The Coaching Thread/SF76 Update: Page 54

[HartfordWhalers]

Because our GM recently said we a only a few moves away from being a very good basketball team next year... meaning our GM is either in desperation mode, misguided or both.

Misguided, stupid, delusional, ignorant, blind... take your pick.

Why settle for one when you can have them all???

[HartfordWhalers]

Honestly though, this offseason has been more frustrating than the regular season was. My only hope is that the Sixers haven't been able to follow through on what they said they wanted to do in years. That or some really luck lottery ball bounce that even they can't screw up.

[BadWolf]

But with 8 head coaches in 8 years the Sixers are in a league of their own.

You'd be hard pressed to find that much turnover in any sport at any level. Even Little League teams have more consistency.

Real Madrid?

[youngcrev]

Honestly though, this offseason has been more frustrating than the regular season was. My only hope is that the Sixers haven't been able to follow through on what they said they wanted to do in years. That or some really luck lottery ball bounce that even they can't screw up.

What's been frustrating about this offseason???

-Eddie Jordan: GONE.
-Won the coin toss for the 6th pick.

Are you simply frustrated that Stefasnki is still here, or what?

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Agree with the above.

While I'd rather ES be gone, there's still the chance they don't screw up the hire, the Draft, and changing the roster.

[HartfordWhalers]

Honestly though, this offseason has been more frustrating than the regular season was. My only hope is that the Sixers haven't been able to follow through on what they said they wanted to do in years. That or some really luck lottery ball bounce that even they can't screw up.

What's been frustrating about this offseason???

-Eddie Jordan: GONE.
-Won the coin toss for the 6th pick.

Are you simply frustrated that Stefasnki is still here, or what?

Coin toss is great, but... not if we trade the pick. Then it is just worse. And the coin toss doesn't effect odds of moving up for us.

Watching the last half the season, Jrue's development and the possibility of a stud draft pick was all we had. EJ was automatically a goner, so that it is official is nice, but not exactly new.

Ending up with a quick fix veteran is frankly, a step back of more than a year.

(And yeah, I'm not crazy about Collins, but we will see where the search goes).

[youngcrev]

Coin toss is great, but... not if we trade the pick. Then it is just worse. And the coin toss doesn't effect odds of moving up for us.

Watching the last half the season, Jrue's development and the possibility of a stud draft pick was all we had. EJ was automatically a goner, so that it is official is nice, but not exactly new.

Ending up with a quick fix veteran is frankly, a step back of more than a year.

(And yeah, I'm not crazy about Collins, but we will see where the search goes).

Ah, so basically you're just frustrated by SF's last post. I'll wait to see what happens on that front before I make any judgments.

[The Guilty Party]

Apparently John Calipari may be interested in coaching the Bulls. I'm a little shocked his name hasn't come up with the Sixers since he was an assistant coach here and certainly is a high profile name that might intrigue the casual fan.

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More big names push others down to Sixers level.

Obviously, they really need to not screw this up.

[The Guilty Party]

But who are we looking to have pushed down to us? Is Doug Collins the name we want pushed down to us? Also, if a coach doesn't want to coach here then I don't think the Bulls or Hawks or any other opening is going to matter since most coaches can find television jobs.

Also, I hate that the Philadelphia 76ers are now the 5th ring of hell in the NBA. This is the fourth largest media market in the US and is a franchise that does have a strong tradition. The absentee ownership has turned this from being a positive to suddenly is being one of the worst places to coach.

And finally, the NBA is the only league is which the physical location of the city is often brought up when discussing player movement. I commonly hear that players would love to go to South Beach or Phoenix because of the climate and beauty of the place. You don't hear this with the NFL, MLB, or certainly the NHL. The Marlins don't pay players but I never hear that major FAs would head there because it's Miami. Then again, what FAs have actually signed in Miami or Phoenix over the past 15 years? Nash returned to where his career started but there aren't too many other big names that have actually gone there. Sorry for the side rant....

[Dedicated_76ers_fan]

I applaud Stefanski for wanting to make this roster better. Yes, it would be better to rebuild. But if Stefanski gets the right pieces, we could potentially be something.

I mean, it wasn't too long ago when we were creaming the Hawks(who are still getting their butts swept)
if we make the right moves, we can do this.

[LongLiveHinkie]

But who are we looking to have pushed down to us? Is Doug Collins the name we want pushed down to us? Also, if a coach doesn't want to coach here then I don't think the Bulls or Hawks or any other opening is going to matter since most coaches can find television jobs.

Also, I hate that the Philadelphia 76ers are now the 5th ring of hell in the NBA. This is the fourth largest media market in the US and is a franchise that does have a strong tradition. The absentee ownership has turned this from being a positive to suddenly is being one of the worst places to coach.

And finally, the NBA is the only league is which the physical location of the city is often brought up when discussing player movement. I commonly hear that players would love to go to South Beach or Phoenix because of the climate and beauty of the place. You don't hear this with the NFL, MLB, or certainly the NHL. The Marlins don't pay players but I never hear that major FAs would head there because it's Miami. Then again, what FAs have actually signed in Miami or Phoenix over the past 15 years? Nash returned to where his career started but there aren't too many other big names that have actually gone there. Sorry for the side rant....

