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Originally Posted by viiheaven
Random thought (listening to ESPN Radio, Stephen A. Smith talking):
If the Orlando Magic lose to the Atlanta Hawks, there's reason to believe Stan Van Gundy will be fired.
..do we have a shot/ should we try and sign him?
We already get the worse calls in the league. We don't need SVG to make things worse.
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MARK JACKSON. just get it #+!*@%+ done already. i didnt want Mike from the start and its true to this day. IMO there are not any good current coaches out there for our head coaching job, and D'Antoni is probably the worst of all of them. He is notroiously bad at D, stubborn as $#%#, and he is an offensive guru so they say who cant manage a game or draw up a #+!*@%+ play $#%# is #+!*@%+ ridiculous. He honestly brings nothing to the table, and after this last playoff series i dont even think he is a good motivator at all which is the bare minimum you need to be a successful coach.
sure jackson is a "risk" because he hasnt coached in the NBA or whatever, and maybe one can say it is a risk, but imo he by far has the highest possible reward out of it considering the guys out there. He is a smart coach who is dying for an oppurtunity especially in NY, he is smart and i am sure he will be good with the Xs and Os and running an effective system/drawing up plays (or at least better than D'Antoni), but at the very least i am sure he will get the best effort out of our team night in and out.
$#%# is #+!*@%+ ridiculous by now, dudes on the team calling him out after a playoff game where we looked lost for 75% of the game and now it comes out that the one part of the game where we actually looked like a team that possibly belonged in the NBa let alone the playoffs was when the players kind of took matters to their own hands. I #+!*@%+ bet you it was a vet who has been there also like Anthony Carter or Roger Mason Jr. I am saying and have been saying that Mike D'Antoni really brings NOTHING to the table. He is awful at defense, overated at offense, cant manage a game, cant draw up a play, his system is so easy to predict, he isnt motivating these guys, and the list just goes on. Mike D'antoni really does not belong here.
I know im gonna get my fair share of people who disagree but this $#%# is ridiculous by now and im gonna stick with it until it actually happens. Mark Jackson should coach the Knicks next season... at the very least it should not be D'Antoni though
EDIT: and btw alot of people here playing the "Mark Jackson has no experience" card are alot of the same people endorsing that we should go after Doc Rivers who is this close to retiring. but i would like to point out that Doc's first coaching job right off the bat was the head coaching job for the Orlando Magic, just three years after her retired, AND he won NBA's coach of the year. Mark Jackson has been retired for more than 3 years now, he hasnt coached but he has at least spent his time around NBA games all year long getting a chance to look at and break down every team in the NBA as a commentator/analyst, AND Doc Rivers wasnt half the savvy/smart point guard that Mark Jackson was ever since he came into the league out of St. Johns.
So im just reiterating, its not like Jackson would be the first dude to ever take an NBA head coaching job without coaching anywhere before. And we should stop being so stubborn because he has a great job at TNT and there is no way he is gonna leave that for an assistant coaching job and it would be foolish to pass up on a potentially great coach who could take this team somewhere just because we want him to be an assistant coach somewhere before taking over because it wont happen. Sometimes you gotta give amateurs a chance, some of the great men in every profession throughout history have achieved greatness without much prior experience.
