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Replace Finch with Sean Sweeney
Posted: Wed May 20, 2026 9:22 pm
by KG4Ever
The latest hot coaching prospect is Sean Sweeney who is credited as the Spurs defensive genius and Wemby loves him. Sweeney was a key assistant on both the Spurs and the Mavs when both teams eliminated the Wolves. He's 20 years younger than Finch, a native Minnesotan and excels at player development. Wolves need to hire this guy. Finch has done what he can and he's come up short. A new voice, an innovative voice is needed and a guy that knows how to develop and play young guys (which is probably what I hate about Finch the most).
Here's an article on him:
https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/why-s ... 26590.html
Re: Replace Finch with Sean Sweeney
Posted: Thu May 21, 2026 8:15 am
by Phenom
KG4Ever wrote: ↑Wed May 20, 2026 9:22 pm
The latest hot coaching prospect is Sean Sweeney who is credited as the Spurs defensive genius and Wemby loves him. Sweeney was a key assistant on both the Spurs and the Mavs when both teams eliminated the Wolves. He's 20 years younger than Finch, a native Minnesotan and excels at player development. Wolves need to hire this guy. Finch has done what he can and he's come up short. A new voice, an innovative voice is needed and a guy that knows how to develop and play young guys (which is probably what I hate about Finch the most).
Here's an article on him:
https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/why-s ... 26590.html
If Finch was let go, he would have been top of my list. My guess is Dallas is a likely spot for him with Kidd moving on.
Re: Replace Finch with Sean Sweeney
Posted: Thu May 21, 2026 1:04 pm
by rapsuperstar31
I saw Maverick fans were talking about hiring either Sweeney or Nori on their reddit page.
Re: Replace Finch with Sean Sweeney
Posted: Thu May 21, 2026 2:21 pm
by AbeVigodaLive
Without Randle... we're going to get a full run of "Fire Finch Now" around here, huh?
Re: Replace Finch with Sean Sweeney
Posted: Thu May 21, 2026 6:16 pm
by WildWolf2813
AbeVigodaLive wrote: ↑Thu May 21, 2026 2:21 pm
Without Randle... we're going to get a full run of "Fire Finch Now" around here, huh?
yeah, and while I have coaches in mind, they won't pull that lever... yet.
Re: Replace Finch with Sean Sweeney
Posted: Fri May 22, 2026 2:06 pm
by Monster
It feels like Sweeney has been a head coach possibility for years now and he hasn't gotten his shot. It's been a little surprising since it seems like he has been fairly highly regarded as an assistant.
I remember Adrian Griffen was kinda this type of sure thing to an NBA head coach and he didn't even last a season. I did not see that coming. I'm a fan of Sweeney and always liked Griffen as a player so I'm cheering for both guys to succeed but just sayin.
Re: Replace Finch with Sean Sweeney
Posted: Fri May 29, 2026 7:02 pm
by BeenLurkin
Almost had him! Guess we will be stuck with the best coach in franchise history for another year, what a bummer!
Re: Replace Finch with Sean Sweeney
Posted: Sat May 30, 2026 4:50 pm
by Wolvesfan21
BeenLurkin wrote: ↑Fri May 29, 2026 7:02 pm
Almost had him! Guess we will be stuck with the best coach in franchise history for another year, what a bummer!
Yeah, but also the worst franchise NBA history. Being the best of the worst! Yippee!
You know, maybe we're not the worst anymore. I would say pre-Ant, it's was a sure thing. Now maybe we're 2nd or 3rd worst?
IDK what ya think?
Re: Replace Finch with Sean Sweeney
Posted: Sat May 30, 2026 5:54 pm
by BeenLurkin
I think Finch has the third most wins by an NBA coach in the last 5 years.
Re: Replace Finch with Sean Sweeney
Posted: Sat May 30, 2026 9:33 pm
by Wolvesfan21
BeenLurkin wrote: ↑Sat May 30, 2026 5:54 pm
I think Finch has the third most wins by an NBA coach in the last 5 years.
You mean Ant/Rudy? Certainly you don't credit Finch that much, and I do think he's an above avg coach. But cmon, an elite coach probably has us in the Finals.