The Bobcats 1st coach and G.M. will be....

Bernie Bickerstaff, according to the Associated Press....

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ap-bobcats-bickerstaff&prov=ap&type=lgns

Not a bad choice I think.

 

its a mistake to hire a coach/gm... need one of each

 

well, that sucks.

 

I'm not stoked about this . . . I think we need someone to do each job seperately IMHO . . What happened to the Bobcats interviewing that guy in Italy ? ? ? ?

 

I've tried to be positive at every turn but, this looks like a terrible hire. I know he will only coach for 2 or 3 years and then move to the front office for good but, he has sucked terribly as both a coach and as a GM already why not get some fresh meat.
We waited for ever on MJ but, couldn't wait on the European GM...WTF???????

We better hire an excellent capologist and the best scouting team on earth because the leadership looks like they don't have a F'ing clue.....

Where's Larry Bird when you need him???

Bernie F'ing Bickerstaff as coach and GM--It's like a F'ing nightmare....

I will support this team through thick and thin but, for mercy sake give me something to get excited about , so far every decision has been mediocre at best.

 

from an article I read while researching some on Bernie-- he was described as...

Bernie Bickerstaff as GM/coach/franchise wrecker. Worst trades, coaching and drafts in the history of the franchise. “Still Crazy After All These Years.”

 

Actually, I believe his coaching record is only 10 games under .500 which is a miracle considering some of the franchises he's been with.

And we're getting Gary Brokaw as our player personnel director. He did a good job with the Magic.

I think the choices will be ok in the long run, besides nobody expects your first coach to be around forever anyway.

 

here's a recap of bernie's tenure as GM of the Nuggets--not to impressive and worst of all he was replaced by Allen Bristow-

1990/91: New General Manager Bernie Bickerstaff decided it was time to rebuild the Nuggets who had the oldest team in the league, so the Nuggets would make radical changes trading off stars for draft picks. As always teams who rebuild often take their lumps and the Nuggets with new Coach Paul Westhead were not any different enduring a wretched season in which they finished with a league worse 20-62 record, along the way the Nuggets allowed 130.8 ppg setting a new record for NBA defensive generosity.

1991/92: To improve the Nuggets horrible defense the Nuggets selected Georgetown Center Dikembe Mutombo Mpolondo Mukamba Jean Jacque Wamutombo, with the first overall pick. A native of Zaire, who spoke 9 languages (English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, and five African dialects) Mutombo had an immediate impact as the Nuggets showed improvement holding a 17-26 record through the first half of the season. However, Mutombo would hit the rookie wall as the Nuggets struggled in the second half winning just 7 of their 39 games to post a record of 24-58.

1992/93: The Nuggets would bring back Dan Issel who had stared for them for 10 seasons to lead the young team as their coach. Under Issel the Nuggets would show some promise despite 14-game losing streak from December 5th to January 5th. Around the losing streak the Nuggets show significant improvement missing the playoffs by just 3 games with a record of 36-46. Among the reason for optimism for the future was the continued growth of Dikembe Mutombo into one of the league's best defensive players, and the continued improvement of Guard Chris Jackson, who was named the league's Most Improved Player, shortly after changing his name to Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf.

1993/94: The Nuggets continued to improve posting a 42-40 record and making the playoffs for the first time in 4 years. However, no much was expected for the Nuggets as they entered the playoffs as the 8th seed, matching them up with Seattle Supersonics who had posted a league best 63-19 record. The Nuggets would find themselves in a quick 0-2 hole after dropping the first 2 games in Seattle. However, upon arriving in Denver the Nuggets used the shot blocking presence of Dikembe Mutombo, along with career performances by Reggie Williams, Brian Williams, and Robert Pack, to even the series with wins in Games 3 and 4. Going back to Seattle for the 5th a decisive game the Nuggets were expected to see their season end. However, managed to hang in the game and rallied to tie the game and force overtime, where they would emerge with a 1-point victory becoming the first 8th seeded team to beat a 1 seed. To punctuate the game Mutombo was on his back holding the ball and smiling after the buzzer. Moving n to the 2nd Round the Nuggets appeared to run out of gas as they dropped their first 3 games to the Utah Jazz. However facing elimination, the Nuggets would rally again winning the next 3 games to force a 7th game. However, this time the Nuggets were unable to overcome their deficit as they lost 91-81.

1994/95: Coming of their improbable playoff run the Nuggets were bitten early by the injury bug, losing LaPhonso Ellis for all but 10 games due to a preseason knee injury. After playing mediocre basketball through the first 34 games Dan Issel suddenly resigned and was replaced by assistant Gene Littles. Under Littles the Nuggets struggled winning just 3 of 16 games before he was replaced by GM Bernie Bickerstaff. Under Bickerstaff the Nuggets would recover making a late push and sneaking into the playoff with a record of 41-41, as Dikembe Mutombo captured his first Defensive Player of the Year award. However, there would be no magical playoff run this time around as the Nuggets are beaten by the San Antonio Spurs in 4 games.

1995/96: Building on a nucleus of center Dikembe Mutombo and guard Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, the Nuggets acquired Antonio McDyess, who had been drafted with the 2nd pick overall by the Los Angeles Clippers. McDyess would make a solid contribution as he was named to the All-Rookie team. However, the Nuggets who were still missing LaPhonso Ellis who missed all but 37 games got off to a horrible start losing 8 of their first 9 games and never recovered missing the playoffs with a disappointing record of 35-47. Along the way the Nuggets found themselves in the middle of an ugly controversy as Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf refused to stand for the National Anthem protesting what he felt was the country's poor treatment of Muslims in the world. After a 1 game suspension Abdul-Rauf agreed to stand and pray during the anthem. However, the damage done his reputation could not be repaired, as he was the consistent target of boos, as fans rejected his extreme Religious views, before missing the rest of the season due to injury. Following the season the Nuggets would trade Abdul-Rauf to the Sacramento Kings. In addition the Nuggets would lose Dikembe Mutombo who signed a free agent deal with Atlanta Hawks, suddenly the Nuggets were forced to start the rebuilding process all over again.

1996/97: The Nuggets would get off to a slow start losing 9 of their first 13 games as Bernie Bickerstaff was forced out as Coach. Bickersstaff who briefly remained the club's GM named Dick Motta as his replacement. Bickerstaff would be replaced as General Manager in the middle of the season by Allen Bristow as the Nuggets made sweeping changes throughout the season with 23 different players wearing Nuggets uniform. Despite all the instability the Nuggets found themselves in just about every game but falling short at then end losing 18 games by 10 points of less including 10 games lost by 1 or 2 points. However, in the end they would still post a record of 21-61, which landed them in 4th place.

 

hey, at least you didn't get tim floyd.

 

Nut, all the sudden I feel better. Thank you.