Skiles will coach Bucks

Ding! Ding! Ding!

Right on with this observation.

To grab Williams ahead of either Paul or Williams was colossally stupid, even back then. Looks even worse now, obviously.

As far as the Bucks, the building blocks on that team as it stands are Bogut, Yi and Sessions. I wouldn't give away Villanueva. I'd do anything I could to get out from under the contracts of Redd and Mo Williams.

 

At least Skiles knows the division.

 

Skiles' my-way-or-the-highway act will always produce short-term improvements, and always result in the entire roster tuning him out after about a season and a half.

He'd actually be better suited as a college coach, where you more or less automatically turn over 1/4 of your roster every year, and the players are more amenable to taking orders from a screaming authority figure. Multi-millionaire NBA players get tired of that shit eventually (and usually sooner).

But Skiles' own checkered past in regards to off-court hijinks in college will probably be a problem when he looks for college jobs.

If/when he gets whacked by the Bucks, that'll be strike three in the NBA.

 

And Bobby Simmons.

 

And Charlie Bell. And Dan Gadzuric.

 

Certain teams need a taskmaster as a coach in the short term. It won't work long term, however.

We've seen what happens to my-way-or-the-highway coaches in other sports (see Williams, Gregg).

 

I figured that one went without saying. But yeah, you're right.

 

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It appears the man with the most intimate knowledge of the situation believes all will be well in Milwaukee...

 

It seems like Garry Howard only writes columns when the Bucks fire or trade someone.