Sam Amick - Natt in Good Shape For Permanent Coach

Yep, Sam seems to think Kenny Natt has a good chance to stay on as the permanent coach of the team.

10 months ago otis29 15 comments 0 recs |

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I will repeat what I've said from the time Natt was named interim coach

Making a calm rational decision, and not discounting the absolutely incredibly awful circumstances Natt inheritated this team with, is the most important thing. Paying some expensive coach to coach a team to 30 wins next year is probably not the way this is going to play out. If Natt continues to do what Geoff Petrie considers to be a good job, then so be it. That’s not necessarily a bad thing.

And, I think Sam was noodling when talking about the Maloof’s not spending money. He may or may not be right, but this hasn’t stopped him before.

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by pookeyguru on Jan 19, 2009 11:07 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

There's truth in that

But Natt doesn’t inspire confidence in me.

So imitate the action of the tiger!
Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood,
Disguise fair nature with hard-favoured rage.
- lend the eye a terrible aspect,

Now set the teeth....and teach them how to war.
Henry V iii

by lietothegirls on Jan 19, 2009 1:31 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Me neither

Even if next year is still a rebuilding aka ‘not a lot of wins’ year, I would prefer to have a coach in place that will stay for the long haul and not another lame duck who’s just going to try to get the team toplay with energy and see what happens.

I think the Kings need to define a system sooner rather than later and it all starts with hiring a coach that shares the vision of the front office whether it is the Princeton or a more defensive minded approach. Whichever it is, we need the players to work with this system so that when “the puzzle is fnished” the team is ready for big things

by eduardo_m7 on Jan 19, 2009 2:41 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Agree with both of you

And I think it’s way to early to predict what will happen on the coaching front, regardless of Natt’s success in the win/loss department during the second half.

But it’s clear that Natt is an important piece right now – the team needs the professionalism and organization that went out the window under the last two coaching regimes. So I think it’s cool that Natt finishes the year – it also gives the team a chance to see who’s available during the offseason.

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by otis29 on Jan 19, 2009 2:55 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

No doubt he finishes the year

I don’t think any coach would come into this situation halfway through the season. Looks like the other teams that fired their coaches are going to do the same. Philly, Minny, and OKC have all improved somehow after firing their coaches so they are in no rush to hire a new one.

I thought it was interesting to learn that Musselman and Theus are not getting paid that much money (in NBA terms of course). Muss is getting only 1.25 a year and Theus 1.36 for the rest of this year. Kinda throws out the window the argument of paying 3 coaches at the same time because 2.5 doesn’t seem like such a big amount (again, in NBA terms). Still though, I’m not expecting a new coach to be hired until after the season is over.

by eduardo_m7 on Jan 19, 2009 3:09 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Holy cow

Did I really write that headline? Awful, just awful.

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." - Martin Luther King, Jr.

by otis29 on Jan 19, 2009 2:51 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Don't be too hard on yourself

I’d say Natt is in better shape than Brown, Jackson, Adelman, and Sloan just to name a few. And if he hits the weights regularly he can overtake some of the younger lazy permanent coaches.

Ball movement ... is like jogging for most people: They do it occasionally, and it makes them happy. Then they go back to not doing it. - Henry Abbott

by Kfan in Korea on Jan 19, 2009 4:17 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

its a shame the "thats what she said" phase faded away

Otherwise I’d be all over that.

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by iashwash on Jan 19, 2009 5:25 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

That's what she said

(I’m old school like that)

by eduardo_m7 on Jan 19, 2009 5:36 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

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Rocks are free, and slingshots easily stolen.

by andy sims on Jan 19, 2009 6:17 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Why has Natt not earned a head coaching job up to this point?

Does anyone know why this is? After spending years with Jerry Sloan I figured he would have earned himself a job by now. Also, what’s up with Elston Turner? He is another guy who has yet to earn a head coaching job even though he has been Adelman’s right hand man for a while now? Should we wait until the end of the season and interview him again? I don’t like many of the other coaches on the market right now and I honestly just want to see the Kings stick with someone for a while but I’m not sure Natt is the guy.

by blako on Jan 19, 2009 7:55 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Pretty typical I think for coaches to have to 'wait there turn'

The exceptions are noteworthy though

So imitate the action of the tiger!
Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood,
Disguise fair nature with hard-favoured rage.
- lend the eye a terrible aspect,

Now set the teeth....and teach them how to war.
Henry V iii

by lietothegirls on Jan 19, 2009 9:07 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

thier

embarrassing on such a short comment….

So imitate the action of the tiger!
Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood,
Disguise fair nature with hard-favoured rage.
- lend the eye a terrible aspect,

Now set the teeth....and teach them how to war.
Henry V iii

by lietothegirls on Jan 19, 2009 9:08 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Try again: "their" :-P

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by kangsfan on Jan 19, 2009 11:01 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

and he forgot to "reply"

just gets funnier and funnier. ;p

Ball movement ... is like jogging for most people: They do it occasionally, and it makes them happy. Then they go back to not doing it. - Henry Abbott

by Kfan in Korea on Jan 20, 2009 4:48 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs