29 Dec 10 Nets And Their Fascination With Coach K Troubling

Kevin C. Cox/Getty ImagesAs the Nets continue to lose games this year and hark an optimistic future to their dwindling fan base, new owner Mikhail Prokhorov has expressed interest in Duke Coach Mike Krzyzewski, better known as Coach K. This big name signing could not be further from a bad idea.The Nets do not need a big name college coach whose style of play has rarely produced good NBA talent. The criticism of Duke over the years has been that the players do not produce once they reach the next level. Jacksonville Jaguars jersey
Why would anyone want to bring in a coach who has this reputation?Many Nets fans point to Krzyzewski's success in the summer of 2008, when his U.S. Olympic team brought home the gold. Coach K proved that he knows how to guide 12 superstars against inferior opponents. Now, take the Nets roster: developing young players, one or two future all stars and maybe one or two big names if the Nets can draw in a free agent or two. This team was also the worst in the league this year. A fan cannot point to the Olympics as evidence of anything other than the best players in the NBA can be the best in the Olympics. A 6th grade CYO basketball coach could have won a gold medal in the 2008 Olympics with that roster. Fortunately for Coach K, the Olympic roster did not have a salary cap.Coach K has stated that he has no interest in coaching the Nets. I do not blame him. He has built a dynasty in Duke and his own kingdom; do you really think he'd leave that for Newark, N.J.? The man does not need more money, so the Kansas City Chiefs jersey
largest contract in NBA coaching history would not draw him near the NBA. He had an offer in 2004 to coach the Lakers, who had Kobe Bryant. Coach K turned it down. Brook Lopez is great, but he's not close to Kobe talent. There is not much to sell Coach K on in leaving for the Nets, and frankly, there should not be much that the Nets see in Coach K.Prokhorov has the mindset of the casual NBA fan right now. He's heard of Coach K, so he thinks that Krzyzewski would be a great addition to the team. That kind of thinking is what brings players like Tracy McGrady to the Knicks, and that did not turn out well on the court.The Nets need to move on from this delusional thinking that Krzyzewski would be a good fit for the Nets. Jeff Van Gundy would be a better hire. He has NBA Miami Dolphins jersey
experience and brought excitement to the Knicks in the late 90s. Coach K can produce outside shooters and a classical, fundamental team. The NBA game is a hybrid of many different aspects of basketball. Coach K would not be a good fit for the Nets, or any other NBA team with a salary cap for that matter