Posted by holfresh:
How do you guys really defend Larry without question is beyond me...So now once again, Larry teamed up with Frank Isola to put out apiece about Nate...You guys don't see a pattern here do you...When larry wants to trash one of his players in the press...Oh look, it's Isola again...wow, he gets all the inside stuff....One thing Bip, if you are out there, how does Larry take a rook and beat him down in the press??
How do you expalin this???
Its not with out question. But I for one lean towards Larry for all the 100 reasons we discussed previously.
Home town starts is not a bad thing. It was suppose to build unity, give the player somthing to look forward to playing in front of family. WE have no set lineup, so why the hell not.
Nate, your taking too much from the media and thinking it really crushes the kids.
Look at how it works. Larry tells them 100 times in practic and in the game to do somthing. For example, stop showboating. Then, Nate has a big game. Really, lets give the coach credit here, his rookies (and we all thought larry does not play rookies!) goes for 34 points and we lose. No big deal. You have young nutjob player whom your trying over and over all year long to take it down a notch and stop being a clown, and over and over he does not listen.
Press meets after each game and thinks too that getting lit up for 47 while losing is no cause to act like a rodeo clown is pretty obvious. Boom, "what do you think larry?" what do you think Holfresh, you think just cause nate is so cute and funny its ok? You think thats cool for 30 college games but your now a paid professional and suppose to be a stone cold killer and crush your apponent? You think the distractions of trying to get "happy" is helping the team? Doesn't look that way to me. Looks like the team does not respond to anything. Not Larry, not Dolan, not HERB, not Phil Ford, and certainly not the rodeo clown cheerleader!
Ever look at when a player is taking (seems all too frequent doesn't it?) nate aside and talking to him and he looks like he is not paying attention?
I like nate, and he is playing, so whats the beef?
Frye was not benched, frye hit the rookie wall and was getting beat on defense and picking up too many fouls. His game seemed to fall when Antonio left.
IN all our rookies exceeded most expectations regarding playing time and progress.
Larry's coaching MUST be questioned given the record. No doubt about it. But I would never consider firing him. It would be one thing to take a playoff team and destroy them, but your talking about a losing team that was also gutted and added many unproven parts right before the season started. Win 20, win 30, no difference. Give bulls the 10th pick, or the first, its still the same.
If this is a transition year for trades and weeding out the bad, so be it.
But you have a coach whom teaches and coaches all game long, and you have a coach that is known for being a teacher. YOu have players known for being difficult to coach and have individual agendas.
Take a step back, there are few coaches, if any whom could have righted the ship. Cave in to them and perhaps win a few games more, but not move in the right direction. Be it credibilty, or the massive contract (born from cred), we have a coach willing to step up and not take any crap. ANd our players had an opportunity to decide what kind of player they are, or are not willing to be.
4/5/2006 11:24 AM