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prognostication: the coaching hot seat


We've hashed the Blazers to death so for a change let's turn out eyes towards the competition as I think the consensus will agree that Stott's job is safe unless we see Meyers take over the starting PG duties.

So in the slow summer doldrums, I've been thinking about next season and one question I've been mulling is which teams are next in line for a new coach. The Houston series, of course, initiated the question in my mind as McHale is an obvious candidate especially if they finish another with first round loss or worse. I'd also think that Scotty Brooks may be showing his limitations and be ditched if the Thunder don't make it to the finals. Those are the two I think are most likely to be let go by next summer. I would have added Jason Kidd to my short list, but with his transplantation to the Bucks he bought at least a year. So chime in with other your opinions and reasoning as to who will get the axe.

Cleveland has a newbie coach with all-world expectations. The Lakers suck and for some reason their fans always think they have a chance to win it all, but is Byron Scott all that? For those who don't know the landscape, wikipedia has the data nicely organized in tables.

Changes are made by teams with high expectation that continually come up short (Scotty Brooks?) and teams that never climb out of the cellar (Sacramento's Mike Malone waves hello). It seems that no one is safe (except Popovich). Heck if you want, tell me why you think Derek Fisher will do better or worse as a rookie coach in the NY market than Kidd. Let this be the place to discuss anything related to Coaching around the league.