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Does anyone get the feeling Zeke coaches by feel, with no real solid plan in place?

ummmm i think MOST coaches, coach with feel...lets put it this way...how many games has jeffries played with the team? ok let me ask you another question when have we had the FULL squad together at all this season, of course you have to coach with feel in this situation he is still trying to figure out what he has. AT LEAST HE HASNT HAD 42 DIFFFERENT STARTING LINEUPS.

Posted by TrueBlue:

Posted by kNYks342:

ummmm i think MOST coaches, coach with feel...lets put it this way...how many games has jeffries played with the team? ok let me ask you another question when have we had the FULL squad together at all this season, of course you have to coach with feel in this situation he is still trying to figure out what he has. AT LEAST HE HASNT HAD 42 DIFFFERENT STARTING LINEUPS.

If you take out Larry's Hometown love to the players you do realize player suspensions, injuries, trades, etc etc played a factor into the 42 different starting lineups?

Yeah if you take out the Knicks losses last season we were undefeated too

Posted by Bonn1997:

Posted by izybx:

Posted by TrueBlue:

Posted by kNYks342:

ummmm i think MOST coaches, coach with feel...lets put it this way...how many games has jeffries played with the team? ok let me ask you another question when have we had the FULL squad together at all this season, of course you have to coach with feel in this situation he is still trying to figure out what he has. AT LEAST HE HASNT HAD 42 DIFFFERENT STARTING LINEUPS.

If you take out Larry's Hometown love to the players you do realize player suspensions, injuries, trades, etc etc played a factor into the 42 different starting lineups?

Yeah if you take out the Knicks losses last season we were undefeated too

hahaha! And if you take out my grandfather's balls, he'd be my grandmother!


[Edited by - bonn1997 on 12-24-2006 11:10 PM]

151?

Nan I think he doesn't want to disrupt the team again. He'll probably insert JJ2 after this game or next,but he is showing Lee respect this time . Frye isgoing to have to play great to keep his job.

Crawford is a better starter then 6th man. We should see what Q brings ofthebench,because he maybe a better 6th man then starter..... Plus marbury seems to be better with Crawford at his side.

[Edited by - anji on 12-25-2006 12:53 PM]

If Jj is the MVP of this team or any team that team is in real trouble. JJ is not the MVP

Posted by Bonn1997:

Posted by izybx:

Posted by TrueBlue:

Posted by kNYks342:

ummmm i think MOST coaches, coach with feel...lets put it this way...how many games has jeffries played with the team? ok let me ask you another question when have we had the FULL squad together at all this season, of course you have to coach with feel in this situation he is still trying to figure out what he has. AT LEAST HE HASNT HAD 42 DIFFFERENT STARTING LINEUPS.

If you take out Larry's Hometown love to the players you do realize player suspensions, injuries, trades, etc etc played a factor into the 42 different starting lineups?

Yeah if you take out the Knicks losses last season we were undefeated too

hahaha! And if you take out my grandfather's balls, he'd be my grandmother!


[Edited by - bonn1997 on 12-24-2006 11:10 PM]

That's just disturbing.

Posted by Rich:

Any coach that doesn't go by "feel" at times is an idiot.

If you think it's a feel v. a plan, you haven't coached.

i think it depends. i think overall, there must be a plan and you go by feel some of the time. but if you're trying to develop a system or long term plan, then one would hope a coach sticks to his plan more than going by feel.

Posted by Rich:

Posted by djsunyc:

Posted by Rich:

Any coach that doesn't go by "feel" at times is an idiot.

If you think it's a feel v. a plan, you haven't coached.

i think it depends. i think overall, there must be a plan and you go by feel some of the time. but if you're trying to develop a system or long term plan, then one would hope a coach sticks to his plan more than going by feel.

OK, but the person who started this thread seemed to being trying to find something negative, as he always does, and in this case it almost certainly isn't.

To the contrary, most of us want Isiah to stick with the lineup that has had success in the last week.

usually a coach gets 3-4 years, especially in a rebuilding situation to establish a system and then find players to fit that system or style of play. isiah doesn't have 3-4 years (thanks to the idiotic dolan ultimatum) thus is "winging" it to win as many games as possible this year. now, one could also argue that a coach should adopt to his personnel and try to win as many games as possible. the real question is whether a coach can bend without sacrificing his own beliefs or long term plan.

Posted by djsunyc:

Posted by Rich:

Posted by djsunyc:

Posted by Rich:

Any coach that doesn't go by "feel" at times is an idiot.

If you think it's a feel v. a plan, you haven't coached.

i think it depends. i think overall, there must be a plan and you go by feel some of the time. but if you're trying to develop a system or long term plan, then one would hope a coach sticks to his plan more than going by feel.

OK, but the person who started this thread seemed to being trying to find something negative, as he always does, and in this case it almost certainly isn't.

To the contrary, most of us want Isiah to stick with the lineup that has had success in the last week.

usually a coach gets 3-4 years, especially in a rebuilding situation to establish a system and then find players to fit that system or style of play. isiah doesn't have 3-4 years (thanks to the idiotic dolan ultimatum) thus is "winging" it to win as many games as possible this year. now, one could also argue that a coach should adopt to his personnel and try to win as many games as possible. the real question is whether a coach can bend without sacrificing his own beliefs or long term plan.

I agree in terms of style of play, but in the present example we are only talking about whether or not Jeffries should start, at least immediately upon his return, which is an issue that most coaches would resolve on the basis of a "feel" no matter what their system is or how long it has been in place.

When you factor in the ad hoc nature of Isiah's situation given the time constraints you so accurately described, the necessity of having a feel for player personnel decisions is even more compelling because Isiah needs to arrive at a formula that works ASAP.