Minnesota Sports Forum

1. Knicks are about to hire Steve Kerr. Phil Jackson, as a former head coach, understands the importance of getting his new head coach on board as soon as possible and well before the draft. Meanwhile Flip bides his time.

2. Pacers will fire Vogel and hire Stan VanGundy shortly after Indiana is eliminated by Atlanta. Meanwhile Flip bides his time.

3. Thunder will fire Scott Brooks and replace him with Hollins or George Karl soon after Memphis knocks them out of the first round. Meanwhile, Flip continues to glide along as he implements his search process

4. After all the above, Flip announces that he is stepping down as President of Basketball Operations to take over as the Wolves head coach after having made all the critical offseason moves including draft selections, free agency signings and trades. Flip's lackey from Washington will take over Flip's role in the front office. Meanwhile, Glen Taylor will continue on as our financially generous but otherwise clueless owner not realizing how Flip has played him. And Wolves fans will continue to watch this franchise wallow in mediocrity before the team descends again to the bottom of the lottery as Love and Ricky sign elsewhere.

That's what I see in my crystal ball. Hope others see something more promising.

Yeah, this frickin' weather around here lately has me depressed, too! ;-)

While I don't think your crystal ball is a worst case scenario (like hiring someone with no head coaching experience), I think everyone will be disappointed if we don't get an experienced coach with a defensive track record, which usually means he has some fire, too!

No Tom Izzo in your crystal ball?

lipoli390 wrote:1. Knicks are about to hire Steve Kerr. Phil Jackson, as a former head coach, understands the importance of getting his new head coach on board as soon as possible and well before the draft. Meanwhile Flip bides his time.

2. Pacers will fire Vogel and hire Stan VanGundy shortly after Indiana is eliminated by Atlanta. Meanwhile Flip bides his time.

3. Thunder will fire Scott Brooks and replace him with Hollins or George Karl soon after Memphis knocks them out of the first round. Meanwhile, Flip continues to glide along as he implements his search process

4. After all the above, Flip announces that he is stepping down as President of Basketball Operations to take over as the Wolves head coach after having made all the critical offseason moves including draft selections, free agency signings and trades. Flip's lackey from Washington will take over Flip's role in the front office. Meanwhile, Glen Taylor will continue on as our financially generous but otherwise clueless owner not realizing how Flip has played him. And Wolves fans will continue to watch this franchise wallow in mediocrity before the team descends again to the bottom of the lottery as Love and Ricky sign elsewhere.

That's what I see in my crystal ball. Hope others see something more promising.

(sadly shaking my head in complete agreement)

I predict that
Kerr, Van Gundy, Hollins and Karl would postpone accepting a Wolves offer until all your predictions are discounted as possibilities!

That would be grossly uncceptable. They are a number of good options out there that would do this roster good and there could be a few more soon. Having Flip run the sidelines would be a MAJOR disappointment and would not enhance this team IMO.

"@SpearsNBAYahoo: Former NBA coach Stan Van Gundy will not have interest in Timberwolves coach opening, according to a source."

:cry: :cry: :cry:

Flip wouldn't be the worst option, at least he'd be on the same page as the GM.

Avery Johnson

IF we do hire Karl, as he's interested in the job, I want Chauncey Billups as a coach in waiting prospect.