There are few worse situations in sports than the Sixers if any. The Pirates maybe, because they have like a 200 dollar pay roll, but other than them, the Sixers are in a horrible situation. They have an owner that doesn't care, horrible contracts, a horrible GM, not a lot of talent. In the NBA that is like dousing yourself in gasoline and playing with matches.

[tk76]

But with 8 head coaches in 8 years the Sixers are in a league of their own.

You'd be hard pressed to find that much turnover in any sport at any level. Even Little League teams have more consistency.

Real Madrid?

Nice try, but they've had "only" 4 different managers in the past 10+ years. But the 10 years before that they would have made Ed Snider and the Sixers proud with their rapid turnover.

[tk76]

Also, I hate that the Philadelphia 76ers are now the 5th ring of hell in the NBA. This is the fourth largest media market in the US and is a franchise that does have a strong tradition. The absentee ownership has turned this from being a positive to suddenly is being one of the worst places to coach.

Its sad, but our major calling card is that we are attractive to some wives

Brand chose Philly in large part because his wife was from Jersey. Now we here LB and Collins are interested because their wives either live here, or have children/grandchildren in the Philly area.

Its pretty sad that the best thing this team has to offer is its friends and family plan.

[KKell2507]

I havent been on in a while cause well thinking about the Sixers gives me a headache. But I figured Id give my two cents on how this offseason should be approached.

The thing I see is that there are a lot of options this team could take in going into next year. Options are usually a great thing when it comes to building a contending team. The problem(which is saying basically the same thing you guys are) is that someone has to make decisions on these options, and the man making the decisions I feel is not the right one. Now is the perfect time to completely clean house and start over if youre Ed Snider. But hes not. This is a very important offseason and the guy you are putting in charge of it is being put on a short leash. thats a horrible combination.

I think the one thing you have to do no matter what this offseason is find the player you want to build around. My personal opinion is we have to do whatever it takes to get Evan Turner. Whether we get lucky andget the 2nd pick or whether it costs us, Thad, Speights, Lou, or all of them. As much as I love those guys were not building around them. We need the guy were bulding around, and Evan Turner should be that guy. He and Holiday in the backcourt should be what we build around until it works or fails miserably. We have to have a direction.

You think about all of the best teams currently, they all got there player to build around in the draft. It took some of them longer than others but its still that way. Lakers did what they had to do to get Kobe on draft night. Cavs got there guy in Lebron. Magic got there guy in Howard. Celtics got there guy in Pierce. Spurs got there guy in Duncan. Mavs got there guy in Dirk. Nuggets got there guy in Melo. Blazers went and got there guy in Roy. It goes on and on. We have to get our guy in the draft and go from there. Iguodala is not and never will be that guy. Sounds like Evan Turner is that guy this year for us so we have to do absolutely whatever it takes to get him. just my two cents though, what do i know.

[TheAnswerAI]

But with 8 head coaches in 8 years the Sixers are in a league of their own.

You'd be hard pressed to find that much turnover in any sport at any level. Even Little League teams have more consistency.

Real Madrid?

Nice try, but they've had "only" 4 different managers in the past 10+ years. But the 10 years before that they would have made Ed Snider and the Sixers proud with their rapid turnover.

no, they had 10 since 2003:
Vicente del Bosque: 17. Nov. 1999–30. June 2003
Carlos Queiróz: 1. Juli 2003–30. June 2004
José Antonio Camacho: 1. Juli 2004–19. September 2004
Mariano García Remón: 19. September 2004–29. Dezember 2004
Vanderlei Luxemburgo: 30. Dezember 2004–4. Dezember 2005
Juan Ramon Lopez Caro: 4. Dezember 2005–31. Mai 2006
Fabio Capello: 6. Juli 2006–28. Juni 2007
Bernd Schuster: 9. Juli 2007–9. Dezember 2008
Juande Ramos: 9. Dezember 2008–31. Mai 2009
Manuel Pellegrini: 1. Juni 2009–

and Pellegrini is on the verge of getting fired too.

[ankle420breaker]

So, we'll be interviewing Mark Jackson and Monty Williams just joined the party as well.

[76ers76ers]

I want a coach that will be here for 3+ season. It's 2010 and I don't want LB or Collins. I bet you they won't even last 2 seasons here. Also they would ruin our roster and future. Avery Johnson would be my #1 choice. I pray that it will be him........Jrues development would start rising under the wings of Avery Johnson. Trust me.

[PhilasFinest]

Jackson and Johnson are my frontrunners.

[Foshan]

Still gotta say I'd like to get a guy like Laimbeer. After that I'd probably be willing to give Jackson a shot. Not a big fan of Johnson, simply because a coaching move like AJ means(imo) we are dumping young talent/picks to compete now, which i think is a bad move.

A guy like Laimbeer or Jackson tells me there is the possibility we're going to look to rebuild and quick this bandaid fix crap.