Phoenix Suns President Lon Babby Talks with Doug and Wolf, Doesn't Mention Gentry as a Front Office Confidant

the story is about what someone didn’t say?

Slow news day?

lets make nash and hill (player)coaches and sign them to multi-year contracts… next year free agency will be easyyy ;)

To be honest with the way the question was asked, and what was talked about prior, he just didn’t mention him. Nothing of that interview made it seem like he was trying not to mention his name. I think Lon sees the Suns organization as this way:

There is the front office, then there are players. Front office, is Lon, Blanks, Sarver, etc. Players are players. Gentry is the head coach, and is more of a bridge between the two. But because he’s a bridge he’s not really the front office but not in the player category. The coach has to kinda be removed from the front office in order to do his job, but if the front office needs to see things from a coach perspective, the consult Gentry.

This is common for NBA franchises to run. Don’t over think him not mentioning Gentry in a basic interview response. Its not like the question was “How do u feel about the coaching this year” and he failed to mention Gentry’s name.

stolid and phlegmatic. I think a front office is well served by having a, as Babby said, “steady hand on the steering wheel.” (Insert Titanic joke here).

I don’t even mind that when he speaks it reminds me of Elmer Fudd. Maybe that’s why he never pulled the twigger on the wascawy Wajon Wondo…

I did take exception to his claim, which did sound “immodest”, that he couldn’t think of anything related to the rigors of the compressed schedule that they were unprepared for. No surprises. Nothing whatsoever. I could travel back in time from today to meet him before the lockout and he wouldn’t even be interested in pumping me for information. He’s got it covered.

So basically the Suns had every imagineable scenario mapped out in the war room, and everything that has happened to date falls perfectly in line with their astounding prescience… Nobody likes the guy at the job interview that claims he has no weaknesses. I was always taught to intertwine a srength and a weakness -

“I’ve discovered that it can be beneficial to take a step back when I become singularly focused on goal achievement, because sometimes an indefatigable approach doesn’t reap the greatest rewards. Sometimes taking a quick break can refresh one’s perspective. Sometimes asking for help is the best approach. Sometimes the best attack isn’t an all out frontal assault. It’s best when effort and results are in equilibrium. I always like to think about what John Wooden said “Never confuse activity with achievement.” When I encounter a difficult problem I like to apply this axiom to my approach."

Something fluffy and misdirective….

I can’t even drive to work some days without encountering something I’m not prepared for. It must be nice to have it all figured out like Babby.

I guess we should just let the results speak for themselves.

How you were able to generate any comments out of an article pertainng to a Babby Interview is a testament to your profound writing skills.

Damn, I’m jealous….

This is just grasping at straws here. I heard the interview and I thought nothing of that at all. The only thing I thought was weird is how Babby and the FO feel like they were fully prepared for the season and there is nothing else they would have done or could have foreseen to be better this season.

due to the lingering threat of a “Coalition to light the entire Suns FO on fire” possibly starting at any moment. I’m pretty Scott’s house, phone, and computer are all bugged.