• Greater effort and Mitch/Frank-style intensity on the defensive side of the ball
• Better defensive sets - Miller has stopped the switching insanity
• Paying attention to perimeter defense instead of just stacking the box
• A shorter rotation so guys can find a rhythm
• Payton is back, and he's going to the hoop which opens things up
• There is much better spacing on offense - under Fiz there'd frequently be three guys bunched up on one side of the court, haven't seen this with Miller
• Randle has gotten the message that he's not a point guard

What else?

Knixkik wrote:Having Payton back has really made a difference. Still, amazing the sort of mistakes that Fizdale made and never corrected. On offense it was as simple as putting less emphasis on isolation play and the positionless style that led to Randle running the offense. More 3pt shooting and less long 2s. More pick and roll play and better spacing. And on defense stop switching everything and start putting an emphasis on defending the 3pt line. Simple stuff. How can coaches around the league defend Fizdale when they realize these things he was and wasn't doing? It was really shocking to me.

Have to remember the media access and coaches are asked questions every single day. Any link or association with fiz and its newsworthy. That a coach would not replay to a question "well, look at the record?" is more of respect. His firing from Memphis, as was Jorgers was more responsive from coaches. SVG's was pretty harsh but he has learned in broadcasting having a take on everying is the job. JVG is a good dude but on a slow game he over reacts on issues to keep interest. I think the response to Fiz's firing was pretty tame given the circumstances. In the end the record speaks.

TheGame wrote:In fairness to Fiz, having Payton back makes a big difference in that he is our most complete pg. I think if he had not gotten hurt, Fiz probably still has his job and we probably would have won 2-4 more games than we did. That being said, I do like the changes that Miller has made. The team seems more structured on offense, and I like that Miller has reduced the switching on defense.

When the season started Fiz benched all 4 point guards... started RJ and Trier.

Nuff said on that guy

Too soon to comment. If the Knicks loose 10 in a row you would want him fired.

CrushAlot wrote:

knicks1248 wrote:Obviously Mike Miller should get the rest of the season to have a fair shot, but this lost really didn't do him any good. The Wiz aren't even a good team at full strength, and to let a bunch of unknown players, with G league stats to come into the Garden and run us out with a ZONE DEFENSE, a team that missed 13 FT is un-acceptable.

It is definitely worth reading Kerberos article if you haven’t. It sold me on Miller. I also heard him on the bank shot podcast. In regards to last night, I keep wondering if the Knicks missed Morris’s leadership and if that contributed to the awful showing.

knicks1248 wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:

knicks1248 wrote:Obviously Mike Miller should get the rest of the season to have a fair shot, but this lost really didn't do him any good. The Wiz aren't even a good team at full strength, and to let a bunch of unknown players, with G league stats to come into the Garden and run us out with a ZONE DEFENSE, a team that missed 13 FT is un-acceptable.

It is definitely worth reading Kerberos article if you haven’t. It sold me on Miller. I also heard him on the bank shot podcast. In regards to last night, I keep wondering if the Knicks missed Morris’s leadership and if that contributed to the awful showing.

I read that article a few days ago and like I said, Mike has the opportunity to show what he's got, BUT WHEN YOU READ QUOTES LIKE THIS

I thought our approach the whole day was terrible. From shootaround on. I think we had a bad approach as a team, collective, from top to bottom, myself included," Randle said.

We had a lack of focus. I don't know what it was, it may have been a day off or something. But I feel like we was a little sluggish and that usually leads into the game. It's just the basketball gods," Damyean Doston said. Later, he added, "We'd seen that (Washington) had guys out and I think our focus went out the window. So we've got to have better focus."

That should NEVER Happen,

NYKBocker wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:

knicks1248 wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:

knicks1248 wrote:Obviously Mike Miller should get the rest of the season to have a fair shot, but this lost really didn't do him any good. The Wiz aren't even a good team at full strength, and to let a bunch of unknown players, with G league stats to come into the Garden and run us out with a ZONE DEFENSE, a team that missed 13 FT is un-acceptable.

It is definitely worth reading Kerberos article if you haven’t. It sold me on Miller. I also heard him on the bank shot podcast. In regards to last night, I keep wondering if the Knicks missed Morris’s leadership and if that contributed to the awful showing.

I read that article a few days ago and like I said, Mike has the opportunity to show what he's got, BUT WHEN YOU READ QUOTES LIKE THIS

I thought our approach the whole day was terrible. From shootaround on. I think we had a bad approach as a team, collective, from top to bottom, myself included," Randle said.

We had a lack of focus. I don't know what it was, it may have been a day off or something. But I feel like we was a little sluggish and that usually leads into the game. It's just the basketball gods," Damyean Doston said. Later, he added, "We'd seen that (Washington) had guys out and I think our focus went out the window. So we've got to have better focus."

That should NEVER Happen,

I agree but that is on the players. When you hear that his team was always prepared, that JVG asked him to be on his staff because when he was scouting he was impressed by how prepared Westchester was etc. I think you give the coach a mulligan on this one. I thought there might be an announcement that Morris was traded after the game because he didn’t play.

Yeah. I am not down on Mike Miller yet. I like his defensive and offensive philosophies, but then again this is after suffering from the Fizdale approach for a little over a season.

A quick assessment on a very small sample size and he seems to be a basketball Xs and Os type coach. However, he seems to lack the drill sergeant DNA like JVG and the like. He has the whole season to show what he has so we shall see.

We need that, especially with the BAD HABITS this team has develop