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Chocolate City Jordanaire wrote:

TGW wrote:I had so much respect for Wittman during his tenure, and he got undeserved hate from people who didn't like his lineups.

He got this team to play defense at a high level, and demanded better play from Wall/Beal. But his offense wasn't sexy; it wasn't the Warriors. His brand of basketball didn't sell tickets.

So instead, Grunfeld (and Sheppard) went after a loser who took a year off from basketball because he didn't have offers on the table. A loser who couldn't win with a prime Durant, Westbrook and Ibaka, with James Harden off the bench.

Anyway, my first choice for a replacement is Nate McMillian. He has a .529 career winning pct., and has a history of coaching up undertalented teams. He's not successful in the playoffs, and that is his Achilles heel, but he'll get us there.

I thought Randy Wittman did a good job overall .

NatP4 wrote:It’s not Westbrook. He doesn’t know what to do on offense. He played a good portion of the game next to Ish Smith and Robin Lopez, there is no spacing. There is no coaching. We spent half the game with Beal guarding Tatum just because.....he wanted to. Brooks has no gameplan, he has no control over the players. He is terrible with player development. He had already killed Deni’s confidence. The guy never gets to touch the ball, the second he takes an open 3 in the 3rd quarter and misses it, Brooks gets someone up to come in and replace him. Imagine playing for that. There’s no sets, no defensive game planning. We don’t even move the ball on offense, it’s 1 simple action like an off ball screen for Beal or a post up for Westbrook, Thats it. Brooks refuses to play any of our young players like Bonga, Brown Jr, Mathews (until tonight finally), Winston, Wagner, even Avdija is playing less than 15 minutes a night lately.

I genuinely sit here and try to think to myself “what does Scott Brooks actually do well as a coach?” And I have absolutely no idea. Terrible personnel decisions, terrible Xs and Os, terrible as a motivator, terrible at player development. Espn is ripping the wizards, the NBCSW crew rips the team every single night endlessly. Not just the broadcasters, but the former players. The entire Cs board was posting about comically bad we are. Bradley beals entire family tweets about how awful Brooks is, on a nightly basis. The team would EASILY be 6-3 or 7-2 right now with an average coach. They need to get back to developing young talent. You build a good defense by playing the right players.

As some point, enough is enough. Brooks needs to be gone. Not by midseason, not by the end of his contract, not by Monday, literally tomorrow. He is hurting the value of everyone on the roster not named Beal. He is killing the enthusiasm about the team.

SUPERBALLMAN wrote:Who is out there that could be of interest to replace Brooks?

Robert Pack is an assistant, is he an up and comer considered Head Coach material?

Personally, I'd be interested in Legler. Every time I hear him I like what he says and his philosophy, always enjoy hearing him talk to Sheehan. He REALLY knows the game, would put his heart and soul into it, and would be good for the young players IMO. It's a bit out of the box, but there have been examples of guys going from TV Analyst gigs to coaching and front office jobs. And look at the success of Spoelstra in Miami.

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My list would start with Legler and Pack, and go from there. Maybe Sam Cassell ?

NatP4 wrote:Please no former scrappy NBA role players. Someone like Stevens, Nurse, Spoelstra, or Bud.

BigA wrote:We've seen this consistently since Brooks was hired. He'll keep better players on the bench and give minutes to guys who don't deserve to play. ....

doclinkin wrote:OOh. Good call on Tony Bennett. Though I think some of what he does is personnel based. He picks guys who are willing to scrap. Still. I agree on Legs. He is smart and as an analyst he often has a teaching perspective that displays a deep understanding of the game and an ability to translate it in simple and effective language.

payitforward wrote:I like Legler a lot -- but, he has no real coaching experience. & when he says that he thinks he "could take a head coaching job from day one," he's talking about a college job.

We can't afford to proceed in that way. It would behoove us to find a coach who has been successful in one of the excellent franchises in the league. Someone out of the San Antonio system for example....