It's such a multi-faceted problem. My biggest issue is with Larry Brown. I agree with whoever suggested that Larry Brown may not be able to coach in this league anymore. The way he tears into the players in the media is absolutely pathetic to me. He completly destroys confidence. At it's not just with the rookies. I mean look at what he's doing to Nate. It's un excusable in my book. Nate is a rookie for crying out loud. Of course he's going to make mistakes. And yeah they may be repeated but dang, at least he try's. LB is such a hypocrite. He keeps repeating how he just want guys who care and who will compete every night. Well hello, you have (probably more like had since he's since killed his confidence)in Nate. Anytime as a rookie you can go out and drop 30+ points on AI, to me that's says a little something. To me it says that he can compete in this league. But with LB around to tear him down. He has the drive, energy & competiveness. All he needs is a COACH who is going to be patient enough to channel his strengths.
Nate also said it's hard to please LB. Look at what happened against the Wizards. He didn't attempt any shots (yeah like one). Okay I'm sure he was kinda making a point or probably just showing frustration. Like what does LB want. If you tear him down that way without at least giving him so credit and acknowledging the good things he does, he's going to think that everything he does is just bad - hence not doing anything against the Wizards.
He did the same thing with Steph and Steph did the same thing as Nate.
Don't get me wrong, the players have a lot to do with what's going on as well. It's not just LB. They don't hustle, they've quit on him, etc. But what does that say about the Coach! An entire team has quit on him (he had Nate but he just blew that). To me that's a true indication as to where the blame squarely lays!
Can you tell that I'm fed up
NY KNICKS 4 EVER! Will we ever find players like Anthony Mason, Xavier McDaniels, Patrick Ewing again? I hope so.
