Posted by BigAppleStar3:
Posted by franco12:
Posted by diderotn:
Why Herb? N.Y. desperately needs a change of philosophy, and we can't afford to mess around. We need a coach with new ideas to get us out of our dilemmas. I would much rather have Isiah as the head coach, but he is to chicken to do both job. We have been bad for too long, so something has to give.
Posted by franco12:
I posted this in the coaches sticky thread above- unless we get Phil Jackson, just keep Herb and see what he can do- herb at least has a shot of becoming a good coach- whereas the likes of silas & pj are known quantities and not likely to become great.
Its this attitude of drastic & constant change that has us where we are.
we need to just let things develop.
we need to get some more young talent and let them develop as a team.
I don't think Herb is any worse than any other name out there unless its Phil Jackson.
Now, if Phil goes to Sac town, I'm all for bringing in Adelman- he would be a good fit with our up tempo players.
If the goal is too develope young talent (which it isn't, see the trades for Malik Rose and Mo' Taylor. We are re-tooling and in win-now mode), Herb Williams is the LAST coach you should want. Trevor Ariza and Mike Sweetney didn't play, even when the season was over and we had no shot at making the Playoffs. We could get lucky and end up with Andrew Bogut and I bet you Herb burries him behind Rose and Mo' on the bench. When you're a 33 win team, you NEED change. Staying the same and hoping the team developes or Herb grows a brain is not going to work.
I agree,at first, it appeared that Herb would be reasonable to give a chance, but Im fully against Herb 100%. That doesnt mean give PJ 5mm per year to come in because someone thinks he's a disciplanarian. It sounds more like he is an arsehole to me. If thats the case, go hire some 400 pound female, they seem to be solid disciplinarian's.
I liked the name Phil Martelli, I like his style of play--he's proven he produces excellent defensive teams, his players love him, hes tough young, so what he hasnt been in the nBA. Its funny how Montgomery was going through a poor year until Baron Davis came into town. And all of a sudden they go 21-8?
But like you said, the knicks will continue with this retreading attempt to win now--yes 1 more vet will put them over the hump--heck we tried Baker Tim Thomas Nazr and now we will move on to the antonie walkers of the world, and the team will still be magnificently flawed.
you know what, I ended uop watching Tau-Maccabi like 5 times because I kept looking at Splitter real closely. You know sometimes you see things on first run that dont catch your eye, then I sat up late last night watching and rewindingwatching and rewininding and came away with the believe that I think we SHOULD draft Tiago Splitter, and that my intial assessment was flawed. The guy is taller than 7 feet, he plays EXCELLENT D, he is agile, quick and will be a very good rebounder in this league. Right now I would compare him to a Jeff Foster[maybe two inches taller?] who looks like he has the potnetial to be a good offensive player as well. Just the subtlies I looked at.
Thats why I went and looked at the whole scenario with PJ. I never heard guys like Buck Williams call Joe torre a jerk, which would be paramount to Jeter calling you a jerk. Have you ever listened to Buck Williams, he's a very classy, intelligent guy. Forget Sprewell, who cares, but when Buck called him out, sorry, to me he's had it as far as Im concenrned, no more 5mm $ contracts for this guy.
5/12/2005 1:55 PM