BlueSeats wrote:Bip, if you don't think it's the coaches job to remind players of the scenario, make sure they're present to the rules and particulars of that scenario and focus them on the task at hand, what do you suggest they discuss in a timeout with 4 secs to go? Dinner plans?

Again, do you have any evidence that it was not mentioned? We are making wild assumptions unless I missed something. Secondly you mentioned that the guys were mentally worn out. Possibly it was mentioned and they were so "mentally tired" that they missed it. Even if it was mentioned and D'Antoni and his band of extremely experienced coaches decided to spend the entire timeout letting the guys rest and gather some of the mental faculties they lost. Or they spent the entire time out discussing what happens if the celtics miss free throws. Or even if they spent the entire time out talking about the hot blond behind the bench. If you are a star, that wants to prove himself as one of the greats, and play on Olympic teams, and have commercials, and lead posses, and call yourself a leader, you simply cannot place blame on anyone but yourself if you forget to foul a man with 4 seconds left and down 1. What did he think the score was? Did he think he was winning?

Kudos to Doc in the last two games, just wish our coach put our players in a position to succeed in the last two games and didn't rely so much of going with the flow.

Anji wrote:The details are what make a coach, and not to realize that there maybe a run down with the most exhausted player on the floor is a big detail to miss.

Kudos to Doc in the last two games, just wish our coach put our players in a position to succeed in the last two games and didn't rely so much of going with the flow.

Compare the 2 situations and Doc's job is much easier. They've been thru this stuff so many times it's lie 2nd nature. When have these Knicks been thru this level of competition together? What do they have to fall back on? The C's know each other on a telepathic level. They can anticipate what their teammate will do cuz they have that level of chemistry having been thru the wars for years.

nixluva wrote:

Anji wrote:The details are what make a coach, and not to realize that there maybe a run down with the most exhausted player on the floor is a big detail to miss.

Kudos to Doc in the last two games, just wish our coach put our players in a position to succeed in the last two games and didn't rely so much of going with the flow.

Doc is very fortunate to have had all of his players available to him for those crunchtime plays. It makes coaching a lot easier when you have 4 options to go to and a team that's been together for years. If you don't think that is a large part of why Doc's team is executing perfectly then you just aren't being reasonable.

Compare the 2 situations and Doc's job is much easier. They've been thru this stuff so many times it's lie 2nd nature. When have these Knicks been thru this level of competition together? What do they have to fall back on? The C's know each other on a telepathic level. They can anticipate what their teammate will do cuz they have that level of chemistry having been thru the wars for years.

I hope blow out the Celtics, because they are so damn lucky I don't want to see coach have to deal with another tight game.

Bippity10 wrote:

BlueSeats wrote:Bip, if you don't think it's the coaches job to remind players of the scenario, make sure they're present to the rules and particulars of that scenario and focus them on the task at hand, what do you suggest they discuss in a timeout with 4 secs to go? Dinner plans?

Again, do you have any evidence that it was not mentioned? We are making wild assumptions unless I missed something. Secondly you mentioned that the guys were mentally worn out. Possibly it was mentioned and they were so "mentally tired" that they missed it. Even if it was mentioned and D'Antoni and his band of extremely experienced coaches decided to spend the entire timeout letting the guys rest and gather some of the mental faculties they lost. Or they spent the entire time out discussing what happens if the celtics miss free throws. Or even if they spent the entire time out talking about the hot blond behind the bench. If you are a star, that wants to prove himself as one of the greats, and play on Olympic teams, and have commercials, and lead posses, and call yourself a leader, you simply cannot place blame on anyone but yourself if you forget to foul a man with 4 seconds left and down 1. What did he think the score was? Did he think he was winning?

Dude, I never claimed to know what D'Antoni did or did not discuss in the timeout, I've challenged YOUR assertion that it's "ridiculous" to expect D'Antoni to mention it in the last timeout of a 4 second game.

The stakes are extremely high, the players are fatigued, some are very young and inexperienced. A coach can take nothing for granted. To think they have no need to discuss how to defend the inbounds and stop the clock as quickly as possible is the truly ridiculous assertion of this thread.