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Pollin': Best Potential Coach

With a whopping 62% of the vote, Brendan Haywood was selected as the Wizards' Most Improved Player this season.  In honor of his selection, here's some Tarheel-on-Tarheel action as Haywood blocks Vince Carter:

Roger Mason finished 2nd with 18%, Caron and DeShawn finished 3rd and 4th respectively.

This week, the question to ponder is "Which current Wizard would make for the best head coach?"  I got the idea from a post from Brian Scalabrine J.E. Skeets on Ball Don't Lie, who bounced some ideas for some players from around the NBA who would make for good NBA coaches, including Derek Fisher, Sam Cassell, Darrell Armstrong, and Antawn Jamison.

I think Jamison has what it takes to be a good head coach someday, although for some reason I get the feeling he'd rather coach in the college ranks than he would in the NBA, but that's just a gut feeling.

Antonio Daniels is another name that gets bounced around as a potential coaching candidate that gets bounced around a lot.  If nothing else, I think he'd have an advantage since it seems like veteran backup point guards almost always end up as coaches in one form or another.

I think it's safe to guess that Jamison and Daniels will gather the most votes this week, but don't look over some of the other players on the team.  Etan Thomas certainly has the IQ to be a good head coach someday.  It might be a little weird to see some 50 year old guy in dreadlocks writing poetry on the sidelines, but it could work.  How about Gilbert Arenas?  The offense might be a little unconventional, but you know that they'd be practicing it at each of the 5 daily practices the team would have.

As always, the choice is yours.  And since this is strictly a hypothetical question, any line of reasoning to come to your answer is acceptable.  Vote away!

Poll
Which current Wizard would make for the best future head coach?
Gilbert Arenas
4 votes
Andray Blatche
3 votes
Caron Butler
12 votes
Antonio Daniels
34 votes
Brendan Haywood
3 votes
Antawn Jamison
18 votes
Roger Mason
2 votes
Dominic McGuire
2 votes
Oleksiy Pecherov
11 votes
Darius Songaila
0 votes
DeShawn Stevenson
0 votes
Etan Thomas
1 votes
Nick Young
2 votes

92 votes | Poll has closed

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Ivan and Mike weigh in

From today’s chat:

Washington, DC: Ivan and Mike, what current NBA players do you think would make good coaches down the line? I think you’ve mentioned Antonio as a guy with aspirations—what about Antawn?

Ivan Carter: Antonio could do it but he’s told me that he has no interest in doing so. Antawn would be driven nuts by the lack of focus and drive exhibited by some players. No way I see him dealing with that. You know who would be a surprisingly good coach? Brendan Haywood.

Michael Lee: I’d have to go with Eric Snow, who is already drawing interest from the Bulls and the Bobcats despite being on the Cavaliers’ payroll. I also think Sam Cassell would be a great coach. He has been a great motivator throughout his career and I’m just ready for his first big post game rant. That would be an ESPN Classic for sure.

by WRG on May 21, 2008 2:47 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Haywood? Sure, why not!

I’m surprised by all the Antonio Daniels votes. I thought Jamison would easily take this one. Jamison is cool, collected, and seems to have the mental toughness to lead and inspire a basketball organization. Antonio seems a bit too erratic to me. That voice just would bother me as a player, whereas Avery’s would get me going. :)

And Haywood? He has potential. I haven’t seen a coach that tall since Bill Russel, but hey, go for it. I miss watching the Wiz.

by se7en on May 22, 2008 8:35 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

haywood?

the etan brendan saga? the sulking about playing time? the inconsistent effort? he seems smart, yeah, but i don’t see it.

by DarrellWalkerFan on May 23, 2008 11:10 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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