04-21-2008, 05:04 AM
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Skiles, not Carlisle, may be next coach 4 pm news conference
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Continuing to make significant progress in their negotiations, the Milwaukee Bucks might be ready to name Scott Skiles their new coach in the next day or two.
After firing former coach Larry Krystkowiak on Thursday, new general manager John Hammond promised to move forward quickly in the search for a successor and it appears that's exactly what he has been doing.
Hammond waited less than 24 hours after the team's final game last week to relieve Krystkowiak of his coaching duties and he has been moving quickly on the hiring front, also.
The Bucks initially considered a number of coaches from an available pool of candidates that includes former NBA coaches Rick Carlisle, Larry Brown, Jeff Van Gundy and Mike Fratello but indications are that the Bucks have zeroed in on Skiles, who was fired in December as coach of the Chicago Bulls.
"The search is continuing," Hammond said Sunday. "We're making progress and our goal, as stated before, is to react quickly."
Asked if the Bucks had decided that Skiles is their man, Hammond said, "We will not discuss individual names of candidates at this time."
Skiles is a highly coveted commodity who has been linked to coaching vacancies in New York and Memphis as well. It has also been rumored that Skiles might bide his time to see if Miami Heat coach and President Pat Riley stepped aside as coach to pursue Skiles as the new Heat coach.
The Bucks might be moving quickly to head off competition from other teams.
One league source indicated that the Bucks had made Skiles "an offer he can't refuse" but it could not be confirmed what sort of offer, if any, was actually on the table.
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http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=741554
If this turns out true, it'll be interesting to see how Skiles deals with Mo and Redd and Bogut.
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