The Detroit Pistons are fresh off interviewing San Antonio Spurs assistant Becky Hammon and Raptors 905 head coach Jerry Stackhouse for their coaching vacancy, but they're unlikely to have much interest in either of them, according to Vince Ellis of The Detroit Free Press.
Stackhouse boasts the most coaching experience of the two, having gone through the college ranks before getting his shot to lead the Toronto Raptors' G-League affiliate Raptors 905 to a league championship during his rookie year — yet his accolades and experience haven't been enough to garner serious looks by the franchise.
“Stackhouse interviews well,” a source told Ellis. “He knows his Xs and Os and relates well with young players.”
But his intensity was noted and he isn’t afraid to speak his mind.
“He does rub some people the wrong way,” the source conceded.
Jerry Stackhouse suffers from a common trend that some (but not all) former players seem to have in common. The intensity they have during timeouts and under the huddle in game situation much resembles that of their playing days.
A timeout will be full of divided energy from the players taking the floor, and it's the coach's job to reel in that energy calmly and help channel it into a run through a comeback attempt, or closing out a game.
It is this very trait that saw former Milwaukee Bucks head coach Jason Kidd fired, having rubbed some of his players the wrong way by his blunt, unfiltered take on his players' performance.
Stackhouse does have a great coaching mind, and could potentially be a fit for his former team in the Pistons, but he will have to sort out his coaching style and personality before scaling up to the big league ranks, where every detail counts.
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