Bullets sign Wes Unseld Jr. to 4-year contract to become the franchise's 25th head coach!

FAH1223 · Post #401 » by **FAH1223** » Sat Jul 3, 2021 7:50 pm

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WallStar · Post #402 » by **WallStar** » Sat Jul 3, 2021 8:48 pm

If we hire a coach, it has to be someone like Ron Rivera; who will have the power to change the culture of this team. WFT has a new aura surrounding it ever since Ron took over. He simultaneously overshadows terrible ownership. Anyone else, especially a coach without experience, will continue to follow orders from the top.

badinage · Post #403 » by **badinage** » Sat Jul 3, 2021 8:55 pm

I’m becoming more convinced that the coach they’re targeting is someone whose name we haven’t seen.

Tommy Shepp is a Slickee Boy.

He’s putting names out there, while concealing targets.

If Cassell joins as an Asst. Head Coach, what does that suggest? It suggests to me that either they are going for someone young (Nored or Hammon) or they are going for someone who hasn’t been a pro coach (Jay Wright).

He’s a slickee, boy.

badinage · Post #404 » by **badinage** » Sat Jul 3, 2021 9:00 pm

By the way: why isn’t Ettore Messina being bandied about as a candidate? One of the best basketball coaches alive.

Also, never a pro head coach (he assisted with LAL and San Antonio).

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm …

payitforward · Post #405 » by **payitforward** » Sat Jul 3, 2021 9:15 pm

Would they really hire an Associate Head Coach before hiring a Head Coach? Or, to put it somewhat differently, wouldn't the Head Coach have most of the responsibility for hiring someone who is going to work for him/her?

keynote · Post #406 » by **keynote** » Sat Jul 3, 2021 9:27 pm

payitforward wrote:Would they really hire an Associate Head Coach before hiring a Head Coach? Or, to put it somewhat differently, wouldn't the Head Coach have most of the responsibility for hiring someone who is going to work for him/her?

This. I've always been uncomfortable with the GM hiring a HC's staff without giving the HC strong input, if not veto authority. A smart HC will likely keep some of the existing assistants around, if only to tap into their institutional knowledge about the roster. But a HC will have a tough time building trust with a staff who don't report to them. And some quality assistants (e.g., Thibs, back in the day) won't want to come into a situation where they're not aligned with the HC. Doing it the other way would court friction. It's unnecessarily messy.

wall_glizzy · Post #407 » by **wall_glizzy** » Sat Jul 3, 2021 9:30 pm

payitforward wrote:Would they really hire an Associate Head Coach before hiring a Head Coach? Or, to put it somewhat differently, wouldn't the Head Coach have most of the responsibility for hiring someone who is going to work for him/her?

I assume that the HC gets a ton of input (and will have a number of positions to fill - based on reporting, it sounds like basically the entire Brooks staff is gone), but looking at the breadth of names we've interviewed I'm also assuming that some of these guys are essentially auditioning for assistant positions under the guise of a head coaching interview. Fleming, Nored, Quinn, and Morrison - perhaps even Mosley too - all strike me as guys for whom a jump straight to an HC role would be somewhat surprising.

The distinction may be that coaches with existing HC experience tend to bring along some of their preferred assistants from previous jobs (e.g. the Doc Rivers / Sam Cassell relationship), while someone making the leap from an assistant position may not have the sway or network to single-handedly staff the bench. Nored and Morrison both seem like good gets to whom we could offer a promotion even without giving them the head job - perhaps significantly, they're both with teams that have just hired new HCs (the Pacers and Celtics, respectively) and may be in for some turnover within the assistant ranks. (Fleming and Quinn, I believe, are both the lead assistants for their respective teams at the moment, so I'm not sure the value is there for them without getting the top spot).

TGW · Post #408 » by **TGW** » Sat Jul 3, 2021 10:06 pm

Da phuck is an associate head coach? Lol Turd and the rest of the amateur hour trying to be oversmart as usual.

