The Assistant Coaches Search

Post #1 » by **crazyeights** » Tue Jul 29, 2014 3:33 am

After an "extensive" search we hired our man in Byron Scott. Now the real fun begins--filling out his staff!

[tweet]https://twitter.com/Mike_Bresnahan/status/493947646672117761[/tweet]

[tweet]https://twitter.com/Mike_Bresnahan/status/493948338509594624[/tweet]

Big Shot Rob and Mad Dog? I'm down.

Discuss.

Ckay · Post #2 » by **Ckay** » Tue Jul 29, 2014 3:34 am

as long Dave Miller is not one of those assistant coach.

Mirjalovic · Post #3 » by **Mirjalovic** » Tue Jul 29, 2014 3:46 am

Too bad Walton taken already.

He, and Mark Madsen, that would be awesome.

Post #4 » by **Slava** » Tue Jul 29, 2014 4:02 am

Good stuff, ideally I'd like to see a good big man coach to develop Randle, ideally someone with great footwork and fundamentals. Working with Bigshot Bob might be the best thing for a guy like Kelly.

Penberthy · Post #5 » by **Penberthy** » Tue Jul 29, 2014 4:05 am

Just saw Madsen on the beach in MB. He didn't deny it when I asked if he'd be on the squad.

Also, wiki says Pressey was the original point forward. He and Horry would be good for randle Wes Kelly and Davis.

Ckay · Post #6 » by **Ckay** » Tue Jul 29, 2014 4:29 am

bring in Rick Fox

Frantik · Post #7 » by **Frantik** » Tue Jul 29, 2014 5:05 am

This might be the most out-of-nowhere hire if it ever happened lol.... but... what if.... somewhere..... Karl Malone was interested in mentoring Randle... Hmmmm....

Aaaaanyway.... lets be realistic here. I too say bring back Rick Fox!

hermes · Post #8 » by **hermes** » Tue Jul 29, 2014 5:17 am

ryan kelly would make a good player-coach - he's talented enough to do both

EArl · Post #9 » by **EArl** » Tue Jul 29, 2014 5:23 am

I am looking for a job. Where do I submit my application? Ill do it for half the salary that these guys do it

MAMBAEMD · Post #10 » by **MAMBAEMD** » Tue Jul 29, 2014 5:28 am

How about Kareem?

I don't think Kareem is head coach material but he can be a solid assistant mentoring the bigs

Post #11 » by **crazyeights** » Tue Jul 29, 2014 5:41 am

lakerRD wrote:How about Kareem?

I don't think Kareem is head coach material but he can be a solid assistant mentoring the bigs

He's working with the Pacers:

[tweet]https://twitter.com/kaj33/status/491766131137732608[/tweet]

MAMBAEMD · Post #12 » by **MAMBAEMD** » Tue Jul 29, 2014 5:53 am

crazyeights wrote:
lakerRD wrote:How about Kareem?

I don't think Kareem is head coach material but he can be a solid assistant mentoring the bigs

He's working with the Pacers:

[tweet]https://twitter.com/kaj33/status/491766131137732608[/tweet]

That's too bad.
I wonder if he can get out of that obligation if offered an assistant coaching job

ChokeFasncists · Post #13 » by **ChokeFasncists** » Tue Jul 29, 2014 6:53 am

First look: Who will be on Lakers Coach Byron Scott's coaching staff

http://www.latimes.com/sports/lakers/la ... story.html

According to Gery Woelfel of the Racine Journal Times, via Twitter, former Lakers point guard Gary Payton is a candidate to join Scott's staff.

GP would be pretty interesting, teach Lin some tricks on D.

kinein · Post #14 » by **kinein** » Tue Jul 29, 2014 7:13 am

It would be HUGE for the Lakers to pick-up Horry.

HUGE.

I also think hiring The Glove would ensure future years of greatness at the guard positions for the Lakers.

When the Lakers look back the only thing else is to fill in the crucial behind-the-scenes stuff like assistant coaches (unsung heroes) and support staff that help the guys on the floor get better, gel faster, and win sooner.

The stuff that we don't see and hear - that is affecting performance, psychological profiles and all that good stuff.

LETS DO THIS. :nod:

kinein · Post #15 » by **kinein** » Tue Jul 29, 2014 7:23 am

ChokeFasncists wrote:First look: Who will be on Lakers Coach Byron Scott's coaching staff

http://www.latimes.com/sports/lakers/la ... story.html

According to Gery Woelfel of the Racine Journal Times, via Twitter, former Lakers point guard Gary Payton is a candidate to join Scott's staff.

GP would be pretty interesting, teach Lin some tricks on D.

GP already has history with Lin
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB1 ... 0317187398

Post #16 » by **crazyeights** » Tue Jul 29, 2014 3:20 pm

^This makes me like GP a lot. Great article.

"He gets in the air and gets stuck," Payton said. "He's not learned to control his game yet. Control means when you get to the bucket at 100 mph—you can slow it down, read the defense and expose it with a hesitation. He doesn't have that in his game yet."

Also, makes me think Kobe will do wonders for Lin in that regard. It's the thing he always credits Phil for teaching him...slowing down, reading the defense.

As far as assistants, I like the promise Madsen has shown. GP seems interesting. Horry is really intriguing to me. My only concern is after being successful as a player do these guys have the drive to get down and dirty into the scouting and X's and O's of the game. You'd think usually star players don't have the patience to coach (at least as an assistant). There's a lot of grunt work involved. Gotta live and breathe it.

Would welcome all of these guys, just hope it's the right fit for them.

TrippyNate · Post #17 » by **TrippyNate** » Tue Jul 29, 2014 4:32 pm

This is getting better and better, I have no complaints at all again, cant wait for training camp.

dirtymike · Post #18 » by **dirtymike** » Tue Jul 29, 2014 4:42 pm

I am really getting excited about this upcoming year. REALLY!!!

BEazy · Post #19 » by **BEazy** » Tue Jul 29, 2014 5:13 pm

Hire em all. GP, Horry, and Madsen!

Dr Aki · Post #20 » by **Dr Aki** » Tue Jul 29, 2014 5:25 pm

steve nash

at least we'll finally get a use out of him