The Coaching Thread/SF76 Update: Page 54

Mahorn at the 4 · Post #1 » by **Mahorn at the 4** » Thu Apr 15, 2010 6:35 pm

SF,

What are u hearing in re: to the coaching search? Any word on it possibly being a Jeff Van Gundy type?

Any word on which players may be shopped?

Trade thought: Brand /Turkoglu package. Any chance of a trade such as this?

Post #2 » by **The Guilty Party** » Fri Apr 16, 2010 1:07 am

SF76 hasn't logged on since March 2nd. He's been known to vanish from the deadline up until about a week or two before the draft soooooo..... I don't know how much info we're going to get from him. I don't recall him being a major contributor to news during last year's coaching search either.

Hopefully he shows up though....

PhilasFinest · Post #3 » by **PhilasFinest** » Fri Apr 16, 2010 9:55 pm

Already hummings of Doug Collins via wip.

Ehhhhh

LongLiveHinkie · Post #4 » by **LongLiveHinkie** » Fri Apr 16, 2010 9:58 pm

Ugh. Please no.

Post #5 » by **Foshan** » Sat Apr 17, 2010 12:52 am

<--------- Bill Laimbeer

Assistants: Rick Mahorn/Eric Snow/Aaron Mckie

Maeiv · Post #6 » by **Maeiv** » Sat Apr 17, 2010 7:46 am

Of course the usual suspects:
Avery Johnson
Jeff Van Gundy
Doug Collins

I don't think those coaches are going to be dying to coach the Sixers, a team that seems to fire their coaches left and right. Coaches want job security. And didn't Collins express sentiments last year on not wanting to coach the Sixers? Not too sure.

What I do see happening is the Sixers hiring a guy like Lawrence Frank, Sam Mitchell, or Tom Thibodeau.

Shame, as bad as Eddie Jordan was, I would have given him one more year before firing him. Now the Sixers have to pay Eddie Jordan to do nothing.

sweetlou23 · Post #7 » by **sweetlou23** » Sat Apr 17, 2010 12:01 pm

Maeiv wrote:Of course the usual suspects:
Avery Johnson
Jeff Van Gundy
Doug Collins

I don't think those coaches are going to be dying to coach the Sixers, a team that seems to fire their coaches left and right. Coaches want job security. And didn't Collins express sentiments last year on not wanting to coach the Sixers? Not too sure.

What I do see happening is the Sixers hiring a guy like Lawrence Frank, Sam Mitchell, or Tom Thibodeau.

Shame, as bad as Eddie Jordan was, I would have given him one more year before firing him. Now the Sixers have to pay Eddie Jordan to do nothing.

keep EJ for one more year? u cannot be serious.

Post #8 » by **The Guilty Party** » Sat Apr 17, 2010 4:08 pm

I sent a PM to SF76 hoping he shows up with some info. Also, we'll just make this the coaching search thread regardless of whether he shows up or not so post any and all rumors you find in this thread.

PH1LLYSFINEST13 · Post #9 » by **PH1LLYSFINEST13** » Sat Apr 17, 2010 5:06 pm

Mahorn at the 4 wrote:SF,

What are u hearing in re: to the coaching search? Any word on it possibly being a Jeff Van Gundy type?

Any word on which players may be shopped?

Trade thought: Brand /Turkoglu package. Any chance of a trade such as this?

I sure as hell dont want turkoglu. That guy faked bein sick and then was seen out partyin at a Toronto night club.. WHILE THE GAME WAS STILL HAPPENING. I know we need some shooters , but good lord not him.

Kobblehead · Post #10 » by **Kobblehead** » Sat Apr 17, 2010 5:36 pm

I wish we, as fans, were given more insight on coaches in the NBA. Like if they had specials on NBA TV where each coach just briefly described their offensive and defensive philosophies. Also talks a little bit about how they view young players and how they plan to put them in position to succeed longterm.

Post #11 » by **The Guilty Party** » Sat Apr 17, 2010 5:40 pm

Kobblehead wrote:I wish we, as fans, were given more insight on coaches in the NBA. Like if they had specials on NBA TV where each coach just briefly described their offensive and defensive philosophies. Also talks a little bit about how they view young players and how they plan to put them in position to succeed longterm.

Honestly, that's not a bad idea for a show and it could be for coaches across all sports. Of course, ESPN2's schedule is just BOOKED SOLID with re-runs of poker tournaments so I don't see how watching a show in which coaches are actually discussing sports could crack their must-see tv lineup. :-)

sec-106 · Post #12 » by **sec-106** » Sat Apr 17, 2010 7:27 pm

The Guilty Party wrote:
Kobblehead wrote:I wish we, as fans, were given more insight on coaches in the NBA. Like if they had specials on NBA TV where each coach just briefly described their offensive and defensive philosophies. Also talks a little bit about how they view young players and how they plan to put them in position to succeed longterm.

Honestly, that's not a bad idea for a show and it could be for coaches across all sports. Of course, ESPN2's schedule is just BOOKED SOLID with re-runs of poker tournaments so I don't see how watching a show in which coaches are actually discussing sports could crack their must-see tv lineup.

