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Bomani Jones just played race card on Steve Kerr hire

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  • BennyBeaverBennyBeaver Member Posts: 13,346

    I saw the wall of text, noticed it was from Tequilla, and stopped reading immediately.


    Also, disagree.
    Agree. If you look up "pressing" in the HH dictionary, there's picture of Tequilllla.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 11,453
    TheGlove said:

    Agree. If you look up "pressing" in the HH dictionary, there's picture of Tequilllla.
    Disagree. The picture would be of Passion by a mile.
  • CuntWaffleCuntWaffle Member Posts: 22,499
    edited May 2014

    Disagree. The picture would be of Passion by a mile.
    Yup. Tequilla is the picture of "tldr".

    Although as of late he has gotten much more crisp.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 11,453

    Yup. Tequilla is the picture of "tldr".

    Although as of late he has gotten much more crisp.
    I find myself agreeing with Tequilla more than I disagree. I can't remember a time where I nodded my head thinking Passion made a good post.
  • Fire_Marshall_BillFire_Marshall_Bill Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 25,107 Founders Club

    Flagged for watching ESPN talking head bullshit.

    This. That Dan Leberetard show isn't good enough for Miami Public Access.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 11,453
    So I wonder if Bomani Jones is bitching about race now that Derek Fisher who has never coached a game just signed a 5 year 25 million dollar contract. I'm guessing his silence on this issue speaks volumes.
  • dncdnc Member Posts: 56,826

    So I wonder if Bomani Jones is bitching about race now that Derek Fisher who has never coached a game just signed a 5 year 25 million dollar contract. I'm guessing his silence on this issue speaks volumes.

    Ray-cist!

  • RoadDawg55RoadDawg55 Member Posts: 30,123

    Avery Johnson made the Finals in Dallas after only being an assistant for half a season. Larry Bird, like Kerr, only had front office experience before being named Indiana's coach. Both of those guys made the Finals. Kerr is a sharp guy who gets along with people. He's certainly a smarter guy than Mark Jackson and he certainly will get along with employees better than he did. If you are high on a guy, you hire him. It's a risk and he is getting a lot of money, but that's what happens when you have other suitors.

    I actually don't blame the Warriors for firing Jackson. He's getting too much credit for turning around the Warriors. Scott Brooks turned around the Thunder too. The Warriors got better because Steph Curry improved and stayed healthy. They have also improved the roster around him with Bogut, Thompson, Igudola, and Barnes. Any coach is taking the Warriors to the playoffs, so I don't understand why getting rid of Jackson is making people so upset. Jackson didn't get along with the front office or his assistant coaches. He also is a Bible thumper, yet had a stripper attempting to extort him.
    #dialed in
  • TequillaTequilla Member Posts: 20,011

    #dialed in
    I like to go find dead threads that haven't been talked about for 8 months, pull and respond to my own quote, and go way past patting myself on the back and instead go straight to jerking myself off ... that's what I like to do.

    #roaddiefullofhimself
  • RoadDawg55RoadDawg55 Member Posts: 30,123
    Tequilla said:

    I like to go find dead threads that haven't been talked about for 8 months, pull and respond to my own quote, and go way past patting myself on the back and instead go straight to jerking myself off ... that's what I like to do.

    #roaddiefullofhimself
    Lol. I read an article about Steve Kerr this morning and googled Steve Kerr HardcoreHusky. I looked at some NBA threads from last year's playoffs. You weren't very dialed in. I didn't bump those.
  • TequillaTequilla Member Posts: 20,011

    Lol. I read an article about Steve Kerr this morning and googled Steve Kerr HardcoreHusky. I looked at some NBA threads from last year's playoffs. You weren't very dialed in. I didn't bump those.
    My first comments in this thread:

    You can argue whether or not Mark Jackson should have been fired. His performance on the court would suggest he shouldn't have been. His performance off the court is a bigger question mark.

    Hard to argue the hiring of Steve Kerr though. He's one of the few "talking heads" that when he talks you tend to think "yep, he knows what he's talking about." If you're going to fire Mark Jackson, you better damn well hire someone the caliber of Steve Kerr to replace him.


    Don't sound very dialed in on this one ...

    I definitely undersold the Warriors in the playoffs last year as I didn't think that they'd be able to stay with the Clippers given the front court injury issues the Warriors had going into the playoffs. Real strange series given that all of the Sterling came out at that point.

    The one I was definitely off the mark on was what was going on with Indiana. In many ways I had already drawn a line in the sand on that one so I had to ride it out. I still think that the makeup of Indiana was worth giving Miami trouble but what was going on off the court was too big to get over. Half of my Indiana backing was as much about my lack of belief in Miami - which was proven in the Finals against San Antonio.
  • HeretoBeatmyChestHeretoBeatmyChest Member Posts: 4,295
    Presti is a very good GM….ownership there sucks dick. If they weren't cheap fucks they could build a long-term contender. Maybe ownership decided to get rid of Harden a year before he had to be signed, which resulted in poor trade options.

    Re Tequillas posts, simple guide for following…if they are short, he's right. If they are long, he's wrong.

    Kanter move is interesting.

    Mark Jackson is a bible thumping clown who spouts stupid platitudes all the time. Kerr hire was a great move, obviously.
  • TequillaTequilla Member Posts: 20,011

    You had a thread titled Joe LacobFS right after he fired Jackson. You weren't dialed in. No big deal. It's a new year. You picked the Clips to beat the Thunder in 5 and the Pacers.
    Lacob definitely needed a home run hire for firing Jackson. Had he replaced Jackson with someone like Tyrone Corbin, then I would think both of us would agree that that was FS.

    I was definitely wrong about the Clippers beating the Thunder. That was a series that could have gone either direction but ultimately the inability for the Clippers to slow down KD was the biggest advantage in the series - which was greater than the Clippers ability to dominate the interior.
  • PenacePenace Member Posts: 495
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    Bomanis question is worth asking.

    If there's been a move away from black coaches it's because black coaches tend to be former players. Most front offices have moved towards using analytics and it seems like the "old school" former players fight it. Front offices don't want to have to fight to implement analytics.

    Anyone with any percentage of brain agrees that Scott Brooks needs to be fired in OKC. So we all agree that winning regular season games and even deep playoff runs does not make you a good coach. The Hollins, Brown and Drew examples are sunk in that comparison.

    The NBA has also been way out in front of every other sport in terms of minorities in coaching and front offices. I think they deserve the benefit of the doubt at this point.

    In the end I think he's wrong. But let's not just cry race card and dismiss the question.

    Dismissal is exactly what needs to be done.

  • dncdnc Member Posts: 56,826
    Bring Back Our Cockus bump. Also, props to @RoadDawg55 for having pretty much everything in this thread dialed in.
  • doogsinparadisedoogsinparadise Member Posts: 9,320
    APAG made a good poont, there's a problematic lack of black quants in front offices because of the structural racism in public schools that privileges kids whose parents are already highly educated.
  • Lawrence_of_a_LabiaLawrence_of_a_Labia Member Posts: 487

    Presti is a very good GM….ownership there sucks dick. If they weren't cheap fucks they could build a long-term contender. Maybe ownership decided to get rid of Harden a year before he had to be signed, which resulted in poor trade options.

    Re Tequillas posts, simple guide for following…if they are short, he's right. If they are long, he's wrong.

    Kanter move is interesting.

    Mark Jackson is a bible thumping clown who spouts stupid platitudes all the time. Kerr hire was a great move, obviously.

    Obviously no Oklahoma City front office to coattail to
  • TierbsHsotBoobsTierbsHsotBoobs Member Posts: 39,680
    dnc said:

    Bring Back Our Cockus bump. Also, props to @RoadDawg55 for having pretty much everything in this thread dialed in.

    Except Scott Brooks.
  • RoadDawg55RoadDawg55 Member Posts: 30,123

    Except Scott Brooks.
    Never thought Scott Brooks was a really good coach. He's average, maybe a little above average. OKC was the same with Billy Donovan. Donovan was better at managing line ups (save giving Waiters 30+ minutes), but the crunch time offense has always been terrible in OKC. Durant and Westbrook are bascially anti-clutch. Their crunch time numbers are terrible. Part of what makes Curry so great is how clutch he is. I don't know how much of that falls on the coach.
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