Sheed's impact on Kwame Brown has been evident so far, as Nate Jones and I can both attest to after seeing Kwame in person throwing down one-handed dunks like he actually didn't have the hands of a fifth-grader. But what about it for real? What about the idea of Rasheed Wallace someday being a head coach?
Suns' coach Terry Porter is someone who knows Sheed pretty well after spending the last two seasons as a Pistons' assistant, and he doesn't see it happening -- ever. Porter was asked about it before the Suns' took on Detroit, and here was his very lighthearted response:
"I could never see him being a coach," Porter said. "I don't care if it's at Pee Wee, I could never see him being a coach (laughs). Maybe Pee Wee. I don't know about college or NBA. Maybe High School. There's not a lot of demands at the High School level. I don't know how he's gonna handle the referees, that's a whole different conversation. Some of those school districts aren't excited about embracing a guy who likes to use the F-bombs a lot when he talks to referees."
I think Porter's dead on here. I mean, Sheed may be a great leader and a great teacher, but his emotions too often get the best of him, and there's no way he could survive a game on the sidelines if he thought there was even the slightest possibility that the officials were out to get him.
[via TSB]
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I suggest that you read this.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espnmag/story?id=3336339
speak for yourself man. i'm %100 on the sheed for coach bandwagon. he's got the passion, the knowledge, and he'll simmer down as he gets older. in a perfect world this would happen. 10-0 runs to end the game and win after he gets ejected on a double t. scaring the s*** out of opposing coaches. the halftime speeches. PASSION
I'm with trouc on this and gonna disagree with Mr. Edwards and Porter. I think 'sheed could be a great coach. He has all kinds of credibility; he'an absolute gamer; he has always been very savvy about the game. He does things fundamentally well. He was taught well by Dean Smith back in NC and further back in Philly and there is no weakness in his game. He's always been a stellar teammate. Yeah, he explodes, but his explosions are out of a frustration over calls that (justifiably sometimes) went against him. If there were 200 'sheeds in the league, it'd be alright with me. Also, I don't think the adrenaline that flows when you're playing would be flowing to the same degree when you're dressed up on the sideline and I think 'sheed would work the refs capably and infrequently enough to avoid seeming like he was just trying to tweak the zebras.