Magic Assistant Nate Tibbetts Leaving to Become Head Coach of the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury

Post #1 » by **Knightro** » Mon Oct 16, 2023 11:19 pm

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fendilim · Post #2 » by **fendilim** » Mon Oct 16, 2023 11:35 pm

Congrats Nate!

bigdogdylan5 · Post #3 » by **bigdogdylan5** » Mon Oct 16, 2023 11:37 pm

This is very interesting… crazy bad timing to this smells weird if I can be honest lol

Post #4 » by **SOUL** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 12:40 am

bigdogdylan5 wrote:This is very interesting… crazy bad timing to this smells weird if I can be honest lol

Why? More money and he becomes a head coach.

Post #5 » by **Howard Mass** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 12:58 am

Happy for Coach Tibbetts but the timing really sucks.

Kent · Post #6 » by **Kent** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 1:02 am

The only constant in life is change. We'll be just fine. This brings potential and opportunity, not just for the open spot this move makes but also what it could bring to the team as a whole.

Happy for Coach Nate. Congrats!

Post #7 » by **Def Swami** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 3:18 am

Good sign when the assistants are getting head coaching gigs.

bigdogdylan5 · Post #8 » by **bigdogdylan5** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 10:59 am

SOUL wrote:
bigdogdylan5 wrote:This is very interesting… crazy bad timing to this smells weird if I can be honest lol

Why? More money and he becomes a head coach.

Idk is it that much more money? Maybe it is because of Ishibia but feel like we could have matched. Now maybe he wanted to be a head coach for the woman’s game which is awesome. It’s more weird timing because this doesn’t happen too often and we have to figure out a new offensive coach a week before season starts. Probably just promote someone

Post #9 » by **SOUL** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 12:00 pm

bigdogdylan5 wrote:
SOUL wrote:
bigdogdylan5 wrote:This is very interesting… crazy bad timing to this smells weird if I can be honest lol

Why? More money and he becomes a head coach.

Idk is it that much more money? Maybe it is because of Ishibia but feel like we could have matched. Now maybe he wanted to be a head coach for the woman’s game which is awesome. It’s more weird timing because this doesn’t happen too often and we have to figure out a new offensive coach a week before season starts. Probably just promote someone

Yes, probably quite a bit more. I'd say he probably makes $100-300k a year as an assistant coach, and this deal is over a million at least since it's the highest paid one and Becky Hammon is making $1 mil a year.. that's a lot more money if you're getting a million more than you make right now.

The offense is already installed so I don't think there's much in the way of like "our team is worse" feelings - most coaches of any sport want their assistants to get promoted. The organization seems big on internal promotions anyway so it'll just be next coach up sort of thing.

RichCollab · Post #10 » by **RichCollab** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 12:15 pm

Good luck to him. I just hope he doesn’t poach any players.

Post #11 » by **Knightro** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 3:59 pm

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basketballRob · Post #12 » by **basketballRob** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 4:17 pm

RichCollab wrote:Good luck to him. I just hope he doesn’t poach any players.

Evan is an FA next season.

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Magic#1 · Post #13 » by **Magic#1** » Thu Oct 19, 2023 8:20 pm

This is a tough pill to swallow, but I'm happy for Nate. Also, apparently Stotts is available now and we have a slot open. He's a lot older, but there's no doubt he can coach.