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PostPosted: Wed Jul 28, 2021 11:50 am    Post subject: Becky Hammon

Becky Hammon is an assistant coach for the Spurs. There's a possibility she may become the first female head coach in the NBA. If she's named as head coach and succeeds it would open a door now cemented shut.

One problem I see that may be a very large one, the locker room. How would it be handled? How would halftime be handled? Men in locker rooms and showers are naked.

I'd like to see her given a shot. She has a great mentor, Greg Popovich. He's about ready to hang it up maybe San Antonio will make history. LINK

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PostPosted: Wed Jul 28, 2021 12:00 pm    Post subject: Re: Becky Hammon

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Becky Hammon is an assistant coach for the Spurs. There's a possibility she may become the first female head coach in the NBA. If she's named as head coach and succeeds it would open a door now cemented shut.

One problem I see that may be a very large one, the locker room. How would it be handled? How would halftime be handled? Men in locker rooms and showers are naked.

I'd like to see her given a shot. She has a great mentor, Greg Popovich. He's about ready to hang it up maybe San Antonio will make history.

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we see a lot of first time coaches get handed a bad roster. For her its different because she is the first woman but IMHO if shes handed a bad situation it will become the case study of why a women cant work even though the variables werent in her favor.

Also i dont see a path for more. Pop is different. he is incredibly aware of whats happening and because of his greatness had the cache to bring a woman on.

No one else does really. Plus whos next? becky has been a round a minute. She even had to split time with TD when Pop was out. I dont see a pipeline of women coaches for the nba. maybe something in g-league?

I dont ever see it becoming the norm and TBH why should it. there are plenty of men who are probably qualified that dont get opportunities. i dont think we need to ...in the NBA specifically get to a place where quotas are necessary.

The NFL has barely tried to accommodate the roonie rule.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 28, 2021 12:02 pm    Post subject: Re: Becky Hammon

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Becky Hammon is an assistant coach for the Spurs. There's a possibility she may become the first female head coach in the NBA. If she's named as head coach and succeeds it would open a door now cemented shut.

One problem I see that may be a very large one, the locker room. How would it be handled? How would halftime be handled? Men in locker rooms and showers are naked.

I'd like to see her given a shot. She has a great mentor, Greg Popovich. He's about ready to hang it up maybe San Antonio will make history. LINK

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PostPosted: Wed Jul 28, 2021 12:05 pm    Post subject: Re: Becky Hammon

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Becky Hammon is an assistant coach for the Spurs. There's a possibility she may become the first female head coach in the NBA. If she's named as head coach and succeeds it would open a door now cemented shut.

One problem I see that may be a very large one, the locker room. How would it be handled? How would halftime be handled? Men in locker rooms and showers are naked.

I'd like to see her given a shot. She has a great mentor, Greg Popovich. He's about ready to hang it up maybe San Antonio will make history. LINK

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I could see jeanie "encouraging" a woman getting involved in a lower g-league level.

there.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 28, 2021 12:18 pm    Post subject: Re: Becky Hammon

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jodeke wrote:
Becky Hammon is an assistant coach for the Spurs. There's a possibility she may become the first female head coach in the NBA. If she's named as head coach and succeeds it would open a door now cemented shut.

One problem I see that may be a very large one, the locker room. How would it be handled? How would halftime be handled? Men in locker rooms and showers are naked.

I'd like to see her given a shot. She has a great mentor, Greg Popovich. He's about ready to hang it up maybe San Antonio will make history. LINK

DISCUSS


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I could see jeanie "encouraging" a woman getting involved in a lower g-league level.

there.


Hammon served as the team's Summer League head coach in 2015; she is the first woman to be a head coach in that league.

