Boston Celtics has a new coach? I read it on the news that the assistant coach would be the temporary head coach? Is there a change of heart in Boston's management now? If the assistant coach becomes the temporary head coach and he remains a very good friend of Ime, things aren't as hard as we think it is. Ime and him can talk all the time on the things to do, the players to focus and so on. But maybe all of Boston from the owners to the staff, janitors and the fans hated Ime already.
He will be the interim coach maybe because it's too late to hire a new one since the upcoming season is almost here. Regardless if they are friend or not, he had to do a better job as their new coach. He also had some bad reputation himself but I guess the Celtics have given him the benefit so they get him as a assistant and now the interim and probably a permanent one if he do a great job this year. And I doubt that Ime can go back to his previous job with the Celtics or if any NBA team will get hire him.
I am sure that they are going to hire someone else eventually. It is not that easy to find a coach for NBA teams because there are certain coaches out there which gets a job no matter what, and you try to hire those coaches if you could and if you can't then all the others are a risk that you take.
I understand that going from NCAA route and hiring a head coach from a good team there would be ideal for them, because there aren't many free agent big name ones available right now, but that would still be a risk that they take. I suspect they will take their time before they decide, interim coach decision was because of that, so that they could take their time to find the perfect candidate.