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Pls hire Messina and quit ****ing around with this Boylen business.
 
Enes CanTear You Apart said:
Yeah, make no mistake about it. The bar is pretty high for a coach like Messina. I too said earlier that he wasn't at top of his performance lately in his career but he can't be called unsuccessful by any means. The only experiment that didn't work out for Messina as exactly people have hoped was the Real Madrid run which in fact he still managed to compete and had decent achievements.

But anyway, here is the last 5 years of Messina.. Believe me, there are very few coaches that have these achievements in their entire careers.

3x Russian championships(2008-2009-2013) [Russian league is arguably the best domestic league after the ACB(Spanish League) in Europe]
1x Euroleage Championship(2008) [the best league in the world after the NBA]
1x Euroleague Final (2009)
2x Euroleague Final Four (2011, 2014)
1x Euroleague Final Eight (2010)
2x ACB Copa del Rey Final (2010, 2011)
2x Third place in ACB (2010-2011)

And don't forget that he spent the 2011-2012 season in LA as just a consultant.

The claim that CSKA being sorry for having Messina is nothing but laughable. Why would they be sorry to have a coach that made them one of the most successful teams of European Basketball history? He won with CSKA 5 Russian league titles, 2 Russian Cups, 2 Euroleague titles and went to two Euroleague finals, one Euroleague third place and one another Euroleague Final Four that is still going on. The CSKA fans sometimes can be angry at him but they know they have one of the best coaches in the world and don't want him to leave.



And this. Even had he collapsed entirely the last five years, how does it mean that he can't be successful in the NBA?
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I will kick Dennis Lindsey in the balls. So. ****ing. Hard. If we don't hire Messina.
 
Enes CanTear You Apart said:
The claim that CSKA being sorry for having Messina is nothing but laughable. Why would they be sorry to have a coach that made them one of the most successful teams of European Basketball history? He won with CSKA 5 Russian league titles, 2 Russian Cups, 2 Euroleague titles and went to two Euroleague finals, one Euroleague third place and one another Euroleague Final Four that is still going on. The CSKA fans sometimes can be angry at him but they know they have one of the best coaches in the world and don't want him to leave.
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It does happen sometimes.... ask PKM about Rick Pitino.
 
Hotttnickkk said:
It does happen sometimes.... ask PKM about Rick Pitino.
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Lol, I see your point but don't be picky please. It's just figure of speech. Of course if Messina messes up big time, they would be sorry about it. But he didn't, he's given them a lot, the fans are aware of it and love him. That's why he returned to CSKA after the NBA experience.
 
The lack of rumors or news from the jazz organization is bugging me. Yes, we all need a cooling off period so we don't get jazz burnout, but come on. It's a new week, leek a new name!
 
Doublea said:
I'm sure it's not Messina's dream to come coach the Jazz, so I'd be pretty surprised if we got him.
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I don't think he minds which team as long as that team has the full support of the ownership to spend and get good players, has a decent GM and has a chance to win.


He seems like he's more about winning than anything else.
 
Hotttnickkk said:
I don't think he minds which team as long as that team has the full support of the ownership to spend and get good players, has a decent GM and has a chance to win.


He seems like he's more about winning than anything else.
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I think the biggest downside to coaching the jazz for him is that we had a record of 25-57. He hasn't coached a team that ended up with a losing record. So coming here would be a pretty big project. Not to mention that if some of the good playoff teams get eliminated and coaches are fired that he'll want to go there instead.
 
Found myself an avatar finally.

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