I'm asking about the NBA big leagues. If Mods see fit to move the post, feel free to do so.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 28, 2021 12:40 pm    Post subject: Re: Becky Hammon

jodeke wrote:
Halflife wrote:
kwyitkilla wrote:
jodeke wrote:
Becky Hammon is an assistant coach for the Spurs. There's a possibility she may become the first female head coach in the NBA. If she's named as head coach and succeeds it would open a door now cemented shut.

One problem I see that may be a very large one, the locker room. How would it be handled? How would halftime be handled? Men in locker rooms and showers are naked.

I'd like to see her given a shot. She has a great mentor, Greg Popovich. He's about ready to hang it up maybe San Antonio will make history. LINK

DISCUSS


This is Laker related?


I could see jeanie "encouraging" a woman getting involved in a lower g-league level.

there.


Hammon served as the team's Summer League head coach in 2015; she is the first woman to be a head coach in that league.

I'm asking about the NBA big leagues. If Mods see fit to move the post, feel free to do so.

sports is its own ecosystem. So if all things are equal in regards to coaching IMHO the locker room issues you mentioned whether right or wrong should tip scale in favor of a man.

We have to start coming to the realization that women and men are different. its easy to say you should treat a woman coach the same as a man but they are different. I cant imagine the things players say to coaches behind closed doors, practices etc. If adding a woman to that equation turns those exchanges into something different because its a woman that adds a layer that im sure the nba wants no part of.

Its great to be able to say "look at becky". She has been protected to no fault of her own but the next level of her ladder is different.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 28, 2021 12:58 pm    Post subject: Re: Becky Hammon

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jodeke wrote:
Halflife wrote:
kwyitkilla wrote:
jodeke wrote:
Becky Hammon is an assistant coach for the Spurs. There's a possibility she may become the first female head coach in the NBA. If she's named as head coach and succeeds it would open a door now cemented shut.

One problem I see that may be a very large one, the locker room. How would it be handled? How would halftime be handled? Men in locker rooms and showers are naked.

I'd like to see her given a shot. She has a great mentor, Greg Popovich. He's about ready to hang it up maybe San Antonio will make history. LINK

DISCUSS


This is Laker related?


I could see jeanie "encouraging" a woman getting involved in a lower g-league level.

there.


Hammon served as the team's Summer League head coach in 2015; she is the first woman to be a head coach in that league.

I'm asking about the NBA big leagues. If Mods see fit to move the post, feel free to do so.

sports is its own ecosystem. So if all things are equal in regards to coaching IMHO the locker room issues you mentioned whether right or wrong should tip scale in favor of a man.

We have to start coming to the realization that women and men are different. its easy to say you should treat a woman coach the same as a man but they are different. I cant imagine the things players say to coaches behind closed doors, practices etc. If adding a woman to that equation turns those exchanges into something different because its a woman that adds a layer that im sure the nba wants no part of.

Its great to be able to say "look at becky". She has been protected to no fault of her own but the next level of her ladder is different.

She's an assistant coach with the Spurs. I surmise she's been subjected to the things you mentioned.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 28, 2021 1:02 pm    Post subject:

Men coach WNBA players. I don’t see why the opposite can’t work.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 28, 2021 1:05 pm    Post subject: Re: Becky Hammon

Halflife wrote:
kwyitkilla wrote:
jodeke wrote:
Becky Hammon is an assistant coach for the Spurs. There's a possibility she may become the first female head coach in the NBA. If she's named as head coach and succeeds it would open a door now cemented shut.

One problem I see that may be a very large one, the locker room. How would it be handled? How would halftime be handled? Men in locker rooms and showers are naked.

I'd like to see her given a shot. She has a great mentor, Greg Popovich. He's about ready to hang it up maybe San Antonio will make history. LINK

DISCUSS


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I could see jeanie "encouraging" a woman getting involved in a lower g-league level.

there.

Next headline, Gay head coach...Trans head coach. All are Lakers related.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 28, 2021 1:17 pm    Post subject:

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Men coach WNBA players. I don’t see why the opposite can’t work.

