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Mark Stein - Pels Choose Alvin Gentry As The Next Head Coach

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  1. revgen

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    Interesting hire. I like Gentry, but I always thought he worked better as an assistant. Either way, good for him. I wish him the best...
     
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    so, this is better than monty Williams?

    I'm skeptical.

    but I was skeptical about firing mark Jackson and replacing him with steve kerr. so...what the hell do I know?
     
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    Yeah, you never know which personality and system will fit best. I thought Monty was a good fit too. I like Gentry though. I always liked the respect he showed Kobe in that Suns series a few years ago.
     
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    Good move imo.
     
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    I think he's a better hire than Monty (who got a raw deal), but surprised they didn't hire Tibs.
     
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    Like him as a coach and he deserved another job. Monty didn't deserve to be fired though. Guess this means Thibs is sitting out a year.
     
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    I'm just surprised they chose an offensive guy with Anthony Davis... I guess they figure if you make him an unstoppable scoring machine it's more interesting than a defensive guy.

    I like Alvin. I hope he does well there.
     
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    So does he still sit with GS in the finals?
     
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    ^^ I assume he does.
     
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    Yes. It's the same thing when the Seahawks Defensive coordinator was hired for the head coaching job of the Atlanta Falcons but he still coached in the super bowl.
     
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    From what I read yesterday, sounds like Shaw might be an option as his replacement. It'd be a good gig for him. Not a head coach job, but at least he'd be the assistant HC on a championship caliber squad. It'd allow him to wash that stink left on him from Denver and the players aren't a bunch of immature a** holes.
     
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    Adrian Wojnarowski ‏@WojYahooNBA May 30
    Alvin Gentry, New Orleans agree to a four-year, $13.75M deal, including a $4M team option in final season, league sources tell Yahoo Sports.

    Is this a standard deal among coaches? This seems kind of cheap. We gave Scott a 4-year 17 million dollar deal that I thought was standard. Makes me wonder if New Orleans just didn't want to pony up the money for what Thibs would probably command; just speculation on my part, though.
     
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    That's interesting especially if you consider some of those coaches on that list are 1st year coaches, so I could see paying them less; they've had no experience. Gentry has coached previously and did ok with Phoenix
     
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    He did really well with Phoenix, he got them to the Conference Finals where Kobe pooped on 'em.

    That seems like a really cheap deal for Gentry actually. I would have thought he'd start at 4 million.
     
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    I like Gentry. Good guy and solid coach although if it were my team I'd rather have him as an assistant. I'm not sure he's the guy to take you all the way. That said he's a good HC and will certainly help rather than hinder their progress.
     
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