Suns Name Earl Watson as Head Coach
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2016 1:46 pm
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"At some point in the season, we had the mindset that we were accepting losing," Devin Booker told reporters after the season. "Once Coach Earl stepped in, we didn't accept losing anymore. We were fighting in games, even when we were down 15, 20 late. We fought back to almost win a lot of games."
During Watson's tenure, the Suns ranked second in the NBA in rebounding and also improved defensively over the final month, allowing 5.1 fewer points per 100 possessions.
I'm excited. I love it!EDC wrote:They didn't even interview anyone else did they? That is how little they cared.
It is so hard to stay positive.
What is next? A few months of bullshit about how the three guards can work together.
“One of the things that stood out was this: Every single player on the roster came to us at the end of the season and said that this is the guy we want as head coach,” McDonough told The Vertical in a telephone interview on Tuesday afternoon. “They said that you’d be making a mistake if you hire a different head coach. That’s not something we expected to hear from [our players] back when we promoted him to interim coach in February, but Earl has shown an ability to connect and motivate our players as well as discipline and hold them accountable.”
Fox 10's Jude LaCava first reported Watson would get the full-time job before Adrian Wojnarowski of The Vertical reported the sides had agreed to a three-year contract.
We'll they'll draft a guard with their first pick, so maybe 4 guard line-ups?EDC wrote: What is next? A few months of bullshit about how the three guards can work together.
You are really excited that they didn't interview anyone for the job, and just took the rookie to coach our best rookie in a decade?Superbone wrote:I'm excited. I love it!EDC wrote:They didn't even interview anyone else did they? That is how little they cared.
It is so hard to stay positive.
What is next? A few months of bullshit about how the three guards can work together.
The only way to give up more points per game, but give up less points per possession is to give the ball away a lot more. Which they clearly did. I don't see that as a win, coming from a team that was fraught with TOs the first half of the season.Superbone wrote:"At some point in the season, we had the mindset that we were accepting losing," Devin Booker told reporters after the season. "Once Coach Earl stepped in, we didn't accept losing anymore. We were fighting in games, even when we were down 15, 20 late. We fought back to almost win a lot of games."
During Watson's tenure, the Suns ranked second in the NBA in rebounding and also improved defensively over the final month, allowing 5.1 fewer points per 100 possessions.
I didn't say that. I was responding to EDC's "It is hard to stay positive."Indy wrote:You are really excited that they didn't interview anyone for the job, and just took the rookie to coach our best rookie in a decade?Superbone wrote:I'm excited. I love it!EDC wrote:They didn't even interview anyone else did they? That is how little they cared.
It is so hard to stay positive.
What is next? A few months of bullshit about how the three guards can work together.
Let's be honest. The FO completely undermined the coaching staff by 1) Allowing M******* M***** to be on the roster and 2) Firing Hornacek's top assistants and stringing him along. The players knew it was a lost season and thus, knew they'd be auditioning the rest of the way under Watson."At some point in the season, we had the mindset that we were accepting losing," Devin Booker told reporters after the season. "Once Coach Earl stepped in, we didn't accept losing anymore. We were fighting in games, even when we were down 15, 20 late. We fought back to almost win a lot of games."
Chandler is one of Watson's most vocal supporters. There's a video going around of the players talking about Watson on the Rise network and Chandler is prominently featured singing his praises.ShelC wrote:Let's be honest. The FO completely undermined the coaching staff by 1) Allowing M******* M***** to be on the roster and 2) Firing Hornacek's top assistants and stringing him along. The players knew it was a lost season and thus, knew they'd be auditioning the rest of the way under Watson."At some point in the season, we had the mindset that we were accepting losing," Devin Booker told reporters after the season. "Once Coach Earl stepped in, we didn't accept losing anymore. We were fighting in games, even when we were down 15, 20 late. We fought back to almost win a lot of games."
I also don't buy into the fact that all the players wanted Watson back. Maybe they don't know what a winning coach does or doesn't do? Bledsoe? Knight? Booker? Warren? Teletovic? Leuer? The only guy with any real chops in the league is Chandler and I'm pretty sure they told him they'd look to deal him to a contending team soon.