Jeremy Foster filled in for Dave Burns.
Mike D’Antoni is the new head coach of the New York Knicks as the Suns and D’Antoni officially head in different directions. GM Steve Kerr didn’t sound too surprised or terribly upset this morning with Doug & Wolf. We played back some of Kerr’s comments from the morning show.
Is Jeff Van Gundy on the list of presumptive head coaching candidates? Not after tonight. Van Gundy joined Jeremy and reiterated his previous stance to stay in broadcasting for another year. He did, though, have some nice things to say about two other legitimate candidates: Tom Thibodeau and Mark Jackson. Van Gundy says Thibodeau, who was Van Gundy’s lead assistant in
Even without Van Gundy on the list, Steve Kerr should have plenty of people to talk to. Numerous former Suns and current NBA assistants have been mentioned, but would a team with a veteran-laden roster and a shrinking championship window really hire someone with no NBA head coaching experience? Kerr seems open to it. He told Doug & Wolf that he plans to talk to Jackson, a former NBA point guard with as much coaching experience as I have.
But why would
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We took calls on that, as well as (in a perfect world) who the fans would like to see as Suns head coach.
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My feeling is that the Suns need to look at all the options out there and talk to Eddie Johnson and Mark Jackson and any other coaches that is out there but don’t pick someone because the fans want it. Steve Kerr needs to take his time and not set a dead-line on when they want to have a coach. Maybe he should take the team for one season and let’s see who is out there next year for head coaches. But if they don’t want to do that then Please don’t rush into anything until you have talked to everyone you want to then pick the coach
Confusion in broadcasting booth
IS IT TRUE, Last night did D.Sutton turn to Gracie and say, with our pitchers having similiar facial hair and similiar body shapes, they should be required to have their names or numbers on their uniforms !! at which point Gracie fell off his chair.. ??