Doug Christie for Coach!

Assistant coach? no...maybe a different role with the team though. Enough bringing in coaches with no track records or bad ones.
 
Guys, through the ups and downs here we can't be firing and trading everybody everytime there's a 3 game losing streak.

Drop 5 of the next 7 heading into the All Star break and fall well out of the 8th seed contention and then you can revisit this thread for post All Star beak, same time Karl took over.
 
We need somebody who gives a **** about defense.

I wouldn't give him Karl's job, but I'm down to fire whoever we have in charge of defense (is there anyone?) to make room for DC on the bench.
 
We need somebody who gives a **** about defense.

I wouldn't give him Karl's job, but I'm down to fire whoever we have in charge of defense (is there anyone?) to make room for DC on the bench.

The general point would just be its just pissing in the wind for now. We've clearly got a major issue that will have to be addressed, but outside of a ****ed up mess like Phoenix I can't recall an assistant being forced upon a coach midseason, let alone in mid playoff chase.
 
Fair enough. Makes sense too.

But we need to do something about Karl's complete indifference to defense in the off season, if we ever want to make noise.

I mean, the man thinks allowing 3s is a good strategy! In today's nba!
 
Doug Christie is no head coach. He isnt even close. He can however make a positive impact to our defensive schemes or lack thereof.

As a defensive coordinator he'd be a fine addition, hell he doesn't need a title, being able to mentor to our back court and having the respect of Karl to do so is all that really needs to happen - be it that Karl buys into the concept himself or Vlade tells him how its going to be, we need to refocus on defense.

Teaching Trill how to hold his own out from under the basket would be a revelation.
 
we can't do it with only 2 guys capable of going for 30 pts. after Cuz and Rudy it takes a career game for anybody else to get 20+ and Rudy isn't playing alot so Cuz has to get 40+ to be competitive
 
Karl is a placeholder. I'm sure Vlade sees that. But he also knows he can't fire Karl mid-season. I strongly suspect that Vlade will fire Karl at the end of the season, unless perhaps we end up going on a tear at the end of the season and into the playoffs. Doug would be awesome as a defensive coach/mentor. But assistant coaches are hired by head coaches. So you can't force Doug on Karl or anyone else if they don't want him.
Would I take a chance on hiring Doug as the new head coach? That's the interesting question. I'm sure most around here would say that would be a terrible idea. But if we had a reliable simulation, I'd like to see how he'd do. Could he make that transition (like Kerr) or would he stumble and be yet another bad coaching choice for the Kings?
 
The general point would just be its just pissing in the wind for now. We've clearly got a major issue that will have to be addressed, but outside of a ****ed up mess like Phoenix I can't recall an assistant being forced upon a coach midseason, let alone in mid playoff chase.
Unless you got Lebron on your team.
 
Hiring Doug Christie as coach would be a gutsy move. I'd be so ecstatic if it came to fruition. It seems like he really cares about the success of this team.
 
I'll just leave this here...not sure what it means at all, but it's interesting.

http://bossip.com/1346045/basketbal...-doesnt-have-time-for-duffy-and-more-video/5/
This is great news and (this is even hard to type without cringing but) I hope Jackie lets him. We need a fiery guy on the sidelines that players respect because they have been there and done that. I know they will respect Coach J but having a player there too is important. And yes we had Corliss and he's a great guy but to me imo he was too tame. I want to see that passion that Christie brings with everything. I'm excited!
 
This is great news and (this is even hard to type without cringing but) I hope Jackie lets him. We need a fiery guy on the sidelines that players respect because they have been there and done that. I know they will respect Coach J but having a player there too is important. And yes we had Corliss and he's a great guy but to me imo he was too tame. I want to see that passion that Christie brings with everything. I'm excited!
Excited about what? Has Doug got a new job? Where?
 
Woah. Kinda thought this would happen but didn't think I'd see a vid of it before even hearing from James Ham or someone first.
 
well the link acts up if you paste it. I tried to tweet the link but it does not lead to this video anymore, but another. I mean I can click through and see it from the link in this thread - but not the hyperlink that it sends to twitter.

looks like a goof-up premature leak and/or maybe a false alarm... maybe Jackie talked him out of it somehow???
 
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