TMS wrote:martin wrote:TMS wrote:martin wrote:buddapaw wrote:Solace wrote:buddapaw wrote:Solace wrote:This is MDA's first real year of coaching, IMHO, because before that we had terrible teams. Anything less than 36 wins, barring it being due to a major injury to Amare, and I think you have to consider firing him. My expectation this year is playoffs (at least 40-41 wins), and I think the Knicks front office is thinking the same way.
A coach gets paid to coach regardless of the team he has, let me go into a board meeting to make a crappy presentation with half assed materials then blame the said half assed materials for my crappy presentation and see how quickly i would be looking for another job. HE GOT A TON O' CASH TO COACH, IT'S ABOUT TIME HE STARTS EARNING HIS MONEY.
Nice. 
I'm just saying this is the first time we can really make a judgment. It's not giving him a pass. It was saying that there is no pass this time. How did you twist that around?
Why? He coached like he had a pass for the past two years, I lost all faith in this guy since the Bender deal and the constant jacking up of three point shots. His style is not Knicks basketball nor championship basketball.
if I handed you a pile of **** and some eggs and asked you to make brownies, what would they taste like?
Scott Skiles got good mileage out of his pile of **** last year... unless you think Jennings, Bogut & a buncha role players was a vastly superior roster than the one we had?
I do. Throw in Salmons who tore it up for 30 games for them, KThomas who is super solid off bench. Bogut a true All-star C, and their PG tandom was more than solid.
You think Bogut and Jennings is a pile of ****? I thought towards the end MIL def did overachieve, but in a good way. They deserved to make the playoffs.
no, i don't think they're a pile of ****, just using your colorful reference to state a point... IMO the Bucks were no more talented a roster than the one MDA had to work with last year... KThomas is a super solid off the bench guy but Al Harrington who puts up 19pg is crap? come on dude... David Lee put up better numbers than Bogut last year... then there's Gallo, Wilson & TD, all 3 who showed they could play at a high level last year... is John Salmons that much better than Wilson Chandler?... yes, MIL has a bonafide star PG in Jennings, but Gallo isn't exactly chopped liver either... you just admitted the Bucks overachieved under Scott Skiles... my point was he did a much better job than MDA did in getting his guys to play to their potential & beyond... do you disagree w/that assessment?
i have no idea how you evaluate players and rosters but here is my take.
MIL was much more balanced. They have a true all star 2-way player in Bogut who starts at C, not an undersized non-defensive 6'9" guy. I guess you can say that DLee put up better numbers than Bogut, but that doesn't really paint an accute picture of what is going on on the court. They have 2 PG tandem that is waaayyy better than average, one who is an emerging star. Salmons helped them a ton at the tail end of the year. Their role players IMHO over achieved.
Who was NY's SG? Hughes (who can't shoot a lick), Chandler (who can't spread the floor)?
They had to start Jefferies cause Duhon (who couldn't make a shot) couldn't guard anyone, but that also left a guy on the court who couldn't shoot.
Harrington's 18 points off the bench may seem nice but for me he was a black hole, played zero defense and was pretty much a knucklehead. Free Candy for a good reason.
MIL starts with a better roster and Skiles certainly maximized their talents; MDA had a far worse roster and did not.
