Potential Rambis Replacements

[Krapinsky]

As you all have learned, my avy days appear to be numbered. Who do you want to replace him. Who is your dream hire? Who is a realistic hire? Who will we hire (for cynics)?

Dream hires: Budenholzer, Woodson, M. Brown

Realistic hire: Sam Mitchell, Lawrence Frank

Who will we hire: Reggie Theus, Mark Jackson

[Calinks]

Mike Fratello

[Esohny]

Brown sure wouldn't be on my dream hire list.

I'd say that Laimbeer jumps to the front of the line for who we will hire.

[jscott]

JvG

[Esohny]

JvG

Yeah, he's my dream hire, along with getting Sloan to cancel his retirement.

[jscott]

JvG

Yeah, he's my dream hire, along with getting Sloan to cancel his retirement.

Ditto.

Anyone who can makel Salt Lake as a basketball city where people would wanna play can make magic happen in MSP.

[Krapinsky]

Brown sure wouldn't be on my dream hire list.

I'd say that Laimbeer jumps to the front of the line for who we will hire.

He's always been on the sideline of winning teams, whether as a longtime assistant (partially under Popovic), or as a head coach. As a head coach he coached a team that was one of the more efficient teams int he NBA defensively and had pretty tight nit chemistry. I'm not sure what there is to not like about the guy, actually.

[Ace_Rockola]

If Rambis is going to be fired.... when? Dont most coach fires happen right after the season ends? Dont think they'd wait until just before the draft, and I dont think they should potentially draft players w/o a coach already on board....again.

[Foye]

If Rambis is going to be fired.... when? Dont most coach fires happen right after the season ends? Dont think they'd wait until just before the draft, and I dont think they should potentially draft players w/o a coach already on board....again.

Rambis should be fired right after this game.

[Grits n Gravy]

agreed, jvg

[Yes We Kahn]

If Rambis is going to be fired.... when? Dont most coach fires happen right after the season ends? Dont think they'd wait until just before the draft, and I dont think they should potentially draft players w/o a coach already on board....again.

Rambis should be fired right after this game.

How about during?

[YamiRain]

Its gonna be mark jackson

[champalift]

Sloan is my dream. Rubio playing under Sloan, please!!!! Hopefully the basketball gods are reading this......

[Klomp]

What would you guys think about looking at JB Bickerstaff?

[Ace_Rockola]

Is there any rules as to when we can hire coaches? Perhaps not until after the season when we can possibly interview assistants from other teams. I want to know Rambis is gone. Ill sleep better at night.

[Calinks]

JVG aint coming here.

[Klomp]

What would you guys think about looking at JB Bickerstaff?

By the way, heres a good article on JB:

That's not an act, nor a stock quote. Bickerstaff, despite the travails, has development a rep as a guy that is upbeat, driven and honest, whatever the outcome of the game, month, season or decade that was. When he began working for his father in Charlotte in 2004-05, he was the NBA's youngest assistant at 26, joining Bernie in that distinction; the elder Bickerstaff was the league's bench child as a 29-year-old back in 1973.

​Today, the two are rivals. Bernie is an assistant for the Portland Trailblazers, also of the Northwest Division.

"It's a lot of fun. I probably do more of the talking than he does," Bickerstaff continues. "His team has ended up on the positive side more than ours, but we have a lot of fun. He and I talk everyday, every-other-day; about everything. He's been obviously the greatest influence on my coaching style, my decision to become a coach. So I can't say enough about the three years I was able to spend in Charlotte, learning from him, watching him."

The son indeed holds a desire to someday walk in the NBA head coaching sneakers long-donned by the father over parts of 14 seasons. But does the apple bear similar seeds of the tree?

"I think they're very similar," Bickerstaff says of the coaching philosophies shared by the two men. "He's always had an ability to have relationships with his players; his players have wanted to play for him. Just traveling around the league, people always comment on how much they enjoyed being around him, enjoyed working with him or playing for him.

"Treat people with respect, be honest with them and try to help them as much as you can. At the end of the day it will make people respect you for that. It's not a bunch of sugar-coatin', and kissing-up. It's the truth. And that responsibility -- it's heavy sometimes, because sometimes people don't want to hear the truth right away. But at the end of the day they look back and they appreciate and respect the fact that you were honest with them."

Such honesty has translated well to his work with the Wolves, the league's youngest team. Among his charges, Bickerstaff works on player development, game walk-throughs and has taken on additional defensive responsibilities this season.

Bickerstaff is quick to laud the lack of generational gaps between the rest of the staff -- coaches Kurt Rambis, Bill Laimbeer, Reggie Theus are all 53-years old; Dave Wohl is 61 -- and the players, but adds that being a young coach has allowed him to serve in a conduit-capacity with players.

"The relationships -- because of the similar generation I have with players -- it opens doors up for us as a coaching staff," Bickerstaff explains. "It gives me the ability to relate to the guys, but also to be in a position as a coach to demand things from players. I think I can get a lot out of people because I do have that relationship with them. And it's a relationship built on respect, and they understand that my best interest is for them and the team. Because of that, the coaches can come to me and I can go to the guys and get what we need to get done."
http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/2011 ... _coach.php

[AQuintus]

We might be looking for a new Gm too (stolen from CH):

Good news

it looks like Kahn’s “presser” today has sealed his fate. Word has gotten around very quickly in the NBA circles and Kahn’s rep has taken another huge hit for the timing and way he threw Rambis under the bus.

I have been told that word has gotten back to Papa Glen that it is very unlikely any high quality coaching candidate will sign up to work under Kahn unless offered huge dollars and a long contract. Kahn has been promoting the fact that their were high quality candidates available that would work at reasonable prices. A huge contradiction that Papa Glen will be forced to reconcile.

Can’t see Kahn getting out of this one.

by Just A Fan on Apr 13, 2011 7:58 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs

Also, no to JB. After this debacle with Rambis, I want a coach with a proven track record of success as an NBA head coach. If we absolutely can't find a guy that fits that definition, then I'd go for Laimbeer (proven success as a head coach in the WNBA).

Edit: I also want someone who strongly, strongly emphasizes defense.

[moss_is_1]

I'd be open to firing them both, just for a bit of a fresh start...as long as we don't majorly overhaul the roster. Bring in someone from Portland/OKC/San Antonio/maybe Boston. Also my dream hire would be Adelman.

[Calinks]

I liked having JB around but a new coach and he's gone. No way that guy survives three coaching changes lol.