I can't understand why Lenny gave him so much playing time. Lenny should be able to tell when a player is having a bad night. We have been playing good without him for a while why not work him into the rotation slowly. Penny was the first person off the bench.

I asked the same question in the game thread....I don't know why.

Posted by simrud:

Penny should not have played at all today. He was terrible. We should have sent with the rotation that worked for the past 3 games. He is not needed on this team. At all.

But then again, what do you expect from a senile old man.

When are we gonna get a real coach in NY??? For Giants or Knicks.

I agree completly....if is isn't broke...don't fix it. Lenny sucked with his rotations.

Exactly. Buford hit a bunch of shots on Penny. Penny doesn't belong on this team anymore. He has been shot for a long time but we put up with it for a few good sub minutes. It is no longer needed. Leadership isn't needed for Marbury anymore, JYD is more valuable and TT needs the minutes and so does Sweetney.

I couldn't believe Lenny actually played him in a game this important after just coming off the IR

Posted by rvhoss:

have to blame this loss on penny.

it depends...did Penny demand to play because I know he wanted more minutes. But still most of the blame should be on Lenny because he's the head coach. You can't play Penny in his first game in weeks versus a division rival! Late in the 4th quarter!

[Edited by - gunsnewing on 01/02/2005 12:56:59]

you guys are so fickle...

its the guys first game back in 14 games, what do you expect... you act like he put himself in the game...

as soon as the man has a good game you'll be praising how useful he is...