The official fire Chris Finch thread

[Baseline81]

Remember when posters would ask who is available as a reason not to fire Finch?

Apparently, that didn't matter one iota to the Grizzlies. Their front office wasn't happy with the current path Jenkins had the team on.

[Note30]

Remember when posters would ask who is available as a reason not to fire Finch?

Apparently, that didn't matter one iota to the Grizzlies. Their front office wasn't happy with the current path Jenkins had the team on.

They can afford to take a mulligan on a season. We can't.

[Klomp]

Remember when posters would ask who is available as a reason not to fire Finch?

Apparently, that didn't matter one iota to the Grizzlies. Their front office wasn't happy with the current path Jenkins had the team on.

Doesn't mean they were right.

[Baseline81]

Doesn't mean they were right.

It's called standards. This franchise has been away from having them for far too long.

[shrink]

Doesn't mean they were right.

It's called standards. This franchise has been away from having them for far too long.

If firing represents standards.. well this franchise has been firing coaches and GMs constantly. How many of each did Towns play under? Stability is a benefit too. You can debate whether stability with FINCH is good or bad, but firing for change isn’t usually successful the next year, as everyone needs to learn to adapt.

In my mind, coaches traditionally get fired when they lose the locker room, and that leads to under-performing. There is no evidence that Finch has lost the locker room, the players that are actually on the team and know what they are talking about seem to love the guy.

[Klomp]

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[younggunsmn]

Remember when posters would ask who is available as a reason not to fire Finch?

Apparently, that didn't matter one iota to the Grizzlies. Their front office wasn't happy with the current path Jenkins had the team on.

Doesn't mean they were right.

Kinda looks like they wanted to push this Finnish guy Iisalo, who is taking over, that they forced onto Jenkins as lead assistant, who has only coached in Europe.

From the Shams article they brought in Iisalo and 5 other assistants in the offseason to institute a new pace and space analytics driven offense, and forced all of that onto Jenkins.

So sounds like Jenkins was basically cucked to begin with by the front office and it was only a matter of time until he was gone.
He won't be unemployed for long.

Reminds of when Rosas forced his 1/3/1 small ball 5 out scheme and roster onto Ryan Saunders and told him to make it work.
It could all backfire very badly for Memphis.

Also makes you wonder if Jenkins Euro-style 10-12 man "line change" rotations were his idea or were forced from the front office.
They're great from a player development standpoint, and terrible when it comes to developing cohesive chemistry and offensive pecking order.

[younggunsmn]

Doesn't mean they were right.

It's called standards. This franchise has been away from having them for far too long.

If firing represents standards.. well this franchise has been firing coaches and GMs constantly. How many of each did Towns play under? Stability is a benefit too. You can debate whether stability with FINCH is good or bad, but firing for change isn’t usually successful the next year, as everyone needs to learn to adapt.

In my mind, coaches traditionally get fired when they lose the locker room, and that leads to under-performing. There is no evidence that Finch has lost the locker room, the players that are actually on the team and know what they are talking about seem to love the guy.

Yep Firing Finch and bringing in a new coach likely leads to at least one lost season, just like trading away KAT has.
Especially when you are dealing with players who arent exactly rocket scientists and asking them all to adapt and learn new schemes.

[Loaf_of_bread]

It's called standards. This franchise has been away from having them for far too long.

If firing represents standards.. well this franchise has been firing coaches and GMs constantly. How many of each did Towns play under? Stability is a benefit too. You can debate whether stability with FINCH is good or bad, but firing for change isn’t usually successful the next year, as everyone needs to learn to adapt.

In my mind, coaches traditionally get fired when they lose the locker room, and that leads to under-performing. There is no evidence that Finch has lost the locker room, the players that are actually on the team and know what they are talking about seem to love the guy.

Yep Firing Finch and bringing in a new coach likely leads to at least one lost season, just like trading away KAT has.
Especially when you are dealing with players who arent exactly rocket scientists and asking them all to adapt and learn new schemes.

The Rockets are kind of the anomaly if your take of a coaching change takes that long to see results.. also taking a year to adapt to a player change? Not quite buying that either..

[Klomp]

If firing represents standards.. well this franchise has been firing coaches and GMs constantly. How many of each did Towns play under? Stability is a benefit too. You can debate whether stability with FINCH is good or bad, but firing for change isn’t usually successful the next year, as everyone needs to learn to adapt.

In my mind, coaches traditionally get fired when they lose the locker room, and that leads to under-performing. There is no evidence that Finch has lost the locker room, the players that are actually on the team and know what they are talking about seem to love the guy.

Yep Firing Finch and bringing in a new coach likely leads to at least one lost season, just like trading away KAT has.
Especially when you are dealing with players who arent exactly rocket scientists and asking them all to adapt and learn new schemes.

The Rockets are kind of the anomaly if your take of a coaching change takes that long to see results.. also taking a year to adapt to a player change? Not quite buying that either..

Ime wasn't hired this year

[BlacJacMac]

Yep Firing Finch and bringing in a new coach likely leads to at least one lost season, just like trading away KAT has.
Especially when you are dealing with players who arent exactly rocket scientists and asking them all to adapt and learn new schemes.

The Rockets are kind of the anomaly if your take of a coaching change takes that long to see results.. also taking a year to adapt to a player change? Not quite buying that either..

