Steve Kerr speaks … on the record
May 27th, 2008, 11:40 am · 1 Comment · posted by jerrybrown
Quotes from Suns general manager Steve Kerr have been scarce in the mainstream media during his search for a new coach — which is now in its third week. But Kerr answered a long and varied list of questions from Suns fans for his monthly blog on Suns.com this weekend.
Among the topics tackled: Yes, Spurs assistant Mike Budenholzer is a candidate for head coach (he will interview when possible as San Antonio is competing for another championship); he doesn’t feel qualified for the head coaching job due to his lack of coaching experience (which doesn’t bode well for other known candidates — Mark Jackson, Jeff Hornacek, Vinny Del Negro, etc. — who are in the same boat); the need to reach Amare Stoudemire “is one of the major themes of the coach search” and any thought of trading Steve Nash is all but put to rest.
Here’s the entire Q&A session: http://suns.marqui.com/blog/suns01_05260801.aspx
May 28th, 2008 at 9:46 am
When Mike Budenholzer’s name appeared as a candidate, I did not know who he was. I googled his name and indeed, he looks like a viable head coach. I saw an entire debate on the Spurs website regarding the issue of “Bud” becoming the coach of the Suns. The Spurs fans are absolutely terrified of this notion. They hoped he would replace Popovich someday.