Vrabel played under the greatest coach of all time for seven years. Cassell never played under one of those guys who seems to produce the best coaches. I'm completely cool with a Cassell hire, I just think it's a bit unprecedented that he would actually find championship success here.
Seems like alot of people forgot how great Sam was\ How he revived teams .. . including the Clippers. . . .took them from laughing stock to contenders Rocket River
Well, Belichick produces bad coaches actually! It's kind of his thing! Sam did play for Rudy T and @tinman would remind you of that as well!
No one who has ever had ties to the Timberwolves has ever been successful again Except in China (S. Marbury)
Popovich produces bad coaches too! Rudy T was a great coach no doubt, but he doesn't have a huge coaching tree. https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1898409-shaking-the-nba-coaching-trees There are many ways to become a great head coach. Cassell could be a great head coach. I'm just playing devil's advocate. I personally prefer the search to be thorough and if Cassell is the guy, he's the guy.
No one knows if he's gonna be a good coach either, plus he's inheriting a roster with a lot of talent.
Kerr inherited what was already a really strong team (51-31 the year prior) with Curry, Klay, Draymond, Iggy and Bogut. Then in the middle of his run, he got Durant. Lue inherited LeBron James. And in the East, that was enough. This team isn't as good as prime GSW nor is our best player better than prime LeBron. Any coach we hire, rookie or not, will inherit a broken system and will have to rehab Russell Westbrook while working with no legit big man, for the time being. It's tough to completely shed "smallball" or the MDA system, right off the bat.
Sam Cassel is a well respected, long time assistant who will be in the mix for a lot of head coaching jobs this offseason. Nostalgia would be suggesting someone like Mario Elie, who had a few short stints all over the league. Cassel is more than qualified if they want to go that route. I would always rather go with something new than an old retread that we know doesn't work.
