The case for New Orleans Pelicans Head Coaching Change | Can Willie Green improve?
The New Orleans Pelicans would be justified if they want to move on from Head Coach Willie Green this offseason. Jake Madison looks overall at the job Willie Green has done and makes the case for why the Pels would make that decision and it ties into something that David Griffin recently said. But since Zion Williamson has a good relationship with coach Green would it be better to keep him? And what does the Phoenix Suns firing Frank Vogel mean to the Pelicans?
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43 Comments
Willie Definitely should have been fired! It was ridiculous for Griff to give him a extension. But, we all know how this organization operates they value "character" over "Championships".
I like Willie but wouldn`t blame them for canning him
I feel for the Pelican fans who PAID to see more HOME losses than road losses. The Pels moved up to 4th place and then lost 5 of 6 HOME games and to top that, they lost 2 more HOME games to LAL to drop to 8th place! Willie Green let his team down, plain and simple.
HIRE MARK JACKSON !!!!! IMMEDIATELY
hire Joe Mazzula he won 64 games!
I would take Vogel
Ingram said it,strictly off talent they made the leap not coaching xo
I rather have Bi then Green.
His roster changes (out of the blue)in crucial games are a huge red flag,it’s like sabotage.
The fact he fetishizes small ball while not having the personnel to do it is reason enough to can him…. 1-and whatever in games decided by 3 or less. 0-20something when trailing after 3…. All on coaching
Pels should trade for Donavan Mitchell and send BI and CJ to the Cavs!
I agree. There are many times it’s like there is no special play.
Pels could have easily won 60 games!
Flaws in big games.
49 wins , yeah could that be because we had a more healthy roster and not so much a good coaching job by WG??? Loosing EVERY game when trailing at start of the 4th=poor coaching, Blowing double digit 20+ point leads = poor coaching
What about Portlands coach ?
25:10 say what you want but the Suns have also made a finals appearance. Made trying out different coaches worth it.Frankly just finding a coach who can help you win ONE playoff series would be an improvement.
Great episode
Yes Fire Willie Green
If Zion likes our coach then we can’t change it.
We letting suns get coach bud smh
Fire Willie Green he had to many chances to fix his team,Mr.Griffin it time to let him go first
I’m in minority, but Not a Willie hater. Feel he deserves another year. can’t discount improvement every year!
Steph curry loved mark jackson and didn't want him to leave.. they hired steve kerr and he took it to another level. Im sure steph appreciates that
Organization has to know when to pivot
Worst coach in our division
1. Greg Popovich
2. Ime Udoka
3. Taylor Jenkins
4. Jason Kidd
5. Willie Green
Fire Willie Green he's no good
I'm right on the fence. Unless Pels get lucky and get the new up and coming coach. But we're not exactly proven in talent eval.
You, yourself, listed various ways that Willie is holding this team back. He most certainly in that bottom 5. Great guy, the kind of man you would want to represent your team and city, but that don’t win basketball games. #FreeUsFromWillie
Team wins are directly correlated to the number of games Zion plays. They win in spite of Willie. 49 wins….. with a decent coach we should have had closer to 60. Stop settling for mediocrity
"Don't mess with it if it's not working".
Is it really working, Jake?
Question: Is Zion Williamson earning his salary?
If so, tell where I can go to be paid well and be a no show more often than not.
Willie had his shot!! Bye
It's absolutely obvious that our Pels did not reach the hoped for level this past season. Still, the record has improved each season that WG has been at the helm. Yes, some mistakes and apparent errors have occurred. Still, the HC, whoever it is, does not decide what players he has to work with, nor does he control untimely injuries to essentially key players. Simply because some other teams operate in a "cat fickle" manner, we should feel no need to follow that path. Continued improvement because of, and in spite of, certain player personnel flaws, should be carefully studied. When management has truly put together a true team complimentary cast of players, then it may be an appropriate time to consider HC changes if objectives are not met!!
Willie is nice guy
Willie is a man of God
But Willie is a Crappy coach
Willie is stagnant. There is nothing that indicates that Willie Green has what it takes to make this team a contender. Zion and BI can play on the same team, Willie just hasn't figured out how to unlock it.
The Rockets will be better next year, so will Memphis. The Pelicans may not even compete for the play-in.
I think Willie needs to get better but needs better team construction too.
We need to move on now!
Been saying Willie Green coaching style is trash, rotation trash, play sets trash (point 5 is not an offense) whole coaching philosophy is trash and soft.
Brandon Ingram said “we’re winning on pure talent” if that wasn’t a shot across the board I don’t know what is 🤷🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️
Let Willie Green GO
Defense gonna stop nobody putting shooting in
Every dayer!! 🇵🇭🇵🇭
When you can’t draw up simple plays to get BI open it’s an issue.When you can’t tell CJ that he needs to be the third option it’s an issue.When you refuse to play Hawkins it’s an issue.