Dean Cooper to Minnesota

the light · Post #1 » by **the light** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 12:09 am

A Houston Rockets Web site is reporting that Dean Cooper, a Vice President with the Rockets, will become a new assistant coach for the T-Wolves. He is suppossed to be a defensive guru like that dude from the Celtics (Thibodieux).

Great hire by Wittman.

Post #2 » by **Klomp** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 1:54 am

Link?

Post #3 » by **Klomp** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 2:32 am

After trying to find some info on him, sounds like he's a good scouter. He worked with Rudy T scouting opponents for the Olympics, and he was credited as the person who discovered Carl Landry.

mnWI · Post #4 » by **mnWI** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 2:38 am

klomp44 wrote:After trying to find some info on him, sounds like he's a good scouter. He worked with Rudy T scouting opponents for the Olympics, and he was credited as the person who discovered Carl Landry.

LOL. Must have been real hard to 'discover' a senior putting up huge numbers in the Big 10...

Post #5 » by **Klomp** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 2:49 am

Well, if it was so easy, the why didn't he go higher than he did. Some people didn't think he'd be drafted (while other draft sites didn't even have a profile page for him)

mnWI · Post #6 » by **mnWI** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 3:02 am

klomp44 wrote:Well, if it was so easy, the why didn't he go higher than he did. Some people didn't think he'd be drafted (while other draft sites didn't even have a profile page for him)

Injury concerns, size and athleticism. It's one thing to say he pushed for him despite the concerns, it's a whole different thing to claim he discovered him. And there should be some old articles on draftexpress where we hyped up Landry as a potential steal a month before the draft.

prefuse73 · Post #7 » by **prefuse73** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 4:37 am

anyways...if he is truly a defensive guru, than he is very welcomed on our team. We have plenty of our own talent that is able to "discover" undersized PF's.

Post #8 » by **Calinks** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 8:16 am

Wittman can use all the defensive help he can get. I don't want us turning into another Enver Nuggets.

Mcfale313 · Post #9 » by **Mcfale313** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 5:01 pm

no wonder the wolves were willing to hold draft prospect workout camp with the rockets and didnt even bother to trade for a late 1st rounder after all(where the rockets were to pick)............. The wolves were there to scout and rob for their coaches rather than the draft prospect....

big3_8_19_21 · Post #10 » by **big3_8_19_21** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 6:43 pm

I don't know how you would manage that in a private workout...

Post #11 » by **Klomp** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 9:00 pm

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/spo ... 02264.html