Reggie Theus & Wolves talking assistant coaching job

Post #1 » by **The J Rocka** » Sat Aug 22, 2009 12:53 am

From Adrian Wojnarowski/YahooSportsNBA's twitter account:
The T-Wolves are talking to ex-Kings coach Reggie Theus about an assistant coaching job on Kurt Rambis' staff, sources tell Y! Sports.

southern wolf · Post #2 » by **southern wolf** » Sat Aug 22, 2009 7:07 am

I don't know much about him, but it would be nice to have an assistant with head coaching experience.

shrink · Post #3 » by **shrink** » Sat Aug 22, 2009 12:57 pm

He was head coach of a team on some Saturday morning kid's TV show though.

He will have experience if we have a high school girl join the Wolves, and she needs help dealing with taunts, or a young teenage boy has to deal with his burgeoning adolescence...

Hey, this probably means we're getting Ricky Rubio!

Post #4 » by **revprodeji** » Sat Aug 22, 2009 9:50 pm

He coached the kings for a season and a half and New Mexico State. He was also an asst of Rick Pitino

He was a decent pg. Good personality. Kind of a similar "type" as Mark Jackson would be. But he has put his work in and has some experience.

Post #5 » by **KF10** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 1:45 am

Before the team imploded on Theus, he did a very good job in his first year with the Kings. The team won 38 games in that historic Western Conference. (Remember when teams needed 50 wins to get the 8th seed?) Plus, if we would have not lost games in the last possessions, we could have won in the low/mid 40's that year. He was receiving COY love that year too.

But just let me warn you, if some reason, Theus becomes head coach of the Wolves, lets just say he is an egotistic person. And that would be the primary reason why the team will implode.

Mcfale313 · Post #6 » by **Mcfale313** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 2:07 am

I don't like Jerry Sicking and Dean Coopa, our 2 current assistant coach, fire those 2, they are useless, Bickerstaff is kinda useless too

lets hire more former head coach as our assistant coach!

a team of Reggie Theus, , Kevin McHale, and Mark Jackson sounds cool. And since wiz hired Cassell, we should hire his buddy Sprewell so that Latrell can finally feed his family in Minnesota again!

other coaching staffs could include

Brett Favre as our passing coach, especially to improve passing of Al Jefferson

Adrian Peterson as our speed-training coach, aiming to improve our speed on the fast break so that Flynn is not gonna run to the front court and found nobody has catched up on the fast break.

Justin Morneau as our strength-training coach, so that our bigs can bulk up and block the paint

Niklas Backstrom as our defensive coach, teaching our bigs how to swat balls with their big hands......

karch34 · Post #7 » by **karch34** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 4:21 am

I think he'd be a solid hire.

Post #8 » by **Calinks** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 6:05 am

I would like this a lot.

mnWI · Post #9 » by **mnWI** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 6:30 am

Mcfale313 wrote:I don't like Jerry Sicking and Dean Coopa, our 2 current assistant coach, fire those 2, they are useless, Bickerstaff is kinda useless too

Really? How do you know this? Dean Cooper looked pretty useful to me, running the pre-draft workouts, and drawing up a good portion of the plays out of timeouts, and being one of the sharpest people in the NBA. Enlighten me...

Post #10 » by **Calinks** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 7:07 am

To me, Dean Cooper just has "THE LOOK" of a coach. I'd be tempted to hire him just based off of his look. When I see Coop I instantly think NBA coach.

Post #11 » by **revprodeji** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 7:28 am

mnwi, correct me. Did Dean Cooper do a lot of work with advance stats in Houston?

Devilzsidewalk · Post #12 » by **Devilzsidewalk** » Tue Aug 25, 2009 6:30 pm

revprodeji wrote:mnwi, correct me. Did Dean Cooper do a lot of work with advance stats in Houston?

I thought we went over this a few months ago...

Post #13 » by **revprodeji** » Tue Aug 25, 2009 7:14 pm

yea I thought we did too.

Devilzsidewalk · Post #14 » by **Devilzsidewalk** » Tue Aug 25, 2009 9:59 pm

did you though rev, did you

jade_hippo · Post #15 » by **jade_hippo** » Wed Aug 26, 2009 3:19 am

i dont' mind Jerry Sichting. i've been pretty impressed when he's had to take the bench and how he handles himself. I thought he would have made a better head coach than Sydney Lowe and Whitman... even though that doesn't say much

4ho5ive · Post #16 » by **4ho5ive** » Wed Aug 26, 2009 3:29 am

I thought i read somewhere that JB was the only guy that was told he was coming back for sure.

mnWI · Post #17 » by **mnWI** » Wed Aug 26, 2009 3:30 am

Link? JB hasn't been told that yet.

4ho5ive · Post #18 » by **4ho5ive** » Wed Aug 26, 2009 3:43 am

I honestly cant say where i read it. But i do remember seeing it on a forum, not from a reporter so i wouldnt be at all shocked if it wasnt true.

Post #19 » by **Klomp** » Wed Aug 26, 2009 3:47 am

4ho5ive wrote:I honestly cant say where i read it. But i do remember seeing it on a forum, not from a reporter so i wouldnt be at all shocked if it wasnt true.

I remember it too. I think it was either here or at Canis

Post #20 » by **revprodeji** » Wed Aug 26, 2009 9:19 am

There were a couple places, but I am not sure if they meant it as speculation or that he was confirmed.