Report: Kevin Love still wants out, even after Saunders became head coach

[badshar]

http://www.csnne.com/boston-celtics/report-love-still-wants-leave-timberwolves

Doesn't really change much...

[hpantazo]

this was obvious, and the reason why Saunders became coach, because no one else wants to coach this team when Love leaves.

[SHAQATTACK]

this was obvious, and the reason why Saunders became coach, because no one else wants to coach this team when Love leaves.

Exactly!  TP


Flip....has lost face by not being able to secure a Coach.....that's his fault .....Love announced to world he wanted out,  nothing he can do, the player has made his bed,   

Flip needed to hire a Tanker coach , get a big haul for Love and rebuild.......nobody would fault him, that's about all he could do ....

He is losing face ,  begging Love to stay, not securing a coach .....just does not look like a showing of strength on his part in this.

[fairweatherfan]

this was obvious, and the reason why Saunders became coach, because no one else wants to coach this team when Love leaves.

Yup.  They don't want to hire the kind of guy who would be willing to take this job right now and have to fire him when they show potential.  Flip can coach year-to-year and then "step down" when they want to shop for a legit guy.

[Schiller]

I'm still surprised Minnesota thought that securing a good coach would want to make Love stay. He wants to be on a contender, something Minnesota quite frankly hasn't been in a long time, if ever.

Good for Flip though, I heard he killed the interview. 

I also noticed Flip looks a lot like my uncle circa 1988.

[timpiker]

Some similarities to the C's here.  Danny took the jump and hired a great coach.  Danny doesn't get nearly the credit he should for hiring Stevens.  Stevens will mean a LOT when it comes to building this team and recruiting.

[nickagneta]

Some similarities to the C's here.  Danny took the jump and hired a great coach.  Danny doesn't get nearly the credit he should for hiring Stevens.  Stevens will mean a LOT when it comes to building this team and recruiting.

I don't know about the recruiting part. Star players are not exactly known for making a decision to go to a team because the recruiting pitch was to come play for of a young, inexperienced coach.

[Ogaju]

Flip Saunders  needs to punt. I wonder if he takes it out on Celtics and just flat out refuse to deal Love to us?

[paidthecost2betheboss]

Flip Saunders  needs to punt. I wonder if he takes it out on Celtics and just flat out refuse to deal Love to us?

Yup
Saw the comments when this broke (I'm in Japan)
First reactions were "Guess Love is gonna stay in Minny"

Yeah...um...what??

Today his folks have made it clear nothing has changed (Love's leakers)

If Flip plays tough with Love instead of grabbing young blood and doing stuff to help Minny...how does that help the T-Wolves?

It doesn't.

Flip is gonna flip Love.
He has to.
Any other route is playing hardball with a star in a small market cold weather town.
They don't need anymore handicaps.

When I saw Paul get his welcome I thought...that's how you have your cake and eat it too.

Different situation but Flip better put his personal grudges/feelings aside .....nothing goood is gonna come from that. The league and all it's players are watching (see the Paul thing...)

[greg683x]

he'd just be digging himself in a bigger hole, assuming that the c's offer is the best, which it'd be hard to find someone who can offer a better deal.....unless dannys lowballing the hell out of them

[LooseCannon]

Flip is gonna flip Love.
He has to.
Any other route is playing hardball with a star in a small market cold weather town.
They don't need anymore handicaps.

He doesn't have to.  He might have convinced himself that he can build a playoff team around Love and that winning will change Love's mind the way it may have changed Aldridge's mind in Portland.

[paidthecost2betheboss]

Flip is gonna flip Love.
He has to.
Any other route is playing hardball with a star in a small market cold weather town.
They don't need anymore handicaps.

He doesn't have to.  He might have convinced himself that he can build a playoff team around Love and that winning will change Love's mind the way it may have changed Aldridge's mind in Portland.

So he waited until the biggest star had gone as far as enjoying the sights at a City long been rumored to have interest in your star....to push the button on a plan to build a contender...in the West...for the first time in 10 years.

I hope that wasn't the plan.

I don't even care for Love (the player )...but Flip is in a spot.

I hope for his fanbase's sake he's wringing every last bit out of whoever wants love.
That's his job as GM.