HofstraBBall wrote:knicks1248 wrote:HofstraBBall wrote:knicks1248 wrote:Nalod wrote:Chandler wrote:there was an article recently that Robinson's improvement on reducing fouls was a result of his personal trainer connecting him with Kerry Kittles (i.e., not the Fizz staff)Again, I will keep fingers cross and there are positives, but there are also legitimate things of concern
......and outside coaching advice gets reinforced everyday in practice and in games. Who cares how or why, just that it happens.
Rainman is looking for results 50 games in and then assign blame. Development is a process not a result.
Fiz let Jenkins take a game winning shot. If he hits it is that "Development" or that he gave him the assignment and he learned from it.
Mitchell a raw rookie plays. That's a process. He is given minutes. He is not born with foul trouble tendencies. It is apparent. He then begins a process of identifying then remediation. He is improving. That's progress. We'll give him more plays and responsibilities. Is that development? What if we give him more and he by box score "regresses"? That our measure or the coaches. Same with Frank. What are we asking him to do this year over last? Where is he succeeding, regressiong, or stagnant? Is it he is not capable? Team dynamic? Wrong coaching?
Lets change the front office? This way Frank can have his third in three years? More coaches? Because Rainman says its all mills fault as GM as if Phil was never here?
Clee, Enes, Tim and KP are all freaking gone. That's 4 starters from last year. Burke. Gone.
In place are the kids.
Sugar coating this? Hell no, it doe not win games. We can't see the future. If I get up every day and do that right thing good things happen. start a new year by eating right, exercise, sleep. Live long. Then a bus hits me while im sipping a cappuccino in Rome.
Shyt happens. I survive. Gonna blame my regimine for a few months on that? Nope. Doc says im lucky to survive because I was in good shape. Good enough shape! Says my bones will mend better because of that. Said it was good I quit smoking years ago but had I never I might be in still better shape. Know what, I can't undo that now. Its part of my history and all I can do is what I do going forward. Making good small choices helps even when bad things happen. Knicks are making better choices. Not evident but new GM in season and a half an new coach. I have more faith in this FO than any in the last 20 years because of it. No guarantees for success. Rainman, what should another GM do at this moment going forward? Erase history?
10 wins, no improvement, no plan, no core, no system, no roles, no progress...
Stop justifying Mills and perry's inept work, as if Phil is the blame, who was phil Jackson GM.
Who hired FIZ, who Hired Keith (fired from his last 3 coaching gigs)Smart..
Nolad, Mills will be fired, and you know it..He has one strike left..pay attention to DOLANS track record.
If they do a good job in june and july, i'll change my tune, but my sources have told me, DOLAN is ready to make a change(and you know i have been right about a lot sht)
Not a fan of Mills. Mention it many times that he is a YES man and his main goal, taught at Princeton, is to survive in the corporate world. Phil bought him 5 extra years. The new rebuild buys him another 5.
With that said.... think the moves that they have done, for hopefully the right reasons, all seem to be good ones an has finally led the team into a true rebuild and garnished several assets. I was, at first, unhappy about the KP trade but the more I read the more I realized there was not much the Knicks could do.
Fiz was a good hire as he has a good reputation with players, except for Gasol. and is known as a good YOUNG coach by most. For me, judging a coach after half a season of a rebuild with the players we have on the roster bears no logic?
Notice you dont like much about the Knicks, FO or coach. What I think is a valid question, for most, is WHAT WOULD YOU DO or think the Knicks should do? Keeping in minc firing a first year coach at the begining of a rebuild is not a very smart idea.
The first words in the beginning of this thread was I LIKE FIZ so I don't why you would think otherwise
You know why players like FIZ, because he allows a player to be who they are, play the way they are comfortable playing, and you can't do that with low IQ players, that's why you see such little progress. You can do that with High IQ discipline players, with a tremendous work ethic.
Young players need structure, mentorship, and a define role, do we have that going on here?
Think this is why some on here are frustrated by your responses. Most of what you just said here is all subjective and just not factual.
How would you know what the Knicks have in terms of structure, mentorship or defined rolls?
The first thing fiz did as the knicks coach(during training camp) was Praise the leadership of Lance, after the trade with KP, he praised matthews for the same thing, and then he can not say enough good things about the impact D jordan is having on Mitch, and you see it in mitch is game.
Without veteran leadership, a coach is going to struggle big time, and so will a young player..BOTH PERRY AND FIZ MENTION THAT OVER THE SUMMER, and mills chose not to acquire any over the summer.
It's cool to let guys learn from experience, but that development is going to take that much longer. Billups was a prime example of a player who was lost until KG and a few vets took him under their wing.
When i say structure, im talking about a system in which you know what role you play in that system, you know where you fit..
what is our Identity, are we a defensive team, a running fast pace team, a 3 point shooting team, a half court team?
Do you think that's going to be establish by season end?
casey got fired from the raptors because he could not raise the level of his talented team when it matter the most, every coach has to raise the level of their talent, that's one of the main reason you have a coach/coaching staff.
A coach is doomed without veteran leadership