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Patrick Ewing would eat a Van Gundy if that happens lol
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Is this premature? Should she have to toil on the bench for a few years and become a lead assistant before getting these types of opportunities? I know some former NBA players (some, but definitely not most) jump to the front of the line for coaching gigs. I guess their argument is that the played in the NBA, and the WNBA is not the NBA, or even close.What say you?
Patrick Ewing would eat a Van Gundy if that happens lol
She made Kyle Anderson look like a million bucks, so yes, absolutely.
Gotta be disturbing for this dude not even getting a token interview in this very open coaching market despite being lead assistant with other successful HCs(currently with Clifford Hornets and before that with SVG)..not sure what's the story with him..
Yeah... They want if they want to solidify their posistion as the laughing stock of the NBA for years to come.
I wouldn't consider her for a head coach position yet. She hasn't had long enough to learn. NBA players often play a decade and that's usually spent with multiple different coaches or organizations. All the little things add up. After which many of them spend multiple years being an assistant to gain more experience. She simply doesn't have the experience.
um, are you saying Becky didn't play a decade under different coaches? Or are you saying Mens basketball is not womens?
The latter.
That has already happened but you are probably right, would be hilarious.
Thats pretty wrong then. If it were not she'd have stumbled with the MENS summer league players. Now if your point is that some players would object to playing for a woman....like say a petty like Carmelo or Phil, you might be correct. But the knicks are mostly a rich version of our summer league team.
Should the Knicks be interested in her? Sure, why not
Should she be interested in the Knicks? no
If Becky got an interview/job with the Knicks or any organization, it would have to be because she is a woman, right? I mean, no man with her qualifications is going to walk in and be a head coach in the NBA. I can’t think of anyone that didn’t play in the NBA or sit on that bench for a long time that got so quick a shot. I still see European coaches and college coaches as paying their dues too before they got a shot. And if she is hired so quickly and fails, I think it sets the women vying for a head coaching spot back a few notches.
She understands this and is in a good place right now to continue learning. Coaching up in Austin wouldn't be the worst thing for her, either, and if she proves to be successful there - why not give her a job on the bench instead of behind the bench?
There are plenty of guys who've put in their dues - either on benches or in the league - who have no business being head coaches. She's definitely one of the brighter prospects out there.
It's just crazy that people think womens basketball doesn't use the same coaching tools and such as mens, i mean is it really that hard to figure out how to call a timeout in a mans game?,half the wnba is butch and the nba is turning and all.
So lets have fun, convince me why nba experience is more important and why being a WNBA starting all star PG for 15-20 yrs is less experience then a role player like Fischer or Luke Walton
She's got about as much a right to coach as Luke Walton and Tyron Lue have. LOL
Jacque Vaughn equivalent? Cerebral guard with long professional career at highest level possible. 2-3 year Popovich apprenticeship followed by a job. Derek Fisher and Jason Kidd skipped the apprenticeship.
At least two dead players in that pic. Sad.
Maybe a little of it has something to do with this stupid ass comment he once made:
“Sure we make a lot of money, but we spend a lot, too.” – Patrick Ewing
I wonder if the Ewing thing is based on the fact that he was a big and former NBA players that are hired to coach tend to be guards.
No she's a terrible coach. And a woman. Disgusting
There's no reason a woman couldn't be a head coach, and she's a likely candidate. But like it or not, the WNBA plays a totally different game, and there has to be a learning curve. I don't know if she's ready - I don't think anyone here does. But if I had to guess, I'd say she needs more time before anyone would even consider her. And if they do at this point, it's about making a statement. Probably no better place for that than NY. The Knicks could hardly get worse.
It would set up a great "glass ceiling" claim against the league:
"I wanted a real coaching job with a future and they stuck me with this ."
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