Posted by djsunyc:

A few thoughts from Stan Van Gundy, who spent part of his time after shoot-around crediting Pat Ewing for the development of Dwight Howard and pumping him as a candidate for the Knicks job: “To be honest it's sort of amused me, the whole thing in New York. All these names come up for the head coaching job there and they're not talking about him? This is guy who's paid his dues and been an assistant in the league and gone out on the court and learned to coach every day. He doesn't just do big man stuff. That's what every one talks about, but he does what everyone on our staff does: When it's his turn, once out of every four teams he does the scouting report and takes the team through the film, he does all of that. I've been bewildered by the fact that here's one of the absolute greats in New York Knicks history and they're not talking about him at all. I know Mark Jackson has some history with Donnie Walsh, plus having played with the Knicks, and I have great respect for Mark, but Mark has never coached a day, anywhere, and Pat has put his time in Washington and Houston and here. And he has put time in away from the Van Gundy family, so he had to learn something in that year, anyway. So you have to give him some credit. I don't know why his name wouldn't come up and be a guy you wouldn't sit down and talk to. He's good, he's really, really good."

* played for john thompson
* played for pat riley
* assistant under doug collins
* assistant under jvg
* assistant under svg
* lauded for his work with yao and dwight
* dealt with harsh ny media throughout his career

[Edited by - djsunyc on 04-24-2008 1:52 PM]

Posted by BlueSeats:

Posted by djsunyc:

A few thoughts from Stan Van Gundy, who spent part of his time after shoot-around crediting Pat Ewing for the development of Dwight Howard and pumping him as a candidate for the Knicks job: “To be honest it's sort of amused me, the whole thing in New York. All these names come up for the head coaching job there and they're not talking about him? This is guy who's paid his dues and been an assistant in the league and gone out on the court and learned to coach every day. He doesn't just do big man stuff. That's what every one talks about, but he does what everyone on our staff does: When it's his turn, once out of every four teams he does the scouting report and takes the team through the film, he does all of that. I've been bewildered by the fact that here's one of the absolute greats in New York Knicks history and they're not talking about him at all. I know Mark Jackson has some history with Donnie Walsh, plus having played with the Knicks, and I have great respect for Mark, but Mark has never coached a day, anywhere, and Pat has put his time in Washington and Houston and here. And he has put time in away from the Van Gundy family, so he had to learn something in that year, anyway. So you have to give him some credit. I don't know why his name wouldn't come up and be a guy you wouldn't sit down and talk to. He's good, he's really, really good."

* played for john thompson
* played for pat riley
* assistant under doug collins
* assistant under jvg
* assistant under svg
* lauded for his work with yao and dwight
* dealt with harsh ny media throughout his career

[Edited by - djsunyc on 04-24-2008 1:52 PM]

I've never seen Ewing coach, so if another coach says he's good I've got to believe him. But I know his reputation as a player was a guy who lead through intensity and effort, not through communication. (Herb was considered the lockerroom leader.) And I've seen him as guest analyst on TNT or TBS, and while his concepts were good, his delivery felt forced, bumbled and and unconvincing.

I love Patrick, but he wouldn't be high on my shortlist of interviews based on what I've seen of him over the years.

Posted by EnySpree:

Poinrt being.......NYC coaching is more about personality than coaching.

Posted by Allanfan20:

Posted by BlueSeats:

Posted by djsunyc:

A few thoughts from Stan Van Gundy, who spent part of his time after shoot-around crediting Pat Ewing for the development of Dwight Howard and pumping him as a candidate for the Knicks job: “To be honest it's sort of amused me, the whole thing in New York. All these names come up for the head coaching job there and they're not talking about him? This is guy who's paid his dues and been an assistant in the league and gone out on the court and learned to coach every day. He doesn't just do big man stuff. That's what every one talks about, but he does what everyone on our staff does: When it's his turn, once out of every four teams he does the scouting report and takes the team through the film, he does all of that. I've been bewildered by the fact that here's one of the absolute greats in New York Knicks history and they're not talking about him at all. I know Mark Jackson has some history with Donnie Walsh, plus having played with the Knicks, and I have great respect for Mark, but Mark has never coached a day, anywhere, and Pat has put his time in Washington and Houston and here. And he has put time in away from the Van Gundy family, so he had to learn something in that year, anyway. So you have to give him some credit. I don't know why his name wouldn't come up and be a guy you wouldn't sit down and talk to. He's good, he's really, really good."

