Assistant coach Quin Snyder leaving Lakers for CSKA Moscow

[WCDYNASTY]

Assistant coach Quin Snyder leaving Lakers for CSKA Moscow
By Elliott Teaford on July 9, 2012 12:29 PM

Quin Snyder has decided to leave Mike Brown's staff with the Lakers to join Ettore Messina with CSKA Moscow as an assistant coach next season, a league source said Monday. Snyder and Messina spent last season together with the Lakers, after Brown was hired to replace the retired Phil Jackson in May 2011.

Messina opted to return to Moscow, where he coached from 2005 to '09. Snyder was mentioned as a candidate for NBA head coaching vacancies in Charlotte and Orlando.

Their departures leave two openings on Brown's staff.

Chuck Person, the lone holdover from Jackson's staff, will coach the Lakers' summer-league team, which begins play Friday in Las Vegas. Person and follow assistants John Kuester and Darvin Ham are expected to return to the Lakers next season.

SOURCE:
http://www.insidesocal.com/lakers/2012/07/assistant-coach-quin-snyder-le.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter#

[Jetset]

What was he in charge of anyway, I'm assuming the summer league right? I aint even bothered.

[77CSUN77]

hmm

[Dr Aki]

messina with the double cross

[Wavy Q]

pretending to care

[BosssPlaya]

SERIOUSLY !!

messina with the double cross

Im kinda happy Synder left though, I didnt like him as an assistant coach anyway. Guy doesnt have much of a winning track record.

[salmahayek]

I'd like to see Michael Cooper on the Laker bench.

[LateRoundFlyer]

Right, so let's see here:

1. He won the respect of Kobe and the two developed a strong friendship in their short time together.
2. His name was floated for each of the HC vacancies in the league this summer.
3. He obviously left an impression with Messina, since he will be rejoining his former associate with Moscow.
4. His departure leaves a coaching staff that most Laker fans will happily criticize even lighter.
5. Said fans even concede they have no idea what he or Messina's precise roles were.

And the main takeaway from this is "I ain't even bothered" and "pretending to care"?

Only in Lala land.

I'd like to see Michael Cooper on the Laker bench.

This I can get down for.

[dockingsched]

snyder's role was obviously to give half time interviews to FSN and KCAL.

[Jetset]

Your reason for complaining about it is as unknown as Snyder's actual role with the organization. Because you definitely didn't accomplish anything.

[LateRoundFlyer]

Your reason for complaining about it is as unknown as Snyder's actual role with the organization. Because you definitely didn't accomplish anything.

Complaining? No no, my dear man. You seem to have this belief that anyone who ridicules your propensity to judge situations without sufficient facts is complaining. If anything, I find it hilarious. There's nothing to be accomplished there, no hidden agenda besides the ones you're looking to procure out of thin air. You're tilting at windmills here.

[Jetset]

So you really don't care....but took time to make a post that entailed 5 facts about Snyder and slight those for not caring about this departure.

Jesus Christ, some of the most befuddling logic known to man has just been displayed.

[crazyeights]

So you really don't care....but took time to make a post that entailed 5 facts about Snyder and slight those for not caring about this departure.

Jesus Christ, some of the most befuddling logic known to man has just been displayed.

He didn't say he doesn't care. He's pointing out that Snyder made an impression in his year here.

It's not a great sign when an assistant coach leaves the premiere basketball league in the world, with a flagship franchise to go assist a team in Russia. But then again, he left to coach with one of the supposed best coaches in the world, who himself spoke complementary of Mike Brown after the season.

So who really knows. But for people to think Snyder was a loser or a bad coach seems to be unsubstantiated. Sure, as fans, we can be defensive about it, but it doesn't make any of that true.

[crazyeights]

snyder's role was obviously to give half time interviews to FSN and KCAL.

Looks like B-Shaw's job is open again

[Jetset]

Since leaving the Toros, Snyder has spent a season apiece with the Philadelphia 76ers and Los Angeles Lakers, but it was during his career in the D-League that I became quite familiar with what Snyder might bring to an NBA sideline someday. The D-League is essentially a playground for development and, while watching Austin, it seemed as though Snyder was taking total advantage of that area.

Not only were Snyder's Toros developing players that could make the jump to the NBA -- Cleveland Cavaliers wing Alonzo Gee and Marcus Williams were probably the top two prospects (the latter averaged 32 points, 5.1 rebounds and 3.7 assists in China while shooting nearly 62 percent from the field) -- but Snyder himself was developing plays that could translate to the NBA level.

Snyder wasn't exclusively running his own sets during his three years in Austin (because the Spurs bought the Toros for a reason), but he was able to include wrinkles of an intricate offense he's devised while coaching the Toros. Your's truly was never privy to a playbook, unfortunately, but I can tell you that Snyder is an expert when it comes to the plain old pick-and-roll.

