In search of a new coach, the Hawks have finally made their choice. Quin Snyder takes over the reins of the team. The former Jazz tactician has signed up for 5 years.
This is news that will not surprise anyone because Quin Snyder had been the big favorite for a few days to succeed Nate McMillan at the head of Atlanta. It just lacked the formalization and, as often, it is Adrian Wojnarowski toESPN who dumped the info on the blue bird.
ESPN story on Quin Snyder agreeing to a five-year deal to coach the Atlanta Hawks https://t.co/K8UFM74ncr
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) February 27, 2023
Hawks priority, Snyder signed 5 year contract, proof of management’s confidence. According to the Woj’, he will start on Tuesday at home against the Washington Wizards. It is now up to him to restore some order in a locker room which has experienced its share of dramas in recent months, between tensions with the staff and transfer rumors. Not to mention the multiple movements in the front office offices.
At Jazz, the former protege of Gregg Popovich had allowed the franchise to turn a corner, establishing itself as one of the strongholds of the West, despite limited results in the Playoffs. He had decided not to continue the adventure last summer after eight years of good and loyal service and was therefore looking for a new position.
In Georgia, Snyder will have to find a way to make a group work that fails to show its potential over time. Since the 2021 Conference Finals against the Bucks, the Hawks have been regressing, failing to do better than eighth place in the East despite the addition this summer of Dejounte Murray alongside Trae Young.
Reputed to be a “coach killer”, the balding leader would have welcomed this appointment very positively according to the insiderwhich explains in particular that Donovan Mitchell spoke with Ice Trae in recent days to explain to him all the good he had gained from his collaboration with Snyder in Salt Lake City.
The management of the piou-piou hopes to have found the man for the job to allow the project to move forward. The latter now has a month and a half to inject new momentum before the Playoffs and also take stock of the needs of the workforce before a possibly turbulent offseason in Georgia.
Source texte : ESPN