* played for john thompson
* played for pat riley
* assistant under doug collins
* assistant under jvg
* assistant under svg
* lauded for his work with yao and dwight
* dealt with harsh ny media throughout his career

[Edited by - djsunyc on 04-24-2008 1:52 PM]

I've never seen Ewing coach, so if another coach says he's good I've got to believe him. But I know his reputation as a player was a guy who lead through intensity and effort, not through communication. (Herb was considered the lockerroom leader.) And I've seen him as guest analyst on TNT or TBS, and while his concepts were good, his delivery felt forced, bumbled and and unconvincing.

I love Patrick, but he wouldn't be high on my shortlist of interviews based on what I've seen of him over the years.

That's a good point, but at the same time, SVG did say that Ewing does the big man coaching as well as doing what all the other coaches do.

What I wanna know is why does SVG think we are never talking about Ewing. We talk about all the time about how we want him as an assistant. I know I'd like him here to do that. Maybe he can actually push Curry and maybe down the road, he can be a head coach.

Posted by djsunyc:

A few thoughts from Stan Van Gundy, who spent part of his time after shoot-around crediting Pat Ewing for the development of Dwight Howard and pumping him as a candidate for the Knicks job: “To be honest it's sort of amused me, the whole thing in New York. All these names come up for the head coaching job there and they're not talking about him? This is guy who's paid his dues and been an assistant in the league and gone out on the court and learned to coach every day. He doesn't just do big man stuff. That's what every one talks about, but he does what everyone on our staff does: When it's his turn, once out of every four teams he does the scouting report and takes the team through the film, he does all of that. I've been bewildered by the fact that here's one of the absolute greats in New York Knicks history and they're not talking about him at all. I know Mark Jackson has some history with Donnie Walsh, plus having played with the Knicks, and I have great respect for Mark, but Mark has never coached a day, anywhere, and Pat has put his time in Washington and Houston and here. And he has put time in away from the Van Gundy family, so he had to learn something in that year, anyway. So you have to give him some credit. I don't know why his name wouldn't come up and be a guy you wouldn't sit down and talk to. He's good, he's really, really good."

* played for john thompson
* played for pat riley
* assistant under doug collins
* assistant under jvg
* assistant under svg
* lauded for his work with yao and dwight
* dealt with harsh ny media throughout his career

[Edited by - djsunyc on 04-24-2008 1:52 PM]

Posted by mythfaze:

Dwight Howard gives Ewing credit for much of his improvement and playoff heroics as of late:

"It's the playoffs. this is where you make your name. LeBron (James) did it last year, he had his team in the Finals,'' Howard said. "Pat (Ewing, the Magic's big-man coach) is always telling me to give an extra effort on each possession. He's pushed me to another level.''

Posted by Uptown:

Posted by 4949:

Posted by djsunyc:

A few thoughts from Stan Van Gundy, who spent part of his time after shoot-around crediting Pat Ewing for the development of Dwight Howard and pumping him as a candidate for the Knicks job: “To be honest it's sort of amused me, the whole thing in New York. All these names come up for the head coaching job there and they're not talking about him? This is guy who's paid his dues and been an assistant in the league and gone out on the court and learned to coach every day. He doesn't just do big man stuff. That's what every one talks about, but he does what everyone on our staff does: When it's his turn, once out of every four teams he does the scouting report and takes the team through the film, he does all of that. I've been bewildered by the fact that here's one of the absolute greats in New York Knicks history and they're not talking about him at all. I know Mark Jackson has some history with Donnie Walsh, plus having played with the Knicks, and I have great respect for Mark, but Mark has never coached a day, anywhere, and Pat has put his time in Washington and Houston and here. And he has put time in away from the Van Gundy family, so he had to learn something in that year, anyway. So you have to give him some credit. I don't know why his name wouldn't come up and be a guy you wouldn't sit down and talk to. He's good, he's really, really good."

* played for john thompson
* played for pat riley
* assistant under doug collins
* assistant under jvg
* assistant under svg
* lauded for his work with yao and dwight
* dealt with harsh ny media throughout his career

[Edited by - djsunyc on 04-24-2008 1:52 PM]

One lousy college championship. That's why.

And how many lousy rings does Doc Rivers own again? Where did JVG earn his bing-bling at? And where is Sam Mitchells stash?