Chargers Jazz Angels
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I like horny but I think the jazz should bring in at other head coach with the understanding that horny will be first assistant
Best fire Corbin article yet!!!
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You're right, the bitching is completely unjustified. So what if we have a bottom 10 team, we're lucky that the earth has oxygen for us to breath in the first place.
Ellipse
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I agree. Horny doesn't bring any credentials. At least when Sloan inherited the job from Frank, Sloan had spent a couple of years coaching the Bulls.
gregbroncs
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This is a young team. Having a young inexperienced coach is a bad idea. We need a proven coach or a coach that brings respectability. We can not miss with the next coach if we fire butt head. That would be a disaster for this team.
Batman
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I wonder how Lindsey "Honestly" feels about Corbin and the prospects of hiring another coach outside of the organization.
Does Horny want to be HC? Can he succeed as HC? Then go prove both: go find a college HC and prove yourself. Don't think this team or fanchise needs another guy with training wheels for 2 to 3 years and who is also completely unproven. Isn't this his first coaching gig? So what has he got, 2+ years as AC? Not good enough for me.
The Black Swordsman
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The second string quarterback is the most popular guy on the team.
Lowe man.
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Let's play a little Devil's Advocate here. Look at two guys who we think of as great head coaches in the NBA and the experience they had:
1. Pat Riley, none -- he was the color guy for the Lakers TV broadcasts when he was brought in, but a close friend of Jerry West, as they played together for the Lakers, and Jerry was GM.
2. Phil Jackson, a couple of the years in the CBA.
Both were established players in the NBA but not stars and certainly lesser players than Horny. Plus Horny was a much smarter player than either. I saw both of them play many times, being from NY -- Jackson playing for the Knicks and Riley having gone to my high school.
That doesn't mean Horny can be as successful. And Jackson and Riley both have more dominant personalities than Horny, so that might be a factor. But you can't just say Horny won't be successful because he lacks HC experience. He played in the NBA many years, both as a SG and PG (for the Suns, he played a lot of point). And his father was a basketball coach in Chicago.
1. Pat Riley, none -- he was the color guy for the Lakers TV broadcasts when he was brought in, but a close friend of Jerry West, as they played together for the Lakers, and Jerry was GM.
2. Phil Jackson, a couple of the years in the CBA.
Both were established players in the NBA but not stars and certainly lesser players than Horny. Plus Horny was a much smarter player than either. I saw both of them play many times, being from NY -- Jackson playing for the Knicks and Riley having gone to my high school.
That doesn't mean Horny can be as successful. And Jackson and Riley both have more dominant personalities than Horny, so that might be a factor. But you can't just say Horny won't be successful because he lacks HC experience. He played in the NBA many years, both as a SG and PG (for the Suns, he played a lot of point). And his father was a basketball coach in Chicago.
gregbroncs
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All of this may be true. But I still think it is a mistake to have a team as young as the Jazz will be next year led by a coach with no experience as a head coach in the league.
ATB
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I'm all for getting a proven coach in that can help develop our young guys ... biggest problem I can see with Hornacek is that he doesn't have any head coach experience ... now if he could bring in John Stockton as a assistant ... hmmm maybe ... I do think he is a decent coach and when I got news Ty got the job I was wondering what the heck ... if you remember Dallas did a similar move with Avery Johnson then ended up firing him.. I think they knew without something different Dirk would never get his championship ... lets face the facts if we want to go for a championship we need to clear up playing room for our draft picks... and get a real coach
A couple of years is infinitely more than Horny who has not a single minute as a HC anywhere anytime.
There is nothing in any of that says he WILL be successful either. Why roll those dice? How many years with many years experience have failed as HC? Many. What does his father have to do with any of it? Remember the illustrious careers of Don Shula's sons? Means nothing.
If Horny wants to be a HC at the highest level, he and everyone else would be well served if he learned that craft first at a lower level. Nothing against horny except that he completely unproven and therefore a pure gamble.
