Nets' Jordi Fernandez explains challenge of coaching rebuilding team
Brooklyn Nets head coach Jordi Fernandez has been coaching a rebuilding Nets team for the past two years and he explained how he deals with that.
NEW YORK -- Brooklyn Nets head coach Jordi Fernandez earned his first head-coaching job two years ago when he signed on to lead a Nets team that is building for the future. Brooklyn chose Fernandez due in part to his background in player development and working with young players, but he explained how the past couple of years have been trying for him as a competitor. "You don’t know how you’re going to deal with your emotions until you have to go through it.
I remember getting the job and some people were like, 'Oh, it's going to be hard. It's not going to be easy'. I always have a positive mindset about it," Fernandez said during his exit interview on Monday when asked about how he's dealt with the losing seasons.
The Nets are 46-118 (. 280) over the past two seasons amidst the current rebuild. "I'm like, 'Oh, no.
We'll be OK'. It's really hard because you want to go out there and win and a lot of the times you feel like you can beat [the opposing team] and you play well enough," Fernandez continued. "I can give you a million examples, right?