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Pacers Hire Nate Bjorkgren as Head Coach 

Post#1 » by Scoot McGroot » Tue Oct 20, 2020 4:16 pm

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Someone please delete the thread I made. Scoot and I posted at about the same time.
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Post#8 » by Scoot McGroot » Tue Oct 20, 2020 4:31 pm

Let us also recognize that no one had this hire, or even had him listed as a favorite or a finalist.
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Post#11 » by Boneman2 » Tue Oct 20, 2020 5:10 pm

Scoot McGroot wrote:Let us also recognize that no one had this hire, or even had him listed as a favorite or a finalist.


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Post#12 » by Charcoal Filtered » Tue Oct 20, 2020 5:35 pm

I like this. Would rather take a chance on someone unproven as a head coach but successful as an assistant over a retread.
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Re: Pacers Hire Nate Bjorkgren as Head Coach 

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Re: Pacers Hire Nate Bjorkgren as Head Coach 

Post#14 » by Tom White » Tue Oct 20, 2020 5:55 pm

I have to say that I know less about him than I know about all the other candidates............

which means I know how to pronounce all the other's last names. :lol:
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Post#15 » by Scoot McGroot » Tue Oct 20, 2020 5:57 pm

Charcoal Filtered wrote:I like this. Would rather take a chance on someone unproven as a head coach but successful as an assistant over a retread.


Agreed.

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Re: Pacers Hire Nate Bjorkgren as Head Coach 

Post#16 » by Lazlo4D » Tue Oct 20, 2020 5:58 pm

Scoot McGroot wrote:Let us also recognize that no one had this hire, or even had him listed as a favorite or a finalist.


Agreed. This again demonstrates that all these "insiders", whether it be ESPN, Hoop Collective, FakeGM's, or whoever have no inside info on the Pacers. They just use dartboards. Remember the Paul George/Oladipo/Sabonis trade came out of nowhere too.

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Re: Pacers Hire Nate Bjorkgren as Head Coach 

Post#17 » by Jake0890 » Tue Oct 20, 2020 6:06 pm

I also really like this. Not a retread guy. Seems innovative and interesting at the very least. Excited to see how this plays out. One caveat here might be the reluctance of the guys on the team to buy into a no-name assistant as opposed to Lue, Chauncey, etc. who are familiar names around the league.
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Re: Pacers Hire Nate Bjorkgren as Head Coach 

Post#18 » by Scoot McGroot » Tue Oct 20, 2020 6:12 pm

Jake0890 wrote:I also really like this. Not a retread guy. Seems innovative and interesting at the very least. Excited to see how this plays out. One caveat here might be the reluctance of the guys on the team to buy into a no-name assistant as opposed to Lue, Chauncey, etc. who are familiar names around the league.


Maybe, but he was also Nick Nurse's right hand guy for a long time and has a very recent championship as lead assistant. There will likely be some goodwill there.
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Re: Pacers Hire Nate Bjorkgren as Head Coach 

Post#19 » by Wizop » Tue Oct 20, 2020 6:19 pm

He was my early favorite based upon something I saw online. It might have been this but there are several videos on youtube

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Re: Pacers Hire Nate Bjorkgren as Head Coach 

Post#20 » by Scoot McGroot » Tue Oct 20, 2020 6:29 pm

http://beeherald.com/sports/toronto%E2%80%99s-chief-staff

Long interview about Bjorkgren from a year or so ago. Interesting quote:

Nurse prepares his staff for the bright lights by encouraging them to become as well-rounded as they can be. The responsibility of the top assistants rotates every 10 games. Bjorkgren could be tasked with running the offense, then a few weeks later he’ll format the defensive scheme. It’s been a great way for Bjorkgren and his colleagues to feel valued.

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