If Phil has to fire people to get them to do what he wants, then he's more trash as an exec than the obvious. He's a former coach with 11 rings. Why couldn't he step in, it's on him?This is just ridiculous. What job do you not get fired at if your performance is terrible and you're NOT doing what the boss wants? Which in this case was to win some ball games.
Funny thing is, "rotations" wasn't causing 'Melo, KP, Jose, Arron, Gallo, and D-Will to shoot like trash. Early on, they struggled to score. "Rotations" didn't cause all but 4 players to be trash on defense. Doesn't matter who you "rotate" or "bench", "holler at", and "counsel", (whether it be refs, assistants, or the bench) nearly all of them consistently played like trash on one or both ends. Lol at the notion that the refs will listen to Fish. His "rotations" didn't allow players to establish any kind of rhythm before they were benched for long stretches of games or removed from the lineup altogether with no rhyme or reason. So I guess his "rotations" kinda did make them shoot like trash. His "rotations" made him leave Jose and Sasha on the floor for extended periods of time even tho they were getting cooked. I'm not sure what's hard to understand about the concept of "working" the referees. A good coach will always try to get a feel for the officiating. You don't coach basketball so maybe that's why that example made you LOL. You don't have to berate referee's to get calls. In fact that will get you the opposite. My point is that he appeared to never have anything to say. To anyone. Don't focus on just the referee statement or pretend I implied they are supposed to "listen" to him.
Sasha started because Arron was injured. He shouldn't have. Gallo shoulda been starting with Calderon. Vujacic is in no other rotation in the league much less a starter.
Fish never mean-mugged. His expression was always blank. You couldn't tell what he was thinking. Baby was the closest smiley to a blank face to me at the time I posted. Maybe I coulda usedbut it was too expressive for my intent IMO.
Fish did know what he was doing. He knew how to run the offense (all season long) and get them to play defense (for all but 1 month of the season).
You know who doesn't know what he's doing? The guy getting all the passes. Y'all "Zen Master". Phil built a roster to play a system they don't fit. He should be held accountable. Don't lump me in with that "Y'all". I've been critical of Phil from day 1 saying that if he insists on the squad running the triangle, he should coach it himself. I'm not feeling Rambis and I'm not feeling another puppet next season. This is not a terrible roster. It has some balance. With a real playmaker and a competent coach they'd have a better record. We lost too many close games, came up short in too many 4th quarters, and came out not ready to play too many times for Fisher not to be partially responsible. Personally I think you're on some Gloria Govan shyt when it comes to Fish and you're not thinking correctly.
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But I really want the new coach to have some free rein to do what he wants to.
