Fireavery.com

[italy_23]

yeah but I dont see avery realizing that. he had plenty of time understanding what kind of player dirk is yet he always wanted to transform him into somebody he isnt.

[Captain_Obvious]

The question is if the Mavs/Avery fail this season again what direction will Cuban go:
a) Stick with Avery. Let the team grow and Avery himself develope
b) Rebuild with or without Avery
c) Fire Avery and change the philosophy with the new coach
- Hire JVG: Concentrate on D, and leave the O to Dirk and Kidd
- Hire D'antonio (if Phx fails): Concentrate on strength, gun your way

Scenarios:
We miss the playoffs - Rebuild
Lose badly in Firstround: Hire D'antonio
Lose in second round: Hire JVG
Lose in WCF/Finals: Stick with Avery

[Pootie41]

I kind of wish we would go with an unknown. I don't have a problem going with an unknown coach. my problem with Avery isn't that he is inexperienced and not a veteran coach. My problem with him is that he has NO experience not even as an assistant.. AND he just does things that make no sense whatsoever.

I can't think of a veteran coach that I like that is available. DiAntoni really bothers me. Larry Brown hates Cuban and even Donnie I think.. Scott Skiles is too much like Avery IMO. Same wiht rick Carlisle.

The only young guy I think would be good other than Donnie.. who I get the feeling doesn't want to coach.. I think because his dad told him not too.. but the only guy I can think of is Kurt Rambis.. He coached for Phil jackson for a period of time, I think it was last seaosn, when Phuil had surgery or something.. and the lakers got off to a great start.. they were dominant. Plus it's like he turned into Phil's mini-me.. he even started looking like him. Who knows we might get lucky and get the next Phil jackson cloe.. if not.. Kidd and Dirk can pretty much do it themselves anyway..

Here's an article by Rambis.. he really seems to have embraced the triangle..

http://myespn.go.com/blogs/truehoop/0-2 ... ambis.html

[your_dallas_mavericks]

http://www.fireavery.com

Signed

Time for everyone to revisit the site, while you're there subscribe to the RSS feed...

[Henry Turner]

The problem with avery is that he doesn't seem to improve at all or learn from past mistakes.
On the other side, I have to confess that i don't see why our GM (and also cuban) don't get blamed, i think that since the finals 2 years ago donnie has been doing an awful job (mediocre drafting, poor new additions).

[JES12]

Ager was Avery's choice.
Releasing Fazekas instead of Juwan was Avery's choice.
Drafting Fazekas over Big Babby? Not sure who that was.
Negotiating skills during the trade, Cuban and/or Donnie (if Kidd to Dallas was inevitible, it should have been Harris, Hassell, Stackhouse, Ager for Kidd, Wright (TE), Allen (Min player exception) without any picks)
The playing time of Diop, Hassell, Harris, Wright (too short) and the playing time of Terry, Stack, Jones, Bass at the 5 (too long) and Kidd (critical moments) ALL FALLS STRICKTLY ON AVERY!

But don't get us wrong, we all blame the D.A.M. front office; that's why they have been tabbed with that label.

I can't really blame Cuban too much simply because I would take his emotion and willingness to spend over most owners anyday, but the decisions of where that money goes is all influenced by the GM and the coach on who they want in a Mav uniform.

The only thing I can blame Cuban for is not resigning Nash, the fued btwn Stern & the Mavs, poss waiving Finley via amnesty and doing trade negotiations without Donnie.

[your_dallas_mavericks]

This thread needs to stay alive for a while...

[realfung]

now you guys put all the blame to Dirk....I wish my Warriors will see you guys in playoffs.

[sweet daddy]

now you guys put all the blame to Dirk....I wish my Warriors will see you guys in playoffs.

Well, that's as likely to happen as me growing tits. Have two teams seeded between 6th and 8th ever played each other in the NBA playoffs?

But, back on topic, Avery's not gonna survive. Somebody's gotta pay for this year, and it ain't gonna be the players or the front office.

[your_dallas_mavericks]

I disagree, I think Donnie gets the axe and Cubes takes the job himself (God help us if he does) or he hires Larry Harris (Del's son formerly of Milwaukee). Harris would be a great hire as GM.