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Don Nelson Resigns

Postby LouisvilleLip on Sun Mar 20, 2005 4:24 am

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2016984

Nelson Hands Over Mavs
Don Nelson resigned as Mavericks coach "for family and other reasons" Saturday, ESPN.com's Marc Stein reports. Nelson will be replaced by Avery Johnson with immediate effect.

Kind of shocking, but you could see this one coming.
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Postby cyanide on Sun Mar 20, 2005 4:31 am

I'm not surprised, but Nelson could've waited a couple months.
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Postby AlwaysWhat,NeverWhy on Sun Mar 20, 2005 4:32 am

How old is Nelly anyway?
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Postby cyanide on Sun Mar 20, 2005 4:58 am

I believe he's 64.
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Postby Amphatoast on Sun Mar 20, 2005 5:06 am

i guess it was just a matter of time. I hope this doesn't affect the Mavericks performance
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Postby AlwaysWhat,NeverWhy on Sun Mar 20, 2005 5:31 am

I think most of Nelly's contribution to the Mavs came not during the games, but during game preparation, scouting the opposition, and mostly evaluating talent for the draft. Since he's going to remain in Dallas as a consultant, he can still help the team in these areas. We'll just have to see how AJ handles full-time coaching.
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Postby Colin on Sun Mar 20, 2005 5:59 am

I think everybody knew this was coming. During all the Mavs games I've watched this season it seems that Avery does most of the coaching. I like Avery. (Y) Good Luck to him.
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Postby J-Rich Fan on Sun Mar 20, 2005 6:06 am

Nelson was a great coach, but I love Averey Johnson, I think this teams going to be just as good.
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Postby Riot on Sun Mar 20, 2005 6:23 am

Avery Johnson preaches more defense, Nelson preaches more offense. I think AJ (since he use to play for the Spurs and Greg Popovich) will have the perfect blend of both worlds.
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Postby j.23 on Sun Mar 20, 2005 9:01 am

can anyone count the coaching changes this season alone?
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Postby jwill2 on Sun Mar 20, 2005 9:30 am

j.23 wrote:can anyone count the coaching changes this season alone?


let's count

before the season
jim o'brien (philadelphia)
doc rivers (boston)
byron scott (new orleans)
bernie bickerstaff (charlotte)
sam mitchell (toronto)
rudy tomjanovich (lakers)

mid-season
mike fratello (memphis)
mike jent (orlando)
kevin mchale (minnesota)
avery johnson (dallas)
herb williams (new york)
mike hamblen (lakers)
george karl (denver)

not that many, but quite a few from the top of my head.
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Postby Amphatoast on Sun Mar 20, 2005 9:33 am

herb williams ( knicks)
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Postby cyanide on Sun Mar 20, 2005 10:13 am

Add Sam Mitchell (Toronto), Rudy Tomjanovich (Lakers) to before the season list, and whoever that new guy is running the Lakers now
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Postby Its_asdf on Sun Mar 20, 2005 10:22 am

George Karl with Denver.....
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Postby John WB on Sun Mar 20, 2005 10:33 am

cyanide wrote:Add Sam Mitchell (Toronto), Rudy Tomjanovich (Lakers) to before the season list, and whoever that new guy is running the Lakers now

Frank Hamblen.
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Re: Don Nelson Resigns

Postby NNpF on Sun Mar 20, 2005 11:25 am

LouisvilleLip wrote:http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2016984

Nelson Hands Over Mavs
Don Nelson resigned as Mavericks coach "for family and other reasons" Saturday, ESPN.com's Marc Stein reports. Nelson will be replaced by Avery Johnson with immediate effect.

Kind of shocking, but you could see this one coming.


I agree, if you watch a Mavs game you hear a lot about how Mark Cuban is ready to hand over the Mavs to Avery, and how from time to time even if Don Nelson was at there games he would let Avery take care of the head coaching job from time to time.

I think Avery Johnson will be a great coach, he's not afraid to show his emtions and his players respond to that. I remember one game, although I forgot who the Mavs were playing, Avery really let Finley have it during a time out after Finley was shooting 1-6 from the field and he responded.
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Postby Andrew on Sun Mar 20, 2005 12:51 pm

From all accounts it was going to happen sooner or later, but I too wouldn't have thought it would come during the season, especially not so close to the playoffs. Seeing as though Avery's coached quite a few games this season (including a few with Nellie serving as an assistant) and has been primed to take over for some time now, I don't expect the change will hurt the Mavericks.
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Postby Fresh8 on Sun Mar 20, 2005 8:11 pm

Avery was signed to learn how to coach. He's already done a few games by himself this season... its just that Nelson's resignation came earlier than thought. AJ will go far!
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Postby Indy on Mon Mar 21, 2005 2:48 am

i saw it coming for sure. no surprise

i will miss nelly on the sidelines tho. he was a very good coach
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Postby Fresh8 on Mon Mar 21, 2005 9:21 am

Wat about his son... does he feel rejected that his dad's favouite isnt him but AJ?
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Postby AlwaysWhat,NeverWhy on Mon Mar 21, 2005 9:42 am

I'll miss Nelly's fish ties... :cry:
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Postby cyanide on Mon Mar 21, 2005 11:53 am

Sit wrote:Wat about his son... does he feel rejected that his dad's favouite isnt him but AJ?


Good question.. but his son does have position as president or GM (or both, I think)
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Postby C89KF on Mon Mar 21, 2005 7:14 pm

I think AJ could become a very good coach :?:
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Postby Fresh8 on Tue Mar 22, 2005 10:59 am

AJ is real good... from what ive heard hes a real nice guy! Hes got a coaches' mentality.. wh ohere reakons we will hear alot of him in the future?
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Postby Andrew on Tue Mar 22, 2005 6:45 pm

As long as Dallas remains a playoff team out West with a habit of racking up winning streaks throughout the season, I'm sure Avery Johnson's name will come up from time to time.
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