Posted by joec32033:
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Zeke got players Larry wanted....that is a GM's job, compromise and get players that the coach wants and/or the GM feels will help win games. I can see passing the blame on Larry and Isiah, but when the players don't get a mention for being at fault in this crap season it burns me up.....Where is the accountability on this team?
I agree both Steph and Larry need to shut up but I have a question that has been bugging me for a while.
When they interview Larry, Larry says it is his fault he is not doing a good job coaching, it's on him. He seems to accept some mediocum of responsibility. BUT when you talk to Steph it is always someone else's fault. Steph has no accountability whatsoever. All he has been saing is it's LB's fault he hasn't played well. Or he calls out Q when Steph is playing like a marginal NBA starter. Or he says that It is his doing that Frye has a good game because a team is doubling on the pick and roll, but if Frye has bad games, I don't hear Steph saying, he didn't get him involved enough.
Let me make this pefectly clear, I am not a Steph hater...I would LOVE for him to lead these Knicks to the promised land, and I would actually feel bad if we got rid of him, but if it smeels like crap, looks like crap, tastes like crap, and feels like crap, it more than likely isn't filet mignon, if you get my drift.
joe, to me the jury's still out on whether Larry wanted Zeke to get these players. I know there are a lot of quotes in both directions. I still feel, though, that Larry isn't the type of guy to say "This is so crazy that it just might work," if he had really been behind the Francis trade.
Now let's assume for the sake of argument that Larry HAD asked for those players. I would have wanted Isiah to say to him, "Larry, I'm not extending this team's financial obligations out beyond the stratosphere, particularly for 2 guys that won't make a difference for us. It's already ridiculous. Work with our young players and I'll try to trade vets for vets if the deals are reasonable, if I agree with them and if they can be made."
As far as Steph goes, I agree with you that he's not doing himeself or anyone else any favors with these commnets. But I think that's secondary to his play on the court. That's what should be the focus here. Larry needs to use him in ways that help the team win. And if he's playing poorly, substitute for him. Then put him back in when he might again offer an advantage. Play it by the hoop and for the hoop. The rest is just carrying on by 2 guys with big egos who can't or don't want to stop themselves. Meanwhile, if this team did a miracle turnaround and won the majority of its remaining games this year, I betcha the whole tone changes and the talk of the off-season becomes the "dynamic creative tension" between Larry and Steph, just like it always was with Larry and AI.
I agree with the saying that winning cures everything. Losing, often and badly like we are, makes the crap come to the surface and Larry and Steph have huge ongoing contracts which shield them from giving a "crap" about what they step in!
