assistant coach is his calling

martin wrote:

knicks1248 wrote:The losing has become so normally that fans are rooting for a coach who was what..12 games under 500, looking slightly better than Fizdale.

assistant coach is his calling

You know who else was 12+ games under .500 his first shot at head coach? Gregg Popovich

Miller when 17-27 this season, Pop when 17-47 his first taking over the David Robin'less Spurs.

I really don't understand how posters definitely state one thing or another when they literally have zero clue to make that assessment.

If you have a keen eye in assessing head coaches and assistant coaches, spell it out for us.

After the Spurs had a 3–15 start in the 1996–97 season, with David Robinson sidelined with a preseason back injury, Popovich fired coach Bob Hill and named himself head coach

My preference is Thibs,

I'm not saying miller was terrible, but there are better and more establish coaches them him on the list.

our last few inexperience coaches(3 straight) resulted in massive losses, can't see why you would want to continue doing that

Knixkik wrote:I don't see him getting a real shot at it, but i would love to see him as the Associate Head Coach which i think is very realistic and he's certainly earned.

His resume includes 13 college years with a record of 162-209
He ranged from OK to great for Westchester in 3 years
He was better than Fizdale
He's likable and hard working

What am I missing? I saw Miller repeatedly cave to Elf/Randle every time down the floor when that ball should have been going to RJ more. Mitch never attempted a jump shot. Frank improved... I mean OK, where is the "we gotta keep this guy in charge" piece of info I am missing?

meanwhile a guy who's the leading candidate (prolly because he would be pretty phucking good here) Thibs gets trashed here for stuff like "not building his bench" while he was winning 60 games

It really just doesnt make sense to me. No reason to kick Miller to the curb, he's nice and Im not being sarcastic. Maybe G league is his niche and we really invest in developing players. There's just no logical way to say Miller is better choice than Thibs. Its pure emotion and sentiment.

People should be excited about Thibs coming here. Jason Kidd is the one to avoid.

fishmike wrote:

Knixkik wrote:I don't see him getting a real shot at it, but i would love to see him as the Associate Head Coach which i think is very realistic and he's certainly earned.

this is an unpopular opinion around here but why? Why has he "certainly earned" anything as far as the head coach gig?

His resume includes 13 college years with a record of 162-209
He ranged from OK to great for Westchester in 3 years
He was better than Fizdale
He's likable and hard working

What am I missing? I saw Miller repeatedly cave to Elf/Randle every time down the floor when that ball should have been going to RJ more. Mitch never attempted a jump shot. Frank improved... I mean OK, where is the "we gotta keep this guy in charge" piece of info I am missing?

meanwhile a guy who's the leading candidate (prolly because he would be pretty phucking good here) Thibs gets trashed here for stuff like "not building his bench" while he was winning 60 games

It really just doesnt make sense to me. No reason to kick Miller to the curb, he's nice and Im not being sarcastic. Maybe G league is his niche and we really invest in developing players. There's just no logical way to say Miller is better choice than Thibs. Its pure emotion and sentiment.

People should be excited about Thibs coming here. Jason Kidd is the one to avoid.

He was saying for Miller to be the lead assistant coach, I think, on whoever gets picked.

I like Miller. Are there better coaches out there, sure.

But, what kind of roster are we realistically putting on the floor next year?

I though Miller's strength was development and teaching guys. He did that in the G League for us. I thought I saw it in games at time.

Elf/Randle were our pros. I'll give criticism about how maybe Payton apparently froze out RJ, others. However, I'm more likely to believe that it was Payton's lack of talent, skill and experience.

RJ should have gotten more shots? I don't think he was ready. Why force feed someone, and potentially get them injured or developing bad habits?

Same for Mitch - you are criticizing Miller for not having Mitch attempt a jump shot? He played within his skill set, and did great.

We weren't winning squat last year, and I doubt we'll win much next year if and when the NBA starts their next season.

I'd keep miller for consistency and to continue to work with guys. But, if you bring in someone else, that's great too. I'm intrigued by Jason Kidd. If he has grown past the DWI's and other issues, he'd be exactly what we need to make up for the lack of PG success this franchise has essentially had with very few exceptions since Frazier.