't be no 05-06 season
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">The Minnesota Timberwolves hired longtime Seattle assistant Dwane Casey as their new coach, a team source told The Associated Press on Friday. Casey was to be introduced at an afternoon news conference, according to the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity. Casey will be charged with turning around a team that failed to make the playoffs this season after reaching the Western Conference finals in 2004. It's the first NBA head coaching job for Casey, who served on the Seattle bench for the past 11 seasons and was promoted to associate head coach when Nate McMillan took over in 2000. He replaces Kevin McHale, who served as interim coach for 31 games after firing Flip Saunders in February. McHale, the team's vice president of basketball operations, always maintained that his coaching stint would be brief.</div> <div align="center">Full Story</div> ----------- <font color="Red">Threads merged and Stickied-Henacy</font>
Finally,good pick. he had the edge on PJ and he well deserves of a 1st head coaching gig. i really hope he could bring in new spirits to the wolves that will get them back on track and to the best they can...
Minnesota fans are in for a treat. Casey is one of the hardest working coaches in the game. I think you will see great things from him this year. My only regret is that he had to take a job in our own division!!! Repeating as division champs just became that much harder for the Sonics.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting psheehy:</div><div class="quote_post">Minnesota fans are in for a treat. Casey is one of the hardest working coaches in the game. I think you will see great things from him this year. My only regret is that he had to take a job in our own division!!! Repeating as division champs just became that much harder for the Sonics.</div> Absolutely, you won't find a bad word said about Dwane from Sonic fans. One of the hardest working guys in the league, and someone who is long overdue for the chance to be a head coach. I'd like to say I hope he's a success, but truth be told, I can't see how he'd be anything else.
