Coaching search just about over?

by Derek Bodner on May 19, 2010 7:01 AM PDT

When asked last night for a status update on the coaching search, Stefanski had this to say:

"We've interviewed 7 people, we've narrowed down our search and we're now deciding if we want to bring people in for a second interview or if we want to select a person out of that group."

What do I glean from this?

Anyone not interviewed isn't going to be. Hope you're not in the Mike Budenholzer or Tom Thibodeau camp.
The fact that he even mentioned just selecting a person out of that group rather than go back to second round interviews makes me believe Stefanski has already made up his mind, and that someone would have to blow Stefanski away in the second round of interviews (if they happen) to change his mind.

To me, this likely means that the rumors of Doug Collins hire being imminent may be true.

One final note, outside of the previous mention that Collins, Johnson and Mitchell are getting second round interviews, I heard chatter that they may be interested in talking with Monty Williams again . That being said, I'm of the belief that this is Collins' job to lose.

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Shame with that #2 pick Mitchell should be the guy, but Ed only cares about saving his job and Doug will get it. We will be screaming again and the following year we will have another coach.

by Ant on May 19, 2010 7:18 AM PDT reply actions

According to the Philadelphia Daily News – MItchell isn’t the second option behind Collins

Avery is

by jemagee on May 19, 2010 7:20 AM PDT up reply actions

Avery isnt a real option… I still don’t see him taking the job if it was offered to him anyways, but yes I do know hes #3

by Ant on May 19, 2010 8:12 AM PDT up reply actions

If the reports are accurate he’s #2 – Collins is #1

And no resports indicate who is #3 so you’re assertion that Mitchell is is just kind of your assertion :)

by jemagee on May 19, 2010 8:16 AM PDT up reply actions

He was one of the three to get a second interview wasn’t he?

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by Jordan Sams on May 19, 2010 9:54 AM PDT up reply actions

You could infer that would make him #3 – but most reports indicate that collins or avery WILL get the job

by jemagee on May 19, 2010 9:55 AM PDT up reply actions

Why do people make it sound like a bad thing that Ed wants to save his job? Isn’t that what he is supposed to do

by The Legend on May 19, 2010 7:27 AM PDT up reply actions

Desperation is a HORRIBLE way to run a business, be it your local coffee shop or a sports franchise. A guy trying to save his JOB has his job at the forefront of interests as opposed to maybe the long term future.

A coach of a crappy team with a long of young guys mixed with veterans is going to worry more about WINS than the player development that is more important to the team winning long term.

A GM is going to make ‘patchwork’ moves to try and make the team look more viable than it actually is (Chris Webber, keeping Andre Miller) than to work on building a championship team.

Desperation is a horrible thing for someone to have

by jemagee on May 19, 2010 7:29 AM PDT up reply actions

This sucks

Once again a coaching decision I don’t like. This is last year all over again. Hopefully this coach can lose enough games to get the 6ers the number 2 pick in next year’s draft as well.

by packimop on May 19, 2010 10:42 AM PDT reply actions

Kiki just got fired

Kiki, KEE KEE, Kiki

Obscure billy crystal movie reference

by jemagee on May 19, 2010 10:47 AM PDT reply actions

I like your pillow better, Kiki…

by dweebowitz on May 20, 2010 6:12 PM PDT up reply actions

I would love to see Tom Thibodeau take the reins

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by DanyS on May 19, 2010 11:00 AM PDT reply actions

People keep saying this and ignoring the fact that two years in a row he couldn’t land a job…like there’s no reason for it

by jemagee on May 19, 2010 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions

I’ve read numerous places that it’s because he has bad communication skills, which probably affects his ability to lead.

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by Jordan Sams on May 19, 2010 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions

And to represent the team to the media and such.

Only place I read that was in that article with Jeff Van Gundy being interviewed in which jeff indicated ‘if it’s an issue’ and the writrer than made it the issue (horrible journalism in the NY post I think)

Teaching defense and teaching players is different.

The argument I used (and no one is going to believe it) but when I teach students who want to learn, i’m an awesome patient teacher, they WANT to learn, but when i have folks who are only looking for ’what’’s on the test’, i lose patience i don’t wannt to teach them because they really don’t want to learn.

Thibodeau character flaws that cost him jobs the past two season (with 4 or 5 different teams?) should probably be considered…theres’ a reason he has no job yet – maybe he’s not cut out to be a head coach

by jemagee on May 19, 2010 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions