Dwane Casey information

[NWO4Life]

http://basketball.realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/66615/20100516/hawks_get_permission_to_interview_casey/

Casey played college basketball at the University of Kentucky between 1975 and 1979. While he served as an assistant coach there, Emery Worldwide employees discovered $1,000 in cash in an envelope mailed by Casey to recruit Chris Mills.[1] The resulting scandal contributed to head coach Eddie Sutton's resignation and Mills' transfer to the University of Arizona.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwane_Casey

He's a cheat. Great job Hawks front office.

Can't believe that it's reported he's the leading candidate.

[HoopsGuru25]

John Wooden could be considered a cheat by some.

[NWO4Life]

John Wooden could be considered a cheat by some.

I would assume based on your statement that the quality of moral character is not what you place high value on when looking for a leader.

Are you suggesting that Casey is the man for the job? If so why?

[BAMABIRD]

That was a long time ago.. The mans been squeaky clean since. Stop digging for negative reasons to not interview the guy. Geesh..

[HoopsGuru25]

I wouldn't be too thrilled about hiring Casey,but paying top college recruits under the table is something that happens all the time. It's not like he helped cover up a murder or something.

[Hawk4Playoffs]

http://blogs.ajc.com/mark-bradley-blog/ ... -the-case/

[JoshB914]

Big time college programs cheat. What a shock! Give me a break.

As a HC, I'm not too fond of the guy. We need someone who is more creative and can inject a spark into these guys.

[evildallas]

John Wooden didn't exactly cheat. He and everyone else just ignored a big time booster paying off the players he won with. I possibly dislike him more because of the pious ignorance act.

Casey wasn't head coach at Kentucky. He was assistant coach and bag man for the coach. Personally I dislike cheating, but it was over 20 years ago. I did some bad things 20 years ago myself and I'd hate for those things to haunt me now. Furthermore, I'm not concerned with hiring a saint. If he can game plan, motivate, make in game adjustments, put together a staff, and help develop young talent then I'll be happy. If you don't interview people you won't be able to find the guy who those things. If you eliminate guys too rapidly you won't have a big enough pool of candidates to find the right coach.

[td00]

Before anyone starts saying that Casey was a 'cheat', all the facts need to be stated.

Casey was never proven to have 'cheated' whether one believes it or not. He paid the ultimate price and never returned to college basketball for whatever reason while everyone else on that staff continued to add to their college resume.
Casey sued Emery and won a huge out-of-court settlement that never gets mentioned in all this.
Saying that, it has zero to do with what goes on in his professional coaching career. Casey has been a very standup guy and is a very good coach. Would he be my first choice for an interview for a team that needs to learn how to win in the playoffs? No, but if you were told that some coaches were not possible based on the demands of that coach, you might have to go this route.

Me, I would have Avery and Byron in here first, and guage their interest. Casey will be there later on, so its not critical to get him in here early. These teams have openings and we need to beat all of them to fill the role, because IMO, we have the best foundation for a 'proven' coach to come in here and make us a championship contender.

[NWO4Life]

http://blogs.ajc.com/mark-bradley-blog/2010/05/11/the-hawks-next-coach-put-dwane-casey-on-the-case/

Nice link, I missed that article.

I only made this post to open discussion. My knowledge of Casey was a google click that is it.

Why he is the front runner is beyond my knowledge of his resume and I was hoping that there are tangible reasons for him to be a candidate.

I will put this link on the RealGM Mavericks page and see if anyone would care to comment here for us.

Somebody will have an opinion. I'm sure.

[CDansby]

Mavs fan here. We never really got to see Dwane Casey make head coaching decisions. I know he led the Mavs to a comeback in one of the few games Carlisle got kicked out. I've read that he's been Carlisle's voice of reason when he comes to Rick's screwey rotations (even though apparently he didn't have enough power in that department).

He'll be fine as a head coach. I'd be happier if he was our head coach, now no one is going to be Rick's voice of reason.

[wizardg]

Casey was the last good coach the TWolves had. He got caught in a game between ownership and McHale. McHale fired him to save his ass. But the team went from about .500 to .250 in Caseys abscense.

If I remember correctly he had the post Spree and Cassell Twolves.

