dunleavyjr wrote:HUBlackstar83 wrote:Welcome aboard coach, finally a legit coach with some significant experience.
Yea, like the Sonics he coached couple years ago.
perezident wrote:Okay guys fasten your seat belts.. but im hearing that Westphal is reaching out to Avery Johnson for his lead assistant/defensive coach! No link but I called a friend who has a source close to the situation is proclaiming this.
If this is true..do you think Avery accepts? I mean there isnt any other coaching jobs available except the Wolves so he wouldnt touch that to expose his coaching abillities..but I mean he can come here and still be able to feld offers if/when coaching jobs become open.
whats your take??
Fola314 wrote:Hey guys, Rambis was on the radio down here in SoCal. He said the Maloofs made him an offer, but it wasn't enough years so he turned it down. He also felt that the Maloofs didn't share the same vision of the team that he did.
A: "The way we approached this hire was that we had a compensation structure that was basically a pre-qualifying type of...commitment that was going to be needed. So all of the people who we talked to were either told ahead of time or immediately after in their interviews what this structure was. And in order to have a chance to be offered the job, there needed to be some acknowledgement that that structure would be acceptable, which is not unlike a lot of jobs that get put out there. The job could not have been offered to somebody who hadn't said that that structure was acceptable. The only person who was offered this job was Paul Westphal. That's the bottom line.
cdt3 wrote:Wow. Now we have some wallpaper for some playoff battles. He basically think we need an intervention. Hilarious and a kick in the teeth to Petrie. Does he think the NBA lets any team not named New York or LA trade nothing to get an Allstar or buy referees? No in small markets you actually have to earn wins Rambis with hard work, not suntan lotion. Hilarious from a guy who was the earlier version of Mark Madsen. This guy never did much with his career calling out Petrie who was not only an excellent basketball player and is the second winningest GM in history. You ae nothing but a scrub Rambis. I hope that Jackson retires when Kobe is done then well see how your franchise sits then. He obviously wanted to run the triangle and Petrie wants no part of it (ask Reggie Theus) we are running the princeton and have the personel to make it work.
Westphal is the better coach. I can't wait until we are kicking their rear next year.
Fola314 wrote:Hey guys, Rambis was on the radio down here in SoCal. He said the Maloofs made him an offer, but it wasn't enough years so he turned it down. He also felt that the Maloofs didn't share the same vision of the team that he did.
KingInExile wrote:Fola314 wrote:Hey guys, Rambis was on the radio down here in SoCal. He said the Maloofs made him an offer, but it wasn't enough years so he turned it down. He also felt that the Maloofs didn't share the same vision of the team that he did.
Well, if Rambis thought that him being told what the team would offer to any coach as formal job offer, then he's an idiot. This is what Petrie had to say about Rambis being offered the job (before Rambis was on the radio):A: "The way we approached this hire was that we had a compensation structure that was basically a pre-qualifying type of...commitment that was going to be needed. So all of the people who we talked to were either told ahead of time or immediately after in their interviews what this structure was. And in order to have a chance to be offered the job, there needed to be some acknowledgement that that structure would be acceptable, which is not unlike a lot of jobs that get put out there. The job could not have been offered to somebody who hadn't said that that structure was acceptable. The only person who was offered this job was Paul Westphal. That's the bottom line.
So who do you believe...the GM who was part of every interview or the spurned coaching candidate who obviously did not like the package the Maloofs were willing to put out and basically dissed the team as being "too raw"?
SacKingZZZ wrote:Fola314 wrote:Hey guys, Rambis was on the radio down here in SoCal. He said the Maloofs made him an offer, but it wasn't enough years so he turned it down. He also felt that the Maloofs didn't share the same vision of the team that he did.
It becomes clear. Maloofs obviously wanted to retain the option to fire him early if he sucked and he wouldn't go for it. I don't know if it was a smart move or a bad move on Rambis' part. On one hand if he had a terrible season, which in the state this franchise is in is quite possible, he might not get another offer for awhile. Then on the other hand, he's interviewed for how many jobs and hasn't gotten one yet!?
I don't think it was necessarily an offer per se either, probably like what they did with Westphal before hand, see if they could agree on some numbers. Obviously they didn't.
Smills91 wrote:You guys are idiots....
If you sleep on Beno, he can drop 30/10 on you.
theo42 wrote:If you think Philly isn't getting better you will be shocked with how they play this year.
(7/4/15)Smills91 wrote:
The thing is, if you do WORSE than we did this year, you DESERVE to be fired regardless of the state of the franchise. I mean, we have NO WHERE to go but UP. So that's a lame premise IMO.
SacKingZZZ wrote:Smills91 wrote:
The thing is, if you do WORSE than we did this year, you DESERVE to be fired regardless of the state of the franchise. I mean, we have NO WHERE to go but UP. So that's a lame premise IMO.
Just an overall negative overtone for the season, which despite an improvement could still be left, could impact his future as a coach. It seems like teams were/are already reluctant to hire the guy so ANY negative vibes here could follow him.
KingInExile wrote:
Just an overall negative overtone for the season, which despite an improvement could still be left, could impact his future as a coach. It seems like teams were/are already reluctant to hire the guy so ANY negative vibes here could follow him.