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https://www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/cougars/article/Leaving-Rockets-tough-on-Sampson-players-5375500.php

https://youtu.be/aDBQlVK8lNk

Man, I'm getting sold on him. Just hearing him speak about his relationships with the players, you can see the love and buy-in guys could have for him. For a young team like ours, seems great. 

Defensive coach but seems to know you have to score to win and everyone has a role. Not everyone is a scorer. 

Been digging and I'm embarrassed by my initial reaction upon hearing his name. Hoping to find more about his Xs and Os. 

Interesting info: Trae Young's father is close with Kelvin Sampson and he's part of the reason they moved to OK. 

After 1:00 
https://youtu.be/eq1y2iXpvfI

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36 minutes ago, Nyce_1 said:

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/cougars/article/Leaving-Rockets-tough-on-Sampson-players-5375500.php

https://youtu.be/aDBQlVK8lNk

Man, I'm getting sold on him. Just hearing him speak about his relationships with the players, you can see the love and buy-in guys could have for him. For a young team like ours, seems great. 

Defensive coach but seems to know you have to score to win and everyone has a role. Not everyone is a scorer. 

Been digging and I'm embarrassed by my initial reaction upon hearing his name. Hoping to find more about his Xs and Os. 

Interesting info: Trae Young's father is close with Kelvin Sampson and he's part of the reason they moved to OK. 

After 1:00 
https://youtu.be/eq1y2iXpvfI

Interesting... Never heard Young speak before. Didn't realize young man had a lisp.

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8 hours ago, Nyce_1 said:

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/cougars/article/Leaving-Rockets-tough-on-Sampson-players-5375500.php

https://youtu.be/aDBQlVK8lNk

Man, I'm getting sold on him. Just hearing him speak about his relationships with the players, you can see the love and buy-in guys could have for him. For a young team like ours, seems great. 

Defensive coach but seems to know you have to score to win and everyone has a role. Not everyone is a scorer. 

Been digging and I'm embarrassed by my initial reaction upon hearing his name. Hoping to find more about his Xs and Os. 

Interesting info: Trae Young's father is close with Kelvin Sampson and he's part of the reason they moved to OK. 

After 1:00 
https://youtu.be/eq1y2iXpvfI

Sampson has had stops all over the map and has been on no NBA team’s radar for years. Could he be some forgotten diamond in the rough? Perhaps, but the odds are against it in my book. Ultimately, I don’t think the Magic job is that attractive right now.

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8 hours ago, Nyce_1 said:

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/cougars/article/Leaving-Rockets-tough-on-Sampson-players-5375500.php

https://youtu.be/aDBQlVK8lNk

Man, I'm getting sold on him. Just hearing him speak about his relationships with the players, you can see the love and buy-in guys could have for him. For a young team like ours, seems great. 

Defensive coach but seems to know you have to score to win and everyone has a role. Not everyone is a scorer. 

Been digging and I'm embarrassed by my initial reaction upon hearing his name. Hoping to find more about his Xs and Os. 

Interesting info: Trae Young's father is close with Kelvin Sampson and he's part of the reason they moved to OK. 

After 1:00 
https://youtu.be/eq1y2iXpvfI

Lol, Young's father played in Portugal and they lived here for a little while.

Thanks for sharing m8

 

 

 

 

Officially sold on Kelvin Sampson

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Marc Daniels on 740 says Sampson is excellent Xs & Os coach. This is what he was told after speaking to several other college coaches yesterday. 

Man....this may be our guy. Excellent relationship with players, great Xs & Os, holds everyone accountable, over 6yrs NBA coaching experience + 20+ yrs of college head coaching experience, runs NBA offense, worked as a coaching consultant for the Spurs. I'm intrigued.

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11 minutes ago, Nyce_1 said:

Marc Daniels on 740 says Sampson is excellent Xs & Os coach. This is what he was told after speaking to several other college coaches yesterday. 

Man....this may be our guy. Excellent relationship with players, great Xs & Os, holds everyone accountable, over 6yrs NBA coaching experience + 20+ yrs of college head coaching experience, runs NBA offense, worked as a coaching consultant for the Spurs. I'm intrigued.

The argument was never "this guy is a bad coach" the argument is "this guy turns 63 before the start of next season and we're desperate for long term stability"

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17 minutes ago, ?4thewin said:

The argument was never "this guy is a bad coach" the argument is "this guy turns 63 before the start of next season and we're desperate for long term stability"

that's still a concern with me, but a big part of my initial overreaction was "who the f*ck is this guy? why give him a look with Nurse/Messina/etc. still out there. this retread college coach. smh". now, i see and understand why he's a strong candidate. But like you said, his age is a concern. If he was 7 yrs younger, he'd be Brett Brown. 

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8 minutes ago, Nyce_1 said:

that's still a concern with me, but a big part of my initial overreaction was "who the f*ck is this guy? why give him a look with Nurse/Messina/etc. still out there. this retread college coach. smh". now, i see and understand why he's a strong candidate. But like you said, his age is a concern. If he was 7 yrs younger, he'd be Brett Brown. 

Yeah. If he was 7 years younger I'd be fine with it. 

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28 minutes ago, ?4thewin said:

The argument was never "this guy is a bad coach" the argument is "this guy turns 63 before the start of next season and we're desperate for long term stability"

That's why I was like wtf. How long is he going to be around and then what if it isn't long?

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Just now, Magicman28 said:

That's why I was like wtf. How long is he going to be around and then what if it isn't long?

And, recently we've seen quite a few coaches take time off for stress related illnesses. 

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10 minutes ago, ?4thewin said:

And, recently we've seen quite a few coaches take time off for stress related illnesses. 

Right and who knows he might be in excellent health but if this is who we hire what's the long term vision just in case?

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