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John Beilein: Continuing his education

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Grade the coaching hire

  • A+

    Votes: 13 13.0%

  • A

    Votes: 51 51.0%

  • B

    Votes: 30 30.0%

  • C

    Votes: 4 4.0%

  • D

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • F

    Votes: 2 2.0%
  • Total voters
    100
  • Poll closed .
FrontPageNews said:
I want someone who has been in coaching their entire career. Not someone who got to where they were because of their athletic ability. Look around the league at the good coaches. Not many of them were players or at least notable players. It’s rare. Doc is an outlier. Kerr is still kind of unknown as a coach.
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Phil Jackson and Pat Riley were players. So was Larry Brown.

This reminds me of Stephen A. Smith's comment a few years ago that "black players don't listen to black coaches." Since the first four African American coaches were Bill Russell, Lenny Wilkens, Al Attles and KC Jones - ALL players and two of them HoF players - ALL won NBA titles as coaches within 15 years of the first of them becoming a head coach - that was a pretty silly argument.

However, I do think it's risky in 2019 to hire an ex-player as head coach who has no coaching experience. Russell and Wilkens were actually player-coaches but the NBA has changed and that wouldn't work today.
 
What you don't want is a coach who's stuck in his day of basketball. I think of Mark Jackson as someone of that ilk playing isolation basketball to the tune of 47 and 51 wins when you had the Splash Brothers waiting to uncork a 67 and 73 wins if used properly (by other former player, Steve Kerr).

So.. whoever the Cavs hire better be ready to get that Cedi/Sexton duo ready for the 54 wins we missed out on this year. (Flash Brothers?)
 
I want Juwan Howard. Anyone in the MIA coaching tree is a good pick. Eric Spolstra is a great coach and I'm sure he's rubbed off on Juwan Howard.

Wasn't it Spolstra that allows his assistants to run practice?
 
I wouldn't hate Juwan Howard if he had the right staff.
 
weepinwillow said:
What you don't want is a coach who's stuck in his day of basketball. I think of Mark Jackson as someone of that ilk playing isolation basketball to the tune of 47 and 51 wins when you had the Splash Brothers waiting to uncork a 67 and 73 wins if used properly (by other former player, Steve Kerr).

So.. whoever the Cavs hire better be ready to get that Cedi/Sexton duo ready for the 54 wins we missed out on this year. (Flash Brothers?)
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Cedi/Sexton/Love/(Zion/Morant)/Tristan?
 
weepinwillow said:
What you don't want is a coach who's stuck in his day of basketball. I think of Mark Jackson as someone of that ilk playing isolation basketball to the tune of 47 and 51 wins when you had the Splash Brothers waiting to uncork a 67 and 73 wins if used properly (by other former player, Steve Kerr).

So.. whoever the Cavs hire better be ready to get that Cedi/Sexton duo ready for the 54 wins we missed out on this year. (Flash Brothers?)
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Steve Kerr is an exceptional coach though. He also hired a very good staff.

Are you being serious with this 54 win talk? We are at the start of a major re-build. This team is far from winning 50+ games.
 
Akron83 said:
Steve Kerr is an exceptional coach though. He also hired a very good staff.

Are you being serious with this 54 win talk? We are at the start of a major re-build. This team is far from winning 50+ games.
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Look at Kerr and Jackson. They share in common the ability to meld personalities and create buy-in to team concepts/play. To cultivate selflessness to a degree. Belichick possesses similar qualities. This is what I'd be looking for.
 
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