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re: Coaches
Posted on 1/5/18 at 12:22 pm to brmark70816
Posted on 1/5/18 at 12:22 pm to brmark70816
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young up and comer
I don't think you can do that because Cousins is a UFA and AD is already voicing his concerns. It doesn't have to be a huge name but he does have to be a bit more proven I think. He needs to be good enough and have a vision to convince Cousins to resign.
NoFox threw out Boston's assistant GM, and Boston's status is high enough now that he'd probably carry some weight. Plus if the worst happens with AD he'd know where Ainge buried the bodies so could get maximum value out of him.
Hinkie has been vindicated with The Process in Philly and before Philly he was Morey's assistant in Houston and is a big analytics guy. He's someone that I think could sell making the Pels a modern organization that AD/DC would want to stay with.
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Posted on 1/5/18 at 12:48 pm to TigerinATL
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NoFox threw out Boston's assistant GM, and Boston's status is high enough now that he'd probably carry some weight. Plus if the worst happens with AD he'd know where Ainge buried the bodies so could get maximum value out of him.
Hinkie has been vindicated with The Process in Philly and before Philly he was Morey's assistant in Houston and is a big analytics guy. He's someone that I think could sell making the Pels a modern organization that AD/DC would want to stay with.
Mike Zarren is probably the premier GM candidate out there. Prying him from Boston would be a coup. He is in the Hinkie/Morey absurdly intelligent, analytics mold having been hired by Morey as an non-paid intern originally, but has gained a lot of basketball knowledge working with Ainge. Morey and Hinkie have consistenly praised Zarren and said he should be a GM.
Zarren is a really bright guy with vision. Also as you mention if the need comes to blow it up and start over, he knows exactly how much Ainge is willing to give up.
The big problem with Zarren is that he is a lifelong Celtics season ticket holder and huge fan of the team. He flirted with the Sixers positions before Hinkie, but stuck around and hasn't taken another interview since. They may have outlined a succession plan for him with Ainge.
But I agree with you. It is such a complicated offseason that you cannot go with an out of left field pick.
Posted on 1/5/18 at 1:36 pm to TigerinATL
In my mind, Cousins is gone this summer. However that goes down, I'm pretty confident it happens. Given that the Pelicans are pretty much bottom third in the league in every major way (media, revenue, attendance, wins,payroll, etc), we need to find a young visionary that will reshape the culture of the organization. Its cool to talk about all these top names, but the team isn't going to pay staff top dollar. That has never happened. I just don't see any big splash hires going down..
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