Re: Pop Named Coach of the Western Conf. All-Stars
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Originally Posted by
FromWayDowntown
I'm surprised that he didn't insist upon the league giving the spot to Walton.
Maybe he did, and the league rejected it; seems ridiculous this season to not have Walton get that honor.
I thought the rule was the coach of the team that is first the year before can't coach the following year if they are first again. I don't think it matters who is coaching the team that is first, just the fact that the Warriors are first again at this point of the season disqualifies them from having their coach coach the all-star game a second time in a row. As far as I'm concerned, their coach (no matter who that is), can't coach the game a second time in a row. That's not fair to other teams and coaches. No way Walton has the same record on any other team. I could be wrong, but I think it's more the team that made him look good IMO rather than the other way around. I'm not discrediting what he did, but I think it should be based on team placing rather than who is coaching said team. Again, no offense to Walton, he did a fantastic job, but their coach did the game last year, so this year another team's coach should get the opportunity to coach the game.
Re: Pop Named Coach of the Western Conf. All-Stars
I'm sure he somehow likes being the one handling Kawhi's minutes and effort, tbh.
Re: Pop Named Coach of the Western Conf. All-Stars
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Originally Posted by
Ice009
I thought the rule was the coach of the team that is first the year before can't coach the following year if they are first again. I don't think it matters who is coaching the team that is first, just the fact that the Warriors are first again at this point of the season disqualifies them from having their coach coach the all-star game a second time in a row. As far as I'm concerned, their coach (no matter who that is), can't coach the game a second time in a row. That's not fair to other teams and coaches. No way Walton has the same record on any other team. I could be wrong, but I think it's more the team that made him look good IMO rather than the other way around. I'm not discrediting what he did, but I think it should be based on team placing rather than who is coaching said team. Again, no offense to Walton, he did a fantastic job, but their coach did the game last year, so this year another team's coach should get the opportunity to coach the game.
If Kerr had resigned (or been fired) and Walton was the actual head coach of the Warriors (rather than the interim coach), I think the rules would make Walton the head coach.
The Riley Rule doesn't appear to apply to teams (there was an example earlier in the thread of the Pacers having the East Coach in consecutive years because they fired Isiah Thomas the summer after he was the East Coach and hired Carlisle, who had the best record in the East at the break the next year).
