tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912756.post1266655339746486334..comments2023-06-09T11:52:06.321-04:00Comments on Hoopinion: Rick Sund Could Replace Mike Woodson With Flip SaundersBret LaGreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12000566742639583055noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912756.post-54083271349676315962008-06-04T13:00:00.000-04:002008-06-04T13:00:00.000-04:00CoCo--I think there's a disturbing chance that you...CoCo--<BR/><BR/>I think there's a disturbing chance that you're right and it will take a disastrous, irrevocable start to the 2008-09 season (possibly involving a Woodson/Pachulia physical confrontation) to make ownership realize how bad Woodson is both as a tactician and a communicator.<BR/><BR/>If the head coaching situation isn't resolved soon it wouldn't hurt if Josh Smith or his representatives dropped a couple of hints along the lines of, "You're not <I>really</I> considering signing Woodson to another contract, are you?"<BR/><BR/>Bronn--<BR/><BR/>If ownership really cared about offering some faint to hope to someone such as ourselves, the money due Avery would provide them a great out for a half-hearted effort to hire him as it's entirely plausible that he'd want to take a year off and bank some of the money due him not just that he wouldn't want anything to do with this franchise.<BR/><BR/>Matt--<BR/><BR/>It's only the degree of their cheapness that's in question. I can't honestly rule out that they're just keeping Woodson around to do some light cleaning or have him moving furniture around until his contract expires on the 30th.Bret LaGreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12000566742639583055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912756.post-88730684458943845062008-06-04T08:58:00.000-04:002008-06-04T08:58:00.000-04:00Flip Saunders was fired for not gaining the respec...Flip Saunders was fired for not gaining the respect of his team- and yet Woodson might stay despite the team's lack of respect for him. I almost don't even care who they bring in as long as it is someone that isn't proven to be horrible. The fact that Mike Woodson hasn't been fired is terrifying.<BR/><BR/>Maybe the ownership is going to deal with him like Milton from Office Space (great comparison, actually). They won't fire him, but they won't renew his contract or continue to pay him. Can't you just picture walking around the halls of Philips Arena: "um... I did not receive my paycheck this week?"Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15669154250318544183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912756.post-84187240854034682082008-06-03T23:56:00.000-04:002008-06-03T23:56:00.000-04:00Here's the concern. In Avery Johnson and now Flip...Here's the concern. In Avery Johnson and now Flip Saunders, there are two coaches out there who are indisputably better than Mike Woodson, and almost anyone who watches basketball can realize that.<BR/><BR/>1) Avery Johnson has something like 12 million dollars due from Dallas over the next four years. If he signs a new contract, he forfeits that money, so you assume he'll want a contract that is more lucrative than that. Our ownership is probably too cheap to pay that much.<BR/><BR/>2) I've heard a frightening number of cliché's about "continuity." I just don't know if there's enough desire to improve.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912756.post-73232655079779927562008-06-03T22:29:00.000-04:002008-06-03T22:29:00.000-04:00Brett do you really think there's anything Woody c...Brett do you really think there's anything Woody can do that he hasn't already done to reassure the owners that he's sorta terrible at his job? At this point I think we've seen his best efforts at convincing them. If they've not acknowledged it by now they never will.CoCohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03580418511916359036noreply@blogger.com