If you thought it was weird having Arnold in Sactown, now we got Reggie Theus.
A few people have asked me what i think about the new Kings coach, and so i thought i'd put it all down here.
not impressed
Lets backtrack a little bit. I wasn't impressed with the firing of Rick Adleman. I think that was a terrible move. The Kings sucked before him, went to the playoffs every year with him including the Western Conference Finals and then fired him.
And the first year without him we don't make the playoffs, in a year that the draft is full of crap.
Musselman was a terrible hire, he never proved anything in Golden State.
and now we have Theus.
Why don't i like Theus? Well, its nothing against Reggie as much as i liked other options. From the news reports it sounded like it was coming down between Scott Brooks and Terry Porter with Bill Cartwright, Stan Van Gundy and a few others thrown into the mix. At this point i'm rooting for Scott Brooks. I saw him coach out here in Denver, and i think he's a true coach. I'm not a fan of these young ex-players becoming coach, and hold your "Avery Johnson" talk for someone else (see Micheal Cooper, Isaiah Thomas, Larry Bird, McHale....)
But then out comes the reports that Larry Brown wants the Sac job.
First of all, i'm not a Larry Brown fan but let me explain why i think this would have fit in Sacramento. After Larry was successful with the Pistons, he took a lucrative contract to coach in New York, the worst team in the brightest spotlight. He had no leash, no time to adjust, and no time to lose games. Eventually he was let go.
Sacramento is the place where bad apples go to get away from the spotlight, re-calibrate and get back to their old successful ways (CWebb, JWill, Artest, Bonzi, Keon Clark, Brad Miller...) If Larry Browns comes to Sactown, no one on the East Coast including all the NY Media and ESPN would care to stay up late to see the games. in fact, i doubt they'd even read about it the next day in the paper. Meanwhile, without the pressure and lack of a superstar, Larry Brown begins to mold the Kings into what the Pistons were, boring but successful basketball.
But no, we break the mold and get Reggie Theus. why? what has he done?
I called my pops yesterday, a week after the signing of Theus and asked him what the people were saying in Sactown about it.
Nothing
no one is talking about it because there isn't anything to talk about. this team is headed downhill fast. Meanwhile, watch out for Houston, i heard their new coach is pretty good!
A few people have asked me what i think about the new Kings coach, and so i thought i'd put it all down here.
not impressed
Lets backtrack a little bit. I wasn't impressed with the firing of Rick Adleman. I think that was a terrible move. The Kings sucked before him, went to the playoffs every year with him including the Western Conference Finals and then fired him.
And the first year without him we don't make the playoffs, in a year that the draft is full of crap.
Musselman was a terrible hire, he never proved anything in Golden State.
and now we have Theus.
Why don't i like Theus? Well, its nothing against Reggie as much as i liked other options. From the news reports it sounded like it was coming down between Scott Brooks and Terry Porter with Bill Cartwright, Stan Van Gundy and a few others thrown into the mix. At this point i'm rooting for Scott Brooks. I saw him coach out here in Denver, and i think he's a true coach. I'm not a fan of these young ex-players becoming coach, and hold your "Avery Johnson" talk for someone else (see Micheal Cooper, Isaiah Thomas, Larry Bird, McHale....)
But then out comes the reports that Larry Brown wants the Sac job.
First of all, i'm not a Larry Brown fan but let me explain why i think this would have fit in Sacramento. After Larry was successful with the Pistons, he took a lucrative contract to coach in New York, the worst team in the brightest spotlight. He had no leash, no time to adjust, and no time to lose games. Eventually he was let go.
Sacramento is the place where bad apples go to get away from the spotlight, re-calibrate and get back to their old successful ways (CWebb, JWill, Artest, Bonzi, Keon Clark, Brad Miller...) If Larry Browns comes to Sactown, no one on the East Coast including all the NY Media and ESPN would care to stay up late to see the games. in fact, i doubt they'd even read about it the next day in the paper. Meanwhile, without the pressure and lack of a superstar, Larry Brown begins to mold the Kings into what the Pistons were, boring but successful basketball.
But no, we break the mold and get Reggie Theus. why? what has he done?
I called my pops yesterday, a week after the signing of Theus and asked him what the people were saying in Sactown about it.
Nothing
no one is talking about it because there isn't anything to talk about. this team is headed downhill fast. Meanwhile, watch out for Houston, i heard their new coach is pretty good!
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