loweyecue wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:I've watched too many games over the last 3 seasons where this team played with zero intensity and effort. I watched this coach run players into the ground, let players continue to start regardless of how poorly they played. Poor substitutions, poor clock management at crunch time. Now I'm supposed to forget all that and act like every bit of it was from the lack of a good PG. Riiiight.

Its one thing to argue that D'Antoni hasn't had the talent to make a legit run. That's more than clear. Its also clear that there have been times when his players weren't bringing it and neither was the head coach.

Jeremy Lin does not wash away every mistake D'Antoni has made as coach as hard as some of you may try. The only thing Lin validates is that D'Antoni's system runs better with an above average PG. Nothing else.

Besides, most of these "hater" thread aren't coming from "haters". There are very few people on this board who actually want D'Antoni fired on the spot.

Surely, MDA is not without fault. Not even close. But there's enough people here who want him fired because of some flavor of the week POS. but MDA has never had a starting unit worth more than 33 games before last season. When your best player is Avi Lee you ain't winning sheeit.

What NBA coach likes record roster change and uncertainty??? Name a coach that has ever had this much roster turnover and media criticism? Last year he had to work in Felton and Moz and Fields into a new starting five with STAT and Gallo. people seem to forget that Felton struggled and that made STAT struggle. Fields and Moz were both rooks. This idea that MDA is too stubborn or not a good coach is rubbish. Dude won Titles in Europe and could've gotten to the NBA finals with a little luck or a defensive Center.

Now most of the negative crap came during the 2 years when this team wasn't even trying to win as much as get under the cap!!! It's totally unfair and lacking any insight. The dude finally gets the team going and they start the trade crap and his players start being effected. Then the trade caused all kinds of problems. Still they looked ready to start the playoffs. I think there's just a lot of bias that's unwarranted if you look at things clearly.

eViL wrote:

islesfan wrote:Why? What Exactly did Antoni do? Lin got a chance out of desperation not any well thought out plan from the head coach.

Dumb luck and catching lightning in a bottle aren't reasons to keep a useless head coach.

same goes for Tom Coughlin. he just keeps getting lucky by catching "lightning in a bottle."

Exactly, i'm not a Giant fan but I love cruz, and he save coughlins ass big time, perfect weapon for Eli..

players save coaches there jobs, and everybody on the planet new mike needed a pg..and TD was essentially digging MIKES grave

http://www.msg.com/videos/jeremy-lin-postgame-press-conference-210-1.82767

When asked what made this offense better suited for him than GS or Houston:

One thing I can say is Coach D'Antoni is an absolute offensive genius. The way that he puts in new plays every single game. The way that he creates this system, and every single game during walk through, he'll do something different. He'll do it to adjust to that specific team's defense. Playing for him, he makes us look good, but it's pretty fun.

holfresh wrote:

MarburyAnd1Crossover wrote:

holfresh wrote:Hey, everyone should be happy now...MDA has two PG(when BD gets healthy) that could run his system...He has talent up front...No more excuses...I wanna see him mesh this talented group...No more Melo is not buying in excuse because that's crap...You saw Kobe last night, that's a ball stopper...No more Amare explosion crap...My belief is MDA is a guy with a system that he really isn't a good coach...I want to be proven wrong...He does one thing and that's run his system...He has pieces now...The ball is in court and he is on center stage...No more rebuilding stories...We are were we wanted to go...LET HIM COACH...He has the rest of the season...

MDA is "a guy with a system, not a coach"?

What do you think a coach is hired to do if not implement some way he wants his team to play (a system)?

Coaches adjust to their personnel, he doesn't...He was horrible in the playoffs..Doc out coached him at every turn last year...We were down guys but he was god awful...Last night we had three consecutive turnovers down the stretch and he didn't think to call a timeout to regroup...Please, no more excuses...

right. but Mike wants to coach basketball not ISO-ball. there's no amount of adjusting to accommodate that.

eViL wrote:

holfresh wrote:

MarburyAnd1Crossover wrote:

holfresh wrote:Hey, everyone should be happy now...MDA has two PG(when BD gets healthy) that could run his system...He has talent up front...No more excuses...I wanna see him mesh this talented group...No more Melo is not buying in excuse because that's crap...You saw Kobe last night, that's a ball stopper...No more Amare explosion crap...My belief is MDA is a guy with a system that he really isn't a good coach...I want to be proven wrong...He does one thing and that's run his system...He has pieces now...The ball is in court and he is on center stage...No more rebuilding stories...We are were we wanted to go...LET HIM COACH...He has the rest of the season...

MDA is "a guy with a system, not a coach"?

What do you think a coach is hired to do if not implement some way he wants his team to play (a system)?

Coaches adjust to their personnel, he doesn't...He was horrible in the playoffs..Doc out coached him at every turn last year...We were down guys but he was god awful...Last night we had three consecutive turnovers down the stretch and he didn't think to call a timeout to regroup...Please, no more excuses...

right. but Mike wants to coach basketball not ISO-ball. there's no amount of adjusting to accommodate that.

