IS BILL LAIMBEER BEING BLACKBALLED?

I got an email from a random female reader with the following message….

“Did you know the Shock were in the WNBA Finals? How come you don’t post about them”

Well, to answer your question….

No, I did not know and I would automatically become the worst and least trafficked blog if I did.

However, it got me thinking…

Bill Laimbeer is on his way to winning his 3rd WNBA title in 6 years. (No, I didn’t know that information offhand, I looked it up on Wikipedia)

How the hell does a guy with that much success not even sniff a job at a higher level?

Granted, Bill Laimbeer is easily one of the biggest aholes in sports history. Both on and off the court.

In fact, being a native Detroiter, I saw Laimbeer when I was twelve years old at the gas station. I ran up to him asking for his autograph and was told….

“Don’t bother me, Get out of my face kid”

Not a “hey, I’m not signing autographs” or anything. Just straight up mean.

Anyways, I’m guessing thats one of the reasons Laimbeer is often passed over for interviews when jobs come up.

And thats a damn shame.

Owners should be concerned with two things. Making money and winning games and usually the two go hand in hand.

How is Bill Laimbeer any less qualified that some of the retread coaches the NBA employs. With all due respect to Michael Curry, current Pistons head coach, can you tell me without a shadow of a doubt that he is a better coach than Bill Laimbeer?

Certainly not.

What about Lawrence Frank, Randy Wittman, or Reggie Theus.

Those are just names I came up with off the top of my head.

As a player, Laimbeer used everything he had to win. He wasn’t the most athletic of people and rarely would you ever see him jump high enough to dunk even though he was 6’10″.

But he was solid fundamentally. He was a great free throw shooter, he boxed out when he rebounded, he set solid picks.

And that was enough to make him a 4 time all-star and 2 time NBA champion.

And yet, thats not enough to get interviews in the NBA.

Yea, I’d rather have that retread coach on his 5th NBA team just picking up a contract too.

Sounds like a good business decision to me.

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