Lawrence Frank - Boston Celtics Assistant

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I don't want to undercut the basketball program, just because we can't get a football coach who's worth 3.5 million to take our job. That's stupid.
 
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Tampavolz said:
This is tru, but no way on god's earth does the bbcoach make more than the fooball coach at big orange land..
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SpringBokVol said:
UTs basketball coach will never make more than its football coach.
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Why not? One coach could get an NBA job and the other was some guy we pulled off the street right before signing day. Which should get more money?

I don't know enough about basketball to say how good a coach 3.5 million should get us. That being said, we better not botch the hire because some ridiculous idea that football needs a coach that makes more money.
 
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tvolsfan said:
Why not? One coach could get an NBA job and the other was some guy we pulled off the street right before signing day. Which should get more money?

I don't know enough about basketball to say how good a coach 3.5 million should get us. That being said, we better not botch the hire because some ridiculous idea that football needs a coach that makes more money.
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Pearl was already making more than Dooley. We have proven we'll pay the basketball coach more than the football coach.
 
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MadcapLaughs said:
do you think Tom Thibodeau would be the Celtics first choice to replace Doc?

Worst case scenario Tom Thibodeau turn a them down.
Hope Bulls don't make finals.
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Thidodeau would be the Celts first choice.

Doesn't mean he would leave Chi-Town.

If I was him I would stay in Chicago... up and coming young team vs. an aging Boston squad that won't be competing for anything in a few years.
 
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hey just sayin! Seriously, I said a long time ago and was chided by the head chider here that Bruce was a step for us to get a higher level of coach. This stuff happens in steps, and it is up to the leadership to take us to the next level. If Dooley starts wining, it won't take him long to pass up the BB coach.
 
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MikeHamiltonFan said:
I have returned because this short bald man would not just lose the press conference, he would fail as a recruiter and would bring back a style of basketball that made me miserable.

Frank was the Steve Forbes of the O'Neill staff except he was not nearly as successful as a recruiter. He is not a guy you want to help keep the ship clean for the NCAA.

His offenses were miserable during his 3 years of failure at Tennessee under O'Neill and his hallmark in the NBA has not been lighting up the scoreboard with a fun team to watch.

Listen, Frank has not sniffed the success in college basketball of a Bo Ryan, but I would HATE watching Bo Ryan's style of play come to TN. I do not want to be the team that wins 22 games a season by scoring 55 and holding our opponent to 50. It is miserable and crappy basketball and I can guarantee that you would see a SIGNIFICANT drop off in fan support.

Rick Pitino and John Calipari were failures in the NBA like Frank but look how much it helps them in recruiting!!! Keep waving that towel folks. Mike Montgomery and Tim Floyd get every player they want because of their time in the NBA right? Right?

Lawrence Frank is not a guy you want to go fishing with, he is not a guy you want to play golf with, he is not a guy who will be successful recruiting in the SEC. He is a head coach who would be the brunt of all kinds of opponents jokes, and when he won it would be playing a style of basketball that I despise. His dominant emotion is anger, and if I am a McDonalds AA who can play for the short angry man who screams curses at me all the time and whose offenses are boring and weak, I am going to take a pass.

Pearl had the Pump Brothers and Grunfeld,
and Frank has all kinds of people including many of the most prominent members of this board pimping him. He still would be a terrible hire.

I will close with some of the final idiocy of Frank before he was fired by the Nets....

Lack of Nets offense has coach Lawrence Frank defensive

The Nets have a huge hole on offense, and Lawrence Frank plans to fix it by patching up their defense.

With Vince Carter no longer around to supply 20-plus points and no one else aside from Devin Harris who has proven he can come close to that mark nightly, Frank is putting a major emphasis on defense early in training camp.

Frank has taken it a step further, refusing to talk about offense following the Nets' first two practices. When he was asked when offensive sets will be installed, he deadpanned, "We're not doing offense."

Yeah, right.

"No," Frank said, stone-faced. "We're going to play some defense. Score off your defense. Defend better. Defend harder."

Frank gave similar answers yesterday, and of course, he can't be serious. Because even if the Nets defend markedly better than they did last year, when they gave up an average of 100.5 points a game and allowed opponents to hit 39% from three-point range, they still have to figure out a way to score.

Read more: Lack of Nets offense has coach Lawrence Frank defensive
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Oh Boy!!

Another completely senseless novel penned by MHF!!

So glad your back, buddy!!
 
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emainvol said:
Senseless? I will tell you what's senseless. Coaches playing to their teams' strengths. Who ever heard of that?
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And coaches recruiting their own players. What is that? I never heard of that before :crazy:
 
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emainvol said:
Senseless? I will tell you what's senseless. Coaches playing to their teams' strengths. Who ever heard of that?
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Makes no sense to me. I mean, if you only have one legitimate scoring threat why would you ever focus on defense as the team strength?

Not to mention that the Nets are consistently terrible regardless of the coach.
 
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Tampavolz said:
CBS sports is saying he will want 3.5 million. That is double the Dooley's salary so I don't think this is happening. whether he can recruit or not.
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Pay the man. But if he wants that much, there should be a HUGE BUYOUT if he leaves.
 
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Also, Derek Dooley doesn't seem like the guy who cares how much the basketball coach is making. JMO.
 
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