EnySpree wrote:I agree...but if we played to our potential we can beat the Pelicans. We aren't prepared. We show up to games already down before the game starts. Truth: if they ran melo off a screen to the basket, maybe gave him a pick to free his jumper...maybe if they tried to get bargnani sonething other than a spot up 3. Maybe if they sent Shump backdoor....maybe if they swang the ball around to tge shooters like Hardaway. Maybe if they had melo or bargs go high post.
These are things a coach like Rick Adelman would do. This team is poorly coached. There is no excuse.
I was for giving Woodson time to find the right rotation, Tyson to get back, before calling for Woodson's firing. Watching those last few minutes last night, watching JR getting subbed back in, in spite of showing almost nothing that night let alone this season, and yet again not having a last second play drawn up was enough for me to say he deserves to be fired.
The only reason I don't believe he should be is because I don't see anyone better on the bench and I don't see another coach, a good one, stepping in from out of the cold to take his place. At this point I would hire an outside assistant to "help" Woodson start winning games which really means to help Woodson out the door.
There were too many things out of Woodson's control to blame the season on him, and it still isn't all his fault. But there are things Woodson can control and chooses not to, like giving JR carte blanche, not giving Murry even a minute of PT, not giving THJ a chance to hit another 3 last night, getting inside Shump's head, not demanding better ball movement, making it a pre requisite to getting PT.
Woodson deserved some time to make things work considering that last season was the best we've had in a very long time, but we as fans deserve a coach who is more methodical, who is willing to do whatever it takes to win even if it means benching JR for a rook, giving a rook like Murry PT, who is willing to do something radical like having a plan for situations like last night.
This isn't the first time we've seen a lack of preparation. Tired of defending someone who is doing very little to deserve it, unfortunately. But as I said, the alternatives on the bench don't look any better so we're in deep caca unless Woodson decides to do things like give players who are rotting on the bench a chance to maybe breathe some new life into this squad. Might not make a difference, but at least it will show a coach who is leaving no stone unturned to change our fortunes.
We also need Mills to get off his butt and get us a starting PG, or at least an upgrade from what we have now. Can't throw Murry to the wolves, if he does get PT, it has to be done gradually.
11/30/2013 1:42 PM