Monty Williams to Interview for Timberwolves Head Coach?
by Ben. on Jul 1, 2009 10:36 AM PDT
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A very interesting footnote in this post from AWoj over at Yahoo!...
Minnesota GM David Kahn plans to interview multiple candidates over the next month for his coaching vacancy, including a rising star on Nate McMillan's staff in Portland: Monty Williams.
Could this be Tom Penn all over again?
For the interview I did with Monty last year, click here.
-- Ben (benjamin.golliver@gmail.com)
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Wow I don't get on the site for an hour and I'm the first to vote on this poll. weird.
Don’t go Monty!
"Tough times don't last. Tough people do."
-Chauncey Billups
by Kelsoballa on Jul 1, 2009 10:38 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
If he's okay with having 4 point guards and 6 forwards
Sure!
All aboard the Kirkwagon!
by Arby on Jul 1, 2009 10:38 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
You have to be crazy
to think someone would turn down the opportunity to be a head coach.
I hope I can get a bunch of championships, like 15. " - Greg Oden
by mxpx5678 on Jul 1, 2009 10:40 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
lol, poor Minnesota. They’re going to get screwed again.
by Cablinasian on Jul 1, 2009 10:42 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
No
Dont go Monty we gotta keep the core of our team not only players but coaching staff as well
Have Faith in the blazers and.. GO Blazers!
by Viclubsmau4eva on Jul 1, 2009 10:45 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
GO for it M.W.!
You’ve earned it, and all as a Blazer fan I would still support him leaving for a head coaching stint! But be ready to get your but whooped by the Blazers for a decade or so!!!
by NEP_blazers on Jul 1, 2009 11:08 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
i had the chance to hear Mont speak at a conference a few weeks back. that is one impressive guy. captivates a room. passed around his Championship ring from the Spurs. might not get this job but one is definately coming soon…
Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they're 21 years old. - Bill Walton
by NEP on Jul 1, 2009 11:14 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
i hope not
Id rather see him go somewhere he could succeed w/in a couple years. For his sake he should ride it out with the blazers for a few rings and then go when his stock is @ an absolute high!!
If I've said it once, I've said it a million times: I heart Portland!!!
by saregister on Jul 1, 2009 11:22 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
The last time that one of Nate McMillan's assistant coaches was hired as head coach of the Minnesota ...
Timberwolves it was Dwane Casey, which ended in failure. So, if Monty Williams is brought in by David Kahn, I don’t expect that either one will be long for the business.
In all fairness, Williams can’t do nothing with a frontline that has the defensively inept, offensively inefficient Al Jefferson as its anchor. The supporting cast is a piss-poor collection of players, too, especially if Ricky Rubio is smart enough to either get himself traded elsewhere or stay in Europe for the next couple of seasons.
by AK1984 on Jul 1, 2009 11:34 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
top to bottom can you remember a less-talented roster in nba history?
by Ben. on Jul 1, 2009 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The 1972–73 Philadelphia 76ers.
I forget who played on that so-called team, but if you’re talking least-talented roster, 73 losses makes a convincing argument.
by MiledAnimal on Jul 1, 2009 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think their best player was Fred Carter
which speaks Volumes. – Elgin
Without you out there, we're nowhere here
by 22baylor on Jul 1, 2009 5:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Casey actually coached that team to a .500 record when he got fired
Better than what his successors did
by Norsktroll on Jul 1, 2009 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
i meant this coming year’s roster. no foye, no miller, maybe no rubio, bunch of scraps
by Ben. on Jul 1, 2009 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe you were thinking that
but what you wrote was “can you remember a less-talented roster in nba history?”
[MiledAnimal blows the smoke out of the muzzle of his six-shooter.]
by MiledAnimal on Jul 1, 2009 6:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Monty, don't take the job!
Timberwolves are setting you for failure. Love and Jefferson frontline. Rubio and Flynn backcourt. It’s a hit job.
