Avery Johnson is a good coach in my opinion, I think his stint in Dallas was not a fluke, the one in Brooklyn was very forgettable but I thought if he gets another NBA gig, he’d crush it.
But then he got offered a job at the University of Alabama and took it without a moments notice. Now even though he hasn’t had a minute of coaching in the college ranks, he’s wondering if he should’ve waited longer to see if he would’ve made it in the NBA coaching carousel.
”I know without a shadow of a doubt, that if I had waited, there would have been a high probabiliity I would have got an NBA job based upon the conversations my agent was having with some people,” Johnson said by telephone Thursday. ”But the main thing is that there is no turning back. I’m here at the University of Alabama and this is the right situation.”
Jonnson, 50, would not disclose what NBA teams his agent had exploratory conversations with.
The Pelicans were one of four teams, which included the Orlando Magic, Chicago Bulls and the Denver Nuggets, that had coaching vacancies last month. However, all of those jobs have been filled now.
I think he would’ve been considered for the Orlando and Denver jobs, whether he would’ve got the gig or not is a different question. But hey, at least he has a job.
