WHEN the Pacers fire J-O-B, who will replace him?

by SHaFF87 on Jan 3, 2010 9:17 PM EST

This is something I've been wondering for a few weeks now. Who will replace JOB when his eventually gets fired? There's no way with all the mental mistakes, turnovers, poor defense, and just overall bad play that JOB keeps his JOB. Even if they do let him stick it out till the end of the year, he has to be gone if things don't drastically turn around.

To be honest though, I don't know who we could really get to replace him. I tried to look up a list of available NBA coaches, but couldn't find a current list. Let me know if you find one.

Some of the coaches that came to mind as being available to me were Byron Scott and Avery Johnson. Maybe if the Bulls fire Vinny Del Negro and he's available. Just seems like it's pretty slim pickens at this point.

So that brings me to my question, who will replace JOB?

Poll

Who will replace Jim O'Brien?

No one, Larry Bird will keep his word.

20 votes

A current Pacers assistant.

10 votes

Byron Scott

22 votes

Avery Johnson

14 votes

Another available coach. (named below)

12 votes

78 votes | Poll has closed

Tweet Comment 5 comments | 0 recs |

Do you like this story?

Comments

what about a guy like Jeff Van Gundy?

I don’t know what his stance on coaching again would be? Does anyone?
I always wanted to see what Marc Jackson would be like as a head coach.

Just throwing names out there.

~SHaFF!~

by SHaFF87 on Jan 3, 2010 10:25 PM EST reply actions

Im sure with the right deal he could be tempted. But nowadays I think it’s necessary for a coach that sort of “gets” his players. That’s one of the main reasons I think O’Brien is failing now. Mark Jackson I still think would be the best fit despite his lack of experience.

by B-Huse on Jan 4, 2010 2:26 AM EST reply actions