[cmavswin]

Casey has almost 2 years of coaching exp. with the T-Wolves so he is not totally green when it comes to being a head coach. I think he would be a great fit for your team and will get the most out of your players. Good selection for the Hawks if both sides can work everything out. The Hawks should not want Avery Johnson that has disaster written all over it.

[Skyhawk1]

It's close to impossible that this guy is worse than Woodson. I'm happy then.

[raleigh]

Casey has almost 2 years of coaching exp. with the T-Wolves so he is not totally green when it comes to being a head coach. I think he would be a great fit for your team and will get the most out of your players. Good selection for the Hawks if both sides can work everything out. The Hawks should not want Avery Johnson that has disaster written all over it.

That's why I think he'll be the choice over Corbin. He'll come fairly cheaply and isn't a total newbie as a coach.

[Klomp]

I'll put this here too:

Casey would be a good fit in Atlanta. Some Wolves fans thought he got a raw deal.....getting fired when the team was .500, and 8th in the West at the time of his firing. Lots of Wolves fans did feel though that he had some head-scratching rotations at times.

Personally, I feel he'd be good for the Hawks.

[Busch Legion]

Wolves fan here.....

I didn't like Casey at first... his rotations pissed me off and it really didn't seem like he knew what he was doing but that changed... he was a defense minded coach... got the wolves playing decent defense and got their record to .500 (yes up) then he was fired.... Had me SMH at McHales decision.

Anyway I think he deserves another shot, and I think he'll be pretty good for you guys.... be patient.

[mnWI]

Wolves fans here who has spent a bit of time around Casey in recent years. Very classy individual and he did a great job with the Wolves considering the pieces he had in place at the time. The players enjoyed playing for Coach Casey, and he was able to get the team to play quite hard defensively. His defensive schemes, plans and rotations as a head coach were excellent.

Most Wolves fans will criticize him for his rotations, but this is just silly when you look at who was on that Wolves team. Casey's not the most creative guy offensively, but offensively is far more advanced than Woodson. His offense had good spacing and some decent ball movement, and he ran a nice amount of pick and rolls to open things up.

If you watched the Mavs at all this year, you could see both Coach Casey and Terry Stotts were far more involved than most assistant coaches in the league. Carlisle was always up running the show, but Casey and Stotts were both constantly on their feet giving directions.

I have always thought he deserved another chance, and hope he works out for the Hawks if he is indeed your hire.

[karch34]

Another Wolves fan:

I thought he was canned to early. His rotations were frustrating, but with Atlanta that might not be as much of an issue, not sure. He got players who never played D before or after namely Ricky Davis and Mark Blount to play at least acceptable. He also got a lot out of a team that really wasn't very good. I believe 20-20 with him and 8-34 without.

[NWO4Life]

Good (OLDER 2009) article here with some good links to boot...

http://www.reclinergm.com/who-is-dwane-casey-and-why-has-he-been-interviewed-a-second-time-for-the-sixers-head-coaching-position/

The Good

* Defensive focused coach who was moderately successful as a head coach improving this area
* Loves the game of basketball and is student of the game always looking to learn and improve his coaching ability.
* Has a diverse coaching background from high level college basketball, NBA and overseas.
* Said to be a disciplinarian one who won’t let players run over him but not an authoritarian who over coaches and doesn’t accept thoughtful input from key players, assistant coaches or advanced scouts and statisticians.
* Good at developing players and is fantastic with his game preparation and maximizing practice time.
* Overachiever
* According to Dean Oliver who was with the Supersonics while Casey was an assistant, Dwane does use advanced statistical analysis as part of his coaching toolbox.

The Bad

* Inexperienced as a head coach with only a year and half under his belt with a bad team. But for an assistant it’s actually more than most.
* Said to have weird/questionable rotations and substitution patterns and well as still learning/lacking with his in-game management and adjustments such as when to call timeouts and what is executed out of timeouts.
* Perceived to be laid back (but some also say he is intense enough to compliment that)
* Would seriously need to paired with a strong offensive lead assistant.

http://sixers4guidos.wordpress.com/2009/05/21/shocking-insight-dwane-casey-sucks/

http://www.canishoopus.com/2008/5/13/508744/is-dwayne-casey-missed

http://www.seattlepi.com/cbasketball/63703_vecs25.shtml