Dwayne Casey vs Lawrence Frank

Howdy Folks,


Raptors are still in need for a head coach. News have been passed around that Dwayne Casey is in the lead to replace Jay Triano. But the he still has a interview with the Pistons so it is still undecided. The Raptors back up is Lawrence Frank who is in the lead for replacing John Kuster in Detroit. Today, I will be comparing both coaches and how they will affect the Raptors in a good and bad way.


Lawrence Frank:


Positives: Frank is right under Casey for being coach for the Raptors. Frank's strengths are that he prepares his game plans really well. He has a great knack for giving a game-plan in late game situations. Frank is a pretty good defensive coach when filling in for Tom Thibodeau in Boston where their defence was still really good. Frank and his New Jersey Nets also beaten the Raptors in the 2006 playoffs while Raptors had Home court advantage. Raptors will take him because of his experience on being a head coach and defence that he was taught while being in Boston. 


Negatives: Frank can easily tire his players out because he usually changes his offensive and defensive plans alot during games. If there was mistake on the court, he gets carried away by blaming himself for the rest of the game. He also thinks more on offence than defence but that probably changed when he was in Boston.




 Dwayne Casey:

Positives: Defensive-minded coach that will really help the Raptors. He just won a championship with Dallas like a week ago. During the playoffs, he helped Rick Carlisle and the team to play some great defence on some of the best players in the NBA including Lebron James (who averaged only 19 points per game), Russel Westbrook (who shot 36% from the field), Kevin Durant (who shot only 42% from the field). Raptors need Casey because of his defensive playbook and he could help/make Bargs play some solid defence on the court.


Negatives: He had a bit of coaching experience and he actually did a solid job in Minnesota . Not the best but pretty decent. He was fired when the team went 20-20. His career coaching record was 43-59. But look at Tom Thibodeau and his first year of head coaching. Hey, you never know. So hope that he has a good coaching career in Toronto.


So it will be most likely Dwayne Casey but you never know, Pistons might hire Casey... We will find out next week.


Laters :)