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so after Avery gets rejected for another HC job, are we gonna hear again how all he wants to do is collect Cuban's money?
http://www.dallasbasketball.com/fullColumn.php?id=1788
Avery Johnson’s warped self-image is the gift that keeps on giving. A few times during his stint in Dallas, he mentioned the bond he shared with Detroit GM Joe Dumars. Both of the fellas are from Louisiana, you see. The Lil’ Johnson really stressed that angle a year ago, when the Pistons had a coaching vacancy following the departure of Flip; Avery said of Dumars: “We talk all the time.’’
Of course, to my knowledge, Johnson did not get a serious interview in Detroit last year when Michael Curry ended up getting the job.
Well, now Curry is gone, the job is again open, and this time, The Miracle Worker really is in line for the position. The only stumbling block? Yahoo spoke to Dumars and reports that Joe-D “doesn’t really know Avery very well.’’
Oh, Joe-D. … you are about to increase that Avery learning curve. The Lil’ Johnson is coming to town and, unless the last year has humbled him, has a lot to teach you.
so after Avery gets rejected for another HC job, are we gonna hear again how all he wants to do is collect Cuban's money?
and the Finals.
Which they won.
Mavfan's obsession with finding proof that AJ's the reason for all their failures is the gift that keeps on giving.
The only reason that Avery got the Mavs to the finals wasn't because of his coaching. It was because of Don Nelson's legacy and Del Harris's genius.
No Del Harris - Mavs in disarray with Avery turning into a little tyrant micromanaging everything.
Only topped by Spurfan's reasoning for why Avery can't get another head coaching job.
Lol why do Mavs fan hate on Avery so much. Avery taught your sad ass team to play some defense. If Donnie stays headcoach they continue to be a Goldenstate Warriors clone and don't make any kind of run. What happened in the Finals looked like a monumental choke to me by the players. How do you win the first two games and then go on to lose four in a row? Did Pat Riley make the best adjustment ever that was impossible to overcome? Maybe Avery could have done a better job in the Finals, but to me the players screwed that one up not AJ.
Well if he's such a great coach then I'm sure he's a shoe-in for the Detroit job. Great coaches don't stay unemployed for too terribly long, especially when they're interviewing for & campaigning for jobs. I can't imagine Phil Jackson ever having trouble finding a team that wants him to be their coach. So what's the excuse for Avery if he doesn't get another HC job this offseason?
Oh yeah, "rofl he just wants to take Cuban's money! he could coach wherever he wanted but screwing over Cuban is more fun! suck on that Mav fan! hahahahahahaha"
Maybe they just can't take him seriously because of his voice.
I love him because of his voice
Avery was a good coach at first but as his success grew so did his ego until he just became too much.
i dont understand. i loved Avery as a coach and was pissed when they canned him.
AJ's monumental mistake was thinking Jason Kidd was the answer. "If it ain't broke dont fix it". Can't really make the team into something they aren't, and as soon as the Mavs team noticed the team chemistry was destroyed with the absence of Harris they gave up on AJ. Thats when it all went downhill. Live and learn I guess. I still think you need to give credit to AJ for taking the Mavs to that next level for those 2 years. Donnie wasn't going to change anything, but AJ did.
^ That is one of the stupider posts i've seen. You really don't know what you're talking about.
, can't.
Avery is just a typical African-American, content to live on the dole. If he wanted to get a job, he could.
dumars is finally making some right decisions, firing curry then possibly hiring avery. that would be a good fit for detroit. avery's hard nose style was never a good fit for dallas anyways
avery can also come back home to SA as an assistant too =)
Avery is Detroit's leading candidate right now. And maybe a Mavs fan can fill me in on this. Why exactly is a guy who led you to the Finals for the first time, and won coach of the year, and led you to a phenomenal record a horrible coach?
First off, Avery didn't "lead" the Mavs to a phenomenal record, the players did. This is a players league, it was the players that won it all in 2006, not Avery.
Avery had a disgusting mismanagement of the 07-08 season though that seemed to vex the players. A few things that come to mind off top of head: the timeout 20 seconds into the Jersey game, the benching of Kidd at the end of the Spurs game that really didn't serve any strategic advantage IMO, and the random insertion of JJ Barea into the 4th playoff game v the Hornets, his first action since garbage time in a March game against the KNicks. on top of that, musical chairs rotations (although we still saw that this year), an infatuation with small ball, a seeming attempt to make J-Ho the focal point of the offense early in the year..hhThings like this... mediocre X's and O's and subs ution patterns, poor use of timeouts, etc etc.
However, although I don't know what goes on between the ears of Mavs players, I did nt see them quit on Avery at the end of the season. After the Kidd trade, Dirk/Kidd were kicking ass and the defensive rating soared... really didn't see the team quit, saw JOsh Howard quit though.
He's certainly been interviewing for HC jobs like he wants one. How many more rejections will it take before anyone thinks that maybe the majority of NBA people know that the guy is a nice rah-rah guy with no brain?
Avery is just a typical African-American, content to live on the dole. If he wanted to get a job, he could.
Oh wait, he just wants to live off Cuban's money, faking interest in the Bulls, Suns, & Pistons job twice is all a ruse.
So Avery didn't do anything for the Mavericks? He didn't having any impact on the team when they decided to sign him as a headcoach?
http://www.freep.com/article/2009070...lead+candidate
A former NBA point guard, Johnson would probably be a good mentor for Rodney Stuckey. He is also considered an offensive wiz.
Yeah I wonder why that hasn't happened yet? It's not like there's rumors out there that Tim Duncan can't stand him or anything like that.
still waiting on someone to answer this....
Because according to Ghazi it was "The players that won it all in 2006". Apparently Avery was just a beneficiary of it all. Well except that I don't know where he gets "won it all" from. Unless you mean the WCC banner. Those would be the same players that choked 4 in a row too then.
Apparently some Mavs fans failed to noticed that their defense was non-existent up until Avery showed up. He may not be a complete coach but atleast give him credit for giving Dallas some type of defensive presence. He also got Dirk to quit settling for jumpers. But apparently that was all an illusion I guess.
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