Not just the plain and old pick-and-roll, however, but every variation of the pick-and-roll that's possible. He even co-authored a very detailed article, published in the FIBA Assist magazine back in 2009, regarding the different permutations of the P'n'R. It's an excellent read for anyone looking for insight into the philosophies of Snyder or, and perhaps especially, those simply interested in being smarter about the game of basketball.

Snyder's introduction to the piece is in the link below
http://www.ridiculousupside.com/2012/6/ ... cats-coach

[Jetset]

So you really don't care....but took time to make a post that entailed 5 facts about Snyder and slight those for not caring about this departure.

Jesus Christ, some of the most befuddling logic known to man has just been displayed.

He didn't say he doesn't care. He's pointing out that Snyder made an impression in his year here.

It's not a great sign when an assistant coach leaves the premiere basketball league in the world, with a flagship franchise to go assist a team in Russia. But then again, he left to coach with one of the supposed best coaches in the world, who himself spoke complementary of Mike Brown after the season.

So who really knows. But for people to think Snyder was a loser or a bad coach seems to be unsubstantiated. Sure, as fans, we can be defensive about it, but it doesn't make any of that true.

I wasn't talking about Snyder leaving, I was talking about the comments made about Snyder leaving.

[LateRoundFlyer]

So you really don't care....but took time to make a post that entailed 5 facts about Snyder and slight those for not caring about this departure.

Jesus Christ, some of the most befuddling logic known to man has just been displayed.

And it appears like those five facts were more than you were ever aware of. Which once again draws us around full circle to my initial point: you guys will mock any story without bothering to research it, won't you?

If that's akin to entering a complaint, feel free to read into it that way. That tells me you want some sort of validation, some sort of excuse for not knowing what you're talking about. But it's strictly an observation.

Yes, you're no stranger to some of the most befuddling logic known to man, are you?

[Jetset]

So you really don't care....but took time to make a post that entailed 5 facts about Snyder and slight those for not caring about this departure.

Jesus Christ, some of the most befuddling logic known to man has just been displayed.

And it appears like those five facts were more than you were ever aware of. Which once again draws us around full circle to my initial point: you guys will mock any story without bothering to research it, won't you?

If that's akin to entering a complaint, feel free to read into it that way. That tells me you want some sort of validation, some sort of excuse for not knowing what you're talking about. But it's strictly an observation.

Yes, you're no stranger to some of the most befuddling logic known to man, are you?

Just hilarious.

Now your agenda comes to a head after at first saying you didn't have one. I don't see it as that big of a that big of a loss. He either didn't contribute much or Brown insisted on his gameplan because the offense either way was lethargic all season, and Bryant's even admitted to this. And if Brown insisted on his gameplan then what makes you think he's going to get time to showcase his skill now? That's probably why he left.

And after this thread I'd say I'm no longer am a stranger, and I have you to thank for that.

[LateRoundFlyer]

Just hilarious.

Now your agenda comes to a head after at first saying you didn't have one.

Get a dictionary and read me the definitions of agenda and observation. Oh, and maybe "complaint" as well. You know... for shiggles.

I must say, you're unusually defensive for someone so assured of their own coherency. Could this be because you yourself observed you had demonstrated no knowledge of the subject and then went and corralled an article explaining what Snyder's role was? And yet, the very act of me pointing that out carries an agenda?

And yet, I'm the one with befuddling logic?

Hilarious... is just the tip of the iceberg.

I'll tell you what. You get a dictionary and rehearse a little bit more, and then you can sass me with whatever nonsense there is left in your system. Do we have a deal?

I don't see it as that big of a that big of a loss. He either didn't contribute much or Brown insisted on his gameplan because the offense either way was lethargic all season, and Bryant's even admitted to this. And if Brown insisted on his gameplan then what makes you think he's going to get time to showcase his skill now? That's probably why he left.

Again, you're presuming I feel strongly one way or the other about his departure. For all you know, I could very much agree with your opinion (as stated here). Or I might take an even more nuanced view than that. On the other hand, it isn't exactly hard to observe from that comment your doubts on Brown shade how you've taken to Snyder leaving. Hold up, that sounds like an agenda to me!

You don't play poker, right? Just looking out for you is all.

As for me, I'll spare you the impending head cloud and accompanying paranoia about Brown, Snyder, Messina -- or any other facet of our coaching staff -- by stating very simply I haven't seen enough from one shortened season to come to any conclusion whether or not Brown's lethargic offense is merely the product of a miscast roster or serial ineptitude. It would seem obvious though, at this juncture, that anyone insisting the former or the latter is a fool. Have fun.

[Jetset]

Not even going to bother wasting my time reading a syllable of that post. Troll banter at it's finest.

Anyway, I wish him and Messina the best in Moscow. Although I wish Messina had actually stayed around. He could've made it in the NBA.