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Re: 2023 Coaching Search
Posted: Wed May 17, 2023 10:01 am
by JeremyG
From Haynes today:
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/100 ... -and-more_
Kevin Young, an associate head coach under Williams, will interview with the Suns as early as next week, sources say. Young appears to have the backing of many Suns' players.
I don’t like this at all. Need an outside voice.
Re: 2023 Coaching Search
Posted: Wed May 17, 2023 10:35 am
by Superbone
Democritus wrote: ↑Wed May 17, 2023 7:26 am
I think that we will get Lue this way or another. Firing Monty only makes sense if you have the possibility to get someone like Lue. Other options are not clear upgrades over Monty, maybe Nurse, but the margin is not huge. Bud, Doc have all the same adjustment issues in the Playoffs like Monty.
I agree that Lue and Nurse are the only names that interest me thus far.
Re: 2023 Coaching Search
Posted: Wed May 17, 2023 10:37 am
by Superbone
JeremyG wrote: ↑Wed May 17, 2023 10:01 am
From Haynes today:
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/100 ... -and-more_
Kevin Young, an associate head coach under Williams, will interview with the Suns as early as next week, sources say. Young appears to have the backing of many Suns' players.
I don’t like this at all. Need an outside voice.
I'm willing to wait and see. Does seem weird though that if he had such great ideas and adjustments that Williams wasn't willing to try them. Either that or he was late to try them.
Re: 2023 Coaching Search
Posted: Wed May 17, 2023 10:46 am
by Split T
Im fine with Young over anyone not named Lue. Nurse I’d be ok with too, but he’s already been shot down according to Gambo
Re: 2023 Coaching Search
Posted: Wed May 17, 2023 10:54 am
by SunsSince92
Superbone wrote: ↑Wed May 17, 2023 10:37 am
JeremyG wrote: ↑Wed May 17, 2023 10:01 am
From Haynes today:
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/100 ... -and-more_
Kevin Young, an associate head coach under Williams, will interview with the Suns as early as next week, sources say. Young appears to have the backing of many Suns' players.
I don’t like this at all. Need an outside voice.
I'm willing to wait and see. Does seem weird though that if he had such great ideas and adjustments that Williams wasn't willing to try them. Either that or he was late to try them.
Yeah, it does seem a bit odd but perhaps that says more about Monty's stubbornness than it does about Young's lack of ideas/adjustments.
Re: 2023 Coaching Search
Posted: Wed May 17, 2023 11:05 am
by Superbone
SunsSince92 wrote: ↑Wed May 17, 2023 10:54 am
Superbone wrote: ↑Wed May 17, 2023 10:37 am
JeremyG wrote: ↑Wed May 17, 2023 10:01 am
From Haynes today:
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/100 ... -and-more_
Kevin Young, an associate head coach under Williams, will interview with the Suns as early as next week, sources say. Young appears to have the backing of many Suns' players.
I don’t like this at all. Need an outside voice.
I'm willing to wait and see. Does seem weird though that if he had such great ideas and adjustments that Williams wasn't willing to try them. Either that or he was late to try them.
Yeah, it does seem a bit odd but perhaps that says more about Monty's stubbornness than it does about Young's lack of ideas/adjustments.
I mean there will be a next Nick Nurse type that comes out of nowhere to win a championship. It'd be cool if that guy was Kevin Young.
Re: 2023 Coaching Search
Posted: Wed May 17, 2023 11:14 am
by INFORMER
Yeah, Young has to be an option if Nurse and Bud aren't being considered.
Re: 2023 Coaching Search
Posted: Wed May 17, 2023 11:19 am
by SunsSince92
Superbone wrote: ↑Wed May 17, 2023 11:05 am
SunsSince92 wrote: ↑Wed May 17, 2023 10:54 am
Superbone wrote: ↑Wed May 17, 2023 10:37 am
JeremyG wrote: ↑Wed May 17, 2023 10:01 am
From Haynes today:
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/100 ... -and-more_
Kevin Young, an associate head coach under Williams, will interview with the Suns as early as next week, sources say. Young appears to have the backing of many Suns' players.
I don’t like this at all. Need an outside voice.
I'm willing to wait and see. Does seem weird though that if he had such great ideas and adjustments that Williams wasn't willing to try them. Either that or he was late to try them.
Yeah, it does seem a bit odd but perhaps that says more about Monty's stubbornness than it does about Young's lack of ideas/adjustments.
I mean there will be a next Nick Nurse type that comes out of nowhere to win a championship. It'd be cool if that guy was Kevin Young.
Yep! Hiring a HC from within the existing coaching structure can work well sometimes. Phil Jackson and Ty Lue himself are prime examples of that.
Then there's Earl Watson....
Re: 2023 Coaching Search
Posted: Wed May 17, 2023 12:07 pm
by Wally_West
Hmmm
Re: 2023 Coaching Search
Posted: Wed May 17, 2023 12:13 pm
by Wally_West
I do find it interesting that with all the open rumors about us wanting Ty Lue, that there hasn’t been a definitive report by someone saying the Clippers will absolutely not let Ty Lue go, especially to a division rival or something like that. Gives a glimmer of hope that Suns know Lue wants out and that’s the Suns are his preferred destination. Still seems highly unlikely but these are wild times.
Re: 2023 Coaching Search
Posted: Thu May 18, 2023 6:26 am
by ShelC
Re: 2023 Coaching Search
Posted: Thu May 18, 2023 6:39 am
by Split T
Can’t say I know much about any of those guys…except Darko was with us at one point, right? Like maybe Gentry or Hornacek years?
Re: 2023 Coaching Search
Posted: Thu May 18, 2023 7:11 am
by JeremyG
Split T wrote: ↑Thu May 18, 2023 6:39 am
Can’t say I know much about any of those guys…except Darko was with us at one point, right? Like maybe Gentry or Hornacek years?
It was under Monty Williams.

(2019-20)
Re: 2023 Coaching Search
Posted: Thu May 18, 2023 7:27 am
by Split T
Whoops, I must be thinking of someone else. Or just mixing timelines up
Re: 2023 Coaching Search
Posted: Thu May 18, 2023 7:31 am
by JeremyG
Well we did have another Serbian assistant under Gentry… Igor, haha.
Re: 2023 Coaching Search
Posted: Thu May 18, 2023 7:39 am
by Split T
Ya I know Igor…wasn’t him
Re: 2023 Coaching Search
Posted: Thu May 18, 2023 7:46 am
by Democritus
ShelC wrote: ↑Thu May 18, 2023 6:26 am
Wow Woj really hates us. This tweet must be a joke. These guys can not replace Monty, KD would eat them alive.
Re: 2023 Coaching Search
Posted: Thu May 18, 2023 8:01 am
by ShelC
Just courtesy interviews, checking boxes.
Re: 2023 Coaching Search
Posted: Thu May 18, 2023 8:21 am
by JeremyG
I hope so. Gambo said from what he's hearing he would not be surprised if we hired an assistant who's never been a head coach.
Re: 2023 Coaching Search
Posted: Thu May 18, 2023 8:43 am
by wpmiller42
I don't know what makes me think this, but I think James Jones himself might be a dark horse candidate.