thedoper wrote:I love that Rosas is making Saunders interview. Good news.
And like Cam said if Saunders gets the job, he had to work for it and we legit went through the process and there was no clear better option for HC. Makes me feel better about Saunders if he does get the job
Exactly. That's all I wanted, for Ryan to earn it and not just be handed it because of his dad. Hopefully Rosas is listening to what everybody can bring, especially as it relates to improving the team around Towns
ItsJustSoSab wrote:
kekgeek1 wrote:
thedoper wrote:I love that Rosas is making Saunders interview. Good news.
And like Cam said if Saunders gets the job, he had to work for it and we legit went through the process and there was no clear better option for HC. Makes me feel better about Saunders if he does get the job
Exactly. That's all I wanted, for Ryan to earn it and not just be handed it because of his dad. Hopefully Rosas is listening to what everybody can bring, especially as it relates to improving the team around Towns
After reading more about Finch, I think hed be my guy.
Him from 2011:
JCF: Why do you believe in player freedom on offense and not on defense? Is it because inherently on offense you're initiating the action whereas on defense you have to be far more reactive?
CF: Well on the defensive side of the ball I believe in a high, high level of accountability. The less gray area there is, the more people know exactly what their job is, how they're going to do it and who's responsible when it's not done because defense is like anything else that involves a lot of hard work: people tend to want to take shortcuts there. So I think as a coach we have to be very specific defining that and keeping it simple and keeping it tight. We'll give our players a little bit of choice in certain circumstances but I think we as coaches will decide what is best tactically to do defensively.
On the offensive end, I first of all believe that it is the most fun way to play if you have freedom. Players are going to tend to want to do what they do best, so why shoehorn them into something that they're not that comfortable with? They're going to look bad, you're going to look bad, and everyone is going to be frustrated. It doesn't mean it's a free-for-all, and it doesn't mean it's anything goes. Shots will still be defined as good and bad, we still have a structure, we still have a system, we still have rules, but those rules aren't handcuffing necessarily.
I believe offense is attack-minded and it's not something where people can over-think. They start over-thinking and then they become slow, doubt creeps in and all that type of stuff. And I also believe that if you want to play up-tempo, then you have to give players the freedom to do that. You can't be asking them to run and then wanting them to play as robots at the end of that because that's going to impact their ability to run and be aggressive early.
Rosas and Finch have a working relationship that dates back to Finch's time in the G-League. Finch was the head coach of the Rio Grande Valley Vipers from 2009-11. The Vipers are the Rockets' G-League affiliate.
Finch led the Vipers to a title and eventually was moved to the bench in Houston from 2011-16. Finch went on to work for Denver in the 2016-17 season before coming to New Orleans after that.
Last year, the Toronto Raptors requested permission to interview Finch but the Pelicans denied that.
Finch worked extensively with James Harden with the Rockets, especially in recognizing defenses and ways to attack them, a strength of Harden's play this season.
The guy had a hand in creating offense around big men in Denver and then NO after helping create Harden. He could take KAT to the next level by helping him (and Wiggs) better understand the game. The guy has also been a winner everywhere much like Nick Nurse. And he does have some country club connections with Mchale.