"I'm at the thingamajig talking the yakety-yak" - Kenny Smith
by blzrfan on Jul 1, 2009 12:17 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
When people are interested
you talk to them. Sometimes the opportunity and fit can surprise you. I had a company interested in me and I did the interviews just a means of networking, expanding my horizons, and also it’s great practice. In my case I found it to be a nice fit and turned down another offer for about a 1/3 more and left my current job… which then went out of business.
My point is that Monty should go and talk REGARDLESS of what he thinks because it’s good practice and you never know… you could change your mind like i did.
I do not want to see him go. I admit i do feel a little frustrated that people are looking at so many opportunities before the team has DONE anything (no championship, it doesn’t count). Still, it’s his right and he owes it to himself to check out opportunities that present themselves.
"Fernandez, to my eyes, is the Blazer who walks that walk most comfortably. A lot of Portland's fans (egged on, dare I say, by their local broadcasters) lament things like how Ron Artest or Yao Ming get to hit Brandon Roy's arms.
But I suspect Fernandez sees all that and thinks: We get to hit arms! Cool!"
http://myespn.go.com/blogs/truehoop/0-39-135/On-Playoff-Experience.html
by ratbastird on Jul 1, 2009 12:25 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Monty loves his golf - did you see his tan on Comcast at the draft?
I played my first round in Minnesota one year in early June and the water soaked up to my ankles on the fairway. 135 inches of snow on the ground until late May will do that.
More importantly, it is a dead-end job. It is years of losses and frustration as Ricky and Jonny form the most disfunctional backcourt of the league (and I like both players separately). No veterans. No leadership except from Jonny and he is the lesser of the PG’s and still a rookie.
Monty is better than this but it does not hurt to turn them down and get his name out there.
by lee3022 on Jul 1, 2009 1:04 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Wow, right now.
The poll are split 33% for each category. with Brrr and No taking 17s votes versus Yes at 171 votes.
by dpnim on Jul 1, 2009 1:52 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
How can anyone not vote yes?
The only people who turn down NBA head coaching positions are coaches with long track records in the NBA who can pick and choose their jobs. If an assistent coach is offerd the head job somewhere else, he would be foolish to turn it down, even if he knows going in that he will have a tough time winning with his new team.
hakkaa päälle !
by timg56 on Jul 1, 2009 1:58 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Don't all new coaches lose?
Bill Simmons is a joke writer.
by tominhawaii on Jul 1, 2009 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe not all - Red Auerbach never had a losing season
Phil Jackson
KC Jones
Gregg Popovich
Jerry West
Avery Johnson
Larry Bird
All also never had a losing season.
But most do lost at least at first.
by lee3022 on Jul 1, 2009 8:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Monty deserves his opportunity
Whether this is it or not. Wish him all the best whatever happens.
by TheMadKiwi on Jul 1, 2009 2:09 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Count me in as one only posting on this topic because...
…the vote is almost a complete 3 way tie. 33% vs. 32% vs. 33%. Never seen that before in my life with ANY poll of over 100 votes. Probably not thinking too far back though.
by Heathos33 on Jul 1, 2009 2:34 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Monty: If you go we will understand.
If you stay we will be ecstatic. Think it over and make your decision – how can it be a bad decision? Both alternatives seem pretty attractive. – Elgin
Without you out there, we're nowhere here
by 22baylor on Jul 1, 2009 5:19 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Of course he'll consider it
you have to expect to start your NBA career with a losing team. Winning teams whose coaches leave generally don’t want to hire a rookie coach unless it is one of their own assistants. I like Monty, I want him to stay, but I know we would survive without him, and I certainly want him to get his chance at a head coaching position. If he takes it I hope it is because it is a good fit, not just because it is offered. (And maybe they’ll find the perfect fit in one of the other ’multiple candidates.")
"Portland's best years are still ahead. The Blazers aren't stalled yet. They have a ton of time left on the clock." - Dave, 06/29
by jorga on Jul 1, 2009 7:51 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
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