Lakers fire Darvin Ham

HanzGruber · Post #121 » by **HanzGruber** » Fri May 3, 2024 10:12 pm

DonaldSanders wrote:
Effigy wrote:Has a coach ever been fired the season after winning the in-season tournament???

Honestly it's kind of weird/confusing that the Lakers hung a banner for the IST, making it seem like they value the IST, but then dump Ham. Firing him makes it seem like they don't actually value the banner they hung. It's right there mixed in with their postseason banners!

Wouldn’t surprise me if the nba pushed them to do it to make it seem like it has value

NyKnicks1714 · Post #122 » by **NyKnicks1714** » Fri May 3, 2024 10:15 pm

The lede is getting buried here. The players loved Phil Handy, and he was close with LeBron.

Not sure what this means. Do they know who they're hiring already and has he expressed a desire to put together to hire 100% of his staff? Or is it just a bad decision without much reasoning behind it.

jkvonny · Post #123 » by **jkvonny** » Fri May 3, 2024 10:15 pm

MrGoat wrote:Recycled LeBron coaches sometimes work out later. Mike Brown, Ty Lue, my guess is yes

Put this in the other thread

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=2376140

Johnny Bball · Post #124 » by **Johnny Bball** » Fri May 3, 2024 10:17 pm

Imagine working for the Lakers, an organization that leaks to the media that they are going to fire you, advertises it for all to see, and then waits a week to fire you. Just crap management skills.

Maybe the real issue is higher up the food chain.

jkvonny · Post #125 » by **jkvonny** » Fri May 3, 2024 10:18 pm

NyKnicks1714 wrote:The lede is getting buried here. The players loved Phil Handy, and he was close with LeBron.

Not sure what this means. Do they know who they're hiring already and has he expressed a desire to put together to hire 100% of his staff? Or is it just a bad decision without much reasoning behind it.

Wait....

The Lakers fired the entire staff??

Crazy lol. Tuff times ahead for LAL.

Post #126 » by **infinite11285** » Fri May 3, 2024 10:20 pm

MrGoat wrote:Recycled LeBron coaches sometimes work out later. Mike Brown, Ty Lue, my guess is yes

Lue wasn't fired. Jeannie didn't want to pay him.

KingFox · Post #127 » by **KingFox** » Fri May 3, 2024 10:23 pm

What a stupid and cheap hire this was to begin with. You're the Lakers, it never made sense smh

MrGoat · Post #128 » by **MrGoat** » Fri May 3, 2024 10:25 pm

jkvonny wrote:
MrGoat wrote:Recycled LeBron coaches sometimes work out later. Mike Brown, Ty Lue, my guess is yes

Put this in the other thread

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=2376140

Oops, I thought that was the thread I posted it in.

CallMeKahn · Post #129 » by **CallMeKahn** » Fri May 3, 2024 10:29 pm

So how many coaches will LeBron chewtoy before he retires?

Exp0sed · Post #130 » by **Exp0sed** » Fri May 3, 2024 10:37 pm

why not hire Vogel back, when the Suns fire him? lmfao, the NBA

Tony15 · Post #131 » by **Tony15** » Fri May 3, 2024 10:43 pm

dockingsched wrote:
Effigy wrote:All their problems are solved now.

Just cause the team feels the coach is one of the problems and that it’s something they can try solve doesn’t mean the team thinks he’s the only problem.

The fact Pelinka is still around tells me the team is hella unserious about trying to solve the problem.

Wile E. Coyote · Post #132 » by **Wile E. Coyote** » Fri May 3, 2024 11:00 pm

Johnny Bball wrote:Imagine working for the Lakers, an organization that leaks to the media that they are going to fire you, advertises it for all to see, and then waits a week to fire you. Just crap management skills.

Maybe the real issue is higher up the food chain.

Yes, ownership changes can have huge effects on a franchise, even if it changed hands in the same family. See the Detroit Lions as an example.

SportsGuru08 · Post #133 » by **SportsGuru08** » Fri May 3, 2024 11:05 pm

Loneshot wrote:He had some really questionable lineups. Though the Lakers overachieved still.

It's a flawed roster construction. Most of his best shooters couldn't defend and his best defenders couldn't shoot.

SportsGuru08 · Post #134 » by **SportsGuru08** » Fri May 3, 2024 11:10 pm

EmpireFalls wrote:They needed a scapegoat.

He outcoached Kerr in a playoff series and we must always remember that.

Except Steve Kerr was never a great coach. He's been riding Steph's coattails this whole time.

Put Kerr on the Hornets or Pistons and see how he does.

Richard Miller · Post #135 » by **Richard Miller** » Fri May 3, 2024 11:18 pm

Brutal

Read on Twitter

LaLover11 · Post #136 » by **LaLover11** » Fri May 3, 2024 11:19 pm

Richard Miller wrote:Brutal

Read on Twitter

That's normal lol why would you want baggage from the previous coach and not let me the new one being his own staff???

Richard Miller · Post #137 » by **Richard Miller** » Fri May 3, 2024 11:35 pm

LaLover11 wrote:
That's normal lol why would you want baggage from the previous coach and not let me the new one being his own staff???

Well, they have spent a good amount of time with the team, can't be that they are all just "baggage" with nothing useful to contribute

LaLover11 · Post #138 » by **LaLover11** » Fri May 3, 2024 11:37 pm

Richard Miller wrote:
LaLover11 wrote:
That's normal lol why would you want baggage from the previous coach and not let me the new one being his own staff???

Well, they have spent a good amount of time with the team, can't be that they are all just "baggage" with nothing useful to contribute

It's like letting your Ex Girlfriends family stay and live with you after y'all break up.... Lmao get rid of everything that was associated with that person and start a new adventure

DaPessimist · Post #139 » by **DaPessimist** » Fri May 3, 2024 11:41 pm

Someone had to take the fall, and it wasn't going to be LeBron, AD, or Ownership.

Ham was an average coach and the obvious target.

Johnny Bball · Post #140 » by **Johnny Bball** » Fri May 3, 2024 11:43 pm

Wile E. Coyote wrote:
Johnny Bball wrote:Imagine working for the Lakers, an organization that leaks to the media that they are going to fire you, advertises it for all to see, and then waits a week to fire you. Just crap management skills.

Maybe the real issue is higher up the food chain.

Yes, ownership changes can have huge effects on a franchise, even if it changed hands in the same family. See the Detroit Lions as an example.

I didn't know that but it explains how the Lions got so far, which I was wondering about.