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sithinfiltrator

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Posted: 07/17/18 12:20 pm :::

tfan wrote:

justinabina wrote:

tfan wrote:

How many WNBA head coaches have ever voluntarily changed teams (not counting teams that folded or moved)?

Wasn't Brian Agler's move from Seattle to Los Angeles voluntary?

Ostensibly, but I thought a Storm fan had suggested that his time was running out with management. But I see that Agler's last year in Seattle (a lottery year) was the current GMs first year. Maybe they didn’t click.

What I remember hearing from the owners is that Brian didn't have the drive to rebuild the Storm and there was this opportunity to take an ascendant Sparks team to the championship. One of the knocks on Brian has always been that he likes to play with vets and never really did a good job of building youth. The league is scattered with starters on other teams that Agler jettisoned after a year or two because he had no patience with them. That isn't a good mix for a rebuilding team.

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tfan

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Posted: 07/17/18 12:41 pm :::

pilight wrote:

tfan wrote:

How many WNBA head coaches have ever voluntarily changed teams?

Brian Agler did when he left Seattle for Los Angeles

Bill Laimbeer did when he left New York for Las Vegas

I wonder if Laimbeer would have left if he hadn’t been fired and then rehired. He was 26-42 in 2 years when the fire/hire took place.

sigur3

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Posted: 07/17/18 1:04 pm :::

tfan wrote:

pilight wrote:

tfan wrote:

How many WNBA head coaches have ever voluntarily changed teams?

Brian Agler did when he left Seattle for Los Angeles

Bill Laimbeer did when he left New York for Las Vegas

I wonder if Laimbeer would have left if he hadn’t been fired and then rehired. He was 26-42 in 2 years when the fire/hire took place.

I'm guessing it had more to do with the impending Dolanism.

CamrnCrz1974

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Posted: 07/17/18 1:30 pm :::

ClayK wrote:

That said, that's an excellent point about her commitment to Minnesota, and lends weight to her staying. But if she's coaching a .500 team, it seems to me she's going to have to change her ways a little, because demanding excellence from average players will eventually wear down the average players. No one likes to be expected to do things they can't really do ...

Given her commitment to the Minnesota franchise, but also her accomplishments in terms of titles and accolades, I have to wonder if her next step would be an assistant coaching position with the Timberwolves.

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