Who will be the Suns new head coach?

[Mainstreet]

It looks like Earl Watson was signed for three years to be the Suns head coach. I'm surprised this information is not more widely circulated.

John Gambadoro ‏@Gambo987 25s25 seconds ago

Suns have signed Earl Watson to a three year deal

 

[slinslin]

Good news, I think he did an exceptional job.

Of course the national media will somehow try to spin it so that nobody else would have been willing to take the job.

 

[StreetTruckinTitan]

It looks like Earl Watson was signed for three years to be the Suns head coach. I'm surprised this information is not more widely circulated.

If this is true, its very disappointing. The suns will be forever mired in mediocrity if they even get to mediocre with Watson at the helm. I dont see the attraction. He's a name dropper at best. But, atleast the inmates like him and he probably comes cheap.
The Suns could have brought back the past of run & gun, fast and fun basketball but now were stuck with this garbage. Ive been a life long Suns fan but Im disillusioned with the Suns making any good decisions. And I dont see it getting any better with Saver in control.

 

[sunsfan88]

The only one that wouldn't consider the Suns, IMO, is Thibodeau and that's just because he's interested in full control of personnel decisions and that's not happening in Phoenix. Matter of fact, that's probably not happening in very many places.

Windhorst was on the Burns & Gambo show couple days ago and reported that based on people he's talked to, the Suns job is at the bottom of the list and that he doubts the Suns have any chance at any of the top candidates

Here's the link:

http://arizonasports.com/story/6312...wn-the-list-of-teams-with-a-coaching-vacancy/

 

[slinslin]

Windhorst was on the Burns & Gambo show couple days ago and reported that based on people he's talked to, the Suns job is at the bottom of the list and that he doubts the Suns have any chance at any of the top candidates

Here's the link:

http://arizonasports.com/story/6312...wn-the-list-of-teams-with-a-coaching-vacancy/

Windhorst.. Who cares. That douche knows nothing, it is a joke that ESPN pays him.

He made a career of being a hardcore Lebron fanboy

 

[Mainstreet]

If this is true, its very disappointing. The suns will be forever mired in mediocrity if they even get to mediocre with Watson at the helm. I dont see the attraction. He's a name dropper at best. But, atleast the inmates like him and he probably comes cheap.
The Suns could have brought back the past of run & gun, fast and fun basketball but now were stuck with this garbage. Ive been a life long Suns fan but Im disillusioned with the Suns making any good decisions. And I dont see it getting any better with Saver in control.

I would say hang in there. Watson seems to have the respect of the players which is huge in the NBA. Who would have thought Tyson Chandler would be playing so hard at the end of a meaningless season.

 

[AzStevenCal]

Windhorst was on the Burns & Gambo show couple days ago and reported that based on people he's talked to, the Suns job is at the bottom of the list and that he doubts the Suns have any chance at any of the top candidates

Here's the link:

http://arizonasports.com/story/6312...wn-the-list-of-teams-with-a-coaching-vacancy/

His opinions about the Suns have been shaped by his occasional co-host, that guy who briefly worked for the Suns. And that guy is a known Sarver hater (I guess because we didn't hire him full time) so I take anything either of them say with a grain of salt. We never heard anything negative from Windhorst about the Suns until he started working with Amin and since then it's been nothing but negative. I doubt that's a coincidence.

 

[Iceman]

I'm surprised they gave him a 3 year deal. Thought it would be 1 or 2 year one

 

[AzStevenCal]

I would say hang in there. Watson seems to have the respect of the players which is huge in the NBA. Who would have thought Tyson Chandler would be playing so hard at the end of a meaningless season.

I agree, having the players want to play for you is a huge part of the battle. I have no idea whether he can actually coach but he says all the right things and if he was a phony the players would see right through him IMO. I'm comfortable with the decision. I'm not positive we've done the right thing with this hiring but I'm confused by all the posters that are so sure we've made a mistake.

 

[elindholm]

I'm surprised they gave him a 3 year deal. Thought it would be 1 or 2 year one

It's a general pattern among NBA coach contracts that I just don't get. Nearly every contract is for longer than the coach is going to last. Only 12 current NBA head coaches were hired in 2013 or earlier -- the rest have been on the job 2.5 years or less. For the other 18 teams, 11 (including Watson) have been on the job less than a year, and there are three vacancies. A three-year deal for an unproven coach with a rebuilding, talent-starved team is not realistic. Basically these deals have signing bonuses in reverse: A guaranteed golden parachute for when the relationship falls apart.