Per a report from Troy Hanson, the Sacramento Kings confirmed this evening that they have scheduled an interview with the former Kings Head Coach. The interview will be conducted early this coming week, prior to Geoff Petrie heading back to Europe.
This was widely expected, however, the timing of the interview is not. Earlier this week, it was reported by the Kings themselves that they would not be looking into the coaching candidacy until Geoff returned from his second scouting trip to Europe, which was expected to be around May 21st.
Rumors are swirling that the Kings quickly sped up this process as rumblings continue out of Philadelphia that the Sixers are very interested in hiring Jordan.
The meeting with Eddie went very well. We spent a lot of time discussing Eddie’s offensive and defensive philosophies. He spoke about developing individual players, but playing within a team-oriented system. There was some video analysis as well as a lot of X’s and O’s breakdown on the white board. He displayed some very interesting insights in his analysis of our current roster. We also talked about his development as a coach over the years, and he provided his thoughts on how a young Washington Wizards team improved during his tenure into a team that made the Playoffs in four out of his five full seasons there. Joe and Gavin were very engaged during the meeting and asked some outstanding questions.
