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GHF on: Stan Van Gundy
Topic Started: Sep 4 2007, 05:12 PM (246 Views)
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On September 7th, Head Coach Stan Van Gundy will have been on the job for exactly three months. Here’s a snapshot of what Glass Half Full has witnessed:

1) Stan is an outstanding communicator. The players will without a doubt appreciate his straight-forward, down-to-earth, open, and honest communication abilities.

2) For those of you who have met him at various events around town, you know he is extremely personable.

3) He brings a great amount of contagious energy to everything he does, whether watching film, working with players individually or guiding his staff.

4) He comes from a coaching pedigree, and is an absolute gym rat. He’s here at RDV early, and stays late.

General Manager Otis Smith had some influence on the Orlando Magic’s new “The Time Is Now” theme for the coming season.

Smith has not shied away from expectations and is crystal clear.

“The goal is to win an NBA Championship, and anything else is a failure,” says Smith. “You want to give yourself the best opportunity to do that, and with that said you are going to have some rocky roads and you are going to have some good times. But, that is what we are going to keep talking about – how are we going to be a championship team.”


So basically we know that SVG is a players coach and can relate more to them, something sorely missed with Brian Hill as our coach. Just by the coaching change, and the new style of play he is instilling, i truly believe we will be much improved. And i know for a fact everyone will be saying how good of a PG Nelson is because he will improve his passing alot more because he will be doing all the PG duties when he is on the court, as opposed to sharing them with Grant Hill. Dwight should improve significantly too with the new more up tempo offense he should score more by transition buckets and get to the line more often from cutting to the rim while playing full court basketball.
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Stan Van Gundy is possibly the best coach hired in the history of the Magic organization with the exception of Chuck Daly, but Chuck was past his coaching prime when he was here.
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