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Magic Assistant Nate Tibbetts Leaving to Become Head Coach of the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2023 11:19 pm
by Knightro
Re: Magic Assistant Nate Tibbetts Leaving to Become Head Coach of the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2023 11:35 pm
by fendilim
Congrats Nate!
Re: Magic Assistant Nate Tibbetts Leaving to Become Head Coach of the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2023 11:37 pm
by bigdogdylan5
This is very interesting… crazy bad timing to this smells weird if I can be honest lol
Re: Magic Assistant Nate Tibbetts Leaving to Become Head Coach of the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury
Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2023 12:40 am
by SOUL
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.
Re: Magic Assistant Nate Tibbetts Leaving to Become Head Coach of the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury
Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2023 12:58 am
by Howard Mass
Happy for Coach Tibbetts but the timing really sucks.
Re: Magic Assistant Nate Tibbetts Leaving to Become Head Coach of the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury
Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2023 1:02 am
by Kent
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!
Re: Magic Assistant Nate Tibbetts Leaving to Become Head Coach of the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury
Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2023 3:18 am
by Def Swami
Good sign when the assistants are getting head coaching gigs.
Re: Magic Assistant Nate Tibbetts Leaving to Become Head Coach of the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury
Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2023 10:59 am
by bigdogdylan5
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
Re: Magic Assistant Nate Tibbetts Leaving to Become Head Coach of the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury
Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2023 12:00 pm
by SOUL
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.
Re: Magic Assistant Nate Tibbetts Leaving to Become Head Coach of the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury
Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2023 12:15 pm
by RichCollab
Good luck to him. I just hope he doesn’t poach any players.
Re: Magic Assistant Nate Tibbetts Leaving to Become Head Coach of the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury
Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2023 3:59 pm
by Knightro
Re: Magic Assistant Nate Tibbetts Leaving to Become Head Coach of the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury
Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2023 4:17 pm
by basketballRob
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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Re: Magic Assistant Nate Tibbetts Leaving to Become Head Coach of the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury
Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2023 8:20 pm
by Magic#1
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.