yellowboy90 wrote:Nalod wrote:yellowboy90 wrote:WHy do people keep putting the Tyson trade and Lopez together? Tyson would have cam off the books the summer Lopez was an FA. This lumping together to say he made the right decisions does not make sense.Also, Calderon and Felton are a wash they are both two really net-negative players except Calderon cost more money and is on a longer deal.
Anyway, I could go on and on but it doesn't matter. Yes, Phil makes good decisions but is he making the best decisions for the Franchise? Also, people pointing out that he has also made poor decisions doesn't make the dumb or less of a fan for not blindly believing in Phil based off of his coaching record. He is being judge by what he does as an executive.
Rolo replaced Tyson Chandler.
Calderon plays to his contract. 7mm is not starter money.
PHil was hired because of his coaching record over 20 years which demonstrated high IQ, and a philosophy.
The push back is not slamming phil and extrapolating it all into the future. Phil hired Kerr, it fell thru. Fish was a good decision based on all the facts at that time. Might say the Same for Brad stevens, Jason Kidd as well. ONe grew into the job, and one did not.
Rolo could have replaced Tyson regardless of trade.
Calderon does not play up to his contract at all. It is doubtful that he will make a good back up because his one trait is rarely exercises(shooting)
Phil may have been hired for all those things but he is judged by what he does as an executive
Fish had zero coaching experience and was a curious move to grab someone who just finished playing
Yes, Rolo could have replaced him regardless. But it happened. Calderon is better than Felton and 7mm is not starter money in the league. He does not turn the ball over and the team was playing .500 with him getting better as the season progressed. HE was hurt his first season.
Yes, phil is judged by results, but isn't he as an executive to be judged by the state of the team regarding assets? Culture? building a solid foundation instead f patchwork?
Fish had zero experience and year one was never going to be much more than the rebuild/Tank. Kerr had no experience either. Nor did Phil. He has not been perfect or did he have that signature move that was mind blowingly incredible.
Yes, Fish was a good idea. But it was not executed. One can make good decisions based on the criteria at the time.
For example Layden/Dolan made a good decision to bring Antonio Mcdycess on board as long as they understood the risks. The upside was huge. If they did not understand the risks, it was awful. If I place a bet with long odds its a good bet as long as I know what I am doing. IF I bet the ranch thinking my odds are good, Im an idiot. Im getting into philosophical evaluation. Most of the haters are knee jerk reactions based on outcome. With a sports team you have choices. Decisions made not always with immediate results in mind.
Its a chess game. The only problem is we don't know the ending or how long it will take. That does not mean failure. To achieve the end result one sometimes loses the battle to win the war.
All I know is the previous 15 years have not worked with that thought process.