Comments on: Reports: Clippers Interview Head Coach Candidates Darvin Ham, Mike Brown

By: G RAP OLD SCHOOL LIKE YOUR DAD

G RAP OLD SCHOOL LIKE YOUR DAD — Wed, 07 Oct 2020 20:51:01 +0000

You should always hire the best coach available regardless of color lines!
Now if there is a black coach/s that are better then white/other coaches and they’re not being hired that’s a problem .
But this whole you gotta hire a certain race just to make it equal when the coaches are not equal when it comes to who is better is…. for the freaking birds!!
As much as I love silver compared to stern , some things silver has commented on or chosen to do I strongly disagree with.

By: jbugs

jbugs — Wed, 07 Oct 2020 15:25:52 +0000

Alright, I’ll say it. It sounds like they are only putting out black coaching candidates. I felt like this was a big issue when it came to potentially firing doc. Replacing doc with a white coach would be a dangerous move. And doc is probably the best black coach in the game (I’m not a fan of Alvin Gentry). I happen to like monty williams, but I imagine most people don’t. There’s no way Mike Brown is a better coach than Doc.

It’s possible that none of these guys are actually in the running and they want to make it seem like they are only considering black coaches at the moment. I don’t feel strongly on the issue. A part of me feels like they should just hire the best coach available, while another part of me feels like they should use this opportunity to find a great black coach and not look beyond that talent pool. It just feels at the moment that they are making it look like they are pursuing the latter.

By: World B. We

World B. We — Wed, 07 Oct 2020 05:52:37 +0000

Darvin Ham Tearing Down The Rim – YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnrAzB7ao9w

I want him as an assistant coach, because he once did this.

By: chogokin

chogokin — Wed, 07 Oct 2020 04:32:41 +0000

True that. God I was yelling the entire time for Spo to put Butler back at “PG” and trot out Butler/Herro/Robinson/Crowder/Bam lineup – overplaying Nunn tonight basically just cost them any shot they had at a title (however narrow that might have been already to begin with).

By: Rob Lo

Rob Lo — Wed, 07 Oct 2020 03:38:21 +0000

Well… Steve Kerr did blow a 3-1 lead…

But he’s mostly done ok (sarcasm very much intended)

By: Lucas Hann

Lucas Hann — Wed, 07 Oct 2020 03:19:07 +0000

And nobody is perfect. Hell, look at how much Spo is playing Nunn tonight in game 4, and he has been horrendous.

By: chogokin

chogokin — Wed, 07 Oct 2020 03:18:02 +0000

Hmm…so he could’ve learned from some of Bud’s strengths, and hopefully learned what *not* to do by, well, having two sets of eyes and watching the Bucks play during this year’s postseason? I could get behind that. On the other hand, as we’ve seen with Doc over the last 7ish years, things that look like easy, obvious fixes (e.g. allocating minutes to guys who actually earn them), sometimes just…well, aren’t ever implemented.

By: Oodypkt

Oodypkt — Wed, 07 Oct 2020 01:54:44 +0000

This.

By: chogokin

chogokin — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 23:17:23 +0000

“the Clippers have interviewed two of the worst coaches ever”

This is a Stephen A Smith level hot take right here. Mike Brown and/or Ty Lue wouldn’t be my pick, but they aren’t Tim Floyd or Jim Boylen. Plus these are interviews, not hires – save the overreactions for when something tangible actually happens.

By: Lucas Hann

Lucas Hann — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 22:39:59 +0000

& regarding “history when it comes to hiring coaches,” the team’s President of Basketball Operations, General Manager, both assistant General Managers, Owner, and Consultant all arrived in LA after Doc Rivers. Since Frank was a coach before moving to LA’s front office, and Ballmer has never been an NBA owner before, the most recent coach hire someone in our FO was heavily involved in was probably Jerry West when the Warriors hired Steve Kerr. How’d that go for them?