Who do you think will be the Lakers' next coach? - Basketball Forum : Professional and College Basketball Forums

Cajon · 11-09-2012, 08:34 PM

Poll's up. I hope it's Shaw.

Too bad the Pacers won't let him go.

**Ron** · 11-09-2012, 09:23 PM

Pretty sure its going to be Jackson.

**Ballscientist** · 11-09-2012, 09:43 PM

Top 7 coaches available for Lakers

1. Jackson
2. Brown
3. Sloan
4. Jeff Van Gundy
5. Stan Van Gundy
5. Flip Sounders
6. Mike Fatello

D' Antoni is not top 10.

**Basel** · 11-09-2012, 09:43 PM

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Mike Bresnahan ‏@Mike_Bresnahan

The Lakers have officially contacted Phil Jackson to gauge his interest in coaching them, The Times has learned.

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**Ron** · 11-09-2012, 09:56 PM

Pillow talk. ^^^

Cajon · 11-10-2012, 12:08 AM

Phil Jackson reunion with Lakers could lack perfect Hollywood ending

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Everyone remembers the glorious Phil Jackson, the championships, the genius, and they forget the way they had watched him so tired, so beaten in his final season with the Los Angeles Lakers. They forget the way the work ethic had eroded within the franchise, the way that he lost discipline within the roster.

Lakers owner Jerry Buss wants to bring Jackson back to coach again, and perhaps he's holding onto something that left long ago: the coach's drive and determination to withstand the grind of the job. He'll come back, cash those checks and leave everyone unsure whether he's still hell-bent on molding championship teams. His old assistants – Jim Cleamons and Kurt Rambis – are out of coaching jobs and anxious to come back to the bench with history's greatest coach.

Everyone's going to get paid again, but you wonder: Do they have the stomach to chase championships again?

The old band could get back together, and it is fair to suspect that one of those staggering $10 million-a-season salaries could be the most compelling reason for Jackson to return to the bench in Los Angeles. Jackson has the Lakers right where he wants them: desperate, needy and perhaps willing to pay a steep price to bring him back a third time.

Mike Brown had arrived at the Lakers' practice facility for the morning shootaround believing he needed a victory over the Golden State Warriors on Friday night to spare his job. Ownership and management had been meeting about him his future throughout Thursday, and general manager Mitch Kupchak advocated to give the beleaguered Brown longer than five games before firing him, sources said.

Jim Buss, the Lakers' executive vice president, had gone along with the plan on Thursday, but something changed overnight into Friday. Jerry Buss wanted Brown out, and wanted him out now. As Brown gathered his assistants to plan for Friday night's game, a request came for him to step outside the room. The forever chipper, eager Brown returned to his coaching staff 10 minutes later with a decidedly different disposition.

"They fired me," Brown simply said.

All around the franchise, the belief was that the decision had come from Jerry Buss, who had lost patience with his $100 million roster investment losing four out of five games to start the season. He was tired of the Princeton offense, tired of the season-ticket holders' complaining, tired of the coach who he let his son, Jim, hire two years ago. For the $100 million of payroll – and the $30 million more of luxury tax – the old man wanted to bring Showtime back to the Staples Center. This was Jerry Buss playing the part of patriarch again.

Eventually, Kupchak would turn to his old NBA coach with the Washington Bullets, Bernie Bickerstaff, to get the team through Friday night's game against Golden State. Dump the Princeton offense, Bickerstaff was told. Showtime doesn't do Ivy League, and few in ownership – nor management – had to be convinced that the brief exploration had been a failure.

Only, the Lakers were sixth in offensive efficiency. In this short sampling, the bigger issues were defense and the bench. "Kobe likes the offense, and has from the start," one league source briefed on the conversations told Yahoo! Sports. "But they told Bernie: 'This is about the offense. It has to go.' "

Everyone is so sure that Jackson is the savior here, but they forget how uninspired he had seemed in that final season. They forget that too much of the Lakers' staff had become lethargic, that the arrival of Brown had been uncomfortable for so many so used to leaving early every day. Yet this is a results business, and no one cares how many hours that Brown invested into the job, or how late he made his assistants stay.

This is about public relations now, about feeding that Staples Center and Hollywood monster, and Buss needs a coach with a pedigree. The greatest coach of all, Phil Jackson, could be waiting to come cash Buss' checks again, and motivated and inspired, his hiring would be a bargain at any price. He still needs to decide that he wants to coach again, that he wants the Lakers, but he's forever a sucker for the drama, for riding back to save the franchise. Two years ago, he couldn't wait to get out of the Lakers, get out of the NBA, and you wonder what's changed except for boredom and that lust for the next big score, that next big Hollywood ending.

