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The retread versus the wild card: Who ya got?
In what appears to be the next step in obtaining a head coach, the Cleveland Cavaliers will reportedly meet with both Alvin Gentry and Tyronn Lue for the second-round of discussions. Yahoo! Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski, in the wake of his axis-tilting John Calipari report, states that both Gentry (the veteran) and Lue (the rookie) will get the chance to speak with Dan Gilbert, the team’s majority owner who, to this point, has remained largely in the shadows throughout the course of the offseason.
Cleveland fired head coach Mike Brown just one season into his second coaching stint with the team, after the Cavs failed to make the playoffs with a 33-49 record. Both Gentry and Lue reportedly impressed the Cavs front office during their initial meetings. In his report surrounding Kyrie Irving, Cleveland.com’s Terry Pluto speculated that the team—in hopes of a playoff run—would lean toward hiring a veteran head coach, seemingly giving Gentry the edge. Still, many throughout the league continue to speak highly of Lue and his status within what has been a very successful Clippers team over the last several seasons.
Wojnarowski also reports that the team has remained in contact with Florida’s Billy Donovan, but many believe he will not make the jump to the NBA.
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so, we just hired Mike Brown mostly due to our GM being good buddies of his and feeling comfortable despite some reservations about him as a coach from most.
now, we have allowed Alvin Gentry into the 2nd round of interviews due to our GM being good buddies of his and feeling comfortable despite some serious reservations about him as a coach from anyone who has bothered to look at his resume.
Dan: Gentry, Defense?
Gentry: http://www.fusionweightlifting.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Confused-cat-2.jpg
Dan: Nope.
Dan: Lue, Defense?
Lue: Defense, offense, all that and a bag of chips.
http://www.quickmeme.com/img/6f/6fadb319cf1abedd050fd6cce65d3fa61770615f8f90a010e0790f5e6f2d3c70.jpg
Dan: You’re hired!!!
http://blogs.orlandoweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Excited-Cat.gif
Lue: But, I don’t have any experience.
Dan: No problem, we’ll hire these guys to be your “coordinators”
http://www.haaretz.com/polopoly_fs/1.351515.1300935158!/image/2377402862.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_640/2377402862.jpg
http://blogs.commercialappeal.com/the_memphis_edge/hollinslionel.jpg
(At least I hope so. ;). )
Agreed on the GM buddy system leading to the Mike Brown debacle. But also, we can’t discount the Dan Gilbert factor and the fact he has impacted previous (mostly bad) decisions. He’s a clown, and I have no doubt his input (whatever to God it is now) will impact this hire.