Woj - Bucks choose Griffin/add Stotts/Prunty

tydett · Post #1221 » by **tydett** » Fri Jun 9, 2023 4:14 am

No chance Monty turns down a 5/50 deal to coach the Bucks. Woelfel is, like usual, woeful.

-Jragon- · Post #1222 » by **-Jragon-** » Fri Jun 9, 2023 4:58 am

tydett wrote:No chance Monty turns down a 5/50 deal to coach the Bucks. Woelfel is, like usual, woeful.

Get a young team that will listen. I knew we were in some trouble when Giannis started talking about MVP bs b4 the playoffs.

0BobLobLaw0 · Post #1223 » by **0BobLobLaw0** » Fri Jun 9, 2023 5:01 am

Gery is still searching for those Chicago investors that are buying the team.

He's become so irrelevant since he lost his sources

blazza18 · Post #1224 » by **blazza18** » Fri Jun 9, 2023 5:13 am

There were whispers of us being into Monty so not totally unbelievable. Why you would want to spin the narrative of him wanting to coach in Detroit over coaching Giannis is a very Woelfel thing to do and why people just don't bother with him reporting anything. Same with the Sampson news drop. Just random and not believable, maybe he's doing someone a favour?

DanoMac · Post #1225 » by **DanoMac** » Fri Jun 9, 2023 5:53 am

Sampson would’ve been 68 on opening day. Would’ve been the second oldest coach in the league behind Pop. I find this very hard to believe

Coach Carter · Post #1226 » by **Coach Carter** » Fri Jun 9, 2023 6:39 am

If Prunty is there to get the coffee and bagels, then I'm okay with him coming back.

Diggr14 · Post #1227 » by **Diggr14** » Fri Jun 9, 2023 6:46 am

emunney wrote:
jimmybones wrote:Outrage over a 3rd/4th assistant coach god I love this board

Wait'll you see who the concessions manager is. **** poverty franchise.

Freeway!!!

JayMKE · Post #1228 » by **JayMKE** » Fri Jun 9, 2023 10:25 am

The Monty stuff is believable, there was enough smoke out there about our interest and he fits the profile of a guy Giannis would want but Bucks weren’t even able to get him in for an interview for some reason.

Griffin not being the first choice shouldn’t be surprising, its more getting turned down by others.

WRau1 · Post #1229 » by **WRau1** » Fri Jun 9, 2023 11:52 am

There's 0% chance that we fired Bud then had Monty Williams as our #1 choice.

averageposter · Post #1230 » by **averageposter** » Fri Jun 9, 2023 11:57 am

Monty had more money left than Bud. 3 years 21 million to sit at home. Detroits offer of 12 per and 72 total is a bit more motivating to head back to work.

Daver · Post #1231 » by **Daver** » Fri Jun 9, 2023 12:20 pm

-Jragon- wrote:
dbrodz7 wrote:If this is all true we are in trouble
https://woelfelspressbox.com/2023/06/sources-at-least-two-coaches-rejected-bucks-head-coaching-job/

Horst wanted Nurse and Giannis wanted Griff? Geesh... very interesting if real

I have also read a article that states monte notified 3 teams bucks included that he wasnt sure he wanted to coach this year.Take that for what its worth but no one i mean no one other than gerry reported that the bucks offered monte a contract

Daver · Post #1232 » by **Daver** » Fri Jun 9, 2023 12:22 pm

-Jragon- wrote:
tydett wrote:No chance Monty turns down a 5/50 deal to coach the Bucks. Woelfel is, like usual, woeful.

Get a young team that will listen. I knew we were in some trouble when Giannis started talking about MVP bs b4 the playoffs.

He wasnt even close to being mvp anyway lol b4 the playoffs IMO

Daver · Post #1233 » by **Daver** » Fri Jun 9, 2023 12:25 pm

JayMKE wrote:The Monty stuff is believable, there was enough smoke out there about our interest and he fits the profile of a guy Giannis would want but Bucks weren’t even able to get him in for an interview for some reason.

Griffin not being the first choice shouldn’t be surprising, its more getting turned down by others.

