First-year NBA coaching report cards are en route.
You are now free to back off the edge of your seat.
Nine first-year coaches are haunting the sidelines in 2014-15. This is not to be confused with nine new-to-the-NBA head honchos. Some are coaching through their first-ever NBA campaign; others are familiar fixtures.
All of them, though, are new to their respective situations.
Most of them are also at least 25 percent of the way through their inaugural season in new digs. That means it's the perfect time to pass early judgment on the job they've done thus far and the campaign-long outlook they've helped foster.
Grades will be based on a team's performance under its new sideline chief relative to expectations. That's the important part. Not every coach can be measured against his squad's ability to contend for a championship. It's not fair to clipboard crackerjacks such as Quin Snyder and Stan Van Gundy, among others.
Subjective interpretations of the immediate future will be prevalent as well. It's how these evaluations work. Telepathy isn't a thing, so we cannot please everyone. We can, however, dive through t ...
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