fishmike wrote:Sangfroid wrote:knicks1248 wrote:fishmike wrote:mreinman wrote:fishmike wrote:lets blame an inconsistent player on the coach. Hell, Im still pissed Riley didnt turn Hubert Davis into the next Reggie Miller. It happens. Sigh
well ... I am no fisher fan but yes. Hardaway stinks on his own account.
Whether or not Fisher can coach will not be determined by this season.. jury is out on him. But devil's advocate asks you this: Its a lost season. Lets say despite the losses Early, Galloway and Acy are keepers and turn into good rotation players. Does Fisher get any credit for their development?
Do they look like their developing, all of the commentators say the same thing about fish, he yanks players and doesnt say jack to them, Most good coaches will say something before the player sits, or sits the player next to him and explain what he was doing wrong..I remember Larry brown use to that with A I all the time.
I see the same exact mistakes game after game after game, nothing is changing, so no ones developing or getting better
Shouldn't that lack be placed at the feet of Phil. After all, Fisher is his rookie project. 40 games into the season is really enough time to observe a coach's faults and not say something to him.
And the GM of the team has said its not the coaches fault. Obviously there is a motive behind that but the point is he's backed. He has all the tools to be a good coach and is widely respected by the players in the league. The GM was very forthcoming in why he DIDNT want an established guy. Maybe thats a mistake, maybe not. He certainly has alot of experience on the bench to help him. Its not like he's just winging it. Fisher's history of leadership is very good.
1) It's a No brainer for phil to take the blame, he's not going to throw his hand pick coach under the bus for running a system he wants to run. None of the coaching staff have had success at being head coaches, or else they would still be head coaches, especially Rambis
2)Do you every see fisher call a play, you run a triangle system, read and react. The players can't even run a fast break because they are thinking, "oh god, I got wait for the rest of my teammates to set up, so we can run our triangle, by the 3rd quarter(you wonder why that's our worst quarter) the opposing defense knows everything your going to do, and you'll see 6 or 7 straight TO's and the players lose all confidence and hope.
3)fisher may have the tools, but he is 5 yrs away from being a real head coach, just like THJ is 4 or 5 yrs away from being a real deal NBA player
4)what's the absolute worst part of all this, 85% of the damn roster will be gone, why the fck are we running a system that won't benefit anyone, Once melo sits for the last 30 games, the only players that have the slimmest chance of returning is Amare, and THJ.
40 games FISHMIKE, and we are getting worse and worse by the game. Before we were losing by single digits, now it's down right embarrassing. The losing is expected, the players believe they are going to lose, which is exactly what PHIL saw 20 games ago, and anyone who is not stuck on ping pong balls, can see, this is not the way you develop a winning mentality.
So if fisher fails Mid way through next season, your going to fire him then and start all over, cmon dude, somethings gotta give..
