Countdown to Don Newman Being Named Interim Head Coach

FAH1223 · Post #121 » by **FAH1223** » Sat Nov 28, 2015 5:41 pm

Dark Faze wrote:Ernie grunsfeld would have coached the warriors to a chip this year

He's no Bob Meyers who constructed that team

gambitx777 · Post #122 » by **gambitx777** » Sat Nov 28, 2015 9:47 pm

If wittman has lost wall, its over for him and he needs to go sooner rather than later, save the season and cut wittman and bring in a new HC right now or let newman take the helm if you think he can swing it.

AWIZZINGBULLET · Post #123 » by **AWIZZINGBULLET** » Thu Dec 3, 2015 6:28 am

I'm hopeful that this is also Randy Wittman's farewell tour.

Get somebody in here with an actual system that produces wins consistently. Get me a coach that actually runs the team.

Enough of this substitute teacher of a head coach...the class has drowned out his voice and is running amok.

queridiculo · Post #124 » by **queridiculo** » Thu Dec 3, 2015 7:09 am

Wizards set themselves up to go all in on 2016 free agency with Wittman as a lame duck coach.

I'm sure the opportunity to play for the great Randy Wittman will be a tremendous draw for the upcoming free agency class.

gambitx777 · Post #125 » by **gambitx777** » Sat Dec 5, 2015 4:57 am

Well if we fire randy now, we can at least draw people in with the allure of having a one eyed HC.

AWIZZINGBULLET · Post #126 » by **AWIZZINGBULLET** » Fri Dec 11, 2015 1:44 am

I'm not sure Wittman makes it out of December.

Induveca · Post #127 » by **Induveca** » Sat Dec 12, 2015 3:07 am

Thibodeau sounds nice

closg00 · Post #128 » by **closg00** » Sat Dec 12, 2015 4:06 am

Another win-win for Ernie if he gets to fire coach #3

FAH1223 · Post #129 » by **FAH1223** » Sat Dec 12, 2015 8:44 pm

Induveca wrote:Thibodeau sounds nice

Hire a new GM first

dangermouse · Post #130 » by **dangermouse** » Sun Dec 13, 2015 9:46 am

76ers extending Brett Brown but looking at D'Antoni as "Associate Head Coach"

Can we do that? D'Antoni as offensive coach and Wittman as defensive coach

AWIZZINGBULLET · Post #131 » by **AWIZZINGBULLET** » Sat Jan 23, 2016 7:23 pm

...meanwhile the Wizards are sticking with Wittman while hiding behind injuries as an excuse for mediocrity.

queridiculo · Post #132 » by **queridiculo** » Sat Jan 23, 2016 10:09 pm

I'd rather see Wittman get an extension than continue to have Grunfail running the Wizards basketball ops.

AWIZZINGBULLET · Post #133 » by **AWIZZINGBULLET** » Sat Jan 23, 2016 10:35 pm

queridiculo wrote:I'd rather see Wittman get an extension than continue to have Grunfail running the Wizards basketball ops.

I'd rather see them both go.

nuposse04 · Post #134 » by **nuposse04** » Sat Jan 23, 2016 10:38 pm

queridiculo wrote:I'd rather see Wittman get an extension than continue to have Grunfail running the Wizards basketball ops.

Wittman is mediocre but at least he showed an ability to at least try to adapt to a modern NBA this season. Ernie Grunfeld still hasn't shown any signs of anything but substandard intelligence. :nonono:

Both should be fired. Grunfeld first.

closg00 · Post #135 » by **closg00** » Sun Jan 24, 2016 12:25 am

nuposse04 wrote:
queridiculo wrote:I'd rather see Wittman get an extension than continue to have Grunfail running the Wizards basketball ops.

Wittman is mediocre but at least he showed an ability to at least try to adapt to a modern NBA this season. Ernie Grunfeld still hasn't shown any signs of anything but substandard intelligence.

Both should be fired. Grunfeld first.

Grunfeld is like that player who tries to keep playing well past his prime, but in Grunfelds case, he never really had a prime but keeps playing anyway.

nuposse04 · Post #136 » by **nuposse04** » Sun Jan 24, 2016 2:37 am

closg00 wrote:
nuposse04 wrote:
queridiculo wrote:I'd rather see Wittman get an extension than continue to have Grunfail running the Wizards basketball ops.

Wittman is mediocre but at least he showed an ability to at least try to adapt to a modern NBA this season. Ernie Grunfeld still hasn't shown any signs of anything but substandard intelligence.

Both should be fired. Grunfeld first.

Grunfeld is like that player who tries to keep playing well past his prime, but in Grunfelds case, he never really had a prime but keeps playing anyway.

Sounds like Eric Maynor... or Michael Ruffin... :noway:

Post #137 » by **penbeast0** » Sun Jan 24, 2016 3:59 pm

Willman has been an above average, if not great, NBA coach here. He has done the most important thing a coach does which is to get the team to buy in to playing team defense and not break down into individual stat padding. Grunfeld has been a considerably below average NBA GM in his tenure here. He has failed in the most importatn thing a GM does which is to maximize his draft choices and cap space to bring in talent to fit his system; he got Wall/Beal/Porter with top 3 choices but below that has been consistently poor and has squandered decent draft position (Randy Foye, Vesely, etc.) many times while doing a reasonably poor job at cap management (until this year where I give him props for NOT giving many contracts beyond this year to mediocre talent).

The person that needs to go isn't Wittman, it's Grunfeld. While the new GM will most likely bring in their own coaching choice and it may be better than Randy, I don't think Wittman has done a poor job with the talent he has had, at least until this year which has been admittedly underwhelming.

Tricky_Kid · Post #138 » by **Tricky_Kid** » Sun Jan 24, 2016 6:35 pm

penbeast0 wrote:Willman has been an above average, if not great, NBA coach here. He has done the most important thing a coach does which is to get the team to buy in to playing team defense and not break down into individual stat padding. Grunfeld has been a considerably below average NBA GM in his tenure here. He has failed in the most importatn thing a GM does which is to maximize his draft choices and cap space to bring in talent to fit his system; he got Wall/Beal/Porter with top 3 choices but below that has been consistently poor and has squandered decent draft position (Randy Foye, Vesely, etc.) many times while doing a reasonably poor job at cap management (until this year where I give him props for NOT giving many contracts beyond this year to mediocre talent).

The person that needs to go isn't Wittman, it's Grunfeld. While the new GM will most likely bring in their own coaching choice and it may be better than Randy, I don't think Wittman has done a poor job with the talent he has had, at least until this year which has been admittedly underwhelming.

Yeah let`s stick with Wittman another 5 years and ruining Wall`s best years cause we don`t have better optipns available. Total BS.

AWIZZINGBULLET wrote:
queridiculo wrote:I'd rather see Wittman get an extension than continue to have Grunfail running the Wizards basketball ops.

I'd rather see them both go.

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gambitx777 · Post #139 » by **gambitx777** » Sun Jan 24, 2016 8:15 pm

How does Wittman keep his job and a guy like Blatt losses his

Post #140 » by **montestewart** » Sun Jan 24, 2016 8:23 pm

gambitx777 wrote:How does Wittman keep his job and a guy like Blatt losses his

One team was hoping to win the championship, the other is just hoping to make the playoffs. It's about expectations, and our team doesn't seem to have sustained aspirations just now. That those consecutive second round appearances were the peak for this team doesn't seem out of the question, and really, "Who expected that?" so perhaps we should call that a victory and reward the architects with extended contracts and higher ticket prices.