***Official new head coach search thread*** (merged)

[Stifle Tower]

"Hey John, you want a boatload of money and the power to run the team?"

"No"

"Hey John, you want less money and less power? You can be teh assistant!"

"....."

I think the conversation is more like, "hey John, we know you don't like the spotlight. But you know we're hiring Messina and he loved you as a player. Raulzinho Neto idolized you growing up. And you worked with Trey briefly last summer. How would you like to come back and be a FT PG coach? BTW, do you have David's phone number? We want to invite him to be on the Jazz' summer league team but we've misplaced his number."

 

[Beantown]

So if John says he has interest is he offered the job on the spot?....Or does he just fall into the other 20 candidates that will be considered.

 

[Stoked]

So if John says he has interest is he offered the job on the spot?....Or does he just fall into the other 20 candidates that will be considered.

I'd guess that they wouldn't just offer it to him outright. I think they'd interview him and others. Probably more of a "is there interest" rather than a "do you want the job. IMO anyways.

 

[r_u_s_t_b_u_c_k_e_t]

Did anyone see the link that the jazz will ask Stockton? I guess we already knew that though.

https://jazzfanz.com/showthread.php...-head-coach-is&p=800713&viewfull=1#post800713

 

[addictionary]

Wasn't Steve Kerr laughing when that Clark Kellogg guy was screwing with the Jazz name on 2K?

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[Beantown]

I'd guess that they wouldn't just offer it to him outright. I think they'd interview him and others. Probably more of a "is there interest" rather than a "do you want the job. IMO anyways.

I agree, but if it comes out where the media finds out he has interest and then is interviewed but in the end is not chosen that will put the new head coach in a tough spot, it would always be......"we should have picked Stockton".

 

[Beantown]

Also Locke made the case that the Hall of Fame player that jumped straight to Head Coach has been one of the more successful routes to being a successful coach. The only person that flopped was Magic Johnson.

 

[Stoked]

I agree, but if it comes out where the media finds out he has interest and then is interviewed but in the end is not chosen that will put the new head coach in a tough spot, it would always be......"we should have picked Stockton".

I think you are right that there will be a segment of the fans that will be pissed if we reach out to Stockton then do not hire him. Will be interesting to see.

 

[framer]

I agree, but if it comes out where the media finds out he has interest and then is interviewed but in the end is not chosen that will put the new head coach in a tough spot, it would always be......"we should have picked Stockton".

I would suspect that Stockton would tell the media that he ultimately wasn't interested if for any reason he doesn't get the job. It's likely the truth.

 

[framer]

Heh! Imagine if they spurned Stockton and hired Boylen. . .

 

[Stoked]

Heh! Imagine if they spurned Stockton and hired Boylen. . .

Oh man, people would be livid. This board would go into a meltdown.

 

[zman1527]

Also Locke made the case that the Hall of Fame player that jumped straight to Head Coach has been one of the more successful routes to being a successful coach. The only person that flopped was Magic Johnson.

Show me a list, not sure it works. Who among current coaches is an HOFer? Pops, no, Phil, no. Any other good ones? McHale is so so.

Here is a list of failed "stars" from bleacher report:

Isiah Thomas
Bob Cousy
Willis Reed
Elgin Baylor
Bill Cartwright
Kurt Rambis
Wes Unseld