That's what I had in mind when I made this post. I'm of a mind when a job is more mental than physical women should be given the opportunity to compete.
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Men coach WNBA players. I don’t see why the opposite can’t work.

its different. Plus we are seeing a bit of a change in the NBA with young coaches. Guys that have played and arent that far removed from current generation are the guys being hired.

im not saying becky cant/wont work but just to break barriers for the sake of breaking them isnt enough of a reason IMHO unless their is a safety net for success. Because IMO if she hypothetically takes the SAS job. they arent winning and probably wont be for a while. Will she be held to the same standard of a man? If she gets fired will the narrative be " its because shes a woman", she legitimately couldn't coach or because the cupboards were bare?

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Men coach WNBA players. I don’t see why the opposite can’t work.

its different. Plus we are seeing a bit of a change in the NBA with young coaches. Guys that have played and arent that far removed from current generation are the guys being hired.

im not saying becky cant/wont work but just to break barriers for the sake of breaking them isnt enough of a reason IMHO unless their is a safety net for success. Because IMO if she hypothetically takes the SAS job. they arent winning and probably wont be for a while. Will she be held to the same standard of a man? If she gets fired will the narrative be " its because shes a woman", she legitimately couldn't coach or because the cupboards were bare?

When a guy gets fired its on him.

Uncharted waters mean uncharted obstacles. If hired as a head coach I'm sure whoever hires a woman will take most if not all you say into consideration. She's in the conversation to be the next head coach of the Spurs. I think this is it for Pop. He doesn't seem to have the fire anymore.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 28, 2021 1:35 pm    Post subject:

SAS could work for Becky though, because they, like Miami, are one of those organizations that doesn't fire coaches if they miss the playoffs two years in a row. For it to work, She needs to be in a stable organization, willing to endure tough years, if they don't have an abundance of talent, and willing to treat her like any other male coach. I think this screams small, or mid-market teams like SAS.
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As of right now teams seem content with just getting brownie points for "having her in the finals" as a coaching option, but then giving it to ex players or first time coaches that didn't even pay the dues she did.

That's gonna have to change and she'll have to be in a solid situation to succeed if they want it to actually go anywhere.

ie: she can't be saddled with a team that's already built to finish last every year. A better situation for her would be like one Kerr walked into or one Vogel walked into. A team that's going to contend but needs some changes, not a team that's built to fail. Because then it will just be used as a case study that 'women can't coach at the NBA level'.

The bigger story and the one that would actually get the ball rolling, would be if Hammon was put on a team that actually went far into the Playoffs or did better than the previous year. If Hammon was coaching the Warriors, Philly or the Lakers, right before they had a breakout season, that would do more not just for her case but the case of women getting hired in the NBA in general. Sadly the 'story' is what's going to have to sell, and in order for the story to sell and have any legs, she's going to need to be coaching a team actually going somewhere. Otherwise she gets saddled with a bad team that no coach could dig out of where they are and then gets labeled as the problem or 'not a difference making coach', and then will be judged because of it.

To be honest, I'd be all for her bringing her knowledge of offense she learned under Pop here. But I doubt Vogel gets fired on the last year of his contract unless the Lakers have a bad start to next season.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 28, 2021 1:46 pm    Post subject:

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Men coach WNBA players. I don’t see why the opposite can’t work.

its different. Plus we are seeing a bit of a change in the NBA with young coaches. Guys that have played and arent that far removed from current generation are the guys being hired.

im not saying becky cant/wont work but just to break barriers for the sake of breaking them isnt enough of a reason IMHO unless their is a safety net for success. Because IMO if she hypothetically takes the SAS job. they arent winning and probably wont be for a while. Will she be held to the same standard of a man? If she gets fired will the narrative be " its because shes a woman", she legitimately couldn't coach or because the cupboards were bare?

When a guy gets fired its on him.


