nixluva wrote:MDA is who he is. You give him decent players and he'll get more out of them than expected. On this team it will be harder to do since we clearly don't have enough leadership on the floor. Duhon shouldve stepped at that time and said somehing!!! Pull the team together and get them focused!

You could bash MDA over this but if the team was knocking down shots this wouldn't come up! Losing breeds all kinds of discontent. They just need a win.

I do agree that if you plug the right players into a system it will work. I also know I'd rather the coach who will be here for the long haul needs to set up his system regardless of the talent he has NOW - because the NEW talent needs to join the team with a SET SYSTEM.

However, this system is broke if all it is meant to do is just jack 3's. There has to be room for switching it up. When you saw Darko post up flawlessly you need to keep doing that until it doesn't work. When you know that Gallo and Al can and do post up well - you need to use that. You can't just do this CHUCKING crap all game long.

If anything, those post plays mix things up, and allows your CHUCK game to get even more open looks by keeping the defense honest!

Something has to give here....and we also have to remember that Mike fell into the PERFECT roster of players for his system. It's going to be VERY tough to duplicate that.

Another thing: LeBron's game and defensive philosophy doesn't fit Mikes. Just...food for thought.

Cosmic wrote:

nixluva wrote:MDA is who he is. You give him decent players and he'll get more out of them than expected. On this team it will be harder to do since we clearly don't have enough leadership on the floor. Duhon shouldve stepped at that time and said somehing!!! Pull the team together and get them focused!

You could bash MDA over this but if the team was knocking down shots this wouldn't come up! Losing breeds all kinds of discontent. They just need a win.

I do agree that if you plug the right players into a system it will work. I also know I'd rather the coach who will be here for the long haul needs to set up his system regardless of the talent he has NOW - because the NEW talent needs to join the team with a SET SYSTEM.

However, this system is broke if all it is meant to do is just jack 3's. There has to be room for switching it up. When you saw Darko post up flawlessly you need to keep doing that until it doesn't work. When you know that Gallo and Al can and do post up well - you need to use that. You can't just do this CHUCKING crap all game long.

If anything, those post plays mix things up, and allows your CHUCK game to get even more open looks by keeping the defense honest!

Something has to give here....and we also have to remember that Mike fell into the PERFECT roster of players for his system. It's going to be VERY tough to duplicate that.

Another thing: LeBron's game and defensive philosophy doesn't fit Mikes. Just...food for thought.

I think you are right. I posted a thread on why i think Gallo should post up more and so should Harrington--maybe even Chandler if he is playing2 and has a small G on him. What is easier a 30 footer or when you have a physical advantage over someone at 3-4 feet?

It's that MDA that we'll see once we get this team's roster improved. I actually expect this team to get better this year as well. It's gonna take some time to teach the young players how to win and for him to figure out just how he needs to use these guys. If you notice these things, don't assume that MDA and his entire coaching staff don't see the same things. We just don't know what he's asking his players to do and if they're just not executing.