Report: Ainge candidate for Utah Jazz position

[Rondo9]

Mostly, I don't care whether he was pushed out, decided to leave on his own, or some combination of the 2.   
It does seem that an advising gig with Utah sounds like a dream job if he's still got some passion (heck -- he ain't old... he's my age) for a role in the NBA with about 1 millionth of the pressure of his old job.   Sounds great for Danny -- I hope he gets the offer.

NG..you are a reasonable guy. Your posts are full of wisdom. The debate that ran through last season was that there was something wrong with this team and changes had to be made. Some folks agreed and others said no. The team gets knocked out, changes were made, yet the ‘all is good with the team’ want to keep the narrative by arguing that Ainge’s retirement was in the works and unrelated to the direction the team had taken.

Got any proof to your made up narrative?

[Ogaju]

Mostly, I don't care whether he was pushed out, decided to leave on his own, or some combination of the 2.   
It does seem that an advising gig with Utah sounds like a dream job if he's still got some passion (heck -- he ain't old... he's my age) for a role in the NBA with about 1 millionth of the pressure of his old job.   Sounds great for Danny -- I hope he gets the offer.

NG..you are a reasonable guy. Your posts are full of wisdom. The debate that ran through last season was that there was something wrong with this team and changes had to be made. Some folks agreed and others said no. The team gets knocked out, changes were made, yet the ‘all is good with the team’ want to keep the narrative by arguing that Ainge’s retirement was in the works and unrelated to the direction the team had taken.

Got any proof to your made up narrative?

what narrative?

[SparzWizard]

I thought he was stepping down because of his health but...waow if he takes on the role in Utah.

[ozgod]

Can yall stop with the he was not let go narrative if he takes this job?

No, not necessarily. It's a consulting gig he can do from his home in Utah for a close friend, rather than a full time gig across the country. If he became GM or something, then yes.

Didn’t he say he was going to stay engaged in Boston? So he will be consulting for Utah and Boston, is that the plan?

I think he said he would be around for as long as Brad needed him. But anyone who takes a new management position knows that the last person they want around is the guy that used to be there and whose mess you may have to fix.

Ime can’t do much about Brad being in the organization but there’s really no reason for Danny to stick around.

[ozgod]

Mostly, I don't care whether he was pushed out, decided to leave on his own, or some combination of the 2.   
It does seem that an advising gig with Utah sounds like a dream job if he's still got some passion (heck -- he ain't old... he's my age) for a role in the NBA with about 1 millionth of the pressure of his old job.   Sounds great for Danny -- I hope he gets the offer.

NG..you are a reasonable guy. Your posts are full of wisdom. The debate that ran through last season was that there was something wrong with this team and changes had to be made. Some folks agreed and others said no. The team gets knocked out, changes were made, yet the ‘all is good with the team’ want to keep the narrative by arguing that Ainge’s retirement was in the works and unrelated to the direction the team had taken.

Yes -- I wasn't seeing the relevance of the debate.   

I understand some wanting to see this as a move by ownership in recognition of a failing direction v. those who think Danny opted out of his own accord (implying ownership would have continued as is).  I suppose in that light I'd like to think that ownership was active in the decision -- whether to take him out of the Pres/GM role or to work with Danny and Brad to find a reasonable solution for change.   

I agree, end of day it doesn't really matter in the overall scheme of things whether Danny quit or was fired. What's relevant is he is no longer there and there's a new person in charge. That should make people who wanted a change in scenery happy.

Of course if you're the vindictive type and got to the point where you hated Danny's guts it's always better to feel that Danny was fired instead of quit and the good thing is the ambiguity allows everyone to think what they want 

[BudweiserCeltic]

I thought he was stepping down because of his health but...waow if he takes on the role in Utah.

I mean, it just sounds like he just has to pick up the phone from the comfort of his own home.

[Ogaju]

Mostly, I don't care whether he was pushed out, decided to leave on his own, or some combination of the 2.   
It does seem that an advising gig with Utah sounds like a dream job if he's still got some passion (heck -- he ain't old... he's my age) for a role in the NBA with about 1 millionth of the pressure of his old job.   Sounds great for Danny -- I hope he gets the offer.

NG..you are a reasonable guy. Your posts are full of wisdom. The debate that ran through last season was that there was something wrong with this team and changes had to be made. Some folks agreed and others said no. The team gets knocked out, changes were made, yet the ‘all is good with the team’ want to keep the narrative by arguing that Ainge’s retirement was in the works and unrelated to the direction the team had taken.

Yes -- I wasn't seeing the relevance of the debate.   

I understand some wanting to see this as a move by ownership in recognition of a failing direction v. those who think Danny opted out of his own accord (implying ownership would have continued as is).  I suppose in that light I'd like to think that ownership was active in the decision -- whether to take him out of the Pres/GM role or to work with Danny and Brad to find a reasonable solution for change.   

I agree, end of day it doesn't really matter in the overall scheme of things whether Danny quit or was fired. What's relevant is he is no longer there and there's a new person in charge. That should make people who wanted a change in scenery happy.

Of course if you're the vindictive type and got to the point where you hated Danny's guts it's always better to feel that Danny was fired instead of quit and the good thing is the ambiguity allows everyone to think what they want 

I doubt there is anyone here that hates Danny’s guts. There was however a debate here whether a change was needed. When that change occurs those who wanted the status quo should admit they were wrong instead of claiming ambiguity

[Rondo9]

Mostly, I don't care whether he was pushed out, decided to leave on his own, or some combination of the 2.   
It does seem that an advising gig with Utah sounds like a dream job if he's still got some passion (heck -- he ain't old... he's my age) for a role in the NBA with about 1 millionth of the pressure of his old job.   Sounds great for Danny -- I hope he gets the offer.

NG..you are a reasonable guy. Your posts are full of wisdom. The debate that ran through last season was that there was something wrong with this team and changes had to be made. Some folks agreed and others said no. The team gets knocked out, changes were made, yet the ‘all is good with the team’ want to keep the narrative by arguing that Ainge’s retirement was in the works and unrelated to the direction the team had taken.

Yes -- I wasn't seeing the relevance of the debate.   

I understand some wanting to see this as a move by ownership in recognition of a failing direction v. those who think Danny opted out of his own accord (implying ownership would have continued as is).  I suppose in that light I'd like to think that ownership was active in the decision -- whether to take him out of the Pres/GM role or to work with Danny and Brad to find a reasonable solution for change.   

I agree, end of day it doesn't really matter in the overall scheme of things whether Danny quit or was fired. What's relevant is he is no longer there and there's a new person in charge. That should make people who wanted a change in scenery happy.

Of course if you're the vindictive type and got to the point where you hated Danny's guts it's always better to feel that Danny was fired instead of quit and the good thing is the ambiguity allows everyone to think what they want 

I doubt there is anyone here that hates Danny’s guts. There was however a debate here whether a change was needed. When that change occurs those who wanted the status quo should admit they were wrong instead of claiming ambiguity

Why does that matter to you? You’re just treating this like some sports game where you have to win or something. Just drop it.

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