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    PJ Carlesimo Hired by Raptors?

    Mike Grange aparently reported that the Raptors have hired PJ Carlesimo.
    http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=5236564

    This is great news if true. He's got a great reputation and won a Championship coaching under Popovich. I wonder where he'll be in the pecking order.
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    Tim W. wrote: View Post
    Mike Grange aparently reported that the Raptors have hired PJ Carlesimo.
    http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=5236564

    This is great news if true. He's got a great reputation and won a Championship coaching under Popovich. I wonder where he'll be in the pecking order.
    Yep he was hired and I think it may have been to replace Ivaroni

    Carlesimo moved to the NBA in 1994, taking over the Portland Trail Blazers from Rick Adelman. He led the team to a winning record and the playoffs in his first season as an NBA head coach, becoming the first ex-college coach to do so in his opening year in over a quarter of a century.[citation needed] Carlesimo led the Blazers to the playoffs in each of his three years as their head coach, setting team defensive records in the process.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._J._Carlesimo
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      Great, great news. Finally someone with some considerable coaching experience.

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        and I thought this season the team was full of chokers.

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          Doc Naismith wrote: View Post
          Great, great news. Finally someone with some considerable coaching experience.
          I think you meant to write

          Finally someone with some considerable successful coaching experience
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            Hotshot wrote: View Post
            and I thought this season the team was full of chokers.
            It is and now the team has a chokee
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            “As a captain, I played furiously. I drew a lot of fouls, but I brought everything I had to every practice and to every game. I left everything on the court because I simply wanted the team to win”
            Quote from well known personality who led their high school team to a state championship.

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              Buddahfan wrote: View Post
              I think you meant to write

              Finally someone with some considerable successful coaching experience
              Yes ... you are correct sir.

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                PJ is a shark smelling the blood of Triano thrashing around in deep water, which is why he is taking the job.

                If Triano doesn't show improvement next season, he is gone.

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                  Hotshot wrote: View Post
                  PJ is a shark smelling the blood of Triano thrashing around in deep water, which is why he is taking the job.

                  If Triano doesn't show improvement next season, he is gone.
                  This is my assumption as well, although Carlisemo's reputation amongst players (specifically young players) is pretty low. Kevin Durrant and Jeff Green weren't exactly fans of his attitude and hard-line approach... on a young team like the Raptors (considering our vets like Rasho, Jose and Hedo will not return), you can't have a coach that will alienate relationships with younger players.

                  Having said that, his coaching on the defensive end is excellent and proven- unlike the 'Defensive Guru' Iavaroni whose only head-coaching stint with the Grizzlies was a disaster defensively and offensively .

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                    Hotshot wrote: View Post
                    PJ is a shark smelling the blood of Triano thrashing around in deep water, which is why he is taking the job.

                    If Triano doesn't show improvement next season, he is gone.
                    If Carlesimo works his magic on coaching the defense then Triano may get an extension and a raise.



                    I'll drink to that!
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                      Hotshot wrote: View Post
                      PJ is a shark smelling the blood of Triano thrashing around in deep water, which is why he is taking the job.

                      If Triano doesn't show improvement next season, he is gone.
                      Well, if by showing improvement you mean that the Raptors improve their record, then he's got very little hope if Bosh leaves. The fate of the team next season has nothing to do with coaching just as the lack of success this past year had nothing to do with coaching.
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                        Buddahfan wrote: View Post
                        It is and now the team has a chokee
                        PJ nightmares:

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                          Tim W. wrote: View Post
                          The fate of the team next season has nothing to do with coaching just as the lack of success this past year had nothing to do with coaching.
                          If your team underachieves then coaching has everything to do with it.

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                            Kevin Durant Seems Pleased With the Coaching Switch in Oklahoma City

                            11/23/2008 3:15 PM ET By Tom Ziller

                            Most players appear diplomatic when a coach gets fired midseason, sure to share hope for tomorrow while careful of stomping on the grave of the unemployed. As Kevin Durant is even-handed/spirited at all times, his comments on the sacking of P.J. Carlesimo and simultaneous promotion of Scott Brooks are not surprising.

                            "Not taking anything away from P.J., he wanted the best out of us," said Durant. "But Scott did a great job of giving us a little bit of room for error. Once we messed up he just told us what we needed to do better and told us that play was over. I think that kind of made us feel a little better. We just got to continue to build on it."

                            Honest, measured and expected, just as you'd prefer from a potenital-ridden buck like Durant. There's also another factor I hadn't considered Saturday: with Carlesimo, so-called offensive coordinator Paul Westhead, the guru of go, was sacked. Westhead had implemented a fast offense as Carlesimo's top deputy, one which never resembled anything beautiful because of the vast oceans of inefficiency on the roster.
                            http://nba.fanhouse.com/2008/11/23/k...h-in-oklahoma/
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                            • #15
                              If this is step 1 of Colangelo's plans, I'm not sure he's keen on moving into rebuild mode just yet. I'm not going to pretend like I know what PJ Carlesimo brings to the table, but his resume seems pretty decent. At least no one seems to think this is a bad move

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