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Core4 said:
Same with me. My heart stopped for a brief moment. Wow! After a couple of close games, CSKA just killed them. Messina must know how to motivate, bringing them back from the brink of elimination.

If CSKA keeps winning, I just hope the Lakers don't snatch up Boylen while DL is waiting to interview Messina. ;)
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Why don't the Jazz just hire Alex Jensen? He's young learned at the feet of the master Majeurs (sp?) and was DLeague coach of the year a couple of years ago and his DLeague team did well in the Vegas Summer League. Plus he's got ties to the area from going to college here.
 
It is frustrating with no new news, but we have to be patient. I would rather wait for Messina or Blatt (my choice for coach) to be interviewed before a decision is made. Personally I think Jensen would be a good coach. I think he has better credential than Butlen
 
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homeytennis said:
Why don't the Jazz just hire Alex Jensen? He's young learned at the feet of the master Majeurs (sp?) and was DLeague coach of the year a couple of years ago and his DLeague team did well in the Vegas Summer League. Plus he's got ties to the area from going to college here.
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Same could be said of Brad Jones, who actually has more experience as an NBA assistant, has learned from both Sloan and Popovich and has ties to Lindsey from his San Antonio days. I think with a young team, Dennis wants an established coach, probably one with some head coaching experience. An older, well-established coach is able to hit the ground running. And he's able to say: "my system works, I've done it before." With a young coach, I think there's less trust with the players, especially if the team doesn't do well at first. Then you have players questioning the competency and ideas of the inexperienced coach, rather than just believing it will start to come together.
 
Core4 said:
Same could be said of Brad Jones, who actually has more experience as an NBA assistant, has learned from both Sloan and Popovich and has ties to Lindsey from his San Antonio days. I think with a young team, Dennis wants an established coach, probably one with some head coaching experience. An older, well-established coach is able to hit the ground running. And he's able to say: "my system works, I've done it before." With a young coach, I think there's less trust with the players, especially if the team doesn't do well at first. Then you have players questioning the competency and ideas of the inexperienced coach, rather than just believing it will start to come together.
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Agree
 
JazzTalk said:
Agree
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Thanks.
And to add to that, I think this was one of the problems with Ty. He had coached in Jerry's system for so long that he just tried running the same things. And when they didn't work and any adjustments he tried didn't work, the players simply lost faith in him as a coach. He didn't have a history of success behind him as a HC and it was pretty evident he had lost the locker room at the end.
 
Enes CanTear You Apart said:
Lol, sorry guys. I wrote that in a hurry. I thought I put a phrase like "for a while" or "a little bit longer" into the sentence, but apparently I didn't.

Anyway, at worst, Messina will be free on June 17, so no problem with the draft date at least.
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Your English was fine. It was just us being paranoid fans.
As always, thanks for posting updates regarding the CSKA schedule. Good to know everything will be wrapped up by June 17th, which is a pretty similar timeline as the NBA finals.
 
Core4 said:
Your English was fine. It was just us being paranoid fans.
As always, thanks for posting updates regarding the CSKA schedule. Good to know everything will be wrapped up by June 17th, which is a pretty similar timeline as the NBA finals.
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I had fogotten about Jones. He's been a head coach in the DLeague for a couple of teams as well as being assistant and it seems he is related to Sloan someway. But Memphis' coach has DLeague and other minor league pedigree and he seems to be in demand.
 
The Thriller said:
I think the dysfunctional grizz management vindicates Hollins' firing.

I think the Jazz should seriously consider hiring him.
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I don't think he ever needed vindication. He was fired after a 50 win season because the management thought they should have gone farther. It's a little similar to Mark Jackson, although there weren't problems with assistant coaches and others in the organization, IIRC.
 
Core4 said:
I don't think he ever needed vindication. He was fired after a 50 win season because the management thought they should have gone farther. It's a little similar to Mark Jackson, although there weren't problems with assistant coaches and others in the organization, IIRC.
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wasn't there a little oldschool vs newschool about this too? there was some implication that, with the arrival of hollinger, that memphis were looking to become more analytics-oriented and LH wasn't so into that ****. maybe i'm remembering it wrong.
 
hhhhkau said:
wasn't there a little oldschool vs newschool about this too? there was some implication that, with the arrival of hollinger, that memphis were looking to become more analytics-oriented and LH wasn't so into that ****. maybe i'm remembering it wrong.
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Basically what happened is John Hollinger traded Rudy Gay mainly due to analytics and Hollins didn't like it, and made it known.

What broke the camels back was when Hollinger showed up to practices, pulled players out of practice and held his own practice. Hollins blew up, and he was fired over it.

I still think Hollins ends up our coach.
 
Core4 said:
I don't think he ever needed vindication. He was fired after a 50 win season because the management thought they should have gone farther. It's a little similar to Mark Jackson, although there weren't problems with assistant coaches and others in the organization, IIRC.
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I dont think there's any parallel there.
 
Core4 said:
50+ wins. Took his team to the playoffs. They underachieved in the post-season. Had a falling out with GM and/or ownership over management style.
No parallels?
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Were there issues between Hollins and Mgmt? I had no idea. I stand corrected if so.
 
green said:
Basically what happened is John Hollinger traded Rudy Gay mainly due to analytics and Hollins didn't like it, and made it known.

What broke the camels back was when Hollinger showed up to practices, pulled players out of practice and held his own practice. Hollins blew up, and he was fired over it.

I still think Hollins ends up our coach.
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I'd be pissed too if I was Hollins and that was happening to my team. Hollinger absolutely overstepped on that one and the management screwed the pooch by forcing Hollins out. But it's clear the situation is toxic in Memphis right now - as even David Joerger appears to be looking for an out.

I hope you're right about Hollins, but I'm not as convinced. I'd love him as coach.

Frankly, I think the game tries to out-think itself with this move toward analytics.
 
Sean said:
I'd be pissed too if I was Hollins and that was happening to my team. Hollinger absolutely overstepped on that one and the management screwed the pooch by forcing Hollins out. But it's clear the situation is toxic in Memphis right now - as even David Joerger appears to be looking for an out.

I hope you're right about Hollins, but I'm not as convinced. I'd love him as coach.

Frankly, I think the game tries to out-think itself with this move toward analytics.
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Dude just signed an extension with Memphis!!
 
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