The Sacramento Kings today announced that former Kings assistant coach Pete Carril will return to the organization as a Basketball Development Consultant according to Kings President of Basketball Operations Geoff Petrie.
SacKingZZZ wrote:Great news!!! Next stop, Eddie Jordan.
kingsfan10 wrote:SacKingZZZ wrote:Great news!!! Next stop, Eddie Jordan.
Eddie Jordan? Eh, not too sure about that. Will he and coachie complement each other? Absolutely. But Eddie Jordan just has horrible rotations. (If you think Reggie's rotations were bad, Joran's would literary make you pull out your hair) Especially, in late game scenarios. Just dreadful. It doesn't means that he is a bad coach, Eddie is a offensive wizard himself but adding Jordan seems to create a surplus of offense moreso than defense.
I think we have to target a more defensive coach than EJ.
SacKingZZZ wrote:
Of course, but more importantly signs point to Petrie still wanting Eddie as coach given the interest before Reggie was hired. Plus Petrie brought coachie in to be on Jordans staff before Adelman came here.
I don't really know if hiring him will be a huge step in the right direction, but if you look at all the signs it seems to be the most likely scenario unless something drastic happens.
kingsfan10 wrote:That was the point I was making. Is Jordan the right step? Well, I'm not saying that I well not welcome Jordan, of course not. He is, perhaps the ideal fit for the player's strengths. Take a look at which players can excel with the (variation) of Princeton Offense. You have a handful of players in our roster. But aside of Jordan's strengths. Jordan does have his shortcomings. Glaring ones. Like I mentioned before his rotations are pretty bad. He rather play Etan Thomas over Brendan Haywood! Haywood, arguably one of the best post defenders in this league today. And only legit defensive force/player in that roster. His late game plays are mediocre. His defensive scheme was basically trying to outscore the opponent. IMO that got him canned from Washington.
Eddie Jordan is a good fit for our players but it isn't the right step to become a legit contenders in the near future. Having Jordan makes us too offensive and pretty much non-existent on defense. We have to have a balance of the two. (Offense AND Defense). Not only one. We will win games, probably entertaining factor will return to the Kings. But only offense does not win in the playoffs.
The only condition(s) that I will welcome Eddie Jordan is getting the right balance of staff. First of all, the lead assistant(s) of Jordan must take defense as a #1 priority. Having a balance of the two would work well. Another condition is that getting the right kind of players. We already have Eddie Jordan-type of players in Martin, Miller, Garcia, and etc. We need defensive minded players as well. Think the 02-03 Kings. We had Jimmy Jackson, Keon Clark, Scott Pollard, a prime Bobby Jackson, Christie, Funderburke and etc. I still think modeling from that team is beneficial in many ways. That team was SO balance.
Eddie Jordan might be the logical choice for the mention reasons above but in general it isn't the right step forward if you are looking at the whole picture, which is winning a championship.
bdgking wrote:I think this is bad timing honestly
If the kings did this before this season or after this season i would see it as a good thing
but in the middle of this season i see it as bad time (a consultant ! ) his role is not a coach ? seems to me he is just an advisor to petrie & the maloofs possibly as to what the talent we have on our team and mayber the style of ball we should play etc. and to evaluate our current coaching staff if so this is basically Petrie's job !
SacKingZZZ wrote:
Eh, that was pretty much the only complaint I think fans brought up continuously besides the regular "fan" complaints. I myself am a little biased, I really like Etan Thomas and thought he actually didn't play enough. He's a solid defender himself you know. One thing I like about Eddie Jordan is he knows where his bread is buttered. He rides the backs of those who will give them the best chance to win every night, and as with Rick Adelman, maybe a little too much, but it's better than the crap we have now. Guys playing 40 minutes one night, and then 25 the next. He's also a bit of a players coach, something we need more than anything right now. The last 2 coaches were a little bit too high and mighty for their own good.
I see us going with an experienced coach this time, there are simply too many out there right now. It just makes too much sense in every way. If they don't hire Jordan it's kind of dumb, he clearly fits Geoff Petries vision, why fight it any longer? Not that it was necessarily a fight, but it seems Petrie is pretty much back in full control here. Unless they lose out to another team, don't feel they are ready for a big money coach (Eddie won't come cheap), or the Maloofs are dazzled by another great powerpoint by some noname scrub then it just makes too much sense. He might not be our next long term coach, then again he might be. I think he's a guy with enough clout however to stick around for at least the majority of his contract.
