Knicks1969 wrote:Why don't we have anyone on the bench coaching our young guys? The years we were good, we always had one or two veterans vocal enough to do the dirty job. When a guy like THJ who is having a bad night, there should be a veteran on the bench to guide him. When our superstar is having a bad night, there should be a veteran on the bench to show him support as well as criticize his game. Who the hell are our VETERAN leaders? Please help me.

Phil and Fisher

blkexec wrote:

Knicks1969 wrote:Why don't we have anyone on the bench coaching our young guys? The years we were good, we always had one or two veterans vocal enough to do the dirty job. When a guy like THJ who is having a bad night, there should be a veteran on the bench to guide him. When our superstar is having a bad night, there should be a veteran on the bench to show him support as well as criticize his game. Who the hell are our VETERAN leaders? Please help me.

Phil and Fisher

Look at it as if it were a Military unit; you have to have at least four leaders for it to be a complete unit. Commander, lieutenant, Sergeant Major, and Sergeants. You have those four components in place, you will have a strong unit.

nixluva wrote:You guys are talking like this is a team without guidance and that's not the case. This is a good coaching staff and Phil also knows what he's doing. It's looking worse than it should have if we had Jose for the start of the season. It's made it harder to weather the expected early struggles. We knew it would take time but minus Jose that made it even harder.

It is going to take time. However, as good as Phil and Fisher are, they can't resolve the problem of this team until they recognise the lack of leadership on this roster. Also, you can't force engineers to do the job of a doctor; same goes true to the one on one/defensively challenged players we have on this roster. We have too many of them and that has to be fixed.

CrushAlot wrote:

Knicks1969 wrote:

nixluva wrote:You guys are talking like this is a team without guidance and that's not the case. This is a good coaching staff and Phil also knows what he's doing. It's looking worse than it should have if we had Jose for the start of the season. It's made it harder to weather the expected early struggles. We knew it would take time but minus Jose that made it even harder.

It is going to take time. However, as good as Phil and Fisher are, they can't resolve the problem of this team until they recognise the lack of leadership on this roster. Also, you can't force engineers to do the job of a doctor; same goes true to the one on one/defensively challenged players we have on this roster. We have too many of them and that has to be fixed.

I think the leader is Calderon.

Raptors head coach Dwane Casey has made no secret of his fondness for Calderon: “He’s one of those guys you remember (when you are done coaching),” Casey said.

“He’s one of the most beautiful leaders I’ve ever been around. Jose is great, he’s a beautiful man. Very knowledgeable, I always tease him, does he want to get into coaching, and hopefully he’s smart and doesn’t do that, stay with his pig business over in Spain and raise his family.”

http://www.torontosun.com/2014/10/13/catching-up-with-former-raptor-jose-calderon

He does have leadership traits, I have seen him coaching Carmelo at times. I can't wait for him to play.