I despise the fact that it has gone all quiet on the Joerger to Kings front. Just don't **** this up. Sign up the man and let's move forward with a gat coach who preaches the right basketball values.
I just keep imagining what Joerger can do with DMC-WCS frontcourt. His coaching style to date would fit this team like a glove.
My gut feeling (or, probably more of a gut hope), is that we have some sort of handshake deal in place with Joerger, but we are committed to finishing up the scheduled interviews. Vlade is supposed to be an amazing people guy, and it strikes me as a bit disrespectful if we go ahead and hire Joerger without letting our other scheduled interviewees make their pitches.
I mean, there's no way in hell Henry Bibby is going to be our next head coach (at least i pray that he's not!), but would it rub Mike Bibby, former Sac favorite the wrong way if we go ahead and hire Dave without chatting with his pops first, who we are already committed to talking to? Potentially, ya. Public perception of the Kings front office is at an all time low, and as much as i want to get this deal done and rest easy, i think we have to tread lightly when it comes to some of these things. Numerous coaches already don't want to interview here, let's not go pissing off the few guys we haven't talked to yet that are willing to talk to us.
Indy just fired Vogel and Houston seems committed to letting their coaching search play out slowly. As long as either of them don't snatch him up right away, i'd say we're in a very good spot. Indy is also looking at offensive coaches (including Mike F'in D'antoni.... seriously?) so i'm not convinced Dave is really their #1 choice.
That said, get it done Vlade! I'll take no news over leaks any day, and i don't think it's necessarily a bad thing things have gone quiet...i hope...