Orlando Sentinel: Magic to interview Jacque Vaughn for Head Coach

Adrian Wojnarowski ‏@WojYahooNBA

The candidacy of San Antonio assistant Jacque Vaughn has gathered momentum in Orlando's coaching search, league sources tell Y! Sports.

If I were Jacque I'd pass on this one. Orlando's situation is just so screwed up. There will be other opportunities for him.

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Originally Posted by coyotes_geek

If I were Jacque I'd pass on this one. Orlando's situation is just so screwed up. There will be other opportunities for him.

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Vaughn should take it on the condition that Howard will be traded and they'll enter a full rebuilding stage. If that's the case, Vaughn will have a few years of low pressure coaching to adjust.

But, yeah, if the Howard situation is going to be hanging over his head at all, that's not a very good job to walk into, especially since Vaughn will be a head coach one way or another.

if the Magic get rid of Howard and JV can start from scratch he has to take care that they don't do to good. he will get fired if they win more than 20 and eventually lose the lottery.

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Originally Posted by timvp

Vaughn should take it on the condition that Howard will be traded and they'll enter a full rebuilding stage. If that's the case, Vaughn will have a few years of low pressure coaching to adjust.

But, yeah, if the Howard situation is going to be hanging over his head at all, that's not a very good job to walk into, especially since Vaughn will be a head coach one way or another.

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Taking that job on a promise that Dwight gets traded is still incredibly risky because you have no idea what that trade is going to leave you to work with. Are you going to end up with Bynum, or just some collection of rocket scrubs and expiring contracts? What could be percieved as a few years of low pressure without an expectation to win could just as easily end up being a few years of stockpiling lottery picks for your successor to work with.

I agree with TIMVP that JV should ensure DH is long gone before he comes there. That whole situation is poison for whomever is the coach, a no win situation. Jaque will probably make a good coach but if I were him Id stay away from DH altogether.

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Taking that job on a promise that Dwight gets traded is still incredibly risky because you have no idea what that trade is going to leave you to work with. Are you going to end up with Bynum, or just some collection of rocket scrubs and expiring contracts? What could be percieved as a few years of low pressure without an expectation to win could just as easily end up being a few years of stockpiling lottery picks for your successor to work with.

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Honestly, I think he'd be crazy to accept until the situation is actually resolved and he knows what he has to work with.

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Originally Posted by Steve-O-Matic

Courtesy interview. Vaughn isn't close to being ready. He's ostensibly been a coaching intern for 2 seasons.

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agree 100%, only reason he's getting interviewed is because of Hennigan...Jacque was probably very nice to him when he was interning and now Hennigan is just trying to touch all bases and rekindle past relationships. No way in hell Vaughn gets the job..or any other head job at least for a few more years

if vaughn wants to coach now great for him

League sources say Jacque Vaughn is front-runner, with Lindsey Hunter second for Magic job.

https://twitter.com/GeryWoelfel

You can't be picky about your first HC job. The really plum positions are usually filled with well regarded veteran head coaches. Vaughn should absolutely take it since it seems they are doing a complete organization re-boot in the Spurs image.

Michael Malone is no longer under consideration for ‪#Magic‬ coaching job, Malone's agent told the @OrlandoSentinel.

Confirmed by the OS. RT @sam_amick: Brian Shaw has pulled out of the Orlando coaching search, a source told http://SI.com

https://twitter.com/JoshuaBRobbins

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You can't be picky about your first HC job. The really plum positions are usually filled with well regarded veteran head coaches. Vaughn should absolutely take it since it seems they are doing a complete organization re-boot in the Spurs image.

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Yeah, now that I think about it, it's a great job for Vaughn. The Magic are going to trade Howard, it's just a matter of time. Vaughn will have a smart front office, an owner who has shown willingness to spend whatever it takes and a window to learn on the job. Oh, and a new arena and one of the better practice facilities.

If you look at it, it's almost the same exact situation that Doc Rivers had with his first coaching job. He joined the Magic a couple years after Shaq left and was able to make a good impression and learn the craft with little pressure. And Rivers has gone on to have a great coaching career.

Vaughn is a damn smart, has a good head on his shoulders and was always one of those players who was obviously going to make a better coach than player. I hope he gets the Magic job and does well.

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does it mean that Jacque Vaughn will get it?

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No, but some of his primary competitors for the job are out of the running. Plus the GM is a San Antonio product.

Jazz assistant Jeff Hornack has been told he will not be the new head coach at Orlando. More to come.

The 3 finalists for the ‪#Orlando‬ ‪#Magic‬ coaching job indeed are Michael Curry, Lindsey Hunter & Jacque Vaughn.

https://twitter.com/JoshuaBRobbins

I think Vaughn has that job if he wants it. Curry was a disaster in Detroit. Hunter hasn't even been an assistant coach yet in the NBA, AFIAK.

Shaq:

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@SHAQ: Orlando magic is about to hire jock Vaugh over mike Malone or Brian shaw are u kidding me, wow, good luck winning wit Dat team Dwite howard

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Can't blame him tbh, Vaughn's barely been an assistant for 3-4 years & he hasn't even been on the big boy bench.

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Can't blame him tbh, Vaughn's barely been an assistant for 3-4 years & he hasn't even been on the big boy bench.

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He's just pissy because his boy Shaw got passed over.

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Originally Posted by tesseractive

He's just pissy because his boy Shaw got passed over.

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Shaw is a better choice then Vaughn tho he got that right.

Didn't Shaw withdraw?

Looks like Vaughn got it.

http://www.clickorlando.com/news/New...v/-/index.html

No way Vaughn passes on that job if gets offered, he well get paid at least $2-3M per season. Assistant coaches get nowhere near that money. He can't be picky even if the Magic doesn't trade Howard. It will be difficult to get another chance. Shaw has yet to have his chance after a lot of years.

great for vaughn the spurs pipeline continues

With Newman and Vaughn on to other gigs. Anybody have any info or guesses on who may be joining POP and coach Bud on the bench