Christie returning

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The Sacramento Kings are expected to retain Doug Christie as head coach next season, despite finishing as a bottom-five team, per
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I will say this: the players all seem to love playing for him in a way that our previous tank coaches never did and the young guys/random dudes we pulled off the street all developed exponentially relative to the start of the season. Now they probably doesn’t excuse whatever the hell the first half of the year was but the lineup we intended to start the year with literally never played a game together thanks to injuries.

Plus it’s probably a year or two too early to be thinking about hiring the coach to take the team to the next level
 
Tetsujin said:
I will say this: the players all seem to love playing for him in a way that our previous tank coaches never did and the young guys/random dudes we pulled off the street all developed exponentially relative to the start of the season. Now they probably doesn’t excuse whatever the hell the first half of the year was but the lineup we intended to start the year with literally never played a game together thanks to injuries.

Plus it’s probably a year or two too early to be thinking about hiring the coach to take the team to the next level
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Agreed. And the young players are getting some wins late in the season with some development. We need to add some stars to the team, but the fill in pieces and backup roles have some pieces that should work pretty well.
 
I'm at peace with this haha.

Everyone seems to like playing for him. That's about the only positive I have.

But I don't care who you are, when your only healthy vets are Deebo and Monk, you're going to be one of the worst teams in the league. The FO can reasonably kick the can down the road one more season before evaluating whether or not Christie should be here.
 
In fairness, he didn't have a single game with all of his starters.
Also, who would you honestly think would take this job? Ridiculous to call for his firing.
 
I'm perfectly content with seeing what Dougie can do with a pick from, arguably, one of the more "deeper" drafts in recent memory (well, at least one of the more "deeper top 10" drafts).
 
I’ll second Tetsujin’s sentiments and add that if you want to build a fresh team with the exciting core of players you saw winning games some fans did not want them to win at the end of the season with defense grit and playing for each other then maybe you keep the guy that coached them to see what they can do, especially if you’re going to move on from the vets that are taking up cap Space and roster space and not delivering.
 
This is the right move. Stein said there could be as many as 8 job openings this year, Kings aren’t going to be at the top of anyone’s list. Let him coach out the contract and then make a decision then.
 
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In all seriousness, I am satisfied with Christie's performance as head coach. Be professional to the media, keep the competitive psychopaths (NBA players) from ripping each others heads off. Lose enough to get to the high end of the lottery.

His job was never to land on the moon. Mission accomplished.
 
When he had vets and youth on the team at the beginning of the season it was a disaster. The vets didn't play any D and the youth didn't play period. It was an iso sh**t show with Christie's words of fire about defense showing no connection to the performance on the floor. By chance the vets got injured, then Christie was forced to go young, not out of his own volition, but by mere chance. So because of the Fates of Chance we got to see the youngins play together at the very end, with some DDR thrown in for good measure to get a few less ping pong balls. At least in the last couple of months Christie gave the youngins the license to play in a devil-may-care attitude to lessen their anxiety about mistakes and winning or losing. I'll give him that. And I'll give him credit for keeping the team relatively happy during all of it. But, wow, our standards are about an inch above ground level if that merits an extension, much less applauding his extension.

If all the vets are gone next year, sure, I could see Christie having the stature and strength to coach the team. I can see Christie coaching a youth camp. But if Sabonis is back, then what happens to Max and Cardwell? If DDR or someone like him is back, then what? If LaVine is back what happens to Clifford? If, heaven forbid, Westbrook is back, then what of Devin Carter? Can Christie manage the rebuilding of this team with a mixture of vets and youth? He certainly hasn't proven it so far.
 
What an amazing piece of news. We have Christie returning to coach our new maybe prized rookie & Zack LaVine getting healthy to mentor our amazing new rookie next season, what more could anyone want?!
 
SLAB said:
What an amazing piece of news. We have Christie returning to coach our new maybe prized rookie & Zack LaVine getting healthy to mentor our amazing new rookie next season, what more could anyone want?!
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Apparently some forgot Doug doesn’t know what he’s doing
 
Depending on the direction the Kings go this could either be fine or a disaster. The turn to the young guys and them starting to find some cohesion under Doug is the only bright spot of the season. He should have always been a coach to rah-rah the young guys on while giving advice. Trying to make sense of that roster to start the season, no, he's not that guy. Clearly. He could develop into that along with the young guys maybe. In game rotation decisions, x's and o's, letting vets stomp on the offense etc. indicate that he has a ways to go development wise himself.
 
