meloshouldgo wrote:RED FLAG

“I cannot remember another coach in NBA history who quit so early in his career. The first thing you learn when you become an NBA coach is to come to an understanding with the team’s elite players. The second is not to pit players against each other. They will take sides, but inevitably will side against the coach. Fizdale would say stuff about Gasol behind his back to his teammates. By the time, he was ready to say what he had to say in front of the whole team, Gasol already had been alerted.”

His rep is one with great communication skills, in fact that was his Major.

“He made me mad,’’ Williams said in a phone interview. “He thought I wasn’t playing hard. He told me on the way to the huddle I was scared and didn’t look like I wanted to play. I ended up playing a lot better. It was one the highlights of my rookie year.’’

Williams finished the night with 11 points in 19 minutes as Memphis routed the Warriors. Williams threw down a resounding fast-break dunk in the second half that gave Memphis its biggest lead at 30 points.

“After the game, he said he knows I’m not a scared player,’’ Williams said. “He felt he had to get me going. He didn’t mean anything by it.”

creative ways to guys going is all I've been reading about him. That's that sht FRANK and KP NEED, so that cant stop playing soft..

meloshouldgo wrote:

knicks1248 wrote:

meloshouldgo wrote:RED FLAG

“I cannot remember another coach in NBA history who quit so early in his career. The first thing you learn when you become an NBA coach is to come to an understanding with the team’s elite players. The second is not to pit players against each other. They will take sides, but inevitably will side against the coach. Fizdale would say stuff about Gasol behind his back to his teammates. By the time, he was ready to say what he had to say in front of the whole team, Gasol already had been alerted.”

His rep is one with great communication skills, in fact that was his Major.

“He made me mad,’’ Williams said in a phone interview. “He thought I wasn’t playing hard. He told me on the way to the huddle I was scared and didn’t look like I wanted to play. I ended up playing a lot better. It was one the highlights of my rookie year.’’

Williams finished the night with 11 points in 19 minutes as Memphis routed the Warriors. Williams threw down a resounding fast-break dunk in the second half that gave Memphis its biggest lead at 30 points.

“After the game, he said he knows I’m not a scared player,’’ Williams said. “He felt he had to get me going. He didn’t mean anything by it.”

creative ways to guys going is all I've been reading about him. That's that sht FRANK and KP NEED, so that cant stop playing soft..

I have NO ISSUES with him calling people out, it's what I want to see in a coach. I hate coaches like Woodson who cater to the start players and are tough on everyone else. THEY SUCK
But - If you are dissing a player behind his back and in front of his peers you are guaranteed to lose the team in a heartbeat.

martin wrote:

meloshouldgo wrote:RED FLAG

“I cannot remember another coach in NBA history who quit so early in his career. The first thing you learn when you become an NBA coach is to come to an understanding with the team’s elite players. The second is not to pit players against each other. They will take sides, but inevitably will side against the coach. Fizdale would say stuff about Gasol behind his back to his teammates. By the time, he was ready to say what he had to say in front of the whole team, Gasol already had been alerted.”

For what it's worth, that is an anonymous quote from a post that Peter Vescey made by someone not on the team. So like 4th hand info.

OK - didn't know that before. Definitely remedies how I felt about that line.