Casey Is Our Man

[Apollo]

so what is there to know about Dwane Casey?

He coached the Wolves for a year and a half and they sucked. The end. Seriously though, he may have a lot of the attributes that Colangelo is looking for but one of the most important attribute Colangelo mentioned was an experienced, established coach. Casey has lots of experience but he doesn't have hardly any head coaching experience. He's 54 by the way.

[Balls of Steel]

All I know of Casey was he was being mentioned here as a potential coach a while back when Babcock was the GM here (due to their Minnesota connection). Having coached under Jim Carrey, er, Rick Carlisle is definitely not bad. I'm not surprised that he's potentially in the lead for certain reasons. It may be a reach for some but please hear me out.

Houston hired McHale because they now have several unproven and young big men in Patterson and Thabeet. Mchale has vowed to address their paint issues as coach and to bring along their young front court (presumably sans Yao).

Golden State hires Mark Jackson presumably to help and balance their very young yet potent back court. The team desperately wants them to work together and refuses to trade either one of them. It was a logical move to hire a former PG as coach.

Why Dwayne Casey? Well, there's the defense factor (also being assistants under two capable coaches in Saunders and Carlisle). The most critical factor of all - Casey has had years to observe how Nowitzki operates as a big man and a focal point of offense (where and how he plays and who his frontcourt partner is). Yes, I said it, he's the front-runner because he'll be the next coach to bring along Bargnani (and presumably keep him accountable, if there's ever such a thing around here). Frank being the coach would actually be shocking considering he'd probably have AB7 shipped out of town by November if he fails to absorb his system. This coaching decision alone (should it happen), tells me (my opinion) that Bargs is here to stay.

[Tim W.]

so what is there to know about Dwane Casey?

Casey was the head coach for the T-Wolves for about a year, or so. He didn't get them anywhere, but he didn't embarrass himself, either. What he apparently didn't learn is that coaching a bad team isn't necessarily a good career move.

[RaptorDan]

The article is pretty interesting and if Doug is writing about something, then it usually has some traction. I don't know much about Casey, so if he is our next coach, I'll have to do some reading.

[enlightenment]

so what is there to know about Dwane Casey?

[jrdyck]

If Dougie is accurate on this one (and he is usually is), then there's a good chance that current Mavs assistant Dwane Casey will be the next head coach of the Raps.

And it appears the interest is mutual.

Casey wasn’t willing to discuss his intentions with the Star but several league sources insist he’s hugely interested in the job. The Raptors are also being close-mouthed about the search to replace Triano but league sources say team officials have already spoken to Casey’s agent.

http://www.thestar.com/sports/basket...nt-dwane-casey

He mentions that the Warriors had shown strong interest as well. However, reports are now saying that Mark Jackson will be the guy for Golden State, increasing the odds that Casey ends up in TO.