<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Publicly, Warriors officials have said all along that they expect Don Nelson to be back on Golden State's bench for the 2007-08 season. Tuesday, it looked as though they had good reason for such optimism. Representatives for the team and Nelson met Tuesday to discuss revamping the coach's contract, a person with knowledge of the discussions said, and signs are good for the return of the 67-year-old coach, who was obviously worn down by the end of last season. Nelson declined to comment in depth on the situation, and messages left with Warriors officials were not returned. Nelson has two years remaining on the deal he signed in August 2006, with a base salary of $3.1 million per season. The coach also can earn up to $3 million in playoff-based incentives -- he pulled down $2 million last season when the Warriors reached the Western Conference semifinals -- and the negotiations center on guaranteeing those bonuses.</div> Source: Contra Costa Times
Dont even talk like that CR2. If Nelson were to keel over, we would have him cryogenically frozen and keep him seated on the bench because there is no other way for the Warriors to ever make the playoffs again without Nelson on the sidelines...
<div class="quote_poster">Warriorfansnc93 Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Dont even talk like that CR2. If Nelson were to keel over, we would have him cryogenically frozen and keep him seated on the bench because there is no other way for the Warriors to ever make the playoffs again without Nelson on the sidelines...</div> LOL. Gross. If that keeling over happens, why not do the whole weekend at Bernie's thing with him? We can have a system of pullies and levers and "assistant coaches" to make him more animated. To make him yell at his players would be a different story though. They'd have to strap on an mp3 player and a high quality speaker with pre-recorded generic phrases (without the juicy lines that address anyone specifically). Post game interviews would be a blast when they try to splice together individual recorded words! But then again, I think he'd lose his "freshness" after a few games, unlike Bernie who lasted for another sequel. Or he can just function like a morbid version of the rally monkey from the Anaheim Angels. We just whip him out when we want the crowd to make some noise! Just don't trip over that extension cord that keeps him cryogenically frozen! Best case scenario of this entire worst case scenario is that he replaces Adonal Foyle in the lineup.
