Possible Replacements for McHale

Entering the last year of the contract, rumored to be on the hot seat. now is a good time to look around and see if we can do better or if we should keep him, no?

I agree with you about Collins. The more I found out about Gentry the more I liked him though. Why don't you like him? and who else [that is available] would you prefer?

no. I'm saying that all of them are available. If the Rockets choose to look for a new HC this is probably the pool. I think there are some coaches here that are better than mchale and some worse.

I like this idea, but i doubt the Rockets go for a rookie coach when trying to get the team over the top. Maybe they could get one, or both, as assistant coaches to whoever the next HC is.

Actually Ellie is not with a team right now, and we need an assistant. I think bringing him on as the teams disciplinarian / defensive coordinator could be a good idea.

 

As per an ESPN Insider article:

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Coaches who love advanced metrics
Thad Matta, Ohio State: "We really like to look at the percentages, especially as the season goes on and teams play common opponents," Matta said. "We don't live and die by them, but it's something we are always cognitive of throughout our preparation."


Richard Pitino, Minnesota: "Analytics are extremely helpful for our staff because of the style of basketball we play," Pitino said. "We certainly prefer to play fast and turn teams over. We focus on extra possessions as well as turnover percentage."

Jim Larranaga, Miami: "Almost everything we do is based on numbers: field goal percentages, assists, turnovers, rebounds and free throws. And they determine the most important numbers: the final score," Larranaga said. "We like using analytics because the numbers are totally objective. We can measure ourselves against our ACC opponents as well as teams around the country. They allow you to clearly see if you can achieve your goals. The numbers don't lie."

Steve Donahue, Boston College: "I've always looked at the numbers to help us compete," Donahue said. "I believe it helped us at Cornell and I feel for us to compete in the ACC we need to be very smart about all aspects of our program. Analytics is just another way to make sure you are being as efficient as possible."

Buzz Williams, Marquette: "We have used analytics as another source to show our guys the aspects we think trends towards us in having the best chance to win," Williams said. "There are core stats we study all the time, but we emphasize different ones based on the complexion of our roster each year, and what we think is most important."

John Groce, Illinois: "We use analytical information to help us identify a team's style of play tendencies, both offensive and defensively," Groce said. "Statistics can also be valuable in evaluating individual player tendencies. Numbers don't tell the whole story, but they do not lie, either."

Coaches who don't love advanced metrics
Frank Martin, South Carolina: "I like to score a higher number than the other team," Martin said. "The only numbers I really pay close attention to are field goal percentage defense and the percentage of offensive and defensive rebounds we get. I'm not smart enough to understand all those other numbers."

Jim Boeheim, Syracuse: "He's a deep thinker and a numbers guy, but he's not a guy who is going to compute readouts and study analytics," Syracuse assistant and coach-in-waiting Mike Hopkins said. "He's an old-school guy who has his own system with numbers, but it's not using KenPom or any of that new-age stuff."

Mike Krzyzewski, Duke. "We used it as a complement to what we were doing, not as a blueprint," Northwestern head coach and former Duke assistant Chris Collins said.

Roy Williams, North Carolina: "He goes off feel and flow," a former Williams staff member said.

Tad Boyle, Colorado. "I just met with the San Antonio Spurs' analytics guy. I'm not in the analytics arena," Boyle said. "I'm not going to go overboard, but I will have new information to share with our players and the team. I will probably use it to analyze our own strengths and weaknesses and then use it for opponent scouting. It took me two years to start texting when it came out. I'm a little slow."

From the coaches on this list, who do you think would be a good fit. I mentioned Thad Matta in the first post, but he plays a more post oriented style rather than the fast breaking 3 point shooting that we want. that being said, if he trusts analytics, he should trust DM's input and be open to changing his system.

You're saying that keeping your stars and coaches will result in winning. I think winning will result in a team keeping its stars and coaches.