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Who would you prefer as the Next Coach

  • Byron Scott

    Votes: 79 19.5%
  • Brian Shaw

    Votes: 225 55.6%
  • Either one is fine

    Votes: 88 21.7%
  • Neither

    Votes: 13 3.2%

  • Total voters
    405
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Re: Windy: Offer to Shaw or Scott could come soon

Gimme Shaw if I had to pick real quick

Catch lightning in a bottle and never look back. BOOM. This decades Phil jackson... only instead, Phil Blackson
 
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Has a rookie HC ever won a championship?

Either way Shaw has a great chance to win next year. If Phil leaves, he has the task of 3-peating. If he comes to Cleveland (w/ LBJ), he has the task of bringing us our 1st championship. Either way, he's in a great situation to win a championship as a rookie coach. He must be psyched.

(Of course he could come to Cleveland and LBJ bolts, but let's not talk about that now...)
 
Re: Windy: Offer to Shaw or Scott could come soon

I'd prefer Shaw, but would be fine with Scott as well.

I thought wouldn't mind having Scott coach this team, but after hearing the N.O. Beat Writer on WKRN about a month ago describing Byron I have my doubts on whether or not he would be a good fit with our team. One thing from that interview that sticks out is when the beat writer said something to the effect of, "All Byron mentions is how the game was different when he played, player's today are not willing to sacrifice, they don't try as hard, etc." Supposedly all he does is talk about his glory days and tries to mention how his Lakers played the right way 25 years ago.

I would post the interview but its online - somewhere.
 
Re: Windy: Offer to Shaw or Scott could come soon

It seems like the LAL love triangle involving Jackson, Scott and Shaw will ultimately decide who our next coach is..

If Phil leaves then I could see us really trying to go after him and if that doesn't work out then I'd assume we'd likely get whoever doesn't get the Lakers job...

If Phil stays, then my guess is that we'd get Scott as long as LeBron comes back...

Right now while I'd like to have a coach going into free agency, you could also make the case it doesn't make sense to hire one right now... It might make more sense to see what happens with LeBron and then go from there.. But at the same time, having a coach like Scott in place could really help our case..

My personal preference is Scott although I do like what I've heard about Shaw... But I think the bottom line is that these two guys are the best candidates of what's out there..

After Scott and Shaw, the list starts to thin and it becomes guys such as Dwane Casey, Elston Turner, Tyronn Corbin and Kevin McHale...
 
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If we go with Shaw, we would need a strong defensive assistant coach or old, grizzled former head coach to help him along. He is a master motivator and can control egos like Shaq and LeBron, and I believe he knows the triangle... but whatever holes there are in his experience must be balanced with his top assistant.
 
Re: Windy: Offer to Shaw or Scott could come soon

If we go with Shaw, we would need a strong defensive assistant coach or old, grizzled former head coach to help him along. He is a master motivator and can control egos like Shaq and LeBron, and I believe he knows the triangle... but whatever holes there are in his experience must be balanced with his top assistant.

A Lenny Wilkins return? Who is out there that fits this mold? I saw Mitchell just signed on in NJ.
 
Re: Windy: Offer to Shaw or Scott could come soon

What LeBron does will determine our next coach. Kelvin Sampson should be able to get 20 wins out of this bunch next year.
 
Re: Windy: Offer to Shaw or Scott could come soon

If we go with Shaw, we would need a strong defensive assistant coach or old, grizzled former head coach to help him along. He is a master motivator and can control egos like Shaq and LeBron, and I believe he knows the triangle... but whatever holes there are in his experience must be balanced with his top assistant.

I heard Mike Brown needs a job.
 
Re: Windy: Offer to Shaw or Scott could come soon

I prefer Shaw simply because he has a clean slate. We do not know how far he will push a team as a head coach. Scott, on the other hand, is predictable and there is a known danger that he loses control of his team.
 
Re: Windy: Offer to Shaw or Scott could come soon

If we go with Shaw, we would need a strong defensive assistant coach or old, grizzled former head coach to help him along. He is a master motivator and can control egos like Shaq and LeBron, and I believe he knows the triangle... but whatever holes there are in his experience must be balanced with his top assistant.

Oh my goodness, we have a winner. This is exactly what the Cavs need, a coach that can motivate. Not that professionals should need motivation but far too often were Mike Brown's Cavaliers just that....cavalier. Give me Shaw. Finding an experienced assistant to back him up shouldn't be a problem.
 
Re: Windy: Offer to Shaw or Scott could come soon

If we go with Shaw, we would need a strong defensive assistant coach or old, grizzled former head coach to help him along. He is a master motivator and can control egos like Shaq and LeBron, and I believe he knows the triangle... but whatever holes there are in his experience must be balanced with his top assistant.

I'd also love to see whatever coach that comes here bring along a good big man coach with him... I've also thought guys like Kareem, Ewing, Ray, etc., have played a big part in helping the development of the bigs in LA, Orlando and Boston... While it isn't absolutely 100% necessary, it would be nice to have a coach who could really work with the bigs considering how important bigs are in this league and how much someone like that can really help...
 
Re: Windy: Offer to Shaw or Scott could come soon

Sign Shaw and throw a shit load of money Mike Budenholzer's way.. Now that's what I call a coaching staff.
 
Re: Windy: Offer to Shaw or Scott could come soon

Pros don't need motivation exactly, they need to be kept engaged, challenged, and focused. That's what makes Phil so brilliant.

Brian Shaw has some strong recommendations, but that's all we've got. Just like with Mike Brown, we'd be starting from scratch and discovering all his true strengths and weaknesses.

Mike's strength as an assistant (besides defense and work ethic) was how he related to the players and was able to keep the Pacers together and focused on playing ball after the brawl. maybe Shaw motivates great ... but what about when the shit hits the fan? Can he manage that without Phil around? I don't think we can know. He hasn't been a head coach or put in to that position as far as I know.

What I think we all want is a coach who when things are going downhill in a game will blow his whistle, recognize the problem, wave his magic wand, and make the problem go away. A coach who will keep the opposing coach on his toes and guessing what's coming next.

Is that Shaw? How can we possibly say?
 
Re: Windy: Offer to Shaw or Scott could come soon

I'd also love to see whatever coach that comes here bring along a good big man coach with him... I've also thought guys like Kareem, Ewing, Ray, etc., have played a big part in helping the development of the bigs in LA, Orlando and Boston... While it isn't absolutely 100% necessary, it would be nice to have a coach who could really work with the bigs considering how important bigs are in this league and how much someone like that can really help...

Come to think of it, a Bill Laimbeer would be an interesting choice as an assistant. He was the bigman coach in Minnesota last season and I'm sure he would like a promotion to a contender. Rick Mahorn is currently out of a job, if the Cavs want an end of the bench assistant to work with the bigs.

The best in the league is the great Tim Grgurich. I said it back when Mike Brown was hired and I'll say it again: Coach Grgs would transform LeBron if he were pried away from the Denver franchise.

http://www.nba.com/coachfile/tim_grgurich/index.html



I'd still like the assistant head coach to have some more experience than the big man coaches, which is a bit of a specialty assistant coach position, like a Chris Jent.
 
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