FAH1223 · Post #409 » by **FAH1223** » Sat Jul 3, 2021 10:34 pm

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Sounds like they've done a first round interview with like 10-15 people

keynote · Post #410 » by **keynote** » Sat Jul 3, 2021 10:37 pm

TGW wrote:Da phuck is an associate head coach? Lol Turd and the rest of the amateur hour trying to be oversmart as usual.

Lots of teams use the Assistant HC or Assoc HC title to demonstrate a heirachy, or to designate a clear #2 -- a deputy or lieutenant, of sorts. It comes with more money, presumably.

I'm fairly certain Hammon is the Assistant HC in SA (as opposed to an Assistant Coach). I thought our own Don Newman had that title for a while.

80sballboy · Post #411 » by **80sballboy** » Sat Jul 3, 2021 11:13 pm

TGW wrote:Da phuck is an associate head coach? Lol Turd and the rest of the amateur hour trying to be oversmart as usual.

https://www.nba.com/nuggets/news/wes-unseld-jr-named-associate-head-coach-121120

Dat2U · Post #412 » by **Dat2U** » Sat Jul 3, 2021 11:27 pm

80sballboy wrote:

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This is good. I was not a fan of his during his stint as an assistant here.

payitforward · Post #413 » by **payitforward** » Sat Jul 3, 2021 11:52 pm

keynote wrote:
TGW wrote:Da phuck is an associate head coach? Lol Turd and the rest of the amateur hour trying to be oversmart as usual.
Lots of teams use the Assistant HC or Assoc HC title to demonstrate a heirachy, or to designate a clear #2 -- a deputy or lieutenant, of sorts. It comes with more money, presumably.

I'm fairly certain Hammon is the Assistant HC in SA (as opposed to an Assistant Coach). I thought our own Don Newman had that title for a while.

Unseld Jr. is Associate Head Coach. Mosley is Defensive Coordinator. Hammon is the lead assistant for the Spurs -- no title but is described as having been "promoted to the front of the bench."

FAH1223 · Post #414 » by **FAH1223** » Sun Jul 4, 2021 12:22 am

Dat2U wrote:
80sballboy wrote:

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This is good. I was not a fan of his during his stint as an assistant here.

Sam I Am hanging out at Capitol Skyline on the regular from 2009-2014 :lol:

TGW · Post #415 » by **TGW** » Sun Jul 4, 2021 12:55 am

keynote wrote:
TGW wrote:Da phuck is an associate head coach? Lol Turd and the rest of the amateur hour trying to be oversmart as usual.
Lots of teams use the Assistant HC or Assoc HC title to demonstrate a heirachy, or to designate a clear #2 -- a deputy or lieutenant, of sorts. It comes with more money, presumably.

I'm fairly certain Hammon is the Assistant HC in SA (as opposed to an Assistant Coach). I thought our own Don Newman had that title for a while.

Yea, but that usually means that the team has a head coach in place first. Why would you hire an assistant…I mean associate head coach before you hire the head coach? Completely ass backwards and more proof this front office consists of flunkies and amateurs.

80sballboy · Post #416 » by **80sballboy** » Sun Jul 4, 2021 1:23 am

Story on the Ham interview.

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FAH1223 · Post #417 » by **FAH1223** » Sun Jul 4, 2021 1:31 am

80sballboy wrote:Story on the Ham interview.

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Ham would be a good hire. I'd have no issue with it.

Who remembers his 1997-1998 campaign in DC?

80sballboy · Post #418 » by **80sballboy** » Sun Jul 4, 2021 1:35 am

The Sam Cassell thing is conjecture. Why would Sam I Am leave a top assistant job in Philadelphia for a top assistant job in Washington?

gambitx777 · Post #419 » by **gambitx777** » Sun Jul 4, 2021 9:35 am

80sballboy wrote:The Sam Cassell thing is conjecture. Why would Sam I Am leave a top assistant job in Philadelphia for a top assistant job in Washington?

More money than philly is paying him.

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80sballboy · Post #420 » by **80sballboy** » Sun Jul 4, 2021 7:21 pm

gambitx777 wrote:
80sballboy wrote:The Sam Cassell thing is conjecture. Why would Sam I Am leave a top assistant job in Philadelphia for a top assistant job in Washington?
More money than philly is paying him.

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Lol.