I've been campaigning for Hollins ever since he left the Grizzlies. Unbelievable how we we didn't get him and instead kept Milk Hair
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Lionel Hollins has agreed to become the Nets head coach, the team announces.</p>— Tim Bontemps (@TimBontemps) <a href="https://twitter.com/TimBontemps/statuses/484409867130519552">July 2, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Nets announce they have agreement with Lionel Hollins. Four-year deal in the $18 million range is what the sides were discussing today</p>— Marc Stein (@ESPNSteinLine) <a href="https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine/statuses/484410101923864576">July 2, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Wanted him as an assistant here. Oh well. He really deserved another head coaching job. I don't know what the Grizz were thinking. He is a first class guy.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>New <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Nets?src=hash">#Nets</a> coach Lionel Hollins talks championship, says New York makes Memphis look like "the stone age" <a href="http://t.co/HqjAVrv9kP">http://t.co/HqjAVrv9kP</a></p>— NetsDaily.com (@NetsDaily) <a href="https://twitter.com/NetsDaily/statuses/489524643447836674">July 16, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> [rquoter]One other thing that caught our ear was his dissing of Memphis, where he lived and worked for 12 years, at least in comparison to New York. "I'm pretty comfortable with New York. I just never thought I'd be living here ... especially after being 12 years in Memphis," he said smiling, adding, "Memphis is like, compared to New York, it's back in the stone age when you didn't have electricity or something. That's not a knock on Memphis, just a contrast in how developed and how unbelievably electric New York is versus Memphis. People are laid back, they move slow, they talk slow, drag their words out. Here everybody talks too fast."[/rquoter] Spoiler <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Stay classy. RT <a href="https://twitter.com/NetsDaily">@NetsDaily</a>: Lionel Hollins: "Memphis is like back in the stone age when you didn't have electricity." <a href="http://t.co/xCqxg62a64">http://t.co/xCqxg62a64</a></p>— Kevin Lipe (@FlyerGrizBlog) <a href="https://twitter.com/FlyerGrizBlog/statuses/489528265539731457">July 16, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>The only town where people were dumb enough to have rallies for you, but if you really want to be an *******, go for it, Lionel.</p>— Kevin Lipe (@FlyerGrizBlog) <a href="https://twitter.com/FlyerGrizBlog/statuses/489528408498376706">July 16, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Saying Memphis is “like the stone age without electricity.” Following it with “That’s not a knock on Memphis…” This dude.</p>— Kevin Lipe (@FlyerGrizBlog) <a href="https://twitter.com/FlyerGrizBlog/statuses/489529590709096449">July 16, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>There were so many people in this town who loved Lionel Hollins, and he just can’t help crapping all over them. What a miserable person.</p>— Kevin Lipe (@FlyerGrizBlog) <a href="https://twitter.com/FlyerGrizBlog/statuses/489530339606671360">July 16, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Sorry if I tweeted some of that too slowly for you guys. I’m from Memphis.</p>— Kevin Lipe (@FlyerGrizBlog) <a href="https://twitter.com/FlyerGrizBlog/statuses/489531963678941185">July 16, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Lionel Hollins burned the bridge, then ambushed the construction crew sent to build the new bridge, then poisoned the river.</p>— netw3rk (@netw3rk) <a href="https://twitter.com/netw3rk/statuses/489528872648458240">July 16, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
" That's not a knock on Memphis" i loved that part of the quote. it's like saying, "no offense to the" then saying something offensive.
Kevin Lipe is a crybaby. I lived in College Station. Still care about Texas A&M but I'm not blind. College Station sucks.
I was thinking it was similar to saying something along the lines of "not to be racist, but..." lol I completely agree though
