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But if you want a fresh perspective then you probably don't want someone who has spent her entire coaching career outside of one year on the same bench the guy you just fired spent a bunch of time on.
Someone has a crush.
She had a playing career before that (far more extensive than Bud's) and not everyone that comes from the same bench has the same results. Stan Johnson and Brett Nelson, for instance. Or Shaka Smart and Rob Lanier, on the same staff for Billy Donovan, have had vastly different careers since.Here's the thing...if you hire Bud or Nurse or Doc or any of the retreads, you know for certain you are not getting the best male coach in the world. I'd take Spoelstra over any of them, Kerr over any, and it's not particularly close.If you take Hammon, you potentially are getting the best female coach in the world, and until the head coach needs to suit up, that could also mean you are getting the best coach in the world period. Get a retread and there is zero chance you are getting the best possible candidate. Hire Hammon, and you may very well be getting the best.The only logical reason to not hire her over any of them is misogyny.
I am not sure Hammon is the slam dunk you think she is. I thought I read she had a pretty stacked roster for the Aces. Granted, you still have to win the games.I guess I don’t understand the line of thinking that you can’t hire the best coach in the world if you don’t hire a female. How do we know a random male assistant wouldn’t be better than Pop if hired? How do we know Nurse wouldn’t be the best coach in the world with Giannis?I doubt it’s related to her coaching, but it looks like she’s in some hot water with the WNBA and their team lost a draft pick.I would react to Hammon as any other assistant, cautiously optimistic but not thrilled. Nurse seems like the opposite of Bud, which I think this team needs. Someone that’s going to light a fire under them and hold them accountable.
If you take Hammon, you potentially are getting the best female coach in the world, and until the head coach needs to suit up, that could also mean you are getting the best coach in the world period. Get a retread and there is zero chance you are getting the best possible candidate. Hire Hammon, and you may very well be getting the best.The only logical reason to not hire her over any of them is misogyny.
Doc Rivers, Nick Nurse, Monty Williams and Mike Budenholzer have 6 NBA Coach of the Year awards between them. All have been dismissed this offseason. Erik Spoelstra has not won one.
An assistant who crushes the powerpoint?
How 'bout we get back ta hirin' the most qualified and best person for da job? Any y'all got an issue wit dat premise, hey?
She can be blue, black, green, or red. She can be Asian, Muslim, gay, straight or any other letters in the alphabet. I don't give a chit as long as whomever is selected, is deemed to be the most qualified and best candidate by those who are in charge of the selection process.But, the Bucks are not hiring Hammon. That was Lasry's fiasco the last time and he gowne now, hey?
Y'all are unreal. No wonder this country is so fooked up, hey?
The NBA is a player driven league. Can't see the Bucks ownership trusting a woman to get the most outta #34, #22, etc. Just sayin'.
I don't care about the coach's gender, race, or religion.What I said is the Bucks, unless they are in a full blown rebuild mode, won't be hiring a female. As for the fiasco comment, what would you call it? It was 5 years ago, Horst was a fairly new GM, and Lasry, aka as a poster boy for liberal America, was running the team. Even with all that, Hammon was more of a publicity stunt rather than a serious candidate. At this time with where the team is and their limited window of championship opportunity, pretty certain their selection of a new coach will be a person who was born a male, aina?
Hammon was given an initial interview for the job. Again, she was Pop's assistant and someone who had coached their summer league team. She wasn't given a finalist interview. Again, I seriously doubt you would label this a fiasco if a candidate with this background was a man.
Is it any different than Chris Quinn’s candidacy? Or even Charles Lee who was an assistant under Bud?The fiasco was the GM hire because everyone had different finalists, including one guy they brought in to be the heir apparent and landed on Horst as a compromise. That turned out ok just like the last coaching hire.