walker60 said:Please no WNBA coaches...let someone else make the first WNBA hire. Firing Adelman to hire a WNBA coach is something not even the Maloofs would be willing to do. At least I think. lol
VF21 said:You know what happens when you assume, right?
There's no guarantee ANY team will win more than 50 games or get past the second round. But there's no barrier, either. Unless you're the Atlanta Hawks.
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walker60 said:I wouldn't be too happy with Laimbeer either but I see your point. I'm not saying that they can't coach, but if the Kings were to hire one they would be under intense scrutiny. If the former WNBA coach failed, the Kings would be seen from around the league as making a huge blunder. I also think it would be harder for a WNBA coach to have the authority that he would need. Some players, not all, would probably discard any discipline that any WNBA coach tried to dole out. Plus the Sacramento 'Queens' moniker would return!
there is a big difference between the wnba and the d league. and money and ego is a big part of it. that said, yes Cooper has had success in the wnba and d-league, but if you look at just about every head coach in the nba today they have had success in other leagues, whether it be collegiate or overseas. which is to say it gets a person into the nba door but doesn't really mean succes at the nba level.captain bill said:I'm sorry, but you have absolutely zero basis for these comments. First, you're assuming the WNBA is not competitive at all, nor is the DL. Yeah, put an NBA team against a team from those 2 leagues and the NBA team will win 80-95% of the time. But you're saying it's a cakewalk for any scrub coach who doesn't care about his team to come on and win 3 championships? So, coaching rich men requires some excess brain power that women's basketball or d-league ball doesn't? Okay, maybe bigger egos, but laid-back Rick has shown to be the best ego manager around.
Second, what about Rick guarantees not getting past the second round? He's gotten teams to the finals. He got Kings to WCF and if...(this is a beaten road, point is, RA does not mean no major success)
Third, I don't care who you're talking about, you can't make statements like "at best" without giving them a chance. No one can win like he has without knowing something about basketball. Everyone has ups, everyone has downs and, most important, every great coach at one time had nothing on their NBA resume. I'm not gonna say this is our guy, but I would be more than happy to bring in fresh blood, an unproven coach who could really do something good. Besides, our roster alone almost gaurantees a playoff berth. Coaching is about taking it to the next level and for that, there are no gaurantees.
hoopsfan said:Both Coop and Laimbeer won multiple championships in the NBA. Is your only problem with them is that they were WNBA coaches?? At least they both won championships in that league also. Most coaches in the NBA were once players too...as is the case with both of these guys...who just happened to coach in the WNBA, ( both won titles there also). You wouldn't think that would be a negative.
walker60 said:I wouldn't be too happy with Laimbeer either but I see your point. I'm not saying that they can't coach, but if the Kings were to hire one they would be under intense scrutiny. If the former WNBA coach failed, the Kings would be seen from around the league as making a huge blunder. I also think it would be harder for a WNBA coach to have the authority that he would need. Some players, not all, would probably discard any discipline that any WNBA coach tried to dole out. Plus the Sacramento 'Queens' moniker would return!
slugking50 said:As a Kings fan I say Hell No because he was a laker. As a Monarchs fan I say Hell NO because he was a very dirty coach of the equally evil Sparks.
hoopsfan said:Would you have a problem with Byron Scott??
Sirius said:Whisenant is being interviewed by the Rise Guys right now. Pretty good so far, Whisenant made a pretty funny comment about Peja. The Rise Guys said something about Petrie not having to worry about losing players to pregnancy like the Monarchs have. He said, "Well...I don't know about Peja." It looks like he won't coach the Kings from the interview so far and from the article in the paper today. He said he is happy with what he's got now, so I think you can scratch him off the list.
slugking50 said:As with Vlade, DC. I was always torn having them on the roster. Great guys and all but they were in fact Lakers always prevented me from absolutely loving them. Scott was a Laker player. .....
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So to answer your Q hoopsie.... Yes. Kinda ... sorta. In other words.....
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