New Phoenix Suns coach Monty Williams seems like a perfect hire. He is a great human being and appears to have an important synergy with new General Manager James Jones, as well as a healthy respect for the man who signs his paychecks.
But that’s not unique among Suns coaching hires. They are all great human beings. They all respect Robert Sarver and they all claim a synergy with their General Manager when they’re on the dais getting introduced to the local media. I would know. I’ve personally covered a handful of these.
What makes Williams unique is that he also comes to the Suns with more NBA head coaching experience (394 games) than all of general manager Ryan McDonough’s coaching hires put together (229 — Jay Triano), and more prior NBA head coaching experience than ANY Suns coach that came out of a coaching search since 1988, when Cotton Fitzsimmons was brought back to lead the Suns out of the muck of the drug scandals (note: Alvin Gentry was elevated from assistant to HC when Terry Porter was fired midseason 2009).