I would think that the stress on Coach D'antoni is greater than on most. He could have kept Crawford and Randolph and had a better win/loss record for his career. He could have taken the Chicago job (and gotten Rose). They had the better roster.

I think you need to judge Coach D from 2010 on. I'll right off these last two years, but after this season, its put up or shut up.

Everybody knows the guy can coach. I guess the only question is whether he can coach in NY with the world looking over his shoulder.

Their REAL jobs begin this summer. From there they have 2 seasons to prove they can build a winning team.

The reason to bring Mike in when we did was that he was available and we wanted him established when we began to build our new team.

Marv wrote:
“Just get out there and shoot!!! The play?!?!?!?! WHO THE FUCK CARES ABOUT ANY FUCKING PLAY JUST GET THE HELL OUT THERE AND SHOOT THAT FUCKING BALL!!!!!!!!!”

Genius...pure Genius

nixluva wrote:People want to say that MDA's winning in PHX was all Nash and of course you need good players to win, but in MDA's last season as coach the team won 55 games. Last year they won 46 games. Someone said that the slip in wins was due to Nash getting old and I think that's convenient as an excuse, but wrong, Nash is still playing at his usual high level. He's doing 17/11 which is at his MVP level. It's been said that a great coach can be worth about 5-10 more wins and from the look of PHX that's proving to be true.

When we finally get this roster right, it's gonna be good to have a coach in place.

CrushAlot wrote:He has messed up alot and is never called on it. He sucks as a coach but doesn't even realize it himself. My fear is that he isn't fired and the team adds enough all star/ MVP talent that they win despite his inept coaching, and useless training camps.

Never called on it? by who? Theres 3-4 anti-MDa threads a day calling him out any and everything.

Come'on.

There's nothing to judge here. We're waiting to see what is built in 2010 and that's all.

To critique what you see going on today and blast Walsh or Mike over it... would be unwarranted.

They're in the final stage of tearing down the mess of a team Isiah left us.

They start to build a new team this summer. You judge them on the new team - not on how they coached the torn down mess.

Cosmic wrote:What's looking bad? A roster that is in the final stage of having been torn down? This is a surprise?

Come'on.

There's nothing to judge here. We're waiting to see what is built in 2010 and that's all.

To critique what you see going on today and blast Walsh or Mike over it... would be unwarranted.

They're in the final stage of tearing down the mess of a team Isiah left us.

They start to build a new team this summer. You judge them on the new team - not on how they coached the torn down mess.

We have no real draft picks for the next few years.

We dont have any emerging franchise talent on this squad.

Everything is dependent on Lebron coming here. How confident are you that is going to happen?

And if we go through all this bullshyt just to sign Boozer and Joe Johnson and win 44 game each year, how will you feel?

sebstar wrote:

Cosmic wrote:What's looking bad? A roster that is in the final stage of having been torn down? This is a surprise?

Come'on.

There's nothing to judge here. We're waiting to see what is built in 2010 and that's all.

To critique what you see going on today and blast Walsh or Mike over it... would be unwarranted.

They're in the final stage of tearing down the mess of a team Isiah left us.

They start to build a new team this summer. You judge them on the new team - not on how they coached the torn down mess.

We have no real draft picks for the next few years.

We dont have any emerging franchise talent on this squad.

Everything is dependent on Lebron coming here. How confident are you that is going to happen?

And if we go through all this bullshyt just to sign Boozer and Joe Johnson and win 44 game each year, how will you feel?

Bron? 25%. 70% he stays in CLE. 5% elsewhere.

Draft picks? Well, we have a 2011 draft pick. It wasn't an outright give up it was a swap. Houston isn't very good at all. We should do well this summer regardless of LeBron. This swap will be minimal or not at all.

2012? Yeah, not liking giving that up, but the 2010 and 2011 offseasons, we have a real good shot to build a winner. The 2012 pick should be inconsequential at that point.

Signing Boozer and Joe Johnson, winning 44 games, and being a top 5 EC team? I'd be quite a bit happier than watching Curry, Zach, Q, Craw, Marbury plug their way to 23 wins, I can tell you that! Who wouldn't be!?