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Serious Question Regarding Coaching

green said:
It's because Lindsay already knows who the next coach is.

My money is on Langabardi.

Longabardi knows defense. Worked under Doc Rivers, now has a terrible PHX team, talent wise, playing great defense, everyone loves him, is a "new age" guy with stats and the such.
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The more I learn about Mike Longabardi, the more intrigued I am by him. He seems to have all of the qualifications I would expect Dennis Lindsey to look for in the next head coach. Smart, works well with his players, has a defensive background, great pedigree (having coached under Tomjonovich, Rivers, Thibodeau and Hornacek), he's been a winner (championship with Boston and exceeding expectations in Phoenix) and he's future thinking in his acceptance and use of analytics in basketball. I only hope that he's been learning a lot from Hornacek on running an offense and he hires a guy to open things up for our very, very young team.

If I had my pick of coaches right now, I'd probably go

1. Tom Thibodeau (for an unprotected 2016 draft pick)
2. Billy Donovan (great success at the college level and a guy that I think can do it in the nba too
3. Mike Longabardi (for the reasons listed above)
4. George Karl (his offense is a gimmick, but it's been successful without a true #1 option)
5. Lionel Hollins (old school coach who won by featuring his bigs and focusing on defense)
 
Ellis269 said:
The more I learn about Mike Longabardi, the more intrigued I am by him. He seems to have all of the qualifications I would expect Dennis Lindsey to look for in the next head coach. Smart, works well with his players, has a defensive background, great pedigree (having coached under Tomjonovich, Rivers, Thibodeau and Hornacek), he's been a winner (championship with Boston and exceeding expectations in Phoenix) and he's future thinking in his acceptance and use of analytics in basketball. I only hope that he's been learning a lot from Hornacek on running an offense and he hires a guy to open things up for our very, very young team.
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He's a defensive coach right? How about the offensive side of things?
 
Hotttnickkk said:
He's a defensive coach right? How about the offensive side of things?
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Take what he's learned from Doc and Hornacek and hire a guy who runs a system that matches his philosophy. Hornacek hired a really good staff in Phoenix. He's certainly not a defensive expert. . . so he went out and got one (Mike Longabardi). If you're not great at both sides of the ball, make sure your staff is.
 
Ellis269 said:
Take what he's learned from Doc and Hornacek and hire a guy who runs a system that matches his philosophy. Hornacek hired a really good staff in Phoenix. He's certainly not a defensive expert. . . so he went out and got one (Mike Longabardi). If you're not great at both sides of the ball, make sure your staff is.
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Good posts.

My ideal hire would be a defensive specialist. I want to see defense turned into offense MULTIPLE TIMES PER GAME. That should feed an already #hungry transition game. That's the kind of killer instinct we've lacked for over a decade.

BTW, in order to do that, we need a defensive stopper either at the 2 or the 3... a guy who can guard the best perimeter opponent. Gettin Wiggin would fix so many things.
 
Wiggins would be ideal. The jazz really need a guy like that. Short of him, Aaron Gordon looks like a good fit too. I also still like Randle and think that his attitude and work ethic lend itself to learning how to be a good defender down the road.
 
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