Feels like whoever they hire is the coach before the ārealā coach (the important hire)
Whether they get first pick changes things too. I donāt get why they donāt wait for lottery announcement
Those crazy eyesā¦
Donāt think so
They need a guy who will start putting wins on the board, they canāt keep doing this longer
Remember, Weaver was intending to win THIS yearā¦it just didnāt happen
I guess Iām saying I donāt see success in next three years at which point this coach will be broomed. Team is still young and wemby/rookie will take time.
Would need a killer free agent to make me think theyāre real contenders in the East soon
Yeah I took it as right now you canāt get a great coach, but if you get things off the ground and build something legit youāll eventually hire a coach to take you to the next level
I donāt know anything about Chris Quinn, so Iām not saying he is or isnāt this guy.
But generally speaking, getting a first time hire right has way more upside than, like, hiring Nate McMillan or like Terry Stotts or something
If the Pistons arenāt approaching .500 in two years say, Weaver wonāt have a job, so I think he needs to hire a guy who can put some dope on the table
Right Iām just saying that usually teams hire their championship winning coach after they are established. Bucks brought in Bud after they were already good, cause good coaches usually want to coach good teams
You know you are old when you recall this guy playing college hoops.
Notre Dame or Duke, right? I think ND. Did he play w their good PG Jackson?
ND. he played in the dion harris buzzer-beater NIT game.
The Pistons 
of coaches was there pretty much from the ground floor.
How is this relative to today? It really isnāt.
I just like giving Daddy Rich some flowers.
i was thinking about this - the book is definitely not closed on juwanās ability to roster manage, but i think one common complaint is his roster construction hasnāt been up to the same level as his in-game coaching or his development of some players. thatās partially driven by a bunch of seismic changes in the CBB landscape but, like, itās possible some coaches are good at in-game and development and terrible at roster construction, and CBB puts them in the position of having to do all three.
is it possible fans like us are underrating ollie because of how poor a fit he was as a college coach, and is it possible those same issues donāt follow him to the NBA? he get so much respect around the league and iām wondering if iām just missing something. on the other hand, itās not like he didnāt have talent at uconn.
I just want a journeyman NBA role player. They seem to make the best coaches.
Does he get so much respect around the league? Heās never really worked in the league before
Yes, he does.
Every GM that every signed him and every star he ever played with raved about it, itās a large part of why he got hired at UConn despite a pretty thin resume.
From his time as a player, gotcha
note to everyone else who just had the same moment of shock i did: jarron collins ā jaaron simmons
I was more shocked that they were interviewing Overtime Elite coach Kevin Ollie.