Coaching Search Thread

[The J Rocka]

Get it done NOW

[john2jer]

Pay ze man hiz money.

[The J Rocka]

Adelman as our HC, Mitchell and/or Porter as our assistant(s). Please let this happen, this will be remembered as one of the most highly successful off-seasons in this franchise's history.

[Tirion]

the only reason Adelman would want this job is that he's intrigued by Love-Rubio-DW trio.

[GopherIt!]

Rick Adelman, Rick Rubio and Rick James FTW.

[PANDEMONEUM]

Rick Adelman would b awesome for the Twolves
he'll make the team exciting to watch
hes a great Offensive coach
and will have some athletic players
to run and gun with

i thought that the GS Warriors should have hired him
would have been a nice fit there

[Klomp]

joe_schmit Joe Schmit
Rick Adelman interview went well. He's very interested but no offer made. #Twolves #NBA

[Esohny]

joe_schmit Joe Schmit
Rick Adelman interview went well. He's very interested but no offer made. #Twolves #NBA

Dear Lord, just close the deal.

[Kumar]

Bringing in an experienced, veteran coach that the players would undoubtedly respect would be the best thing for this young Wolves squad. He's the only option on my list.

[Vindicater]

I would love to see

Love, Darko, Williams, Johnson and Rubio in an Adelman led team

I do not want to see Beasely and Randolph though... Adelman requires you have a high BBIQ too play his style.

[Klomp]

He came, he saw, he listened.

As we first reported at noon, Rick Adelman was in town today to interview for the Timberwolves coaching job and as of late afternoon, I heard he was already on a plane out of town -- presumably home to Portland -- without an offer yet being made.

He met with president of basketball operations David Kahn, owner Glen Taylor, CEO Rob Moor and probably minority partners and other personnel as well.

The Wolves brass worked for weeks to get Adelman to come in for more than a phone interview.

If he wants the job and they can agree on a salary, the job is probably his.

That salary would probably approach $5 million per year.

The four-year contract he signed with Houston in 2007 was worth a bit more than $16 million.

Don Nelson and Sam Mitchell are the other top candidates in a process that also included Mike Woodson, Bernie Bickerstaff, Terry Porter and Larry Brown.

Earlier this month, Adelman told a Salem, Ore., reporter that he didn't plan on coaching this coming season, whenever that might be.

At least he said he didn't have any such plans "right now."

That has changed, at least enough for him to give the Wolves a good in-person listen today.

His family apparently wants him to take a season off -- if not outright retire at age 65 -- after he coached the Rockets the last four years.

He took a year off after each of his coaching jobs with Portland, Golden State and Sacramento.

Adelman's signing would give the Wolves the kind of coach -- a successful one who believes in fast-paced basketball -- Kahn last month said he seeks and it'd be a proactive step toward getting Kevin Love to sign a long-term contract extension.

Adelman and Love have a relationship that dates to Love's high-school years, when Adelman saw nearly every game Love played his senior season because Adelman's son played on the same Lake Oswego, Ore., team.

http://www.startribune.com/sports/blogs/128256713.html

[Yes We Kahn]

Adelman as our HC, Mitchell and/or Porter as our assistant(s). Please let this happen, this will be remembered as one of the most highly successful off-seasons in this franchise's history.

I think a great thing about hiring Adelman is that he will likely attract worthy assistants. I'm not sure if that is Mitchell and/or Porter, but whoever it may be I think they will be quality.

[Grits n Gravy]

http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/21 ... _Minnesota

PLEASE GET IT DONE!!!

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoqDYcCDOTg[/youtube]

[floppymoose]

I think Adelman is a very good choice for the Wolves.

[C.lupus]

Somebody please wake me up when we have a coach. thanks.

[Klomp]

For some perspective, here's an interesting analysis from the 1998-99 Kings season, which also happened to be lockout-shortened: http://www.cowbellkingdom.com/2009/06/1 ... -williams/

When the regular season was finally allowed to start due to the lockout, basketball fans were teased with a brief taste of 50 regular season games to go with five grueling games against the defending Western Conference champs in the first round of the playoffs that became a statement of “Jason Williams is in this league and the Sacramento Kings are officially a problem.” The league and SportsCenter were lit up with highlights of Jason Williams, discussion, and memorabilia flying off the shelves. The Kings were dead in the sights of the national spotlight and didn’t squint from the bright attention one bit.

Part of that had to do with the infusion of talent from a successful Geoff Petrie off-season in 1998. He made a timely and bold trade to bring in the maligned Chris Webber for Sacramento favorite Mitch Richmond and Otis Thorpe. He convinced Vlade Divac to join the team with a big contract and brought in Rick Adelman to coach the team. But in my opinion, nothing galvanized the organization like Jason Williams, his style of play, and Rick Adelman’s willingness to live with the ups and downs of a highlight reel-producing rookie point guard with an affinity for making the spectacular play. Not to mention the fact that bringing Chris Webber, Vlade Divac, and Jason Williams together to run a Princeton offense with making the extra pass was like having George Harrison, John Lennon, and Paul McCartney come together in a studio and asking them to just have fun on the instruments.

Am I crazy, or are there a lot of similarities between that and our current situation?

[funkatron101]

You are not crazy. In this case.

[Foye]

You know you have a lockout when the Timberwolves get 2 headlines on wiretap.

[Klomp]

You know you have a lockout when the Timberwolves get 2 headlines on wiretap.

LOL!

[Basti]

JUST.MAKE.IT.HAPPEN!!!! PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAASEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!

Offer him whatever he demands. Or just offer him $5-6 Million Dollars a year with options on year two and three (if that's possible for contracts being offered to coaches).