And fishing.

PhilasFinest · Post #13 » by **PhilasFinest** » Sat Apr 17, 2010 7:55 pm

One part of me is sold that we are most likely going to land a coach that has previously coached for awhile Like frank,Scott, Collins etc.

BUT the other side of me thinks how the hell is snider or the owners going to cough up bigger money( which these coaches will command vs an assistant coachng for the 1st or 2nd time ) when we have had soo many coaches in the past 10 or so years.

Should be interesting to see what happens and I think we will know prior to the draft who the guy will be. As long as he is gonna preach D lie there's no 2morro I'm with it... It's the only way were gonna be anywhere close to successfull

Post #14 » by **The Guilty Party** » Sun Apr 18, 2010 2:24 am

I think our coach will be in place prior to the lottery let alone the draft. It'll be interesting to hear what names begin to be talked about as coming in for interviews.

HotSauce77 · Post #15 » by **HotSauce77** » Sun Apr 18, 2010 2:53 am

It seem to me that a team with a lot of young players and with some guys who might have immovable contracts, needs a veteran coach who can command total respect of the locker room. It does not appear to be an ideal situation for a young guy without head coaching experience to come in. That's a better situation on either a good veteran team with solid leadership that respects a good x's and o's guy or a very young, rebuilding team without veterans. Sixers are sort of an in-between team and truthfully, in a bad spot no matter what happens. I think they could do a whole lot worse than a coach like Avery Johnson or Doc Rivers (presuming he leaves Boston) - defensive coaches who do a good job working with point guards (our most promising position with Holiday and Williams).

Larry Brown would be great if we had a good GM in place. I doubt Brown comes here without full control and with his track record, he is not a guy you want to be the GM. He is best in a situation where he coaches and has a GM/President for whom he has utmost respect.

I wonder if Stefanski keeps his job. Not sure he deserves to. I can't fault him for Brand - he gambled and lost, albeit spectacularly. However, his other moves have been typical of a bad GM - that includes bidding against himself to overpay Iguodala, not trading Miller and then not resigning him thereby losing a valuable asset for nothing, re-signing Ivey for a penny over the minimum just made no sense, trading a high second rounder for Meeks when a guy like him or better - see Reggie Williams, could be signed off the street, and keeping Cheeks, firing him early, and then brining in Jordan - a terrible fit here, because he was familiar with him. I can't say the Kapono trade was a great one because Sixers took on a few extra million in that deal for a guy who wasn't a consistent rotation player. He found no takers for Dalembert after publicly shopping the guy. Speights and Holiday were good pics for where they were taken, but one could just as easy argue that Ty Lawson or Darren Collison were better pics. Same with Speights - Hibbert and Javalee McGee look like legit NBA centers, Courtney Lee and Nicolas Batum are good swingmen with defense and a 3 point shot and George Hill and Serge Ibaka certainly play great roles for good teams and look like they have huge upsides.

Post #16 » by **Foshan** » Sun Apr 18, 2010 10:15 am

I agree our next coach can't be too green, because he will need to instantly command the respect of the locker room... however i don't think many of us want has beens who have had marginal success in the past.

Thats why I think Laimbeer is such a great choice. He'd be 'new' to the HC position, new ideas/energy, but unlike other 'green' coaches, he's the type that would demand respect... or else he'd probably beat you down... and he has had success (at least at some level in previous coaching experiences).

I'd also think he'd be far cheaper option than some of the big names, and since we are paying EJ still, I think that means win-win for our FO.

ExplosionsInDaSky · Post #17 » by **ExplosionsInDaSky** » Sun Apr 18, 2010 3:46 pm

Just read about Jordan's no fine policy. That pisses me off! Dalembert being the old Dalembert that we all remembered and getting away with it. Whoever our new coach is needs to be a no nonsense type of coach. That means benching, fining, trading, or releasing any garbage attitude player on this team that can't appreciate the opportunity in the NBA they have.

Kobblehead · Post #18 » by **Kobblehead** » Sun Apr 18, 2010 7:45 pm

I think it might be a good idea to sign this next coach to a one year deal and then just go from there. We really can't afford to miss on another guy and have to pay him.

sec-106 · Post #19 » by **sec-106** » Sun Apr 18, 2010 8:16 pm

E. Jordan = 21st Century Doug Moe.

Ganon19 · Post #20 » by **Ganon19** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 5:43 am

Maeiv wrote:Of course the usual suspects:
Avery Johnson
Jeff Van Gundy
Doug Collins

I don't think those coaches are going to be dying to coach the Sixers, a team that seems to fire their coaches left and right. Coaches want job security. And didn't Collins express sentiments last year on not wanting to coach the Sixers? Not too sure.

What I do see happening is the Sixers hiring a guy like Lawrence Frank, Sam Mitchell, or Tom Thibodeau.

Shame, as bad as Eddie Jordan was, I would have given him one more year before firing him. Now the Sixers have to pay Eddie Jordan to do nothing.

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