I was at the game and even the fans in the arena were smart enough to realize that everyone was just missing shots (and usually, they are the first to blame the coach).

Come on man, we were 20-30 from the FT line and 4-15 from 3 point land (with 2 of those 3s in the final minute, we were at 10% for most of a large part of the 4th quarter). That is what lost us the game.

s3231 wrote:Are you seriously going to blame this loss on D'Antoni?

I was at the game and even the fans in the arena were smart enough to realize that everyone was just missing shots (and usually, they are the first to blame the coach).

Come on man, we were 20-30 from the FT line and 4-15 from 3 point land (with 2 of those 3s in the final minute, we were at 10% for most of a large part of the 4th quarter). That is what lost us the game.

with Amare/Melo 14-44. 32%

The buck stops with MDA but there is a defensive coach who doesn't seem to be helping things.

Unless you truly believe we are 2 games under .500 primarily b/c of the defense, I don't see how you have a valid argument against D'Antoni. We're losing because of offensive efficiency and if you want to make an argument that D'Antoni deserves to be fired, it should be based on that since that is the part of the game where we are below average.

Now if you want to construct an argument against why one of the best offensive minds in the game is doing a terrible job coaching this part of the game, go right ahead. What many of us will tell you though is that the problem lies in player personnel and not coaching performance. There were concerns about the shooting post-Chandler trade as we didn't re-sign Shawne Williams and lose another shooter by giving up Billups as well. This was the main reason why many of us loved the idea of bringing Crawford in as I, along with several others, felt like our bench would be extremely thin until Baron came back (assuming he even contributes at a high level).

franco12 wrote:

OasisBU wrote:If the players are switching too much on defense wouldn't that be a Woodson issue?

The buck stops with MDA but there is a defensive coach who doesn't seem to be helping things.

evidently, they're not supposed to be switching on defense.

But something is not working with whatever combination the staff is trying.

Who knows, maybe its evident to the players that Woodson is the de facto new head coach, and they are resigned to it - hence the flat play.

I agree thats why I think the whole hiring "defensive coordinator" Mike Woodson is a joke. It was clearly going to cause tension

Childs2Dudley wrote:As one of the all-time D'Antoni haters, I must advise you that firing wont change the fortunes of this team all that much. We need personnel change as well as a coaching change.

We should seriously look into trading Stoudemire.

Not until we see what he can do with a real PG like Davis. If he doesn't improve then you can shake things up at the trading deadline in March

colombian0725 wrote:

Childs2Dudley wrote:As one of the all-time D'Antoni haters, I must advise you that firing wont change the fortunes of this team all that much. We need personnel change as well as a coaching change.

We should seriously look into trading Stoudemire.

Trade Stat. Looks like he is losing his athleticism and getting rejected. He is only going to get worst. We need to throw in the towel and get something back asap. Monte Ellis?, Kevin Martin? Kevin Lowry ?

lol Or is that not even possible anymore?

I think Stat is just rusty because he spent the entire offseason rehabbing his back, and he was never a good one on one player so not having a PG to him up makes him look worse