"We want Phil," the Lakers fans chanted on Friday night in the Staples Center. "We want Phil."

Jerry Buss' plan is to give the people what they want: the great Phil Jackson. They remember the five titles with the Lakers, but everyone wants to forget the end, the way that Jackson dragged himself, dragged a team, to the finish line. This job is a grind, and those cheers fade fast. There are no Hollywood endings in the NBA – just old guys staying too long, coming back for all the wrong reasons.

Phil Jackson needs to think long and hard, because this job demands something out of a man that maybe's no longer inside of him. Remember the way it ended two year ago, remember the way that Jackson, that the organization, that too many of the players no longer drove themselves. Remember, Phil Jackson knew it was time to go.

**Floods** · 11-10-2012, 12:34 AM

Ballscientist.

jazzy1 · 11-10-2012, 05:23 AM

Hiring Stan Van gundy would be hilarious.

**Cris** · 11-10-2012, 09:56 AM

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Lakers are moving quickly to hire Phil Jackson, one person in the organization calling it "95%" sure PJ's the next coach of the Lakers.

--Mike Bresnahan---

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**King Sancho Fantastic** · 11-10-2012, 10:26 AM

I'm hearing on twitter that the caveat for Phil coming back is that Jim Buss will have to relinquish his power.

**Basel** · 11-10-2012, 10:29 AM

He should've never had power to begin with.

Cajon · 11-10-2012, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by King Sancho Fantastic

I'm hearing on twitter that the caveat for Phil coming back is that Jim Buss will have to relinquish his power.

That and his office too. llullz

**King Sancho Fantastic** · 11-10-2012, 10:41 AM

I guess Phil was pissed that Jim tried to purge everything and everyone connected to the Phil era including Ronnie Lester and Shaw and other staff members.

**Cris** · 11-10-2012, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Basel

He should've never had power to begin with.

So now we're taking credit away from management for this offseason? Come on, which one is it?

**Cris** · 11-10-2012, 11:06 AM

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Source close to another coaching candidate tells Y! @Lakers are pushing hard to get Phil Jackson and haven't set up anything with his client
https://twitter.com/SpearsNBAYahoo/s...41911231184897

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View Poll Results: Who do you think will be the Lakers' next coach?
Phil Jackson	10	90.91%
Jerry Sloan	0	0%
Mike D'Antoni	0	0%
Brian Shaw	1	9.09%
Nate McMillan	0	0%
Other	0	0%
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11-09-2012, 08:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
Cajon First Round Draft Pick Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Philippines Posts: 1,092 Rep Power: 163097	Who do you think will be the Lakers' next coach? Poll's up. I hope it's Shaw. Too bad the Pacers won't let him go. Last edited by Cajon; 11-09-2012 at 08:45 PM. Reason: Meh.

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Ron Site Founder Join Date: May 2002 Location: Brea, California Posts: 14,558 Rep Power: 2734398	Re: Who do you think will be the Lakers' next coach? Pretty sure its going to be Jackson. __________________

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Ron Site Founder Join Date: May 2002 Location: Brea, California Posts: 14,558 Rep Power: 2734398	Re: Who do you think will be the Lakers' next coach? Pillow talk. ^^^ __________________

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jazzy1 All-Star Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 9,423 Rep Power: 587126	Re: Who do you think will be the Lakers' next coach? Hiring Stan Van gundy would be hilarious.

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King Sancho Fantastic -LIFETIME MEMBER- Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Riverside, California Age: 29 Posts: 9,568 Rep Power: 7193604	Re: Who do you think will be the Lakers' next coach? I'm hearing on twitter that the caveat for Phil coming back is that Jim Buss will have to relinquish his power. __________________ Rumble, young man, rumble...

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Basel Legen-wait for it-dary! Legendary! Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Parts Unknown Age: 27 Posts: 68,482 Rep Power: 21474913	Re: Who do you think will be the Lakers' next coach? He should've never had power to begin with. __________________ Best there is, best there was, best there ever will be.

11-10-2012, 10:41 AM	#13 (permalink)
King Sancho Fantastic -LIFETIME MEMBER- Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Riverside, California Age: 29 Posts: 9,568 Rep Power: 7193604	Re: Who do you think will be the Lakers' next coach? I guess Phil was pissed that Jim tried to purge everything and everyone connected to the Phil era including Ronnie Lester and Shaw and other staff members. __________________ Rumble, young man, rumble...

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