Marv wrote:

martin wrote:

Marv wrote:

martin wrote:

Pharzeone wrote:<twinkling fingers> Two years have come and gone. So another year that MDA doesn't have Nash and the results are the same. A career 33% winning coach without Nash continues. There have been peaks and valleys well mostly chasms. Next up Donnie Walsh. I'm waiting on Lebron/Wade/Bosh to come aboard to turn this ship around and make it all worth it.

This is about the least well-thought out post I have seen in a while.

you look at the man's full coaching record at denver, phoenix and new york. you look at the way he handled his job this year. does make you wonder.

i thought MDA did a crap job this year all things considered. But how can you compare it to what happened in denver, pho, ny? They don't even come close to resembling the same or similar situations.

Denver - took over 20 games into the season. Previous year team was something like 10-70. What can you take from that situation and compare it to either NY or PHO?
New York - we all know Donnie has been tearing down the team over the past 2 years. How does that compare to the situation in PHO?

My sense is that MDA is not a developmental coach in the same way as Scott Skiles is better with younger teams. But the opposite also holds: MDA commands a lot more respect from a vet team than his counterparts (Skiles, etc.)... and I kinda get that feel from a guy like Phil Jackson too.

pharzeone's point was that mda has not shown that he has anything to add as a coach unless he has one of the greatest point guards in the history of the sport to run his team. he's shown it with consistency and across 3 franchises now. he may disprove it next year or he may continue the trend. You can say he commands the respect of vets or you can say he wins when a 2-time mvp runs his offense. Can’t prove which one is really the case yet.

exactly, and that's why it's a dumb thing to bring up. Except with all of those championships in Europe.