"The group has been disbanded, the team is safe, don't worry, don't return",
This morning, the Suns coaching staff collectively received such a short message.
In terms of expansion, the Suns are going to hire new coach Budenholzer, and the old coach Vogel and his assistant coaches are collectively out of class.
In the NBA, this is normal, in order to be able to fully control the locker room, but also to give the coach's orders accurately.
The first thing most managers do after taking office is to purge the old department and form their own lineage, and even most of the big names in the league have their own permanent coaching staff.
The head coach is responsible for the overall direction, and the assistant coach is responsible for implementing the details.
For example, a well-equipped NBA team has a fairly well-established assistant team under the head coach.
Some people are responsible for researching opponents before the game and summarizing them after the game, such as Heat head coach Spo, who was formerly a video analyst;
Someone is responsible for explaining the tactics, explaining and demonstrating the opponent's tactics at the team meeting, and formulating targeted cracking plans;
There are also dedicated offensive assistants, defensive assistants, physical assistants, and shooting assistants.
Previously, D'Antoni had been an offensive assistant coach for Nash, mainly responsible for the team's offensive adjustment;
A similar situation is like Coach Vogel, who just got out of class for the Suns, who made his debut as a defensive assistant coach;
Former NBA player Bibby served as a physical assistant coach for a period after retiring;
And when Steve Nash was with the Warriors, he was a shooting assistant coach for the players.
Kerr worked as an assistant coach for the Spurs
Most of the above assistant coaches have made a certain reputation in the rivers and lakes and can be remembered by fans, but more assistant coaches are not.
They are the most overlooked part of the NBA, and at the same time the most vulnerable group in the NBA to lose their jobs.
In many cases, whether they can get a job depends on whether the "big brother" can find a job, and it is of course a good thing if the big brother is as handsome as Popovich, Steve Cole, and Spoelstra.
But the NBA is often an iron-clad coach, and it is common for him to get out of class and be fired.
Their destination, with strong qualifications and good luck, can get a head coach opportunity, for example, Coach Lu was once an assistant coach and became the head coach step by step.
But most of the rest have to find refuge elsewhere, or leave the NBA and go to a variety of different leagues.
The Suns are one of the teams with the most frequent coaching staff, and Booker alone has experienced seven head coaches in his career.
The names that can be named, such as Monty and Vogel, are not bad, and many fans can't even think of it.
Such as Kokoshkov, Hornacek, Watson.
Now that Budenholzer has changed coaches and officially taken the position, the Suns will usher in another coaching team of their own.
This time, I don't know what kind of change they can make. Well, let's wait and see.