OFFICIAL AROUND THE NBA THREAD - August 2021

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Ironically, we had one of the nicest, most easy going coaches in Stotts, and most here couldn't wait to see him gone.

And Dame was in favor of having Kidd coach here. Weird.

 

I read it that way at first, too. I suspect there is/was overlap between the two roles.

 

I feel 80

 

And yet you look 100...

 

It’s the diet

 

theres absolutely nothing wrong with the way he coaches, that seems like european coaching style

players these days are snowflakes, they have to much empowerment and shit like that wont fly in europe, otherwise youre good as gone

shut the fuck up, act like a grown up man you are and do your fucking job, simple as that!

 

nba players wouldnt last long in europe with that kind of behaviour

thats why i say coaches in europe coach their players, while coaches in nba manage their players

 

Stopping eating so mediocre, man.

 

I didn't say he was a bad coach because he's nice. I said it's ironic because of the polar opposites. The interesting mental exercise is in analyzing the pros and cons of the two approaches.

 

Gannis was pissed when he got fired…


Kidd told ESPN's Ramona Shelburnethat Antetokounmpo called him upon learning of his dismissal, offering to go to ownership on his coach's behalf.

"He called me and said, 'Coach, this isn't right what they're about to do, but [they] are gonna let you go,'" Kidd said.

 

Treat them like grown men.

 

Ironic that you say that, considering that you're in favor of coaches acting like raging baby men.

 

Pardon me for going off a bit earlier. This happens to be a subject on which I'm very passionate and I occasionally get fired up about it.

Like I said, I've coached and I've been a corporate (middle) manager. I've also been a mentor to people of all ages, mostly very young but some even older than me. I've also had the opportunity to be around a lot of successful coaches and just successful people. I don't take issue with being tough or demanding, but I've seen and experienced enough that I know you don't have to treat people like Kidd did to win. You don't have to be a genius to employ a little self-restraint and find alternatives that work even better.

I almost quit college my first week because of anxiety that was brought about to large degree through bullying, and I was an honor student and good athlete with a strong support system at home. Some people have no help at all or guidance handling challenges.

Nothing will open your eyes to life like seeing a kid you invested in when he was 9 coming out of a poor family with very little structure who is getting picked on by other kids and made to feel he didn't matter by his teachers and find ways to make him love himself and life and then to find out years later he succumbed to his demons, got involved in drugs or alcohol and died of an overdose or suicide. Twenty-five years younger than you. I've seen stuff like that. It really impacts your approach to life and how you interact with others.

 

what about jason kidds coaching style says hes not treating them like a grown men

 

there are harsh coaches (people who dont understand would call them different names, like you did)

they dont hate you, they want you to become the best player you can be and you should embrace it

 

i remember nurk retweeting a post where a bball coach hit his player and dame said hed hit him back, which is so fucked up

such a snowflakes todays nba players

 

4-star CB Jahlil Florence commits to Oregon Ducks over Michigan, UW
2H AGO

 

russ and lbj will be a year older when the season starts, or soon thereafter.