Monte notified 3 teams bucks included not to interview cause his intention was he difnt want to coach this year someone posted that little snippit from that article on here

MikeIsGood · Post #1234 » by **MikeIsGood** » Fri Jun 9, 2023 12:42 pm

I am most curious to know why anyone even follows Gery's blog. Why do you want to know he has a new fictional story?

chonestown · Post #1235 » by **chonestown** » Fri Jun 9, 2023 1:10 pm

-Jragon- wrote:
tydett wrote:No chance Monty turns down a 5/50 deal to coach the Bucks. Woelfel is, like usual, woeful.

Get a young team that will listen. I knew we were in some trouble when Giannis started talking about MVP bs b4 the playoffs.

Citation plz

raferfenix · Post #1236 » by **raferfenix** » Fri Jun 9, 2023 1:37 pm

I don’t think Woelfel makes up sources. But I do think he fails to account for the agendas of the people who talk to him as well as exaggerates the chances they actually know what they’re talking about.

For instance, this post reads like PR fluff for why Monty really chose the Pistons for reasons other than the cash.

Maybe the Bucks actually made an offer, or maybe it didn’t get that far, either way Monty’s team clearly benefits the most from the notion that he could have coached Giannis he just chose not too.

But, according to multiple sources, Griffin wasn’t the Bucks primary target after they fired Mike Budenholzer. Rather, sources said the Bucks had set their sights on hiring an established and successful head coach, one being Monty Williams.

Williams became available after being dismissed by the Phoenix Suns. He was generally regarded as the cream of the available coaching crop.

“Monty was the Bucks guy,’’ an NBA executive said of Williams. “They made him an offer: five years, $50 million.’’

But Williams rejected the Bucks generous offer and recently agreed to an even more lucrative contract from the Detroit Pistons for six years, $78 million.

https://woelfelspressbox.com/2023/06/sources-at-least-two-coaches-rejected-bucks-head-coaching-job/

M-C-G · Post #1237 » by **M-C-G** » Fri Jun 9, 2023 1:40 pm

Whether it was our primary plan or not, this is a good coaching staff so far. I actually think they are doing this right.

WiscoKing13 · Post #1238 » by **WiscoKing13** » Fri Jun 9, 2023 1:44 pm

It wouldn't shock me if the Monty stuff was true.

The Sampson stuff was 100% false since it doesn't even fit the timeline. Sampson only made it to the first round of interviews and the next day got an extension.

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WRau1 · Post #1239 » by **WRau1** » Fri Jun 9, 2023 2:40 pm

Monty being Bucks #1 target just doesn't make sense no matter how you look at it. There's nothing he does better than Bud and his weaknesses are worse. Then there's the optics of firing your Championship coach and replacing him with guy he out-coached in the finals 2 years ago - who was also just fired for lack of adjustments/losing his lockerroom. Griffin might not have been the first choice but he's a far easier sell than Monty would've been.

emunney · Post #1240 » by **emunney** » Fri Jun 9, 2023 2:42 pm

Milbucks96 wrote:I wouldn’t be surprised if that stuff was true, the bucks are old, out of assets and money, and Giannis only has 2 years left. If I was a head coach I would choose Detroit every time. Win a playoff series in the next few years and you’re set. Don’t make the ecf with the bucks next year and you’re on the hot seat. Even if you have decent success, an obvious tear down is on the horizon.

Don’t really care about the coaching stuff anymore. More and more I’m focused on what roster changes they can make. Mike Malone didn’t become a championship coach in one season, he has the best player and a good cast around him. If the bucks can get more guys who can hang in a playoff series they will have success, if they can’t then they’re going to fail no matter who’s on the bench.

This is such a coward's viewpoint. If you don't want to coach Giannis because you think it creates too much expectation, I sure as hell don't want you coaching Giannis. Go coach that busted Pistons roster.

On the other hand, if we just lost a bidding war, more power to him, and we were right not to go higher.

At any rate, it's more unsettling (if true) that these guys were our first two choices than it is that we didn't get them.