1.  And as with the search that ended with Brown, there are coaches likely to get immediate calls.

2.  Coaches likely will make their challenges by pushing a beeper.

3.  The truth is that those coaches likely would come in with their own ideas about turning this franchise around.

4.  When the NFL preseason hype begins in the next few weeks, look for Pete Carroll to win the honors as most likely coach to get fired.

5.  With Gentry the likely coach, there will be at least a decade of Clipper ties.

6.  And some older players are unhappy with their likely outgoing coach Steve Sampson.

7.  The new coach likely will decide the fate of the other two assistants, Jim Todd and Mike Woodson, Weinhauer said.

8.  Walsh already has said the next coach likely will not have a role in management, as Bird did with part-ownership of the Pacers.