Another great weekend of sports and quite frankly up until me writing this entry I haven’t given the still winless Thunder much of a thought. I’ve watched every out of the two (actually three) World Series games. Boston should either win the Series tonight or in Game 6. See what I mean about how Alex Cora manages? Like on the edge and his players respond to it. They take on his attitude as a team. They never back down. That’s what the Thunder need in a head coach, a bit of a street fighter instead of someone that Sam Presti just feels won’t ever threaten his decisions as GM.
After Alex Cora, Dave Joerger is the next name on my short list. Joerger is the current Sacramento King coach and former coach of the Memphis Grizzlies, plus he worked his ass off through the D League to earn an NBA head coaching job. Kind of like a Quin Synder type. If Snyder would ever leave Utah…. in a heartbeat he’d be on my shortlist for the Thunder as well. So–theses are the first two names on my shortlist after Alex Cora..1 Dave Joerger, 2 Quin Snyder, 3 still thinking—-maybe a college coach. You may think I’m crazy, but I really like the young new coach at O State Mike Boynton. I want to see what he does this second season at O State though even though he’s had a great recruiting class already for 2019. He knows the game. He’s a players coach. Great communicator. He’s old school. Players do what he tells them to do. I’m trying to visualize Mike Boynton coaching Russell Westbrook. I’m trying to visualize the same with Joerger and Snyder.
The 0-4 Thunder host the 1-4 Phoenix Suns tonight. Umm, you know, if the Thunder play like shit tonight and lose, I’m not sure what I would do as an owner. I’m not sure who the next guy up on the Thunder staff would be as an interim replacement. I mean, Scott Brooks was on PJ’s staff. That’s how he became the Thunder head coach. If OKC plays like shit tonight…. as an owner I could see myself getting lost in the moment and making a change. Mark Bryant? Steven talks glowingly about Thunder assistant coach Mark Bryant in his book. I love Maurice, but he’s always struggled in the head coach role in the NBA. I don’t know. This is why I wanted Nick Collison on the Thunder staff this season. I wanted Nick to be here just in case, but Nick needed time with his daughter and his family. I wonder what Nick is thinking beyond this year? Nick is on my list if he wants to be on my list. He’d be the perfect assistant head coach if he doesn’t want to head coach. Just stringing thoughts together here.
LET’S GO CLEVELAND BROWNS…BEAT THE STEELERS!
I like Joerger. I like the way he handles himself with the press. He’s now head coached in two small NBA markets…Memphis and Sacramento. Joerger and Westbrook….would it work? Unless you plan on trading Westbrook this is the first question you ask.
This is my first Cleveland Browns-OKC Thunder Game Day Music same day selection–so it needs to be good.