What's new
By:

Scott Layden to Interview for Spurs' Assistant GM Position -- GETS IT!

Awesome. He got the Job. Now all we need to do is find a decent assistant coach to replace him. It's really too bad Chiesa got a job already.
 
https://sports.yahoo.com/news/nba--spurs-hire-ex-knicks-president-and-gm.html

Spurs Hire Scott Layden As Assistant GM

The Spurs have brought Jazz assistant coach and former Knicks president and GM Scott Layden aboard as assistant GM, reports Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports. Layden also served as GM of the Jazz from 1992-99. Wojnarowski says the Spurs were also considering Gersson Rosas, vice president of player personnel for the Rockets.

One of Layden's tasks will be to administer the Spurs' scouting department. San Antonio has been renowned for its scouting over the years, finding hidden gems to help the franchise win four championships and annually compete at a high level. Dennis Lindsey, who left the post this summer to become GM of the Jazz, is the latest in a long line of Spurs assistant GMs who later became top executives with other clubs. Danny Ferry, Sam Presti and Dell Demps have all held the job in the past.

Layden helped the Jazz supplement Hall of Famers John Stockton and Karl Malone in the '90s, as Utah made back-to-back appearances in the Finals in 1997 and 1998. Layden had much less success with the Knicks from 1999 to 2003, as the team declined from perennial contender to lottery regular.
Click to expand...
 
He...... he got the job? I don't blame him in the least, i'm just amazed that the Spurs took him in. Honestly, I felt that the Jazz were throwing him a bone when they took him in. Made him an assistant coach where he couldn't do too much damage as a player personnel guy, and frankly, if he was good as a GM, then why didn't the Jazz upgrade him?

Well, here's hoping he screws up the Spurs so that we will have an easier path to the top.

(in all fairness, i liked the guy, his personality and how he was as an assistant coach, but i would have been very concerned had he become the Jazz's GM)
 
Congrats to Scott.

And once again, KOC gets the best of a team in a trade. I'll take Lindsey any day over Layden. I wonder if we had to give up a future draft pick?

Seriously, Scott was effective as the article said in bringing in secondary players around Malone and Stockton, but just couldn't overhaul the Knicks team. In his defense, Isaiah Thomas was even worse. Good luck to Scott. Let's hope SA will be the 2nd best team in the WC!
 
It's time for Karl to come on board, but I think he should be part time life hornacek did at first. See how it works out, before he commits to being around full time.
 
Revolution 9 said:
It's time for Karl to come on board, but I think he should be part time life hornacek did at first. See how it works out, before he commits to being around full time.
Click to expand...

Hornacek was brought into coach shooting part-time. What would Karl coach? Conditioning? How to draw fouls in the post? Interviewing skills?
 
Revolution 9 said:
It's time for Karl to come on board, but I think he should be part time life hornacek did at first. See how it works out, before he commits to being around full time.
Click to expand...
Hope it works out better than his part time radio talk show gig that he now seems to ignore full time.
 
Joe Bagadonuts said:
Hope it works out better than his part time radio talk show gig that he now seems to ignore full time.
Click to expand...

If there's on thing Karl took seriously it was basketball. I'd still give him the chance to come in, and help. If he flaked out it would only give Greg Miller validation.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Share this page
Back
Top