Christie desperately needs to keep his head coach job. What else is he going to do except pitch cars on TV yelling hysterically. No other NBA franchise would want him as their coach, so its Sac or bust.
 
I think more important than Christie returning or not, is if Perry can clean up this mess of a roster this off season.

If Perry can move some of the bloated veteran contracts (which he inherited from McNair) and resist retaining Westbrook and DDR and focus on the youth movement, the Kings may be able to build on the late season surge. Add in a quality top 7 pick in a deep draft, the Kings may be able to surprise some next season.
 
Just as well. I do suspect that as soon as there is a hint the team can turn the corner, they’ll move on.

But I’d imagine they will go into next season with far lower expectations than they entered this one. No point looking for a longer term coach. Especially since next season they’ll still have a few prominent players that aren’t part of the future plans of the team.
 
gunks said:
I'm at peace with this haha.

Everyone seems to like playing for him. That's about the only positive I have.

But I don't care who you are, when your only healthy vets are Deebo and Monk, you're going to be one of the worst teams in the league. The FO can reasonably kick the can down the road one more season before evaluating whether or not Christie should be here.
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Agreed. His roster has not played one game together and some of the most critical pieces have been out most of the year. You wanted a tank, he gave you one. The younger players seem to play hard for him. They've developed. I'm not saying he's a great (or even good) coach at this point, but given the circumstances he should get another year to try.
 
ockingsfan said:
I think more important than Christie returning or not, is if Perry can clean up this mess of a roster this off season.

If Perry can move some of the bloated veteran contracts (which he inherited from McNair) and resist retaining Westbrook and DDR and focus on the youth movement, the Kings may be able to build on the late season surge. Add in a quality top 7 pick in a deep draft, the Kings may be able to surprise some next season.
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Also agreed. Roster construction this year was not good. Nothing seemed to fit with the vets we had. Let's go young with DC for one year and then see where we stand. Get a good pick, dump DDR and Zach (especially), and see what we can do.
 
Kingster said:
When he had vets and youth on the team at the beginning of the season it was a disaster. The vets didn't play any D and the youth didn't play period. It was an iso sh**t show with Christie's words of fire about defense showing no connection to the performance on the floor. By chance the vets got injured, then Christie was forced to go young, not out of his own volition, but by mere chance. So because of the Fates of Chance we got to see the youngins play together at the very end, with some DDR thrown in for good measure to get a few less ping pong balls. At least in the last couple of months Christie gave the youngins the license to play in a devil-may-care attitude to lessen their anxiety about mistakes and winning or losing. I'll give him that. And I'll give him credit for keeping the team relatively happy during all of it. But, wow, our standards are about an inch above ground level if that merits an extension, much less applauding his extension.

If all the vets are gone next year, sure, I could see Christie having the stature and strength to coach the team. I can see Christie coaching a youth camp. But if Sabonis is back, then what happens to Max and Cardwell? If DDR or someone like him is back, then what? If LaVine is back what happens to Clifford? If, heaven forbid, Westbrook is back, then what of Devin Carter? Can Christie manage the rebuilding of this team with a mixture of vets and youth? He certainly hasn't proven it so far.
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If the vets are healthy they are playing over the young guys. Period. Christie is not gonna bench any of those guys to play the youth. Again, PERIOD.
The only way they don’t play is if they are hurt or they are gone. With what they are getting paid, I don’t know how anyone has any faith that Perry will be able to move them.
 
fansinceday1 said:
If the vets are healthy they are playing over the young guys. Period. Christie is not gonna bench any of those guys to play the youth. Again, PERIOD.
The only way they don’t play is if they are hurt or they are gone. With what they are getting paid, I don’t know how anyone has any faith that Perry will be able to move them.
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Unfortunately, you are likely right when the season starts. If they can't be moved, buy them out, especially DDR and Zach. Free up space for the youth.
 
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