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  • #18056
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    “The Los Angeles Clippers have narrowed their coaching search to two candidates — current Dallas assistant coach Dwane Casey and former Chicago head coach Vinny Del Negro, sources close to the situation said on Friday.

    The most recent list circulating in the media included ESPN analyst Mark Jackson, former Minnesota coach and executive Kevin McHale, Utah assistant Tyrone Corbin and former Atlanta Hawks head coach Mike Woodson. The Clippers also had conversations with Houston assistant Elston Turner two weeks ago.

    By zeroing in on Casey and Del Negro, the Clippers have resurrected a rematch between the two finalists for the Bulls’ coaching vacancy during the spring of 2008. Del Negro ultimately landed the job in Chicago, where he strung together consecutive 41-41 seasons along with two first-round playoff appearances.

    Casey compiled a record of 53-69 during his season-and-a-half tenure in Minnesota. He was fired midway through the 2006-07 season after the team split its first 40 games. After Casey’s dismissal, the Timberwolves finished 12-30 — never winning consecutive games under replacement Randy Wittman.

    The Clippers fired interim head coach Kim Hughes the morning after finishing the season 8-25 under his direction. The organization’s traditional modus operandi with both free agents and available coaches is to monitor the market. True to form, the Clippers have been moving the process with deliberation — maintaining contact with their favored candidates while allowing other teams with vacancies to act first.

    Interviews with Casey and Del Negro are being set up for early next week.”

    http://sports.espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/news/story?id=5329838

    Terrible choices in my opinion. However, of those two, I would choose Dwayne Casey.

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    lol, those are definitely horrible choices…

    Two non-winning coaches from the past, yeah..thats gonna help turn your franchise around

    Of the2, I’d go with Casey, but they shoulda gave Mark Jackson an opportunity, hes been trying to land a coaching job for the last 5 years…see what he can do

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  • #341882
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    Dwayne Casey is a terrible coach. At least Del Negro got to the playoffs 2 times. The only reason he was fired was because of this 2010 chase and the fact that Paxson didn’t like him.

    I would pick Del Negro.

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  • #341887
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    Casey was .500 with a terrible team then got fired for no reason. how is he terrible? del negro just got fired from a bulls team that wasn’t making much progress. You can’t hire a guy that just got fired.

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  • #341889
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    Eh, The Bulls got rid of Gordon this past season and still had a playoff record.

    I think he’s a good coach.

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  • #341951
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    it would be another mess of a season with either of these two,but i guess i would go with Del Negro…With the way they drafted and the players on the roster you would think they would go with a coach that likes to run…

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  • #341956
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    Afactor4
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    For a while, Larry Brown was the only head coach being linked for the Clipper vacancy. What ever happened to that link?

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  • #341977
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    TRC1991
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    i think that del negro deserves the job, he led chicago to the playoffs 2 years in a row…

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  • #341978
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    The Scare Crow Returns
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    It’s been 24 hours since the draft…Do something something stupid

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  • #342004
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    BothTeamsPlayedHard
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    Del Negro was an awful coach. A team might as well hire Del Harris or Bernie Bickerstaff because those two had to be the ones who told him what a coach was supposed to do during games. Dwane Casey is actually a pretty decent coach who deserves another shot. With the exception of Davis, the Clippers are a pretty young team who can benefit from his style.

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