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Kelly Olynyk , The Canadian Pressknows Canada has a crucial coaching decision to make — and he hopes it comes soon.
Sportsnet reported that Ettore Messina, a longtime head coach with the San Antonio Spurs who was believed to be the front-runner for the job, had recently withdrawn his name from consideration. Messina's departure came shortly after longtime Canadian coach Jay Triano pulled out of the hiring process.
Rowan Barrett, Canada Basketball's general manager of the men's team and father of Duke freshman star R.J. Barrett, plus the national organization's CEO Glen Grunwald, are running the hiring process, and had planned to announce a new head coach by the end of March.A Canada Basketball official told The Canadian Press that neither Barrett nor Grunwald would comment on the process until a head coach is hired.
Canada Basketball will ask players to commit six weeks of this summer. The World Cup ends Sept. 15, a couple of weeks before NBA training camps open."You never know, it could, it couldn't," Olynyk said."Guys will have their reasons for playing and for not playing and you have to respect them. "We have a lot of good players so you need to be able to bring those guys together and get the most out of everyone's talents," Olynyk said.
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