djsunyc wrote:PresIke wrote:i dunno...being benched for several games in a row, as a result of similar antics sounds pretty disciplinarian to me.what else do you want a coach to do? nate is an adult, a young one at that, but still an adult.
tough love is not just about being tough, it's a two word phrase.
regardless...
i think nate is going to be who he is. it just depends on whether a team can afford to rely on someone like him as much as we do.
we can't afford that, yet given our roster right now, we do. that's what i see as the issue.
then bench nate permanently. but the precedent was sent when he looked the other way those times harrington hung on the rim last year.
i can't say i agree with the suggestion that mda "looked the other way"
mda was very mad at the end of that game.
al made those mistakes, but he was also doing more help than hurt, compared to nate.
nate makes more mistakes than al, and that's hard to argue against, i think.
coaching is never about what a player does once or twice. all decisions have to be made in context of a given time and situation.
dj, the problem is the knicks are dependent on nate, also have a lot of question marks about the roster going into next year, which has to be taken into account about deciscions mda makes.
marbury and hughes sit more because the mda/walsh don't believe there is much chance they are in the knicks future.
with nate, the possibility still exists, hence a reason why he still plays.
with that as a reality, any good teacher gives their workers chances if they show improvement, willingness to learn, and you are in need of said person's services in the immediate and perhaps team's future.
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