Orlando loses SVG
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Or the favorite king of all conspiracy theories we were talking about on the bleachermob forums today that Riley and Petrie are working on an Artest deal and squabbling over whether or not someone like Haslem or a second first round pick would be part of the deal. Then the Magic become players again for the coach that Petrie wants and so he tells Riley - "if you demand compensation for Van Gundy and the Magic don't hire him, we will forget about the second draft pick." Probably not the case, but at least an interesting thought.
No more SVG news at 5:45pm via KHTK. Grant just said that he really did not know "all that much" about the former Miami Heat head coach except when he put in a call to some people in the organization down there they had lots of positive things to say about him, like, "good in game and practice coach", "respected by players and peers," with the only "negative" thing he heard being, "yelled at players sometimes and that rubbed Shaq the wrong way a bit when directed at him." He also mentioned a bit earlier that SVG has "ties to this area" going to high school in Martinez in Contra Costa county.
Hmm...that's a bit interesting.
Well, guess we'll find out. Shaq being Shaq considers himself above all criticism, so it might be a fairly unique response (although a bit of unwisdom on SVGs part -- PJ and Riles are saavy enoguh to stroke the big guy's ego to make him play for them -- gotta know who to use the stick on, and who likes carrots. Lots and lots of carrots.
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Well, guess we'll find out. Shaq being Shaq considers himself above all criticism, so it might be a fairly unique response (although a bit of unwisdom on SVGs part -- PJ and Riles are saavy enoguh to stroke the big guy's ego to make him play for them -- gotta know who to use the stick on, and who likes carrots. Lots and lots of carrots.
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Hmm...that's a bit interesting.
Well, guess we'll find out. Shaq being Shaq considers himself above all criticism, so it might be a fairly unique response (although a bit of unwisdom on SVGs part -- PJ and Riles are saavy enoguh to stroke the big guy's ego to make him play for them -- gotta know who to use the stick on, and who likes carrots. Lots and lots of carrots. )
Well, guess we'll find out. Shaq being Shaq considers himself above all criticism, so it might be a fairly unique response (although a bit of unwisdom on SVGs part -- PJ and Riles are saavy enoguh to stroke the big guy's ego to make him play for them -- gotta know who to use the stick on, and who likes carrots. Lots and lots of carrots.
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Hmm...that's a bit interesting.
Well, guess we'll find out. Shaq being Shaq considers himself above all criticism, so it might be a fairly unique response (although a bit of unwisdom on SVGs part -- PJ and Riles are saavy enoguh to stroke the big guy's ego to make him play for them -- gotta know who to use the stick on, and who likes carrots. Lots and lots of carrots. )
Well, guess we'll find out. Shaq being Shaq considers himself above all criticism, so it might be a fairly unique response (although a bit of unwisdom on SVGs part -- PJ and Riles are saavy enoguh to stroke the big guy's ego to make him play for them -- gotta know who to use the stick on, and who likes carrots. Lots and lots of carrots.
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Not to mention that it was SVG's first head coaching job. While it is one thing for a guy like Muss to rub all of his players the wrong way and have poor personality management skills in general, pushing the wrong buttons with a big ego like Shaq seems more of a rookie mistake, especially in light of the good relationships it seems like he had with his other players.
I guess if occasionally yelling is a "negative" about SVG I wouldn't be too worried about it. I can't remember the last Kings coach to yell at a player, any player on the court during a game. Muss - no. Adelman - not his style. St. Jean - nope. Reynolds - are u kidding!? Russell - too bored to yell.
The thing is that if you want someone's attitude to be controlled, you may very well need an old coach like Don Nelson or Riley or Jackson.... I think that not too many players give the same respect to young coaches as they would to these seasoned coaches. Anyways..I think SVG may not be able to command respect in ways Riley and other old names do, but he will not be as spineless and gutless as Mussleman.
I think it's an over-statement to say he couldn't control Shaq and the other vets with attitude. It was not anarchy in Miami under SVG. Lastly, who on this planet could control Artest, assuming he's still with the Kings next season? SVG might have a better chance than most coaches, but we won't know unless he gets the job.
