There's a report that the Seattle Supersonics have hired P. J. Carlesimo as their head coach and are going to announce the hire tomorrow. What can the Sonics be thinking about? Maybe they believe they haven't been winning because not enough of the players are trying to kill the coach.
Yes, killing the coach. In Carlesimo's first NBA job with the Golden State Warriors, star guard Latrell Sprewell tried to choke him after he started nattering to Sprewell to "put some mustard" on his warm-up passes. You can't be too effective as a coach if your best player hates you so much that he attacks you.
MSNBC refers to "Carlesimo's intense, in-your-face approach." That's a sportswriter euphemism for "unbelievable asshole." Sportswriters appreciate screamers like Carlesimo because they've always dreamed about being "managers" for professional wrestlers. For athletes though, it's a nightmare having a guy like Carlesimo in charge of your career.
Too bad, a big talent like incoming rookie Kevin Durant has to have Carlesimo as his first NBA coach. In the NFL, the day of the Bill Parcells "in-your-face" kind of coach is passing and the league is moving toward real human beings like Tony Dungy of the Colts and Lovie Smith of the Bears. The Sonics are moving backwards.
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