As Jerry Tarkanian understood it, the Sacramento King‘s owners and general manager disagreed on the choice of the team’s next head coach. The Maloofs wanted New Mexico State’s Reggie Theus, and Geoff Petrie preferred Lakers assistant Brian Shaw.“I think I got Reggie the job,” Tarkanian said Wednesday afternoon.Well, Joe Maloof wouldn’t go that far, but he long has listened to Tark’s counsel on issues of coaching. So Tarkanian pushed Maloof over the weekend and they prodded Petrie, and thus, there was Theus on a news conference dais saying of Shaw’s failed candidacy, “You couldn’t have picked a Laker.”Tark goes back a long waySo Tarkanian pushed Maloof over the weekend and they prodded Petrie, and thus, there was Theus on a news conference dais saying of Shaw’s failed candidacy, “You couldn’t have picked a Laker.”