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**Weasel** · 05-01-2008, 06:51 PM

So let's say if Dunleavy was fired immediately after game 82 who in the current crop of coaches would you like to see as the Clippers coach, lets assume Larry Brown is still available as well.

leidout · 05-01-2008, 09:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Weasel

So let's say if Dunleavy was fired immediately after game 82 who in the current crop of coaches would you like to see as the Clippers coach, lets assume Larry Brown is still available as well.

If Mike D'Antoni becomes available, i think that's our man. We've been a garbage offense team for years, even if he isn't the guy who'll take us to the championship, it'd be a major, MAJOR upgrade in overall coaching ability.

Free Arsenal · 05-02-2008, 02:40 PM

I don't know, I think Avery Johnson might be a better coach for the Clippers. D'Antoni is nothing without Nash as the point guard, but Avery had run the Mavericks without a star point guard for a while before Kidd came.

PAIDNFULL23 · 05-02-2008, 04:37 PM

Avery Johnson is a horrible offensive coach. All Dallas ran were isos for Dirk, Howard and Terry, which most of the time resulted in contested jumpshots with the clock winding down. The reason they scored as much points as they did had more to do with the players' talent than his coaching.

The only thing I like with Avery more than Dunleavy is that he will get into his players if they aren't performing, which Dunleavy won't ever do, he'll just give them that stupid confused/disappointed look, sign and then go back to mirco managing.

Free Arsenal · 05-02-2008, 06:47 PM

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Avery Johnson is a horrible offensive coach. All Dallas ran were isos for Dirk, Howard and Terry, which most of the time resulted in contested jumpshots with the clock winding down. The reason they scored as much points as they did had more to do with the players' talent than his coaching.

The only thing I like with Avery more than Dunleavy is that he will get into his players if they aren't performing, which Dunleavy won't ever do, he'll just give them that stupid confused/disappointed look, sign and then go back to mirco managing.

Point taken... but wouldn't that just mean that Avery is like Dunleavy but with more anger?

PAIDNFULL23 · 05-02-2008, 08:18 PM

^^^pretty much

**qross1fan** · 05-02-2008, 08:45 PM

I want nothing to do with D'Antoni...the dude is horrible at making adjustments and finding mismatches. As much as we dislike Dunleavy, he has to be one of the best coaches at finding mismatches and is irght up there when it comes to adjustments. Don't think we have to fire him just yet, we have to figure out what the hell we doing with our roster.

bootstrenf · 05-02-2008, 09:13 PM

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I want nothing to do with D'Antoni...the dude is horrible at making adjustments and finding mismatches. As much as we dislike Dunleavy, he has to be one of the best coaches at finding mismatches and is irght up there when it comes to adjustments. Don't think we have to fire him just yet, we have to figure out what the hell we doing with our roster.

if dunleavy is so good at adjustments, why do the clippers always get killed in the 3rd quarter???

matador1238 · 05-02-2008, 10:56 PM

I like Scott Skiles but Rick Adelman would be my first choice if he is available.

sertorius · 05-02-2008, 10:59 PM

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if dunleavy is so good at adjustments, why do the clippers always get killed in the 3rd quarter???

I don't think that has as much to do with the coach as it does with the players. At the end of the day for all of the belief that a coach has the responsibility to "inspire" his players during half time, the fact is that these are grown men being paid millions to show up and play hard, and too often the Clippers seem to come out of halftime already anticipating a loss.

By the way, why is there so much animosity against Dunleavy? Of all his years here, he's had a good team once, and last year's team was the victim of 300+ games lost to injuries, including the one that mattered most, to EB.

PAIDNFULL23 · 05-03-2008, 01:46 AM

I'll say the initial animosity towards Dunleavy started when he made the mistake of putting Ewing on Bell late in Game 5 of the series against PHX 2 years ago. But most of us got over it quickly and looked forward to making another playoff run.

But when the Clippers played half *** all of the 2006-2007 season, we started noticing things that we didn't care to notice when we were winning or before we started to win, like his micromanaging, his lack of offensive creativity, and his predictable offensive play calling and his constant obsession with matching up with the other team instead of making them match up to us, which results in lack of cohesiveness b/c of there being a different stating lineup every night. And add on top of that the Korolev draft.

So the frustration from all the injuries and misfortunes of this past season just built on top of the failure of the 2006-2007 season, which us fans largely blamed Dunleavy for b/c we had the same exact team that was one game form the Western Finals.

Me personally, I'm not the biggest Dunleavy fan b/c of the reasons stated above, but I know that he ain't goin nowhere anytime soon and that we is at least capable of taking us to the playoffs, which sadly is like winning championship with the Clippers.

**Weasel** · 05-03-2008, 01:36 PM

This may sound crazy but maybe, maybe Larry Brown. Though he hasn't been able to stick and lately has been a bit odd he has probably been the best coach the Clippers have ever had and took that team to the playoffs. The guy is smart though recently he has been a bit off on some other issues. Carlisle wouldn't be bad either. Avery is ok and D'Atoni though a great offensive coache his lack of desire to play defense scares me.

Free Arsenal · 05-03-2008, 07:52 PM

We should get Bryon Scott to be our coach.

I wouldn't mind D'Antoni though, if he is able to work his magic without Nash that is. It seems that D'Antoni relies too heavily on Nash to win games at times, perhaps what we can do is have D'Antoni Coach our regular season and then get Larry Brown to coach our playoffs.

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