Mike D'Antoni Discussion: post in 7 seconds or less

XXIV wrote:

thisbjgz wrote:

Is that real?

Kevin Ding @KevinDing: Lots of speculation, but I am told today the Lakers are not considering a buyout or firing of Mike D'Antoni as head coach.

Weezy wrote:

Kevin Ding @KevinDing: Lots of speculation, but I am told today the Lakers are not considering a buyout or firing of Mike D'Antoni as head coach.

Damn!

JoelMyersScrotalSack wrote:They aren't going to fire him now, they'll finish out season and if they miss the playoffs they'll evaluate their options in the off-season.

phoenixrisingla wrote:

JoelMyersScrotalSack wrote:They aren't going to fire him now, they'll finish out season and if they miss the playoffs they'll evaluate their options in the off-season.

Agree. And even in the off-season the only way I see it happening is if Dwight outright says he wants to stay on the condition D'Antoni is out.

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dmaul wrote:Well, the Lakers have lost that money on D'Antoni. No way he's here through the rest of his contract. So you're going to pay him in the end anyway. In terms of the financial hit, doesn't seem to matter if you fire him now or later. In terms of the PR hit, firing two coaches in one season and being made to look inept and a bad decision maker, that's also a foregone conclusion. Everyone knows it was a bad hire, two bad hires in a row, three if you want to count Rudy T. It's worse to cling to pride and refuse to admit failure. This team is going down faster than the Titanic and headed for the Hall of Shame because the Buss family don't want to lose face.

They were courageous in canning Brown so soon into the new season. No hesitation at all. They did what had to be done. I would be impressed if they had that kind of courage to do it twice before the end of this season. I wouldn't think any less of them. They screwed up. So what? Move on and try again. Finish out the season and give the players a chance to have some fun and play for themselves. Maybe we'll see a spark or some things will stand out to us to give us some hope or something to look forward to next year. Then in the summer, you rethink your roster and look for a new coach for a new era. Let's start putting this nightmare of a season behind us.

robKBMJ wrote:If Phil had been coach, the only player that was a question mark was Steve Nash. I think it would have been way easier for Phil to work him in to the Triangle compared to what D'umbtoni is failing miserably to do with Pao, and Dwight, and just about every key role player we acquired.

I mean it's not like Steve Nash is flourishing with this system either. With the Triangle, I think his scoring would have been the same with all the open shots he would get. Maybe the apg would have taken a hit but who cares if we're winning.

No use crying over spilled milk I guess. So....since the Lakers have to pay him, I would keep MDA on as a personal free throw coach for Dwight Howard and make Bernie the head coach. Doesn't cost a penny more and at least it will make the players and fans happier heading into the off-season.

dmaul wrote:Well, the Lakers have lost that money on D'Antoni. No way he's here through the rest of his contract. So you're going to pay him in the end anyway. In terms of the financial hit, doesn't seem to matter if you fire him now or later. In terms of the PR hit, firing two coaches in one season and being made to look inept and a bad decision maker, that's also a foregone conclusion. Everyone knows it was a bad hire, two bad hires in a row, three if you want to count Rudy T. It's worse to cling to pride and refuse to admit failure. This team is going down faster than the Titanic and headed for the Hall of Shame because the Buss family don't want to lose face.

They were courageous in canning Brown so soon into the new season. No hesitation at all. They did what had to be done. I would be impressed if they had that kind of courage to do it twice before the end of this season. I wouldn't think any less of them. They screwed up. So what? Move on and try again. Finish out the season and give the players a chance to have some fun and play for themselves. Maybe we'll see a spark or some things will stand out to us to give us some hope or something to look forward to next year. Then in the summer, you rethink your roster and look for a new coach for a new era. Let's start putting this nightmare of a season behind us.