Ime wasn't hired this year

They did go from 22-60 to 41-41 in his first year.

[Loaf_of_bread]

Yep Firing Finch and bringing in a new coach likely leads to at least one lost season, just like trading away KAT has.
Especially when you are dealing with players who arent exactly rocket scientists and asking them all to adapt and learn new schemes.

The Rockets are kind of the anomaly if your take of a coaching change takes that long to see results.. also taking a year to adapt to a player change? Not quite buying that either..

Ime wasn't hired this year

Smartass, you know what i am saying. Also bickerstaff has made an immediate change.

[Neeva]

Sick of Finch ball.

[Neeva]

I don’t care if they come back to win this, Finch has to go!

[frankenwolf]

Yes, let's fire the second winningest coach in team history that has taken the team to the WCF sooner than the beloved Flip. The attempt is being made to establish a winning tradition and you don't do that by firing the coach every other year, or even every four years. I still want to know who you would bring in that would guarantee to win more than Finch. Finch is working with what TC has given him and is doing pretty good, all things considered.

[guest81]

Yes, let's fire the second winningest coach in team history that has taken the team to the WCF sooner than the beloved Flip. The attempt is being made to establish a winning tradition and you don't do that by firing the coach every other year, or even every four years. I still want to know who you would bring in that would guarantee to win more than Finch. Finch is working with what TC has given him and is doing pretty good, all things considered.

Funny thing is the wolves did do this in the past with Dwayne Casey. Turned out that dude was a really good coach. But most wolves fans memories on here only extend to the past game

[Baseline81]

Yes, let's fire the second winningest coach in team history that has taken the team to the WCF sooner than the beloved Flip. The attempt is being made to establish a winning tradition and you don't do that by firing the coach every other year, or even every four years. I still want to know who you would bring in that would guarantee to win more than Finch. Finch is working with what TC has given him and is doing pretty good, all things considered.

Memphis fired its coach because the team was not meeting expectations. Keep in mind, at the time, the Grizzlies were 5th in the Western Conference. They currently have an interim head coach.

If you're satisfied with just making the playoffs, I can see why you'd back Finch. Others, including myself, would actually like to see the team win a championship.

By the way, Finch is partly responsible for the players he has. If you don't think he had input on the Towns trade, I don't know what to tell you. He and Randle worked together in NOLA. It would be ignorant of Connelly not to chat with Finch how such a player would fit in.

[Klomp]

Yes, let's fire the second winningest coach in team history that has taken the team to the WCF sooner than the beloved Flip. The attempt is being made to establish a winning tradition and you don't do that by firing the coach every other year, or even every four years. I still want to know who you would bring in that would guarantee to win more than Finch. Finch is working with what TC has given him and is doing pretty good, all things considered.

Memphis fired its coach because the team was not meeting expectations. Keep in mind, at the time, the Grizzlies were 5th in the Western Conference. They currently have an interim head coach.

If you're satisfied with just making the playoffs, I can see why you'd back Finch. Others, including myself, would actually like to see the team win a championship.

By the way, Finch is partly responsible for the players he has. If you don't think he had input on the Towns trade, I don't know what to tell you. He and Randle worked together in NOLA. It would be ignorant of Connelly not to chat with Finch how such a player would fit in.

Hey guess what, I want to see us win a championship too. But the way to go about it isn't just to make mass changes every time to don't get all the way to the mountaintop.

[TimberKat]

Yes, let's fire the second winningest coach in team history that has taken the team to the WCF sooner than the beloved Flip. The attempt is being made to establish a winning tradition and you don't do that by firing the coach every other year, or even every four years. I still want to know who you would bring in that would guarantee to win more than Finch. Finch is working with what TC has given him and is doing pretty good, all things considered.

Memphis fired its coach because the team was not meeting expectations. Keep in mind, at the time, the Grizzlies were 5th in the Western Conference. They currently have an interim head coach.

If you're satisfied with just making the playoffs, I can see why you'd back Finch. Others, including myself, would actually like to see the team win a championship.

By the way, Finch is partly responsible for the players he has. If you don't think he had input on the Towns trade, I don't know what to tell you. He and Randle worked together in NOLA. It would be ignorant of Connelly not to chat with Finch how such a player would fit in.

I am on the fence with Finch and let's see how far this team goes. Finch, according to his own account, has a lot of input to the Gobert trade too.

[Note30]

Yes, let's fire the second winningest coach in team history that has taken the team to the WCF sooner than the beloved Flip. The attempt is being made to establish a winning tradition and you don't do that by firing the coach every other year, or even every four years. I still want to know who you would bring in that would guarantee to win more than Finch. Finch is working with what TC has given him and is doing pretty good, all things considered.

Memphis fired its coach because the team was not meeting expectations. Keep in mind, at the time, the Grizzlies were 5th in the Western Conference. They currently have an interim head coach.

If you're satisfied with just making the playoffs, I can see why you'd back Finch. Others, including myself, would actually like to see the team win a championship.

By the way, Finch is partly responsible for the players he has. If you don't think he had input on the Towns trade, I don't know what to tell you. He and Randle worked together in NOLA. It would be ignorant of Connelly not to chat with Finch how such a player would fit in.

You're deluding yourself if you think we have any championship window. We could create a clone of Phil Jackson and de-age him and this team couldn't win a chip. Just enjoy the first round to second round exits until 2028.