Is It Time to Start Looking for a New Coach?

we need a new coach but everyone seems to forget that there was/is nobody available. we had no other options so keith smart won by default. this young squad needs a coach who has some structure and knows how to get the most out of the players we have. also we need a coach who can adjust to what is happening in the flow of the game and be able to make adjustments at halftime and smart has been awful at this. you look at the suns last year with alvin gentry. on the surface you can say he did a great job leadin them to the conference finals but in reality he had taken the reins of a veteran squad lead by steve nash. and i think all the nellie supporters are just remembering the good things he did and forgetting about all the stuff they hated abut what he did as a coach

although i don’t know if bringing one in midseason will really change anything, and there probably aren’t many decent ones available. we might just have to ride out the rest of the season and see who’s available then (spoelstra hopefully)

With a pending lockout it makes ZERO sense to make the change. Let Smart finish out the year, evaluate who is available, and hire your new coach once the Labor situation gets settled. Until then we will have to live with Keith and his lack of smarts.

It was never the time to hire him in the first place. His comments about Mikki Moore a year ago scared me away. He showed no creativity and seemed ready to believe illusions instead of evidence, valuing the comfort of familiarity over tangible production. His lineups this year have shown that this was not an unfounded fear. While I doubt that another coach would have done more than a win or two better given the state of the lineup (once again more injuries than most coaches would competently handle) and the players provided (the glaring lack of a qualified backup guard especially), I see no evidence that he is anything more than a placehold.

If it was impossible to find an adequate replacement, Smart should have been named interim coach and held to that until he demonstrated more. Promoting him and giving him a longer term deal without him first demonstrating that he’s not a moron (something we’re still waiting to see) was a poor decision by management.

Develop Udoh
Further develop Steph
Give some confidence to healthy Biedrins
Raise Lee’s game

and then we should find someone good. what bothers me is that he doesnt seem to realize the mistakes that hes been making. i actually liked him a lot last year and still argee with making him the transition coach, but everyone can agree that his coaching has been poor thus far. blame it on injuries or lack of bench or whatever else, but the truth is that nellie would have this team goin pretty strong right now

I don’t think Smart is a good coach. But firing him right now does nothing, unless we REALLY think one of our assistants has potential to be great. Theres no real available coaches who we can bring now.

Smart’s trying to implement new things this Warriors DESPERATELY need (defense and some half court set). We might as well let him ride it out, and see what happens. If this team gets to near 40 wins, I’d consider giving him a second year with an improved bench.

 Otherwise we can make a move for a top of the line assistant or coach immediately after season ends. Would have loved Thiboneau, seeing what he’s done in Chicago. I dunno who will be available in summer, but if Alvin Gentry is, I’d jump at him too….

At this point you have to part ways with Larry Riley before Smart. The roster has major holes, starting with the lack of quality guards after Monta and Steph, Smart doesn’t make those decisions…Smart could be gone because he may be losing the players respect

because he will help us get the best draft pick for the draft.. he will help us to lose SO MANY games… if we get a new coach now we might win too many to not get a good draft.. the only thing i would HOPE SMART WILL DO is to play our bench more and develope our 2nd squad so that they will improve enough to totally be able to contribute to a championship in a couple years… i think giving smart the keys til the end of this year buys enough time to get a decent head coach for the future. but we NEED one more good draft imo to be able to compete for the championship in a couple years

Not saying that Smart is doing great but the only person to replace him now would be another Golden State assistant coach.

Smart’s substitution patterns are baffling & the team has some really bad performances when coming out at half time. However, the players seem to still believe in him. Until Smart has a chance to utilize a Warrior’s roster when everyone’s healthy, it’s too early to call him bad.

Even now that Ekpe is finally coming back, Lee still seems to be suffering from the bite & Curry is hurt. Smart’s been dealing w/ a broken roster & lack of bench.

Rick Barry for head coach for the second half of the season..comon Warrior fans bring back the great one!!!

Nellie lovers – I agree that he is a better coach than Smart, he coached for a 1000 years, how could he not know more about coaching? But lets not build a statue of him in front of Oracle just yet.
Nobody coached so long with so little to show for it as Nellie
Nellie would have Lee playing center and an unhappy Monta, and we’d likely have a similar record (one or two wins more at the most)
In the end, we need to put the era behind us and stop romanticizing it!

At the end of the day, better to keep Smart (who at least plays guys in their natural spots) and let him learn on the job and then get a better coach when one becomes available. At the end of the year, if we have 35-40 wins and get a new coach in who is better and maybe make another move to improve the team, then we’ll be in the hunt for the playoffs next year. After our 26 wins from last year this would qualify as an improvement.