I trust that a guy who knows far more about what makes a good NBA coach than all of us will make the right decision.
GM's make shitty decisions all the time. It could be a case of an old boys club type of thing to sharing an agent. That being said, Kaleb has the one thing going for him that every coach needs to be successful. His players will bust their asses for him. Assuming he doesn't take any of McMoron's offensive or defensive schemes into this season, and learns not to burn through his time outs so much, why not give him a shot?
I feel kind of the same and frankly I don't think the month he got after Nate was fired was exactly a fair shake at proving he can coach. Too many guys like Crawford and Felton with their own agendas, too little talent, All-star power-forward shut down for the rest of the year ... I wouldn't mind seeing what he can do with an overhauled roster. If he fails so be it, the team isn't going to be competing for anything meaningful (other than development) next year anyway.
This is the first opportunity for us to see Olshey at work! It is totally politically correct, his naming Canales, and creates a situation that keeps everyone at bay. They will conduct a search and they will probably find a better coach than Kaleb. BUT IF NOT (finding the better guy who is available at this time), they will just un-tag Canales and make him permanent head coach. Don't read so much into words!!! "He's our head coach and we support him". "We don't anticipate making any changes to our __ position".
I still don't think he should get the job though. Mike Malone is so sought after for a reason, and he wants the job
There is no limit on how many assistant coaches a team can have. If we hire a new head coach, and he doesn't want Canales to have a prominent role, you can give him the TITLE of assistant coach, but make him the "work out guy" or send him back to the video room - two things he's proven he is very good at. If Canales doesn't like that, he can seek employment elsewhere. Personally, I think if we hire a new coach, Canales will be retained as an assistant, with a fairly prominent role for one reason - the players like working with him. I think the ultimate decision should belong to the new head coach, but why would any smart coach risk immediately alienating his players by forcing out a guy they like? You could even give Canales a fancy title like "Director of Player Development", if he prefers, because he'd basically be working with the players on improving their individual skills. BNM
Everyone is overlooking the obvious. Kaleb needs to develope more to be a coach at this level. We need someone to develope players. Send him to the Stampede as the head coach, bring in some vet asst coaches to learn him up, and everyone is happy. We hire the best guy available, he does not have to keep Kaleb around out of loyalty, and is free to make his staff what he wills it to be.
I like the suggestion (I think in regard to Sloan but could work with other choices) that Canales be in charge of scrimmage/practice and the head coach the in game X's and O's.
A high profile coach doesn't want to come into Ptown right now. This team is completely being rebuilt, ya want sub 500 season on your resume? Canales is a great stop gap coach till this team figures out their identity.
so you believe that the Blazers do nothing? Or are you sayingthat they would give the Title of head coach to someone not qualified, just to spare the record of a big name candidate? I would have to challange that thinking, to me, if you are a big name coach, you want to put your imprint on the players, style and dirrection of the team, the time to start is now. If you were to waffel in the face of a challange, you are not the guy I want.
A coach like Pop, Phil, Doc would never coach here. Their egos are to big to work with a mess like Ptown has right now. Give them two superstars and a boat load of money and that might work but this team isn't there yet. Now if you're talking a Flip, Van Gundy's or Adelman.... perhaps, but these guys really haven't won shit either... so why not let something new happen? Give me someone with energy and most importantly WANT to be here and that's a great start.
ok, I see where you are going.. First "Ptown" is not as much of a mess to frighten off a coach. Lots of positives to work with, cap space, picks, and a willing ft office and owner. Seconed, Pop is no sissy, he does not rest on his record like Phil, and if Doc wanted to Coach, Irecall him taking on challanging positions in the past. Any one who values personal record over team is not the guy we need to begin with. Big name or more qualified candidates are available. Heck we have had asst coaches take over programs (Eric and Monte as of late) and turn them int winners. How many Asst coaches are there in the league? Then, how many Head coaches are not under contract or have a buy out? Hey, I love Kaleb, but I dont think he is ready yet.
Coach Kaleb: I don't love it But I don't really hate it either. If he does get a permenant gig as the head coach of the Blazers; I will have a meh approach. I really love his spirits and he seems to really get through to his players. It would be really nice to see him successful in this league. Maybe you can keep Kaleb and give him a staff that has a lot of the technical aspects of the game. I do believe he has the "instincts" to be a great coach. He just needs experience, IMO.
Re: Coach Kaleb: I don't love it Can one of you awesome mods merge this thread with the other. I had a brain fart and posted a brand new one on the same topic.
