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After doing some research, Del Negro isn't THAT bad of a hire in my opinion

BloopOracle wrote:After doing some research, Del Negro isn't THAT bad of a hire in my opinion

Hasn't this been the philosophy of this franchise since it began. The Minnesota Timberwolves "We're not THAT bad". Taylor needs to sell the team now. Give us one more chance to start from scratch. If that doesn't work, let them move to Seattle.

thedoper wrote:

BloopOracle wrote:After doing some research, Del Negro isn't THAT bad of a hire in my opinion

Hasn't this been the philosophy of this franchise since it began. The Minnesota Timberwolves "We're not THAT bad". Taylor needs to sell the team now. Give us one more chance to start from scratch. If that doesn't work, let them move to Seattle.

shhhh I'm trying to delude myself right now

it's either that or having a complete basketball related meltdown

BizarroJerry wrote:All this talk of Flip being the interim guy until the Love situation is resolved is ridiculous. Get it solved now. Aren't you guys running out of patience with this franchise? Make a decision Flip. Find the best coach available. Tell everyone you're willing to trade Love. Get the best deal you can before the draft.

Think it through. You have less then a month until the draft. Time to focus on what is more important to the long term of this franchise. The draft and what we do with Love. I have not seen a coaching option that would be more important then either of these events.

I don't know why some of you are ranking possible coaches who Flip hasn't reportedly talked to yet. It'd be a much more constructive conversation than bringing up George Karl and Chip.

Where do the wolves sit as far as candidates? Lionel Hollins hasn't interviewed but talked to Flip about the job, Sam Mitchell, Vinny Del Negro, and Flip lingering in the shadows.

The names actually connected to the Wolves are so bad that I've come around on Flip roaming courtside.

1. Flip-WAS has been his only poor stop and it's basically his staff now that coached them to the playoffs. He was good in Detroit. Clashed with players but considering how the whole thing crumbled I bet Sheed and Rip realized how good they had it with Flip when Michael Curry & Jon Kuester were the alternatives

2. Hollins- Wouldn't be upset with him as coach but I think it's a bad match with the roster. He's not going to turn our bad defenders into good defenders. Maybe a Love trade sparks enough player turnover that Hollins could have the pieces to throw a good defensive team together. I worry the team as it sits now is too soft for him and the offense will stagnate. So the defense improves marginally but the offense drops off a rock and they're not "good" on either end of the floor.

3. VDN- I'm conflicted on Vinny. One hand I think his teams win despite him at times and at the same time I don't think he's as bad as he's perceived. His Bulls teams with a baby Rose and Noah weren't that good and then the pre-Paul Clippers for a season. After he got fired the Clips upgraded the roster and got an MVP candidate performance out of Griffin and Doc only one more game than Del Negro did the year previous.

4. Mitchell- uninspiring possibility. Been out of coaching for a concerning amount of time. If he were an assistant recently I could accept that maybe he was influenced positively like Terry Stotts failing, learning under Carlise, and now winning in Portland. Mitchell's most recent "influence" is a soon to be fired Avery Johnson 3-4 years ago.

BloopOracle wrote:After doing some research, Del Negro isn't THAT bad of a hire in my opinion

I think he's terrible.

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AbeVigodaLive wrote:

BloopOracle wrote:After doing some research, Del Negro isn't THAT bad of a hire in my opinion

I think he's terrible.

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LOL

we have a potential Mike Tomlin in the wings

foye, Wolfson continues to say there's a couple mystery coaches Flip's interested in that haven't been named yet. Thus, we don't know who those guys are. It's more than fair to discuss ALL possibilities right now.

Cam I get that but don't you think there will be plenty of time to delve into those candidates from the time they're revealed to when they're hired or pass on the job.

It's what message boards are for so i'm not up in arms over it but it's a lot of pointless noise bringing up possibilities before they're brought into the fold.

foye2smith wrote:Cam I get that but don't you think there will be plenty of time to delve into those candidates from the time they're revealed to when they're hired or pass on the job.

It's what message boards are for so i'm not up in arms over it but it's a lot of pointless noise bringing up possibilities before they're brought into the fold.

Guess we shouldn't talk about who we'll draft.. Or anything that has to do with the future.. Unless the media brings it to the spotlight?

Silly way of thinking, but alright.