Vinny Del Negro being highly concidered for the TWolves Headcoaching job.

[Sketch5]

Just saw this on Comcast and looks like old Vinny might be on his way to Minni.And remembering last year when we were looking for a head coach to tank last season, his name came up quite a bit.

This also means that the TWolves are considering big time tanking next year, which could also mean that ownership has come to terms on moving Love.
 
The Cavs are also looking at Del Negro. So I wonder if they are tanking too, or just really really dumb or desperate.

[Lucky17]

I do not understand the interest in VDN. Unless a front office is looking for a captain for the Titanic, I'm not sure why he's on anyone's list.

[Donoghus]

It'd be amazing if this guy actually got another head coaching gig in the NBA. 

[Quetzalcoatl]

I would literally hire Tim Donaghy over Vinny Del Negro

[Finkelskyhook]

I do not understand the interest in VDN. Unless a front office is looking for a captain for the Titanic, I'm not sure why he's on anyone's list.

I'm not understanding how Del Negro is such a horrible coach.  The Clippers...With a much better supporting cast...Didn't look markedly better this year than last.  I saw a few Clips games last year and didn't see Del Negro getting outcoached.

LAC paid a gazillion dollars to Rivers to get a better team barely one round further.  Apparently Rivers shouldn't be on anyone's list either.

[D.o.s.]

I do not understand the interest in VDN. Unless a front office is looking for a captain for the Titanic, I'm not sure why he's on anyone's list.

I'm not understanding how Del Negro is such a horrible coach.  The Clippers...With a much better supporting cast...Didn't look markedly better this year than last.  I saw a few Clips games last year and didn't see Del Negro getting outcoached.

LAC paid a gazillion dollars to Rivers to get a better team barely one round further.  Apparently Rivers shouldn't be on anyone's list either.

I know you're no fan of Doc Rivers, but this is an absurd post.

[Endless Paradise]

VDN's a perfectly fine coach for development.

[McHales Pits]

Oh Vinny...the real life love child of Luke Wilson and Mitch Albom



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[D.o.s.]

That gets a TP, Pits.

VDN's a perfectly fine coach for a team that's expected to lose

[Finkelskyhook]

I do not understand the interest in VDN. Unless a front office is looking for a captain for the Titanic, I'm not sure why he's on anyone's list.

I'm not understanding how Del Negro is such a horrible coach.  The Clippers...With a much better supporting cast...Didn't look markedly better this year than last.  I saw a few Clips games last year and didn't see Del Negro getting outcoached.

LAC paid a gazillion dollars to Rivers to get a better team barely one round further.  Apparently Rivers shouldn't be on anyone's list either.

I know you're no fan of Doc Rivers, but this is an absurd post.

In what way?  I find the commentary on Del Negro more absurd.  If Del Negro had the roster Rivers had he'd have gotten just as far as Rivers did....Maybe further....Because he would've been focused on his team instead of the media after the Sterling fiasco.

[Fafnir]

VDN is highly thought of by the "basketball people" around the league. Still shocking that a team is considering hiring him, I guess this means they've accepted the fact that they're moving Love?

[McHales Pits]

That gets a TP, Pits.

Yeah buddy 

[footey]

That seals the deal for Love's departure, then.

[D.o.s.]

I do not understand the interest in VDN. Unless a front office is looking for a captain for the Titanic, I'm not sure why he's on anyone's list.

I'm not understanding how Del Negro is such a horrible coach.  The Clippers...With a much better supporting cast...Didn't look markedly better this year than last.  I saw a few Clips games last year and didn't see Del Negro getting outcoached.

LAC paid a gazillion dollars to Rivers to get a better team barely one round further.  Apparently Rivers shouldn't be on anyone's list either.

I know you're no fan of Doc Rivers, but this is an absurd post.

In what way?  I find the commentary on Del Negro more absurd.  If Del Negro had the roster Rivers had he'd have gotten just as far as Rivers did....Maybe further....Because he would've been focused on his team instead of the media after the Sterling fiasco.

Del Negro is a nice dude -- he's very similar to Mike Brown, in that way. He's great at handling locker room personalities in low-key situations, like the Clippers before Chris Paul, and generally keeping things upbeat on do-nothing teams.

There are, however, very real reasons why he's only been able to coach a team to a winning record once. And there's also an easy explanation why the Bulls jumped from 41 wins under VDN to 62 wins under Thibs, and it wasn't all Derrick Rose finding himself.

[Endless Paradise]

That gets a TP, Pits.

VDN's a perfectly fine coach for a team that's expected to lose

Well, yeah.  Someone's gotta coach bad teams and few respected coaches would be willing to take on that task.