Sam Amick

And that's not... disparage zach at all that's just kind of the historical context um and the idea that you you have a guy in tuamas who again was challenging to get into your program you were excited about what he would bring to the table you weren't seeing it to your liking and the clock is ticking

And then post all-star break, you know, the Grizzlies were, I believe, 35 and 16 as of February 8th. They start losing games at a pretty high rate after that. They were 11 and 20 against teams that were above 500. You know, coincidentally, that last OKC one-sided loss was, that ended up costing Taylor his job, or at least his last game.

And then post all-star break, you know, the Grizzlies were, I believe, 35 and 16 as of February 8th. They start losing games at a pretty high rate after that. They were 11 and 20 against teams that were above 500. You know, coincidentally, that last OKC one-sided loss was, that ended up costing Taylor his job, or at least his last game.

And then post all-star break, you know, the Grizzlies were, I believe, 35 and 16 as of February 8th. They start losing games at a pretty high rate after that. They were 11 and 20 against teams that were above 500. You know, coincidentally, that last OKC one-sided loss was, that ended up costing Taylor his job, or at least his last game.

It was on the front end of that streak going back to February 8th. They got boat raced by the Thunder at the start of that stretch as well. So the theme was that Zach, understandably, was looking at this going, we are not true contenders. And so try something different. But again, the backdrop that is worth unpacking even more deeply is that And this is across the league.

It was on the front end of that streak going back to February 8th. They got boat raced by the Thunder at the start of that stretch as well. So the theme was that Zach, understandably, was looking at this going, we are not true contenders. And so try something different. But again, the backdrop that is worth unpacking even more deeply is that And this is across the league.

It was on the front end of that streak going back to February 8th. They got boat raced by the Thunder at the start of that stretch as well. So the theme was that Zach, understandably, was looking at this going, we are not true contenders. And so try something different. But again, the backdrop that is worth unpacking even more deeply is that And this is across the league.

Once an organization has somebody in-house that is aspirational and who has a clean slate and who doesn't have any baggage, then the clock is ticking, I think, for the incumbent head coach. And that's, again, where you can maybe draw a parallel to the Sacramento situation.

Once an organization has somebody in-house that is aspirational and who has a clean slate and who doesn't have any baggage, then the clock is ticking, I think, for the incumbent head coach. And that's, again, where you can maybe draw a parallel to the Sacramento situation.

Once an organization has somebody in-house that is aspirational and who has a clean slate and who doesn't have any baggage, then the clock is ticking, I think, for the incumbent head coach. And that's, again, where you can maybe draw a parallel to the Sacramento situation.

Although, like with the Kings and Doug Christie, that was more ownership-driven, the aspiration to get Doug in that spot when he was on Mike Brown's staff. But, you know, to me, now that you look back at it a little more clear eyed, you know, Taylor was was in a spot all year long. And the only way to to not get fired here was to be damn near the top of the West.

Although, like with the Kings and Doug Christie, that was more ownership-driven, the aspiration to get Doug in that spot when he was on Mike Brown's staff. But, you know, to me, now that you look back at it a little more clear eyed, you know, Taylor was was in a spot all year long. And the only way to to not get fired here was to be damn near the top of the West.

Although, like with the Kings and Doug Christie, that was more ownership-driven, the aspiration to get Doug in that spot when he was on Mike Brown's staff. But, you know, to me, now that you look back at it a little more clear eyed, you know, Taylor was was in a spot all year long. And the only way to to not get fired here was to be damn near the top of the West.

so this is me reading the room just to be clear not intel coming from the grizzlies just in my experience again given what we know of the context of bringing him to memphis and what he represented i would be pretty surprised if he was not the coach next season um that's just me talking uh because it it feels like a vision it feels like a philosophical shift

so this is me reading the room just to be clear not intel coming from the grizzlies just in my experience again given what we know of the context of bringing him to memphis and what he represented i would be pretty surprised if he was not the coach next season um that's just me talking uh because it it feels like a vision it feels like a philosophical shift

so this is me reading the room just to be clear not intel coming from the grizzlies just in my experience again given what we know of the context of bringing him to memphis and what he represented i would be pretty surprised if he was not the coach next season um that's just me talking uh because it it feels like a vision it feels like a philosophical shift

And, you know, and one that I have a hard time thinking they're only going to commit to for 10 games. On top of that, when you give the guy a seven figure multi-year contract as an assistant coach, that does not typically portend, you know, a short term relationship. You know, we we don't have all of the coaching info around the league.

And, you know, and one that I have a hard time thinking they're only going to commit to for 10 games. On top of that, when you give the guy a seven figure multi-year contract as an assistant coach, that does not typically portend, you know, a short term relationship. You know, we we don't have all of the coaching info around the league.

And, you know, and one that I have a hard time thinking they're only going to commit to for 10 games. On top of that, when you give the guy a seven figure multi-year contract as an assistant coach, that does not typically portend, you know, a short term relationship. You know, we we don't have all of the coaching info around the league.

But as you guys know, that's a pretty steep salary for an assistant of any kind in the length of the contract.