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Brian Shaw has been pretty much involved with actually coaching the Lakers so I don't see why he wouldn't be handed the keys to the Rolls Royce..
right now this is all about appeasing Kobe....and if B.Shaw is his guy I'm on board with it...last thing we need is for a green sheriff to ride into town flexing some muscle only to have Kobe shut em down...The rest of the Lakers will be unequivocally loyal to Kobe and no one will want to over-step B Shaw's authority once Kobe is on board, the other thing is that Phil will be at B.Shaw's service whenever he needs him...But I'm all for Phil retiring this means that Kobe can put something on his ressume that MJ never did...win without Phil...if Kobe wins #7 without Phil - MJ will have to take a back seat...
Brian Shaw has been pretty much involved with actually coaching the Lakers so I don't see why he wouldn't be handed the keys to the Rolls Royce..
I'm sure Kobe is down with BShaw who's been by his side since he was a youngster. If anything, Shaw's the kind of coach Kobe likely would be able to control because he's young and inexperienced.
But I think they'd be making it harder on themselves if they roll that way.
Sure we'd keep the same system in place, probably keep most of the rest of the coaching staff but that does not work out well typically.
Utah is an example of that right now (although Deron's absense hurts too).
Not sure who the right guy is at the moment but we need a defensive minded coach who is going to get Pau Gasol to play some ing defense.
I see the other side to this as well...but in this case this is about finishing what we started....B.Shaw wasn't my first choice but he will be fine if the players are behind it...this is a championship team so I expect they know what will work for them...I'm sure they don't want someone they can push around but simply someone they can respect right out of the gates without trying to learn a new personality while trying to 4 peat. Personally I think they should hire who ever Kobe co-signs and at first I thought coach K but Phil ain't doing to much motivating and coaching these days he's just waiting on #12...
The local yap is that the team would have rang without a coach, they were that talented. I cannot argue. Barry was good for them though.Cept Switzer rang which really drove everybody around the corner. To this very day Media & Switzer's enemies can't figure a way to make that go away.
In his salad days at Oklahoma he took out a copyright on "Bury Barry." & he had his mouthpiece enforce it.
Shaw is the best choice because it's a seamless transition
Shaw is a horrible choice. Being Kobe's puppet is not a qualification for being a good head coach.
That's the marching orders & talking points, but, Switzer rang. What, it's only him & Johnson, and Schnellenberger to ring in both college & pro football?
Yeah, but had Johnson come in after Barry, he would be catching the same , so I don't think it's about Barry. Doesn't matter though, in the grand scheme of things he's still got a ring at both levels.
Johnson was & is a Media favorite. Media didn't want Barry ringing there and diluting Johnson's dual accomplishment so soon after it was lodged. Also, this was when Jerry Jones was still having an ongoing pissing match with Media and they were looking to beat him up for ditching Johnson and hiring his friend Switzer. Aikman hated Switzer and rolled over on him acting as bagman for Media. There was a lot of bad blood during that time span between all principals.
I've always had a soft spot for Switzer since his days of frustrating Nebraska and their pursuits in the '70s. I loathed Nebraska. And that wishbone has a place in my heart forever. It is something else again.
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