Potential Coaching Candidates

[golden]

Optics may be working against some of you here. We don't see what's going on behind the scene and we don't see how well he reaches the players. Also keep in mind the chain of command and how that might impact his own coaching. Just my two cents.

We do know that Nurse wasn't reaching Kyle and DeMar behind the scenes until Masai stepped in and forced them to change. If Kyle and DeMar wanted to do the whole equal opportunity/ball-movement thing, it would have happened long ago, in spite of Casey.

At this point, I don't really expect the team to get blown up. Maybe one starter gets dealt, but largely, we are the same; hence the fresh voice angle.

But yeah, if Masai blows it up, then Nurse is a good choice.

I still don't get that alpha dog vibe from Nurse, which is pretty important in managing those over-sized NBA egos and holding players accountable. I doubt that Masai wants to be the one always having to fill that role, like he did for Casey.

[Apollo]

We do know that Nurse wasn't reaching Kyle and DeMar behind the scenes until Masai stepped in and forced them to change. If Kyle and DeMar wanted to do the whole equal opportunity/ball-movement thing, it would have happened long ago, in spite of Casey.

Why do you assume they're coming back?

[golden]

Why do you assume they're coming back?

The point here is that Nurse wasn't compelling as an influencer on Kyle, Demar or Casey - behind the scenes. Pure speculation, but that doesn't reflect well on Nurse as the main guy having to win buy-in from star players and team leaders, be it Kyle, DeMar or whoever else is brought in.

[JimiCliff]

I asked Kaunas star Kevin Pangos about Jasikevicius, he said: "He works extremely hard; he's a young coach who thinks the game extremely well. He wants to be the best coach of all time, that's his mentality." https://t.co/vWo3MwMi7Q

— Michael Grange (@michaelgrange) June 7, 2018

[JimiCliff]

Nurse has never struck me as a leader-type. He seems, temperamentally, more suited to work as an assistant. At least, at the NBA level.

[LJ2]

Nurse has never struck me as a leader-type. He seems, temperamentally, more suited to work as an assistant. At least, at the NBA level.

I agree with this assessment.

[golden]

Nurse has never struck me as a leader-type. He seems, temperamentally, more suited to work as an assistant. At least, at the NBA level.

Yup. Beta.

This is what an Alpha Nurse looks like.....

[KeonClark]

I agree with this assessment.

Yup. Beta.

This is what an Alpha Nurse looks like.....

I fourth that motion

[MixxAOR]

@RaptorsNationTO @raptorsrepublic @RaptorsHQ @william_lou @KevinRashidi Just spotted Ettore Messina at e11even meeting with Bobby Webster and Teresa Resch. Good chance he could be our new coach ����*♂️ #WeTheNorth

— Saër Diop (@saeeezy) June 7, 2018

[KeonClark]

@RaptorsNationTO @raptorsrepublic @RaptorsHQ @william_lou @KevinRashidi Just spotted Ettore Messina at e11even meeting with Bobby Webster and Teresa Resch. Good chance he could be our new coach ����*♂️ #WeTheNorth

— Saër Diop (@saeeezy) June 7, 2018

Nice try greg pop burner account. Quit trying to help friends out

[MixxAOR]

Nice try greg pop burner account. Quit trying to help friends out

that's way too nice of a compliment. I'm more of a Billy King burner account

[LJ2]

@RaptorsNationTO @raptorsrepublic @RaptorsHQ @william_lou @KevinRashidi Just spotted Ettore Messina at e11even meeting with Bobby Webster and Teresa Resch. Good chance he could be our new coach ����*♂️ #WeTheNorth

— Saër Diop (@saeeezy) June 7, 2018

Hiring Messina is a power move for the Raptors. Sends a message to the league that Raptors are not done yet.

[MixxAOR]

According to @eldia , Greek coach Fotis Katsikaris has turned down a proposal from Malaga and is now expected to join an NBA coaching staff. #NBA

— Orazio Cauchi (@paxer89) June 2, 2018

According to @LOMA_Deportes , Sergio Scariolo is seriously thinking about leaving Spain NT after the summer window. Scariolo has received interest for an assistant coach position from the Charlotte Hornets and the Toronto Raptors #NBA

— Orazio Cauchi (@paxer89) June 7, 2018

New assistants?

[rocwell]

According to @eldia , Greek coach Fotis Katsikaris has turned down a proposal from Malaga and is now expected to join an NBA coaching staff. #NBA

— Orazio Cauchi (@paxer89) June 2, 2018

According to @LOMA_Deportes , Sergio Scariolo is seriously thinking about leaving Spain NT after the summer window. Scariolo has received interest for an assistant coach position from the Charlotte Hornets and the Toronto Raptors #NBA

— Orazio Cauchi (@paxer89) June 7, 2018

New assistants?

Man we're going full European

[rocwell]

Any opening he wants in Europe is his but Saras has been deliberately patient. He’s got a good thing going in Kaunas. He was revered in Lithuania before taking the job purely from his playing career. Now he’s shown that even with a miniscule budget, he could turn his side into one that can compete with anyone on the continent.
There are three natural landing spots for Saras in Europe. Panathinaikos in Athens, Barcelona, and Maccabi Tel Aviv. He won Euroleague titles with all three as a player and has often spoken of his fondness for the clubs. At least two of those jobs have been there for him before but he demured. Neither Barcelona nor Maccabi are, or at least were, in the position Saras needed to take command of the roster and build the type of defensively minded and offensively efficient monster he wants.

So he waits, in Kaunas, knowing that every front office in Europe is ready to jump for him should they wish to replace their coach. Now he’s gone up another level, just by getting invited in for a chat in Toronto, he’s made an already stacked pile of chips grow higher.

The options for Saras are simple. He can stay in Kaunas where, once more, he enters a season with anything better than 15th in Euroleague considered a good year. He can take a job with Barcelona or Maccabi, or even potentially CSKA Moscow where his budget would be obscene by continental standards, and look to build. Or he might get the big offer across the pond in a city where he can build a dynasty.

At 42 and barely two full years as a head coach, it’s not a bad situation.

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