knicks1248 wrote:Because he has a 21-111 record, including losing his last 8 games in Memphis.

If you think that this losing is good development for our young players,you are sad and don't understand basketball. If you havent seen that theae players realize he's a dead man walking, you haven't been paying attention.

Of course the players won't publicly throw him under the bus, but he's toast and they know it.

If You as a fan have become so numb to the losing, just imagine how the players feel.

Why his firing will help create winning environment?
Why you think this group will start wining?
And what your mind will do if they will most likely continue losing?

How exactly did we add proven NBA talent like Morris and Randle and take a step back from last year's squad?

Was Emmanual Mudiay, Lee and Tim Hardaway Jr that much better than DSjr, Morris and Randle?

You answer that question - because if the losing continues, the next step is to look at the talent evaluators in the front office and jettison them in the summer.

While I think both of these type of players need a tougher coach to bring out their abilities, Fizdale doesn't seem to be reaching them. If you think he's the right coach - then you move the players. I think this is one of those situations where Fiz does well with self-motivated players (eg RJ, Morris, Taj) and is struggling with younger/less coached players (Mitch, Knox). We have a 1/2 of each. I get it's a different generation and I was a huge fan of the 90s teams, but you have coaches that don't win personality awards and still achieve results (eg Carlisle in Dallas). Sounds like we need a dik for a coach that no one likes but get results. At least most of us can respect that as fans - so should the players given how long we've sucked

stanleybostitch wrote:Because Fizdale is just not a good coach - he's a cheerleader with a hot wife.

Fiz is winning at the game of life, just not the game of basketball.
#respect

The objective in mind with firing him is that you get a more legit coach leading our young players SOONER. I've wondered what it does to a young player's development when they experience instability this early in their careers. I think the best players still succeed because their driven by their own path of self-development. Others need more nurturing and support from their coaches.

Here's what I expect to see with a new coach:
* less experimentation with Randle as a point-forward.
* more time on the floor for the young players, with specific plays designed to get them specific types of reps... like Mitchell Robinson getting positioned on the floor to be the open jump shooter.
* less of RJ Barrett as a primary ball handler.
* less Wayne Ellington.
* a crunch time plan.
* more full court press.

With the young guys, I don't mind them taking the inefficient mid-long range 2 if that's what's ready in their arsenal. What analytics doesn't bluntly tell you is that if you're automatic from 18ft and simply don't have the 3pt range, forcing 3pters is NOT a good shot.

Starting lineup:

PG- Frank
SG- Dot
SF- Barrett (his position of the future I think as we need a better shooter at SG)
PF- Morris
C- Mitch or Taj

Randle can come off the bench and play PF/C. Trier is the backup SG. Don't play Ellington. If DSj can't get out of his funk then Payton is the backup PG. Knox plays backup SF and PF

Knox's numbers are remarkably similar to last year's per 36. One very notable change is that his APG is up 50% over last year's clip, 2.1 per 36 vs 1.4.

Robinson is very similar to last year, but has increased his scoring output per 36 to 14.9 from 12.9. He's taking 1 more shot per 36, and he's getting to the line more often too. But his blocks are down 3.4 from 4.3, and his fouls are up to 6.6 from 5.7.