Eddie Johnson as head coach.

He should NOT be considered to be the Suns coach.

for a moment.

I think that the job of Head Basketball Coach has some very specific requirements that make it the kind of thing that you don’t learn on the job.

If EJ is serious he should go get an assistant coaching job for a few years or even head coach in the D league…

I love EJ on TV but talking about basketball doesn’t qualify you to run a team. Otherwise, they could hire me!

Honestly, bring on Steve Kerr as head coach. I’m pretty sure that will not end well, but it will at least put him in his place. EJ is too green. And I don’t really wish ill on Stevie K, but I think he and Mr. Sarver have gotten a little big for their britches with this “We want to keep D’Antoni, but we want to break his spirit if he’s going to stay here” routine. And Coach D needs to break his own spirit a bit. But you’ve all read my feelings on that already.

Why would EJ want to disrupt the nice little life he’s got going? He probably makes pretty good money as a broadcaster. He goes to the Y to shoot hoops now and again. He’s respected in the organization. Why would he want to go and get a stressful job like head coach of the Suns? More money? Ego? I don’t know. But it doesn’t matter because it won’t happen.

We seem to be seeing a changing of the guard in this league. There are tons of experienced coaches lying around, trouble is though, they are too old. The players can’t relate. And maybe the type of game being played has past them by. Hubie Brown looks like a corpse. Fratello and his face lift just finished demonstrating that he cannot win anymore. Same with Van Gundy. Riley hung on on too long. Larry Brown will certainly fail….I could go on and on.

So I think that brings us to our problem. How is a veteran squad going to buy in to the demands of a brand new coach? Maybe the players aren’t as stubborn as we think they are. But really, how are you going to tell Shaq and his rings what to do if he doesn’t want to do it? D’Antoni won in his career as player and coach-albeit Europe, but he has a swagger because he knows what winning something big feels like.

I think Kerr as coach would go over like Danny Ainge as coach-towels being thrown at him by various disgruntled veterans. Maybe water bottles or basketballs.