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jscott wrote:JvG

Esohny wrote:

jscott wrote:JvG

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

Esohny wrote: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.

DontTradeKlove wrote: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 wrote:

DontTradeKlove wrote: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.

Klomp wrote:What would you guys think about looking at JB Bickerstaff?

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

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