Just as the game is evolving from a scoring and pace perspective, the coaching paradigm is changing as well. The Carlisle's, SVG's and Stott's of the league are being phased out in favor of the Billups', Lue's, etc. This is less of an "equality" issue, and the media fueling the flames by not understanding the intricacies and complexities of the HC position in the modern NBA. These days, it's not just about knowing the game from an X's and O's standpoint. It's also about appeasing personalities and connecting with players on an individual level.

For example, do the Phoenix Suns thrive with a coach like SVG? Most likely not, and his stint with the Pels demonstrated his inability to relate/connect with the players. With respect to Hammon, she's an unknown in terms of how she relates to the new generation of NBA talent. Not having prior NBA playing experience probably factors into that. I'm obviously rooting for her and have endorsed her in the past for the coaching vacancies here, but it's not as clear-cut of a hire as the media makes it out to be.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 28, 2021 2:17 pm    Post subject:

hell, i bet the USA men's basketball team would LOVE to swap Pop out for Becky RIGHT NOW!

i think Pop is super close to retirement. i also think Becky is being smart about her next gig. it's a win-win to pursue other NBA coaching vacancies. either she gets an HC position or at the very least puts pressure on the Spurs to give assurances she WILL be the next SAS coach after Pop retires.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 28, 2021 2:26 pm    Post subject:

She's ingrained into the San Antonio community. She played for their WNBA team from 2007-2014 and then became an assistant coach after her WNBA career....she will be coaching the Spurs after Pop retires.
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double edged sword for any team imo. If she really isnt a good head coach the team might not be able to let her go as being perceived as sexist and due to her being a female. Sort of what happened to the female NBA ref who was terrible yet claimed she was let go due to sexism
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jodeke wrote:
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LakersMD wrote:
Men coach WNBA players. I don’t see why the opposite can’t work.

its different. Plus we are seeing a bit of a change in the NBA with young coaches. Guys that have played and arent that far removed from current generation are the guys being hired.

im not saying becky cant/wont work but just to break barriers for the sake of breaking them isnt enough of a reason IMHO unless their is a safety net for success. Because IMO if she hypothetically takes the SAS job. they arent winning and probably wont be for a while. Will she be held to the same standard of a man? If she gets fired will the narrative be " its because shes a woman", she legitimately couldn't coach or because the cupboards were bare?

When a guy gets fired its on him.

Uncharted waters mean uncharted obstacles. If hired as a head coach I'm sure whoever hires a woman will take most if not all you say into consideration. She's in the conversation to be the next head coach of the Spurs. I think this is it for Pop. He doesn't seem to have the fire anymore.

I agree. If she’s a coach it will be sas. If it comes to fruition it will be amazing on every level to witness.
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She's ingrained into the San Antonio community. She played for their WNBA team from 2007-2014 and then became an assistant coach after her WNBA career....she will be coaching the Spurs after Pop retires.


The Spurs make a lot of sense. She's already gotten or not gotten the respect, attention, of the team and community.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 28, 2021 2:41 pm    Post subject: Re: Becky Hammon

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One problem I see that may be a very large one, the locker room. How would it be handled? How would halftime be handled? Men in locker rooms and showers are naked.



This shouldn't even be a consideration of any sort. Men coach women's teams. She's been the Assistant Coach there for a while. I think it's disappointing that's even a point of consideration (if it is), and agree with her comment that it's just silly. Also, she's addressed this specific situation very appropriately in this interview: https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/becky-hammon-talks-locker-rooms-history-making-role/story?id=25016415.


Regarding her ability to coach, SA has always said the highly regard her, but there's been a few instances where I think she was overlooked even for a temp period (Pop being ejected or whatever) in favor of other assistants (I remember TD taking the "lead" role in one such situation). I do think she'll end up being their coach once Pop retires, and I don't think she wants to walk into an "unwinnable" organization where she's set up to fail (mgmt always changes coaches, cheap mgmt not willing to hire a good staff around her, etc). She should be able to relate to players as she's only a few years out from her playing career as well, so I don't see why that'd be an issue.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 28, 2021 3:02 pm    Post subject: Re: Becky Hammon

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One problem I see that may be a very large one, the locker room. How would it be handled? How would halftime be handled? Men in locker rooms and showers are naked.



