EwingsGlass wrote:

nixluva wrote:

eViL wrote:[sarc] this guy needs to go. a better coach would have gotten us at least 23 wins by now. we all know the NBA is a coaches league. what an X's and O's game, right? i mean, screw football and all that improvisation. basketball is pure coaching strategy where the coach makes the most impact and the players just do what their told. FIRE COACH!!! watch the wins come rollin in. [/sarc]

Yeah changing coaches has worked so well for us in the past. I think at some point you'd expect the most savvy fans in the world to recognize that the coach isn't on the floor and if players do stupid things it makes the coach look bad and there's not much he can do about it. We've discussed forever the need to bring in a better grade of talent. Guys that were already driven to succeed and that knew how to play and how to translate what the coach asks out on the floor.

Doc won the NBA title with KG, Pierce & Allen, but before KG & Allen, he was STINKING up the joint and they said he was clueless and once KG got hurt and the team started to flounder and loose games did Boston fans understand? Now they do, cuz they've seen with their own eyes how much difference good players make. Is it more about the players in this league than the coaching or vice versa? Man everyone here knows this is a players league. This ain't the NFL.

I think eVil meant to write it with the changes above:

we are on the same page me thinks that nix got it too, but felt the need to elaborate...

nixluva wrote:

eViL wrote:

EwingsGlass wrote:

nixluva wrote:

eViL wrote:[sarc] this guy needs to go. a better coach would have gotten us at least 23 wins by now. we all know the NBA is a coaches league. what an X's and O's game, right? i mean, screw football and all that improvisation. basketball is pure coaching strategy where the coach makes the most impact and the players just do what their told. FIRE COACH!!! watch the wins come rollin in. [/sarc]

Yeah changing coaches has worked so well for us in the past. I think at some point you'd expect the most savvy fans in the world to recognize that the coach isn't on the floor and if players do stupid things it makes the coach look bad and there's not much he can do about it. We've discussed forever the need to bring in a better grade of talent. Guys that were already driven to succeed and that knew how to play and how to translate what the coach asks out on the floor.

Doc won the NBA title with KG, Pierce & Allen, but before KG & Allen, he was STINKING up the joint and they said he was clueless and once KG got hurt and the team started to flounder and loose games did Boston fans understand? Now they do, cuz they've seen with their own eyes how much difference good players make. Is it more about the players in this league than the coaching or vice versa? Man everyone here knows this is a players league. This ain't the NFL.

I think eVil meant to write it with the changes above:

we are on the same page me thinks that nix got it too, but felt the need to elaborate...

Oh yeah I got it!!! I just think we have to get off the merry-go-round and realize that this team had to be changed and it's not about the coaching. Sure MDA probably doesn't look his best trying to figure things out with this group, but tell me who ever does when there's this little winning talent and this much upheaval. We've made major changes to the roster and not for the better. We're clearing things out. The TRUCK BE BACKED UP! Now we get to the end of this year and the whole reason DW and MDA were brought in begins.

We signed on for 2 years of suckage so that we could try to put a team together that can win for 5 yrs or more. Once we get some players on this squad then we can really evaluate what we have as a team and Coach. Imagine if we only judged coaches based on when they had bad teams. LB would never get another job. Doc would've been fired before they added KG & Allen.

eViL wrote:this guy needs to go. a better coach would have gotten us at least 23 wins by now. we all know the NBA is a coaches league. what an X's and O's game, right? i mean, screw football and all that improvisation. basketball is pure coaching strategy where the coach makes the most impact and the players just do what their told. FIRE COACH!!! watch the wins come rollin in.

Evil you know this guy's style is a gimmick, it put fannies in the seat that's about it entertaning rec ball with super athletes.

When the bottom falls out all the posters who yakked up this team from december went hunting and haven't come back yet, some would call it hibernating

Q. playa2 - So what are we going to do as fans this summer if things don't work out as planned?

A. Plan on savoring Las Vegas Summer League games and resetting your Eastern Conference Finals clock for 2014.

There was a point during last nights telecast on MSG where Varejao put back a missed FT over Gallo and maybe Lee, and they showed D'Antoni talking to one of his assistants, saying something like - how can that happen.

And Mike, its simple - you're starting one of the shortest - probably the shortest group of players in the NBA. Of course, your team is going to give up plays like that.

And Mike, if you're so pissed off by the lack of effort, I bet Toney Douglas might be a good option for you.

fishmike wrote:

franco12 wrote:I don't think its only the players who have quit on the season.

There was a point during last nights telecast on MSG where Varejao put back a missed FT over Gallo and maybe Lee, and they showed D'Antoni talking to one of his assistants, saying something like - how can that happen.

And Mike, its simple - you're starting one of the shortest - probably the shortest group of players in the NBA. Of course, your team is going to give up plays like that.

And Mike, if you're so pissed off by the lack of effort, I bet Toney Douglas might be a good option for you.

thats fair. Guys like Walker and Douglas will give you fight every night. Thats for sure.

He did win 60+ starting Diaw and Marion at C/PF. Although I am not sure how.

Here is the thing with starting a smaller group of players - you've got to have athletes that can scramble and disrupt on defense.

David Lee, that is not.

franco12 wrote:

fishmike wrote:

franco12 wrote:I don't think its only the players who have quit on the season.

There was a point during last nights telecast on MSG where Varejao put back a missed FT over Gallo and maybe Lee, and they showed D'Antoni talking to one of his assistants, saying something like - how can that happen.

And Mike, its simple - you're starting one of the shortest - probably the shortest group of players in the NBA. Of course, your team is going to give up plays like that.

And Mike, if you're so pissed off by the lack of effort, I bet Toney Douglas might be a good option for you.

thats fair. Guys like Walker and Douglas will give you fight every night. Thats for sure.

He did win 60+ starting Diaw and Marion at C/PF. Although I am not sure how.

Here is the thing with starting a smaller group of players - you've got to have athletes that can scramble and disrupt on defense.

David Lee, that is not.

Allanfan20 wrote:Fishmike, I'm starting to have no desire whatsoever to keep Sergio. Everytime I am watching him, he seems to have a little bit of skill, but nothing special. Meanwhile, his defense is off the charts awful.

I know you liked the trade, but I hated it simply because I felt we could have landed LeBron with what we had, and we didn't NEED a superstar to get him. I mean, no matter what, the chances are slim, but if he's going to come here, I think he would come no matter what, and he'd rather choose a good team to play with, rather than a good player. We had the tools to build a good team, and got rid of them all.

If I'm LeBron, I'm not nearly as convinced about coming to New York NOW, especially after last night.

Zackly.

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