Woj: Frank, Sampson and Brown The Serious Candidates

Uhg this isn't encouraging to me at all.

 

I think it will be Lawrence Frank.

And we will suck.

 

If we get Mike Brown I will lose all faith in Morey.

 

Meh..

 

I will say the idea of bringing in multiple people to give them what is basically free consulting on the roster is a stroke of genius IMO.

I'm not thrilled with Lawrence Frank but I could see him bringing back a level of discipline that Adelman was never capable of instituting. If he doesn't destroy the offense, this team, as currently composed, will win more games under Frank than it did under Adelman last season.

Then again, I've felt Adelman was a C coach last year anyway. It won't be that hard to duplicate that.

 

So, the two Dick Justice referred to learler must be Lawrence "Bill Van Gundy's b*stard Son" Frank and Kelvin "Disgraced College Coach" Sampson, with Mike Brown (and possibly others) still to come.

Frank may have a leg up right now... they are looking for a new "Thibodeau" and L. Frank has Thibodeau's last job.

 

so, any recommendations on what team i should root for when we hire kelvin sampson? cause it sure as **** ain't going to be the rockets.

 

OKC or Memphis! =)

 

yeah, probably okc because of durant. good call! maybe gsw just cause i dig the bay area so much.

 

If this article is right, I have a 33% chance of being really pissed off.

 

we could jump on the Griffin/Clippers bandwagon to send Sampson a message.

 

I'm not excited about any of the candidates mentioned.

 

Preface: I'm Jewish

Les Alexander: Jewish

Rick Adelman: Jewish

Lawrence Frank: Jewish

Time to break out the red yamulkahs Lawrence!

 

I don't like Frank and I hate Brown, but I don't follow college. What's wrong with Sampson and who is the best out of the three? Frank?

 

I like frank and would def have him over brown

 

I'm seriously underwhelmed with THIS shortlist...The fact that it's WOJ saying this sucks bigtime as he's usually right.

And Mike Brown is my nightmare....incompetence personified.

Frank is head and shoulders above the others, but that's not saying much.

 

Frank would be just fine...

Sampson and Brown? **** NO.

 

Lawrence Frank is a legit coach. I'm 100% behind hiring him.

 

Yeah, I wonder if anyone previously thought this was the case.

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Also, assuming this is true (and I'm actually a bit skeptical, since I think Dwane Casey is another strong candidate who only got his interview last night), here are my opinions of those three guys:

Lawrence Frank: I always thought he was a decent coach in New Jersey. Unfortunately, both Jason Kidd and Vince Carter started to "jake" it towards the end of his tenure there. Maybe Frank's learned some things about being a head coach since then. Also, it may be easier for him to coach a (mostly) young team as opposed to the veteran squad he had for most of his time in New Jersey.

Kelvin Sampson: Yes, he broke NCAA rules on multiple occasions. Yes, he deserves to be ridiculed for that and to be the butt of many a joke about it. But dude can COACH! I thought he was one of the best coaches at any level of basketball when he was at Oklahoma. Apparently, he has quickly become of the most well-respected assistant coaches in the NBA during his time with Milwaukee. If Les and Morey think he's ready for an NBA head coaching gig, I could get on board with that.

Mike Brown: Cleveland's offense sucked while he was head coach, primarily due to the fact that he just let Lebron do whatever the hell he wanted on O. However, Brown's forte is DEFENSE, and the Cavs played GREAT defense during his tenure. Lebron didn't guard all 5 opposing players, did he? If Brown and Morey can put together a staff that has the offensive minds necessary to continue the progress on that end, I think we'll be fine. He's a GREAT defensive coach.