This shouldn't even be a consideration of any sort. Men coach women's teams. She's been the Assistant Coach there for a while. I think it's disappointing that's even a point of consideration (if it is), and agree with her comment that it's just silly. Also, she's addressed this specific situation very appropriately in this interview: https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/becky-hammon-talks-locker-rooms-history-making-role/story?id=25016415.


Regarding her ability to coach, SA has always said the highly regard her, but there's been a few instances where I think she was overlooked even for a temp period (Pop being ejected or whatever) in favor of other assistants (I remember TD taking the "lead" role in one such situation). I do think she'll end up being their coach once Pop retires, and I don't think she wants to walk into an "unwinnable" organization where she's set up to fail (mgmt always changes coaches, cheap mgmt not willing to hire a good staff around her, etc). She should be able to relate to players as she's only a few years out from her playing career as well, so I don't see why that'd be an issue.

Thanks for that link. It's something I thought about. It answers what I thought might be a problem. I really like reading
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 28, 2021 9:50 pm    Post subject:

Halflife wrote:
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Men coach WNBA players. I don’t see why the opposite can’t work.

its different. Plus we are seeing a bit of a change in the NBA with young coaches. Guys that have played and arent that far removed from current generation are the guys being hired.

im not saying becky cant/wont work but just to break barriers for the sake of breaking them isnt enough of a reason IMHO unless their is a safety net for success. Because IMO if she hypothetically takes the SAS job. they arent winning and probably wont be for a while. Will she be held to the same standard of a man? If she gets fired will the narrative be " its because shes a woman", she legitimately couldn't coach or because the cupboards were bare?

When a guy gets fired its on him.


I was just referring to the original poster’s comment about how a coach of a different gender than the players might have a problem with the locker room / shower situation.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 29, 2021 6:12 am    Post subject:

Becky Hammon doesn’t need your pity interviews and neither do we

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Over the weekend, news broke that Portland, a team that actually seemed like a viable destination for Hammon, was hiring Chauncey Billups as its next head coach. Portland had, as we discussed, made sure everyone knew they were interviewing a woman for their top job. I’m not sure why we fell for it again, other than we’ve all seen Portlandia, and Portland seems like the kind of place where a woman would have a real chance to smash through a glass ceiling. Alas, pro sports leagues run by men are not the bastions of equity and inclusion they like to make themselves out to be.


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At this point, it would be refreshing for an NBA team to come out and say, “sorry, we’re just more comfortable hiring a problematic man than a woman.” At least that would be honest. At least then we wouldn’t have to put up with all the dissembling from the men involved about how they take sexual assault and domestic violence seriously, blah, blah, blah.

So here’s what it comes down to: The next time an NBA team interviews a woman for their head coach, be it Hammon or Teresa Weatherspoon, or someone else. Surprise us. Hire her, or keep her name out of your mouth. We don’t want to hear it.


https://deadspin.com/becky-hammon-doesn-t-need-your-pity-interviews-and-neit-1847186278
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 29, 2021 6:13 am    Post subject:

An Open Letter About Female Coaches

Pau Gasol


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I’ve been in the NBA for 17 years. I’ve won two championships … I’ve played with some of the best players of this generation … and I’ve played under two of the sharpest minds in the history of sports, in Phil Jackson and Gregg Popovich. And I’m telling you: Becky Hammon can coach. I’m not saying she can coach pretty well. I’m not saying she can coach enough to get by. I’m not saying she can coach almost at the level of the NBA’s male coaches. I’m saying: Becky Hammon can coach NBA basketball. Period.


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