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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.yawn. get back to me in a couple of years when there might be something to get excited about. unless your telling me you are a hardcore college hoops fan and follow BUTLER?? Short of that I don't think anybody knows anything about this guy. hard to like it or not like it. who knows. I trust danny is as far as I will go.
Hard to respect Butler after that hilarious Uconn-Butler championship game
yawn. get back to me in a couple of years when there might be something to get excited about. unless your telling me you are a hardcore college hoops fan and follow BUTLER?? Short of that I don't think anybody knows anything about this guy. hard to like it or not like it. who knows. I trust danny is as far as I will go.
nobody knows anything about him as an NBA coach, but he's extremely well know and well regarded among the college basketball ranks
No idea how he'll pan out, but I like this move more than hiring Scott Skiles or another NBA coaching re-tread.
I'm intrigued except for how will he handle Rondo?
I was hoping they would go after a nba assistant coach. not a retread but a coach with nba exp. somebody who knows the league and what hes getting into. like what Chicago did. hiring thibideau a long time assistant coach getting his first head coaching job. the more I think on dannys choice the more I don't like it.nobody knows anything about him as an NBA coach, but he's extremely well know and well regarded among the college basketball ranks
No idea how he'll pan out, but I like this move more than hiring Scott Skiles or another NBA coaching re-tread.
The graveyard of discarded NBA coaches is chock full of guys who were phenomenal in the college ranks, only to fail miserably in the pros. None other than Rick Pitino leads that motley crew.
I want this hiring to succeed. I really do. But I have little faith it will.
And then he went to Kentucky where he went to 3 Final Fours, including 1 National Championship, before coming to Boston with more pomp and circumstance than you normally see given to royalty.Pitino is a terrible example. Before the NBA he made the Final Four one time out of Providence because he had Billy Donovan on his team.
You seem not to realize that Pitino has been to the Final Four 7 times with 3 teams, including 2 National Championships. So you look foolish to suggest that his only college success came because of Billy Donovan. (Funny you should mention Billy Donovan... another great college coach, only he was smart enough to know he would suck at the professional level so he bailed out on the Magic 5 days after taking that job)Brad Stevens made two different NCAA championship games and he didn't rely on one rare player, he did it with different rosters which is amazing for a mid-major school with no 4 star or 5 star recruits.
Ah yes, the typical "this time it's different" reply.Pitino's style is also not ideal for pros since he loves the traps and full court press. Pitino's style was more suited for college, plus he had less achievements before he went to the NBA. In contrast, Brad Stevens is known as a strong innovator especially in the half court defensive game.
This paragraph, while true, has absolutely nothing to do with the issue at hand. I can't remember... did Danny Ainge hire Aurebach, Russell or Heinson?Finally, look at the list of Boston Celtics young coaches. It's a very good list. Auerbach, Bill Russell, Heinson, there is a good legacy of young coaches coming in and doing a good job for the Celtics franchise
I think that's actually the plan.I'm just hoping they svck really bad and get high lottery picks.
I think that's actually the plan.
I agree with this. If you're going to be bad, you may as well be REALLY bad. I'd honestly rather win 18 games than 30.Excellent college coach but he's going to have his hands full in his first couple of seasons in Boston. If I'm Ainge, I look for any way possible to deal Rondo's punk ass. Having him on the team will only make Stevens' job that much harder as the team rebuilds.
I was hoping they would go after a nba assistant coach. not a retread but a coach with nba exp. somebody who knows the league and what hes getting into. like what Chicago did. hiring thibideau a long time assistant coach getting his first head coaching job. the more I think on dannys choice the more I don't like it.