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jodeke
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We may see the return of Ime Udoka
Steve Nash, Nets part ways after disastrous start with Kyrie Irving, Kevin Durant
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| Quote: | | Jacque Vaughn will be Brooklyn’s acting head coach against the Bulls on Tuesday night, according to Charania. The Nets are reportedly looking at suspended Boston Celtics coach Ime Udoka and former Utah Jazz coach Quin Snyder as options to replace Nash, according to Woj. Woj reports the Celtics will let Udoka leave for another job while he’s on suspension for his sex scandal within the Boston organization. |
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He was in over his head from the start, considering the All-Star Nut cases he had to try to lead...
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| unleasHell wrote: | | He was in over his head from the start, considering the All-Star Nut cases he had to try to lead... |
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Can we have him as assistant coach? |
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| unleasHell wrote: | | He was in over his head from the start, considering the All-Star Nut cases he had to try to lead... |
It was a great job.....for him to lose his affinity for coaching.  |
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He doesn't say anything salacious in the video he talks about the Nets bad bball lol. Unless you mean the part about Steve being happy to get away from Kyrie. That I definitely believe. |
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https://nba.nbcsports.com/2023/02/21/brooklyn-nets-extend-jacque-vaughn-as-head-coach/
| Quote: | Brooklyn Nets extend Jacque Vaughn as head coach
The Brooklyn Nets have gone 34-24 since Jacque Vaughn took over as head coach from Steve Nash, providing professionalism and a stabilizing influence in what has been an, at times, chaotic environment. He has led the Nets to a spot in the top six in the East (to this point).
The Nets have rewarded him with a contract extension.
“Jacque has made an immediate and immeasurable impact on our entire organization since assuming the role of head coach earlier this season,” Nets GM Sean Marks said in a statement. “On the court, he’s clearly demonstrated his leadership through his ability to connect and communicate at a very high level while displaying tremendous instincts for the game. As a person, they don’t come any better than Jacque. His character is impeccable, and there is not a better representative for our team and our borough. We are thrilled to have Jacque lead the Nets for years to come.”
While the Nets would not discuss the terms of the agreement, Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN reports this contract will take Vaughn through the 2026-27 season.
Vaughn — a former NBA player himself — took over for Steve Nash on Nov. 1 and instantly demonstrated an ability to keep a low profile and get the Nets roster focused on the court, despite the self-induced distractions around the franchise. Vaughn found roles that fit for role players such as Nic Claxton, Seth Curry and Cameron Thomas, and he got the team defending.
In the wake of the Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant trades, this is a radically different roster in Brooklyn with the return of Spencer Dinwiddie and the addition of Mikal Bridges and others. It’s a team that should still make the playoffs this season, but things will change, especially this summer.
Vaughn is now the guy who will guide the Nets into that next iteration as the team evolves over the coming seasons. |
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I bet the Nets wished they gave the job to Udoka back then when they had the chance or not.
https://www.nbcsports.com/nba/news/steve-nash-doesnt-plan-to-return-to-bench-i-didnt-want-to-be-a-career-coach
| Quote: | Steve Nash doesn’t plan to return to bench, ‘I didn’t want to be a career coach’
Nobody expected Steve Nash to become a coach when he was the surprise hire to take over an on-paper contender Brooklyn Nets in 2020.
Nash doesn’t expect to coach again, he told Cesare Milanti of Eurohoops.
“Coaching was a great experience, I didn’t want to be a career coach. I don’t think coaching was about to be my career. I’m coaching my kids, teaching them life. I earned the opportunity to choose, and that’s rewarding, There are always projects, affiliates, and partnerships. I always have something going on, I’m focused on my family.”
Nash is in Ljubljana, Slovenia, for Goran Dragic’s farewell game for charity. There he spoke to the media about his more than two seasons coaching a Nets team that, on paper, had the talent to win it all — Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, James Harden — but never made it out of the second round. Nash did not sound like someone looking to build on that experience in his next stop. Coaching in the NBA, particularly that Nets roster, was more about managing egos than Nash seemed to realize (partly because he was a relatively low-maintenance superstar himself).
“I hadn’t planned to coach, there was a unique situation in Brooklyn that knocked on my door. It was a quick transition. You deal with a different dynamic. A lot of it is managing personalities, between front offices, players, and agents. That’s a huge component of my job. All the dynamics, personalities, and power that the players hold nowadays...
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“The easy part for me was being comfortable with my leadership role, leading by example. What is actually difficult from a coaching perspective is that it’s a totally different leadership. When you’re coaching you have to lead in smaller moments. I was surprised when I coached, you’re not in the team that much. You have five minutes with players before the game, at halftime, and after the game. Those are the only times when you address the team. I wanted to connect with every player individually. Building a culture and environment where people believe and see them be their best is important. You need to feel that you want them to become the best version of themselves.”
In Nash’s first season in Brooklyn, the Nets won 48 games and were the No. 2 seed in the East, but they fell to Giannis Antetokounmpo and the eventual champion Milwaukee Bucks in overtime of Game 7 in the second round — the Kevin Durant toe on the line game. The following year, the Hardenless Nets won 44 games, were the No. 7 seed, and were swept out of the playoffs by the Celtics in the first round. Nash lasted just seven games into his third season as a head coach.
After that there have not been a lot of teams beating down Nash’s door to coach — the Nets went there because Irving and Durant wanted a former player as the coach and trusted Nash (they had forced out Kenny Atkinson as coach the season before). Nash is still going to be involved in the game in some ways, and returning to another team in a consultant role like he had in Golden State before taking the Nets job seems like the kind of thing that could happen again in the right setting.
Just don’t expect to see Nash on the bench again, he’s done that and is ready to move on. |
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| Fair enough. If an opportunity like that is given to you, why not give it a try? And now he and the NBA know that he probably won't be a coach again, and he can live his best life. |
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