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[ema]

Either way, both men are still coaching their teams in the playoffs, so can't interview until they're finished.

Unfortunately Messina and CSKA will be continuing at VTB League. CSKA won the 5th game(84-65) against Lokomotiv Kuban so they are in now F4. Their new opponent is Unics Kazan. It will be a series over three wins once again and there is a good chance for it to go the 5th game again, considering UNICS is a tough opponent. The good thing is, the games are not too sporadic.

The schedule for the series:

05/29/2014
05/30/2014
06/02/2014
06/03/2014 (if necessary)
06/06/2014 (if necessary)

 

[The Midnight]

Unfortunately Messina and CSKA will be continuing at VTB League. CSKA won the 5th game(84-65) against Lokomotiv Kuban so they are in now F4. Their new opponent is Unics Kazan. It will be a series over three wins once again and there is a good chance for it to go the 5th game again, considering UNICS is a tough opponent. The good thing is, the games are not too sporadic.

The schedule for the series:

05/29/2014
05/30/2014
06/02/2014
06/03/2014 (if necessary)
06/06/2014 (if necessary)

I started reading that and thought you meant Messina will continue with CSKA for one more year... lol



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[Stifle Tower]

I started reading that and thought you meant Messina will continue with CSKA for one more year... lol



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Same with me. My heart stopped for a brief moment. Wow! After a couple of close games, CSKA just killed them. Messina must know how to motivate, bringing them back from the brink of elimination.

If CSKA keeps winning, I just hope the Lakers don't snatch up Boylen while DL is waiting to interview Messina.

 

[ema]

I started reading that and thought you meant Messina will continue with CSKA for one more year... lol



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Same with me. My heart stopped for a brief moment. Wow! After a couple of close games, CSKA just killed them. Messina must know how to motivate, bringing them back from the brink of elimination.

If CSKA keeps winning, I just hope the Lakers don't snatch up Boylen while DL is waiting to interview Messina.

Lol, sorry guys. I wrote that in a hurry. I thought I put a phrase like "for a while" or "a little bit longer" into the sentence, but apparently I didn't.

Anyway, at worst, Messina will be free on June 17, so no problem with the draft date at least.

 

[ema]

If CSKA keeps winning, I just hope the Lakers don't snatch up Boylen while DL is waiting to interview Messina.

 

[homeytennis]

Same with me. My heart stopped for a brief moment. Wow! After a couple of close games, CSKA just killed them. Messina must know how to motivate, bringing them back from the brink of elimination.

If CSKA keeps winning, I just hope the Lakers don't snatch up Boylen while DL is waiting to interview Messina.

Why don't the Jazz just hire Alex Jensen? He's young learned at the feet of the master Majeurs (sp?) and was DLeague coach of the year a couple of years ago and his DLeague team did well in the Vegas Summer League. Plus he's got ties to the area from going to college here.

 

[JazzTalk]

It is frustrating with no new news, but we have to be patient. I would rather wait for Messina or Blatt (my choice for coach) to be interviewed before a decision is made. Personally I think Jensen would be a good coach. I think he has better credential than Butlen

 

[Stifle Tower]

Why don't the Jazz just hire Alex Jensen? He's young learned at the feet of the master Majeurs (sp?) and was DLeague coach of the year a couple of years ago and his DLeague team did well in the Vegas Summer League. Plus he's got ties to the area from going to college here.

Same could be said of Brad Jones, who actually has more experience as an NBA assistant, has learned from both Sloan and Popovich and has ties to Lindsey from his San Antonio days. I think with a young team, Dennis wants an established coach, probably one with some head coaching experience. An older, well-established coach is able to hit the ground running. And he's able to say: "my system works, I've done it before." With a young coach, I think there's less trust with the players, especially if the team doesn't do well at first. Then you have players questioning the competency and ideas of the inexperienced coach, rather than just believing it will start to come together.

 

[JazzTalk]

Same could be said of Brad Jones, who actually has more experience as an NBA assistant, has learned from both Sloan and Popovich and has ties to Lindsey from his San Antonio days. I think with a young team, Dennis wants an established coach, probably one with some head coaching experience. An older, well-established coach is able to hit the ground running. And he's able to say: "my system works, I've done it before." With a young coach, I think there's less trust with the players, especially if the team doesn't do well at first. Then you have players questioning the competency and ideas of the inexperienced coach, rather than just believing it will start to come together.

Agree

 

[Stifle Tower]

Agree

Thanks.
And to add to that, I think this was one of the problems with Ty. He had coached in Jerry's system for so long that he just tried running the same things. And when they didn't work and any adjustments he tried didn't work, the players simply lost faith in him as a coach. He didn't have a history of success behind him as a HC and it was pretty evident he had lost the locker room at the end.

 

[Stifle Tower]

Lol, sorry guys. I wrote that in a hurry. I thought I put a phrase like "for a while" or "a little bit longer" into the sentence, but apparently I didn't.

Anyway, at worst, Messina will be free on June 17, so no problem with the draft date at least.

Your English was fine. It was just us being paranoid fans.
As always, thanks for posting updates regarding the CSKA schedule. Good to know everything will be wrapped up by June 17th, which is a pretty similar timeline as the NBA finals.

 

[homeytennis]

Your English was fine. It was just us being paranoid fans.
As always, thanks for posting updates regarding the CSKA schedule. Good to know everything will be wrapped up by June 17th, which is a pretty similar timeline as the NBA finals.

I had fogotten about Jones. He's been a head coach in the DLeague for a couple of teams as well as being assistant and it seems he is related to Sloan someway. But Memphis' coach has DLeague and other minor league pedigree and he seems to be in demand.