Triano to become first canadian head coach in an NBA game
Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 7:17 am
Triano will be the headcoach tomorrow instead of Mike Evans.
Triano takes his place in history in stride
MICHAEL GRANGE
From Wednesday's Globe and Mail
February 12, 2008 at 9:22 PM EST
The first Canadian to be a head coach in an NBA game took it just as the stereotype would suggest: Nothing to get too excited about, it's not about me, one game in 82.
In essence, Jay Triano, who will stand in for head coach Sam Mitchell when the Raptors take on the New Jersey Nets tonight, was embarrassed by the attention his nationality was bringing him.
Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 7:39 am
i'll be outraged if they don't play this as prime sports news on american stations.
Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 7:40 am
Why did we get another new interim coach? whats wrong with the one on Monday, sorry I don't rmb his name.
Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 7:43 am
Merely coincidence. Nevertheless good for Triano.
Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 7:50 am
TheRaptor! wrote:Why did we get another new interim coach? whats wrong with the one on Monday, sorry I don't rmb his name.
They did it because Jay Triano was assigned to scout the nets, similarly Mike Evans was the head scout for the spurs game. Basically their is no hierarchy to the Raptors assistants and who ever was in charge of preparing the gameplan for the opposing team was going to be named acting head coach while Sam is away.
I'd love to see the raptors win-loss percentage based on who scouted the gameplan for the previous opponent. These are the type of statistics Mike Grange needs to publish in his blog.
Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 7:53 am
Triano is lucky lol.... If the good Raptors show up tomorrow, we'd win this game if nobody scouted and we let D-Mart be head coach...
Of course, if we lose Smitch is going to strangle him when he comes back..
Of course, if we lose Smitch is going to strangle him when he comes back..
Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 12:38 pm
Wow, one more person to add to the "forgettable firsts" trivia game I'm working on. I'll add him to the Kim Campbell, Manon Rh
Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 12:48 pm
I dont think this will be made into that big of a deal, just because it's only one game.
Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 1:02 pm
Tony Massenburg wrote:-= original quote snipped =-
I'd love to see the raptors win-loss percentage based on who scouted the gameplan for the previous opponent. These are the type of statistics Mike Grange needs to publish in his blog.
well, if Triano did the Nets, and Evans did the Spurs, you can assume that they've gone in the same order all season, meaning English did the Twolves game. So someone more bored than I could go back through the schedule and note the assistant who scouted for each game, then compile the records.
Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 1:26 pm
Nially wrote:-= original quote snipped =-
well, if Triano did the Nets, and Evans did the Spurs, you can assume that they've gone in the same order all season, meaning English did the Twolves game. So someone more bored than I could go back through the schedule and note the assistant who scouted for each game, then compile the records.
I could be wrong, but I think the coaches get assigned teams to scout at the beginning of the season. So, Evans would always scout the Spurs, Triano would always scout the Nets, and so on.
That way they could watch every game that team plays, but not have to do it all over again every time they play that team. It's probably a running thing that gets more attention as a game with that team approaches. I wonder if they scrap the scouting once the Raptors have played all of their games vs. one opponent though.
Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 1:51 pm
^^ makes sence.
Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 2:02 pm
Good for him, he deserves it.
Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 2:37 pm
Good Job Triano... you make Canadian Basketball Fans proud... unlike that Canadian-born tv announcer who calls raps games...............
Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 4:58 pm
Good for Jay.
We all know he is a good guy, and good at his job. I hope he sticks in this league for a long time as a Assistant Coach.
We all know he is a good guy, and good at his job. I hope he sticks in this league for a long time as a Assistant Coach.
Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 5:40 pm
Isn't he the head coach for Georgia now? Traitor...
Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 9:00 pm
While most NBA coaching staffs operate somewhat hierarchically, the Raptors have a slightly different chain of command: Mitchell as the occasionally benevolent dictator and his assistants
Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 2:42 am
Someone tell me what happened to sam?
Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 3:28 am
La princesa wrote:Someone tell me what happened to sam?
His father-in-law passed away... so he went to Georgia to be with his family. He'll be back after the all-star break.
Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 3:31 am
Congrats on making history Jay.
He deserves it.
He deserves it.