<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">May 10, 2007 9:34am ET Pacers Contact Stan Van Gundy About Coaching Vacancy In the INDIANAPOLIS STAR, Mike Wells writes ?the Indiana Pacers have spoken to former Miami Heat coach Stan Van Gundy about their coaching vacancy, a person with knowledge of the situation said Wednesday. Van Gundy had no comment when reached by phone Wednesday evening. Van Gundy hasn't coached since resigning from the Heat in December 2005. Van Gundy is under contract with the Heat through the end of next season, but Miami officials are granting teams permission to talk to him. He interviewed with the Charlotte Bobcats last week.? </div> http://www.nba.com/news/405745.html I think Van Gundy is the best coach out on the market right now. This could really spark the pacers for next year. They need to hurry though before other teams start their coaching hunt
I love the idea of Van Gundy coming in. He's a very underrated coach, and I think he'd be a good fit for Indiana. He emphasizes D, but is a little more loose on offense.
Doesn't look like that's happening... <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Mike Wells/Indianapolis Star - Former Miami Heat coach Stan Van Gundy turned down the opportunity to be the Pacers' next head coach. “It’s true, I decided against it,” Van Gundy said when reached by telephone this afternoon. “The Pacers are a great organization. The best thing about the whole situation were the people. Larry (Bird), Donnie (Walsh) and (David) Morway are all great people.” Van Gundy, who is under contract with the Heat until the end of next season, met with Pacers officials twice and told them he would make a decision by the middle of this week. The Pacers have also interviewed Johnny Davis, Chuck Person and Los Angeles Lakers assistant coach Brian Shaw. </div> Link
Sucks for the Pacers. Van GUndy would of changed the offence, and possibly interpated Murphy and Dunlevey more, IMO.
Troy Murphy is a hard working man, and he's a good player, too. He not athletic, he's not an all star, but he gives you exactly what you expect every night. maybe at a steep price tag, but he's usually a dependable 12-8 or 10-10 per night kind of guy. Dunleavy, though, is pure scrap. You guys will spend almost a calendar year drooling over his "potential" - the ocassional hot shooting night, the unbelievable pass through traffic at the knees - until you realize, "geez, he only does that once a month or so." Perhaps the most insidious lie about Mike is that he's a three point dead-eye. He isn't. He's an average shooter at best. After the trade, bay area radio host Ralph Barbieri read an anonymous scout's report on Dunleavy, saying that most NBA players miss long or short, but he misses mostly to the right or left. Don Nelson concurred with Barbieri's assessment that he couldn't think of another player who's father was a coach who made as many basic mistakes as Dunleavy. He implied in one interview that Mike was the dumbest "smart" player he'd ever coached. I beg you, Indiana fans. Don't let Dunleavy fool you as long as he did me.
