Ryan Saunders is, by all accounts, a good guy. He’s well-liked by everyone he encounters, is apparently genuine and caring in similar ways to his father, and has demonstrated an ability to gain trust from those he works with.
And yesterday he was hired as head coach of the Timberwolves on a non-interim basis.
I suppose the lack of hue-and-cry over this decision among long-time Wolves watchers should not surprise me, but to an extent it does. Despite theoretically being the decision of new President Gersson Rosas (more on this in a bit,) it feels like classic Wolves decision-making, rife with nepotism and comfort, and lacking ambition and uncomfortable but necessary change.