Future Pistons Coach?

I can't see him ending up in a suitcoat and tie at The Palace, but still...


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Saunders on Wallace:

Q: Has Rasheed taken Johnson under his wing?

A: He’s done that with a lot of players. I was talking with someone today,
and I said, This might sound crazy, but I think Rasheed has a lot of the
ingredients to be a very good coach. If you can believe that.

He’s got a high basketball I.Q. He’s got an unbelievable amount of passion
for the game. He’s a great competitor. He is a communicator. If he decides
he wants to do something, he’ll go ahead and do it -- doesn’t care what the
ramifications are as far as what people think about it. I’m sure referees
wouldn’t want to see him on the sidelines.

But he has, with Cheikh Samb and Amir -- he’s as critical of those guys,
like in practice, saying to them, If you guys can’t learn to play, you
ain’t going to play. He communicates with them, but he gives them tough
love at times too.

Grey Matters wrote:
> I can't see him ending up in a suitcoat and tie at The Palace, but
> still...
>
>
> http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?
> AID=/20071129/SPORTS03/311290005/1051
>
> Saunders on Wallace:
>
> Q: Has Rasheed taken Johnson under his wing?
>
> A: He’s done that with a lot of players. I was talking with someone
> today, and I said, This might sound crazy, but I think Rasheed has a
> lot of the ingredients to be a very good coach. If you can believe
> that.
>
> He’s got a high basketball I.Q. He’s got an unbelievable amount of
> passion for the game. He’s a great competitor. He is a communicator.
> If he decides he wants to do something, he’ll go ahead and do it --
> doesn’t care what the ramifications are as far as what people think
> about it. I’m sure referees wouldn’t want to see him on the
> sidelines.
>
> But he has, with Cheikh Samb and Amir -- he’s as critical of those
> guys, like in practice, saying to them, If you guys can’t learn to
> play, you ain’t going to play. He communicates with them, but he
> gives them tough love at times too.

I think he would make a good assistant coach.