Bro...it's an excuse...Melo does ISO at times but not all the time...You saw a true ball stopper last night in Kobe..There was a time when a guy who was able to post up was a commodity...I'm just amazed a player like Carmelo is looked upon as a liability...To me, it's just another excuse...All I know is if he doesn't make it work this year he should be gone...

nixluva wrote:

holfresh wrote:

eViL wrote:

holfresh wrote:

MarburyAnd1Crossover wrote:

holfresh wrote:Hey, everyone should be happy now...MDA has two PG(when BD gets healthy) that could run his system...He has talent up front...No more excuses...I wanna see him mesh this talented group...No more Melo is not buying in excuse because that's crap...You saw Kobe last night, that's a ball stopper...No more Amare explosion crap...My belief is MDA is a guy with a system that he really isn't a good coach...I want to be proven wrong...He does one thing and that's run his system...He has pieces now...The ball is in court and he is on center stage...No more rebuilding stories...We are were we wanted to go...LET HIM COACH...He has the rest of the season...

MDA is "a guy with a system, not a coach"?

What do you think a coach is hired to do if not implement some way he wants his team to play (a system)?

Coaches adjust to their personnel, he doesn't...He was horrible in the playoffs..Doc out coached him at every turn last year...We were down guys but he was god awful...Last night we had three consecutive turnovers down the stretch and he didn't think to call a timeout to regroup...Please, no more excuses...

right. but Mike wants to coach basketball not ISO-ball. there's no amount of adjusting to accommodate that.

Bro...it's an excuse...Melo does ISO at times but not all the time...You saw a true ball stopper last night in Kobe..There was a time when a guy who was able to post up was a commodity...I'm just amazed a player like Carmelo is looked upon as a liability...To me, it's just another excuse...All I know is if he doesn't make it work this year he should be gone...

MDA has been adjusting to his personnel since he got here. He's slowed things down and simplified things and gone with lineups he was never known to favor. This is just pure BS. Melo needs to play within the system unless there a need for him to go ISO. There's no need to force a shot when the offense creates tons of open looks all the time.

Melo's gonna be needed in tight playoff games as we all know when you face another great team they won't let you just run whatever you want. Still if Melo buys in during the regular season this team can win a lot of the remaining games and get a better playoff seeding. So he rather than the coach needs to buy in and play TEAM BALL. I believe Melo will do that cuz he's shown he's willing already this season. Melo only felt the need to force things cuz we were losing and with no PG, the role players weren't playing well.

Are you really going to tell me Melo doesn't play team ball????Really???

holfresh wrote:

nixluva wrote:

holfresh wrote:

eViL wrote:

holfresh wrote:

MarburyAnd1Crossover wrote:

holfresh wrote:Hey, everyone should be happy now...MDA has two PG(when BD gets healthy) that could run his system...He has talent up front...No more excuses...I wanna see him mesh this talented group...No more Melo is not buying in excuse because that's crap...You saw Kobe last night, that's a ball stopper...No more Amare explosion crap...My belief is MDA is a guy with a system that he really isn't a good coach...I want to be proven wrong...He does one thing and that's run his system...He has pieces now...The ball is in court and he is on center stage...No more rebuilding stories...We are were we wanted to go...LET HIM COACH...He has the rest of the season...

MDA is "a guy with a system, not a coach"?

What do you think a coach is hired to do if not implement some way he wants his team to play (a system)?

Coaches adjust to their personnel, he doesn't...He was horrible in the playoffs..Doc out coached him at every turn last year...We were down guys but he was god awful...Last night we had three consecutive turnovers down the stretch and he didn't think to call a timeout to regroup...Please, no more excuses...

right. but Mike wants to coach basketball not ISO-ball. there's no amount of adjusting to accommodate that.

Bro...it's an excuse...Melo does ISO at times but not all the time...You saw a true ball stopper last night in Kobe..There was a time when a guy who was able to post up was a commodity...I'm just amazed a player like Carmelo is looked upon as a liability...To me, it's just another excuse...All I know is if he doesn't make it work this year he should be gone...

MDA has been adjusting to his personnel since he got here. He's slowed things down and simplified things and gone with lineups he was never known to favor. This is just pure BS. Melo needs to play within the system unless there a need for him to go ISO. There's no need to force a shot when the offense creates tons of open looks all the time.

Melo's gonna be needed in tight playoff games as we all know when you face another great team they won't let you just run whatever you want. Still if Melo buys in during the regular season this team can win a lot of the remaining games and get a better playoff seeding. So he rather than the coach needs to buy in and play TEAM BALL. I believe Melo will do that cuz he's shown he's willing already this season. Melo only felt the need to force things cuz we were losing and with no PG, the role players weren't playing well.

Are you really going to tell me Melo doesn't play team ball????Really???

no the fans that were chanting "pass the ball" every time it stuck with Melo are telling you he doesn't play team ball. not saying he can't. just seems it's not his preference.

holfresh wrote:By they way, you are mistaken if you think this is same game we will be playing in the playoffs...Melo's game of ISO/Post up will be needed when we get there...But somehow is a problem now...Amazing...