Head Coaching Candidates - Finalists Nurse/Atkinson/Griffin - Another New Poll Added

[ReddoverKobe]

I know this might be an overreaction but I feel like this is the start of the end of Giannis in Milwaukee. The names being tossed around to replace Bud are terrible and if we start this offseason with a massive downgrade at coach I think that it the first nail in the coffin.

[JayMKE]

I don't have much faith in the front office at this point, do they know why they fired Bud other than they felt they had to do something? Monty would be a disaster and not an upgrade, we don't want or need a "player's coach", not sure Horst is smart enough to know what a good basketball mind is or isn't.

[Badgerlander]

I guess Kerr was a GM in Phoenix for 3 years before he became a head coach so maybe Redick could be our GM?

[German Athens]

One issue I have with taking our time, acknowledging that it’s not fully in our control, is that in less than a week we may no longer be the most attractive coaching job.

Embiid and maxey
Booker and Durant
Tatum and Brown

There seems to be potentially two top-flight candidates, and then more question marks. If those coaches choose elsewhere, we quickly get into a tough situation.

We were fortunate to get Bud before, but we were a young team with a lot of untapped potential. We’re a better team now, but we’re a lot closer to our ceiling and have championship or bust expectations.

[SirChurros]

I see a lot of "eloquent speaking white guy/former NBA role player with a podcast that went to Duke so therefore he must be smart and capable to coach an NBA basketball team" energy going on with the national Reddick discourse and I don't know whether to *eye roll emoji* or just be sad that this is still a thing in media circles.

Dude has never coached a high school game let alone anything to do with an NBA organization. Hard pass.

Yeah, the italicized part isn’t it at all, but ok.

[Matches Malone]

Ty Lue is the only coach that I view as a true upgrade that I think the public would get behind. I think guys like Atkinson could do well after changing up his schemes but from a PR standpoint, probably doesn't get the fan base's juices flowing. The other retread coaches don't really inspire me, and if a gun is put to my head, I think I'd rather take a shot in the dark on someone like Charles Lee and see if he can implement the changes we need, kind of like Darvin is doing with LA. Not everyone under Bud needs to be a Bud clone.

[GoldenAntlers]

I don't know how you fire Bud for his postseason failures and would then try to sell a fanbase on Monty Williams given how the Suns have fared in the playoffs the last few years.

Yeah this one also falls into the “I don’t think Horst sucks *that* much but we’ll see” bucket for me, along with the Scott Brooks and Doc Rivers stuff.

The only silver lining for me with Brooks was when a guy at work said that maybe Brooks is Dames favorite at Portland...

[JayMKE]

Its seems like its been everybody but Nick Nurse at this point, either there is interest or there is not there has to be some sort news to be investigated there. Lue I can get behind, anybody else after I'm kind of wondering what was the point of firing Bud?

[Ron Swanson]

I see a lot of "eloquent speaking white guy/former NBA role player with a podcast that went to Duke so therefore he must be smart and capable to coach an NBA basketball team" energy going on with the national Reddick discourse and I don't know whether to *eye roll emoji* or just be sad that this is still a thing in media circles.

Dude has never coached a high school game let alone anything to do with an NBA organization. Hard pass.

Yeah, the italicized part isn’t it at all, but ok.

Maybe not you, but for the wider media conversation/discussion it absolutely is.

[Badgerlander]

I see a lot of "eloquent speaking white guy/former NBA role player with a podcast that went to Duke so therefore he must be smart and capable to coach an NBA basketball team" energy going on with the national Reddick discourse and I don't know whether to *eye roll emoji* or just be sad that this is still a thing in media circles.

Dude has never coached a high school game let alone anything to do with an NBA organization. Hard pass.

Yeah, the italicized part isn’t it at all, but ok.

Maybe not you, but for the wider media conversation/discussion it absolutely is.

They can only talk about how many games Rodgers is going to win for the Jets next year for so long. That said PJ Tucker would be my first choice but he’s under contract with the Sixers for two more years.

[machu46]

I don’t want Monty but I wouldn’t be surprised if he ends up being it. He’s extremely popular among the players and orgs.


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[Ron Swanson]

Curious as to what all these "X's and O's" concerns are all about with him. I think Monty did a lot of good things in turning that franchise around, but my biggest concern would be that for a "player's coach", he sure seemed to lose that locker room awfully fast each of the last two seasons down the stretch.

[chonestown]

I don't have much faith in the front office at this point, do they know why they fired Bud other than they felt they had to do something?

Think leadership wasn't happy with playoff performance just speculating though

[Bodiroga13]

Monty? He is literally the only one coach these years that had this great idea in the playoffs: Not doubling Giannis and letting Ayton get slaughtered 1 vs 1. Every coach builds a wall in the playoffs against Giannis. Monty said, f*** it, i am gonna stop him with a 22 years old-not great defensive big- Ayton.

He seems a good person, and he is a great Regular season coach. Kinda like a lesser version of Bud. I wish him success, he will maybe figure it out some day.

Silver lining, Fischer mentions Lue, i think it's the first time a journalist throws his name as a candidate. Nurse, Lue, Vogel.

[WRau1]

Bring in Hammon, you cowards.

[tydett]

Curious as to what all these "X's and O's" concerns are all about with him. I think Monty did a lot of good things in turning that franchise around, but my biggest concern would be that for a "player's coach", he sure seemed to lose that locker room awfully fast each of the last two seasons down the stretch.

Monty is a pretty devout guy, from what I've heard. That resonates well with some players. But it definitely alienates others, and I don't think that Monty can bridge that gap. Not exactly like Mark Jackson, but kinda in that same vein where he has his guys on the team but it does lead to fractures in the long run.

[Milbucks96]

I’m not going to overreact but Monty Williams lol

[Milbucks96]

Monty? He is literally the only one coach these years that had this great idea in the playoffs: Not doubling Giannis and letting Ayton get slaughtered 1 vs 1. Every coach builds a wall in the playoffs against Giannis. Monty said, f*** it, i am gonna stop him with a 22 years old-not great defensive big- Ayton.

He seems a good person, and he is a great Regular season coach. Kinda like a lesser version of Bud. I wish him success, he will maybe figure it out some day.

Silver lining, Fischer mentions Lue, i think it's the first time a journalist throws his name as a candidate. Nurse, Lue, Vogel.

I tend to think coaching decisions are a little overrated by some but I really think that decision played a huge part in us winning. Couldn’t believe they kept going to that over and over. I want nothing to do with Monty Williams.

[paulpressey25]

On Day 9 or whatever, I'm still going with Nick Nurse. That fact he's not mentioned or linked speaks volumes.

Now, why would they talk with all these people? League protocols, but also, many times you interview candidates to learn their intel and ideas.

Kenny Atkinson -"Kenny---What do you think our problems were last year? How would you solve them? Any personnel thoughts?"

People get milked for free info all the time in the business world. Can't tell you how many RFP's get responded to, and the company doing the selection knew ahead of time who they were selecting. But they got the best ideas from a multitude of perspectives. For FREE.

[ABucksFan]

If we bring in Monty who got done in by Bud...my god. Pleaase ffs no Monty. Great guy, but he's not it right now.