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Crap.
http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/118762Additionally, the Suns have had talks with San Antonio Spurs assistant Chip England who has a reputation as one of the league’s best developers of talent.
Crap.
Kerr, you little er...
a shooting coach is not assistant coach
spurs should just chip a raise
then promate him with name le
No!
I'm afraid this interview could be a mere formality. Recall that it was Kerr who brought Engelland to the attention of Pop a couple of years ago. It was Kerr who had recommended the idea of having a shooting coach to Pop. It was Engelland who helped Kerr "tweak" his famous shooting touch.
If I remember correctly, they were college teammates or something. Therefore if this is true and Kerr does have his eye on Chip, he's probably as good as gone already, because of their long history together.
Last edited by SenorSpur; 06-17-2008 at 07:10 PM.
Ah crap! So much for Parker developing an outside shot...
Don't do it Chip!
ROFL
there goes any hope of tony regaining the progress on his jumper that he lost due to ankle injury this past season.
ROFL
spurs organization will be known from going to best managed to biggest storm in the course of 1 offseason.
Overexaggerate much?
We've got to keep this guy. I'm hoping that if we draft long, quick athletes with shooting deficiencies (CDR, for example), our X-factor is Chip. That strategy goes out the window if he splits....
I know a lot of you remember the big decline of the Dallas Cowboys, at the end of the Tom Landry era. Part of that had to do with some of their star players aging and retiring. But another big factor was that the other teams in the league saw the Cowboys' organization as the model to emulate, and they began stripping assistant coaches right and left. I think that there were 5 Cowboys assistants who got head coaching jobs with other teams.
You shouldn't underestimate the effect of losing most all those assistants. It's an unavoidable side-effect of being the most successful team in professional sports for a decade. But it has to weaken the Spurs, and help those other teams. The going just keeps getting tougher.
Excellent point.
Pop better up Chip's salary or promote his or something. We can't afford to lose this guy. Especially with young prospects coming. Developing a good shooting touch will be a critical phase in the development of our up-and-coming players.
Engelland has been Kerr's buddy and shooting coach for far longer than he's been employed by the Spurs.
I know.
Pop needs to attach a value to Chip. He should tell Kerr that in order to obtain Chip, he'll have to "unass" that 15th pick in the first round.
Seriously though, this could be a HUGE loss for the Spurs coaching staff.
Look on the bright side: I'm available if the Spurs need to replace Chip.
Say no, Chip!
Good point. It's likely that he would have never joined the Spurs in the first place, had it not been for Kerr.
There is no doubt that he is extremely valuable to our organization, but to say that we will be going from "best managed to biggest storm in the course of 1 offseason" is going a bit overboard IMHO.
Ah .
Suns should off and stop jacking our coaches
first bud now chip
How come every ing team tries to take our guys?
Seriously how many teams could we list??????????????????????
Like I pointed out, Engelland was Kerr's guy first.
Period.
A former ball boy for John Wooden's UCLA teams in the early 1970s, Engelland has a basketball past as interesting as it is diverse. Born in Chicago and raised in Pacific Palisades, Calif., Engelland showed a keen interest in the sport in the seventh grade when a high school tennis coach spotted him shooting on an outdoor basketball court. The coach walked over and told the boy to keep his elbow in, wrist bent, and take nothing but shots from five and six feet out. "You learn the game like golf -- from the cup back," the coach said.
The advice stuck.
Five years later, Engelland passed along the same advice to another gangly youngster shooting baskets at the same outdoor court. The kid's name was Steve Kerr. Later, the two became friends, and when Kerr went on to play for the Chicago Bulls, Engelland became his personal shooting coach. "A better teacher than player," Engelland said, describing his career. Actually, Engelland was a better-than-average player. A 6-foot-4 guard, he earned a scholarship to Duke, where he was co-captain of the 1983 team and was a career 55.4 percent three-point shooter.
Damn it.
The Spurs finally became a pretty good free throw shooting team. TP and Duncan both trust Engelland for advice.
The Spurs better offer a pay raise that tops Sarver's off. However, if Kerr offers him the lead assistant job, he's for sure gone.
This summer is quickly headed in the wrong direction. Splitter. Manu playing for Argentina. TP perhaps playing for France. Engelland being wooed away . . .
Raja Bell was Pop's guy first. If the Suns want to trade Engelland for Bell, that'd be a different story.
And?
My point stands. He is employed by our franchise, not Kerr. Yet anyways. And as I pointed out, how many of our guys get taken?
We need to keep tabs, make a list of former Spur staff that's elsewhere from promotions.
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