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Post by puppydog100 on Dec 6, 2019 17:28:23 GMT -5
Now that David Fizdale has been fired as the head coach of the New York Knicks, there is already speculation in NY that Patrick Ewing will be on Dolan's short list.
The only reason Ewing took the Georgetown job was because it was Georgetown, he never had any interest in coaching on the college level, he has pursued numerous NBA head coaching opportunities. The Knicks would be his dream job. He is loved by the New York fan base, he knows the pro game, with years of expericence as an assistant.
Ewing's college coaching is still a work in progress, with little success on the recruiting front. With his recruits leaving the program, and a top future prospect decommitting, the future looks less than glowing. Ewing would be far more comfortable around pro players, he knows the pro game.
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Post by hoya9797 on Dec 6, 2019 17:33:18 GMT -5
No way we are that lucky.
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Post by overseasfan on Dec 6, 2019 17:41:34 GMT -5
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Post by TC on Dec 6, 2019 17:44:24 GMT -5
Might be a good outcome for all involved.
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Post by Bigs"R"Us on Dec 6, 2019 17:46:19 GMT -5
I’d be happy for Patrick.
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Post by hoyaatheart55 on Dec 6, 2019 17:49:18 GMT -5
Losing our coach does seem like a reasonable next stop on this misery bus lol.
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Post by hoyadestroya on Dec 6, 2019 17:51:17 GMT -5
Please no. I wouldn't wish the Knicks job on my worst enemy and I'm a Knicks fan.
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Post by jwp91 on Dec 6, 2019 19:19:23 GMT -5
Might be a good outcome for all involved. Sure, we may be able to accelerate our irrelevance. |
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Post by centercourt400s on Dec 6, 2019 19:51:13 GMT -5
I want nothing more than for Ewing to be successful at Georgetown and be happy doing it. If he'd be happier elsewhere then oh well. It would be a shame and a big loss for the Hoyas. I don't see it happening anytime soon but what the heck do I know.
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Post by daveg023 on Dec 6, 2019 19:56:41 GMT -5
Would never happen during the season. And if it ever happened after the season it meant we had a successful year.
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Post by tashoya on Dec 6, 2019 20:21:02 GMT -5
Exceedingly unlikely. If you thought Patrick was walking into a tough situation at Georgetown, it's like a gentle breeze in comparison to the typhoon that is the Knicks. Patrick has a chance of succeeding with the Hoyas. That's not true of the Knicks. While Dolan and Mills are there, the coach is just canon fodder.
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Post by iheartdurenbros on Dec 6, 2019 20:29:51 GMT -5
I’m pretty sure that the president of the NBA Players Association during the lockout during the late 1990s will never be a coach in the NBA.
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Post by NCHoya on Dec 6, 2019 21:06:32 GMT -5
The Knicks job is one of the worst in pro sports. I know Ewing would be drawn to the possibility because it would be his dream job in some ways, but it would be a bad career move. No chance to succeed, but he would make a lot of money for several years after he gets fired. I heard Mark Jackson as a possibility, sounds better since he has NBA head coaching experience.
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Post by dchoya72 on Dec 6, 2019 21:15:05 GMT -5
No!
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Post by Hoyas4Ever on Dec 6, 2019 21:18:19 GMT -5
I’m pretty sure that the president of the NBA Players Association during the lockout during the late 1990s will never be a coach in the NBA. That's an interesting take that I never thought of. Would explain somethings. Could have some merit to it... |
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Post by tashoya on Dec 6, 2019 21:34:04 GMT -5
The Knicks job is one of the worst in pro sports. I know Ewing would be drawn to the possibility because it would be his dream job in some ways, but it would be a bad career move. No chance to succeed, but he would make a lot of money for several years after he gets fired. I heard Mark Jackson as a possibility, sounds better since he has NBA head coaching experience. Add to that that Patrick didn't spend time as an assistant coach for the money, nor did he take the Georgetown job for the money. I very much doubt he'd do it for the money with the Knicks. While, as one of the best players of all time, it's nearly certain that he's not lacking in confidence in his abilities with regard to the game, he's aware that there is no coach that could succeed in that situation. The only sliver of a chance there could be, IMO, is if they gave him control over the draft picks and trades as well. That's never going to happen. The team construction, while one of several huge issues, is atrocious and has been for a very long time. Yet, they keep firing coaches as if they were given proper input. On the other side of things, I can't imagine that even Dolan is stupid enough to hire Patrick in the sense that his usual M.O. is to fire coaches when it all continues to be crap (usually only slightly attributed to the coach). To be put in a position where he feels the need to fire Patrick? That's probably the only thing that would get fans to stop going to the games. 20 years of irrelevance hasn't done it but that just might. Fans not going is the only thing that, at this point, could get Dolan to consider selling barring a near-insane monetary offer for the whole franchise/building. I'm not even sure that gets it done because Dolan certainly doesn't need the money and he likes being able to book his band and play his extraordinarily bad attempt at the blues whenever he feels like it to an audience that loathes him. |
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Post by drquigley on Dec 6, 2019 22:14:23 GMT -5
Can't believe he would walk away from the program now. Would be a complete slap in the face to Reed, DeGoia, and the entire alumni community.
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Post by SirSaxa on Dec 6, 2019 22:24:08 GMT -5
Ewing isn't going anywhere.
Hoyas just played arguably their best, most complete team game of the Ewing era. At minimum, one of their best.
Pat knows GU is facing a critical time at the moment.
GU gave him what he has wanted for 15 years, a HC job.
He is not a quitter like Akinjo.
And if that weren't enough, the Knicks are terrible! And tney have the worst ownership/management team in the NBA. Big mistake to take that job regardless of circumstances.
Coach will be staying right here and will do everything he can to ensure a succesful season at GU... which means at least better than last year.
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Post by dchoya72 on Dec 6, 2019 22:50:53 GMT -5
Ewing isn't going anywhere. Hoyas just played arguably their best, most complete team game of the Ewing era. At minimum, one of their best. Pat knows GU is facing a critical time at the moment. GU gave him what he has wanted for 15 years, a HC job. He is not a quitter like Akinjo. And if that weren't enough, the Knicks are terrible! And tney have the worst ownership/management team in the NBA. Big mistake to take that job regardless of circumstances. Coach will be staying right here and will do everything he can to ensure a succesful season at GU... which means at least better than last year. Amen! |
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Post by kghoya on Dec 6, 2019 22:54:48 GMT -5
The most interesting part of this exercise would be, who's on the Georgetown short list?
Every good AD should have and also update a short list of candidates every year in the event that a coach leaves
I don't have any good guesses considering there really isn't any Thompson coaching tree to speak of.
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