One name Andre’ Miller

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- 04/11/2019 at 4:16 PM #93860
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  Basketball Junkie
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  To replace Slocum
  
  That’s what I think!
- 04/11/2019 at 5:22 PM #93867
  
  AZUTE
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  Andre is to busy enjoying his life of leisure in Phoenix.
- 04/11/2019 at 8:42 PM #93869
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  UteThunder
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  What is the fascination some fans have with wanting former players to come back to coach? Particularly players who aren’t in coaching already?
  - 04/11/2019 at 9:34 PM #93870
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    GameForAnyFuss
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    Same fascination that makes other fans cheer for James Fredette over their own NBA team.
  - 04/11/2019 at 10:54 PM #93872
    
    McBride of Frankenstein
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    sometimes it works! Take Sharieff Shaw for example….. pullled out of being an attorney
    - 04/12/2019 at 7:45 AM #93874
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      UteThunder
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      Obviously, sometimes it works. But a lot of times it doesn’t.
      
      It’s just weird to me that every time there is a coaching vacancy, the list of names some people throw out to fill it is filled with former players. And many times it is guys with little to no coaching experience.
  - 04/12/2019 at 11:45 AM #93878
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    Andre’ Miller… Yeah he is just some former player. only the best point guard that Utah has ever had. Played 4 years under the Master Rick Majerus. plus401 years in the NBA, played under a number of diffferent coaches, from LA, a gym rat.
    
    You are correct – he can’t coach a point guard (something Utah has lacked for a number of years). he didn’t learn anything since he left the UTES.
    
    That’s the fascination.
    - 04/12/2019 at 12:25 PM #93881
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      UteThunder
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      Great player does not automatically equal great coach.
      
      Take Isiah Thomas for example. Hall of famer, top 50 player, NCAA & NBA champion, played for Bobby Knight and yet he was awful as a coach and GM.
      
      I would imagine that when it comes to star athletes getting into coaching, there are significantly more who turn out to be busts as coaches than turn out to be great, or even good, coaches.
    - 04/12/2019 at 1:23 PM #93888
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      Puget Ute
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      Cool. Get him involved in fundraising and maybe take him on a few recruiting trips. Bring him in to give a speech or two.
      
      But unless he really wants to coach and shows an aptitude for it, it is not a good idea to hire him as a coach.