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while your emotion may very much be real, i cant name a real young prospect the suns have except for barbosa ... and i wouldnt exactly call that a success, at least in the playoffs.
They probably should just to teach Amare how to defend while he's still young (25). I think Stoudemire could be so much better a player than he currently is, but D'Antoni's relaxed style wasn't doing Stoudemire any favors as far as his career progression.
while your emotion may very much be real, i cant name a real young prospect the suns have except for barbosa ... and i wouldnt exactly call that a success, at least in the playoffs.
Yeah, I was being slightly sarcastic.How many college coaches have success at the NBA level, tho?
And wouldn't Coach K have to take a pay cut to coach in the NBA?
He helped with Barbosa, Strawberry (who showed plenty in the very little he ever got) and also helped Iavaroni with Diaw. He also worked with Joe Johnson way back when...
Tom Thibodeau will be our next head coach, I'm sure of it.
I was hoping a bit for paul silas. And thank god Larry brown is already taken, they might as well burn down the city if he got the job. I wouldn't mind seeing westphal on the coaching staff to keep a bit of that run and gun spirit alive. Because one thing most fans can admit is phoenix is fun to watch, just not when they play the spurs in the playoffs with the exception of last year.
Kerr: No "huge rush" to hire new Suns coach
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PHOENIX — There is "no big rush" to hire a new coach for the Phoenix Suns, the team's general manager said Monday.
Steve Kerr said he plans a thorough search that includes people with teams still in the NBA playoffs. "We're going to make sure we cover our bases," he said. "There's not a huge rush because we're not one of five or six teams out there looking for someone, so we don't feel like we're competing with other people."
The Suns are looking for a coach in the off-season for the first time in two decades after Mike D'Antoni left to become coach of the New York Knicks. D'Antoni's departure followed philosophical differences with Kerr, who took over as GM a year ago.
Kerr said he and owner Robert Sarver wanted D'Antoni to stay, but the coach balked at some of the changes the general manager wanted. Those reportedly included a bigger emphasis on defence, giving playing time to some younger players and perhaps altering his staff.
But Kerr wants no major alteration in the Suns' style.
"Our personnel is geared toward getting out and running," he said. "It's exciting basketball. I believe in it. I just think we need to be more balanced, though. We have to be better at the other end of the court as well, so I'll be looking for someone who shares that vision."
D'Antoni resigned with two years and US$8.5 million remaining on his Suns contract. He compiled a 232-96 record over the last four full seasons, but the team could never make it to the NBA finals. Three times the Suns were eliminated by the San Antonio Spurs.
"Mike had great success here and did a really good job," Kerr said. "The players should appreciate what he's done and I appreciate what he's done, but for all the different cir stances and reasons, he's moving on and we're moving on."
The Suns' five-game loss to San Antonio in the first round this year reinforced many of Kerr's feelings about the need for an added emphasis on defence. But D'Antoni's easygoing, funny and highly personable demeanour masks an intense compe iveness and more than a little stubbornness.
That helped lead to his falling out with the Suns, and when D'Antoni asked for permission to talk with other teams, it brought an end to his highly entertaining era.
Kerr has a list of prospects and was setting up interviews, but wouldn't say how many names were involved, let alone who they are. He acknowledged it could take an experienced coach to best deal with the team.
"We have a veteran team and we have a chance to win big next year," Kerr said. "Maybe it would be different if we were a young team trying to build for the future or whatever, but with that said, whoever stands out, stands out."
The coach will have to coexist with Shaquille O'Neal, something others in that position occasionally have struggled with.
"I think you need somebody with a presence, somebody the guys are going to respect," Kerr said. "That's true with everybody, but particularly a guy like Shaq who had a big presence and a big personality and has won championships."'
Because there are candidates still involved in the playoffs, it could be several weeks before someone is hired.
"At the same time, if someone jumps out at us immediately, this could happen quicker than we think," Kerr said, "but the point of being methodical is being thorough."
Rather than lament the end of the D'Antoni era, Kerr said people should be excited about "the chance to improve our team."
With the stunning trade of Shawn Marion and Marcus Banks for O'Neal, and now the drawn-out departure of a coach who won at least 54 games in each of the last four seasons, it's been a tumultuous first year on the job for Kerr.
The 15-year NBA veteran and former University of Arizona standout left a comfortable job in TV to take the Suns' job.
"I certainly didn't expect this amount of change in one year, but I also understand that's the way the league works," he said. "Things are fluid. They change pretty quickly."
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Tom Thibodeaux is the best head coach you could possibly get. Pray that Kerr isn't dumb enough to get JVG.
I own a share of the Greenbay Packers. I am going to make myself GM tommorrow. HAHAHAHAHAHA
shaq will reitre this year....im sure of it
Here's an idea. Let Steve Nash coach the team. They couldn't do any worse.
Good call...
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Now that is impressive.
He hit the nail right on the head in damn near every aspect.
So, the Terry Porter hire was a success? Or did I miss something?
Alvin Gentry isn't a terrible coach. Decidedly mediocre. A lot like Isiah Thomas (as a coach).
Kind of a side-step between him and Porter. More a political one.
I guess nostradamus is still with us...
That's true, he's definitely no Doug Collins.
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