Originally Posted by Hercule
Go on Airline Drive tomorrow and ask them who runs the show. Benson is the boss. Also where did I say Benson makes calls at midnight? Though some of you are hoping he made that call to fire Monty.
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Go on Airline Drive tomorrow and ask them who runs the show. Benson is the boss. Also where did I say Benson makes calls at midnight? Though some of you are hoping he made that call to fire Monty.
Last edited by PowerPel; 11-13-2013 at 01:08 AM.
i dont want to give anyone false hope because it most likely will not happen but george karl actually took over the nuggets job midseason and went 32-8 as coach...maybe he does it again?
See, this is a fair statement to make. If this is how people feel, fine.
But this idea that we will fire him and get Karl or Van Gundy, etc this year and turn it all around is just fantasy land.
@mcnamara247
He's not directly involved in contract negotiations. Contracts are why he hired Loomis in the first place. Please stop.
Karl was also absolutely enamored with Davis earlier this season when he was sitting on the round table of the nba preview shows for each team. Calling Davis essentially the next great player in this league and how incredible he is, just a dream player for a coach etc. Just piling it on.
I still maintain, despite Michael's convincing arguments to the contrary, that AD is a hell of a lure for a coach like Karl. It's players like AD that smart coaches try to hitch their bandwagons to.
At this point I'd rather take a shot in the dark with an unproven assistant than continue to watch the same issues night in and night out. Look at I believe it was the 03' Nets who fired Byron Scott early to mid-way through the year and promoted Lawrence Frank to interim coach and he ended up getting the team to play really well that year and ended up being hired as their full time HC. I know that scenario isn't likely to happen again and as time has passed Lawrence Frank hasn't become the next Gregg Popavich but it's better than watching Monty look clueless in terrible suits on the sideline (seriously the man can't even dress himself in respectable way and we expect him to be able to manage a group of 25 year olds).
If you will excuse me, I have to go return some video tapes.
He had a full season and a half off from coaching to recharge prior to that and he got paid well for that time period. Was a top 8 paid coach.
But there are some similarities - Melo was a blossoming star in his second year. Biggest difference, though, is that team had some vets so Karl probably knew they can pick up his system on the fly. Camby, who was 30. Kenyon Martin, Andre Miller, etc.
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That's not saying much about Karl because I'm sure there are lots of guys that would love to coach AD. Of course he was enamored with him.
But if that Knicks job comes open
His suit tonight was great though. He's a winner.
Trust me, I know - I brought it up on several occassions before the season started and way back three weeks ago when the majority of people still loved Monty.
But he also said that he was just completely done after last season. Exhausted beyond belief.
Dont think he would come back this year and put in all the extra effort to fix something on the fly. Next summer, maybe. But honestly, I would prefer to find a long term solution, not a stop gap.
Go all in on Shaka Smart!
True or False
Avery Johnson has a Saints SB ring?
Something to think about?
Shart for Smart?
Count me in this crowd. I am tired of no energy/passion, the same excuses and mistakes, and the poor rotations/use of players.
Last edited by Darkhorse985; 11-13-2013 at 01:16 AM.
hahahahahaahah
.......if healthy
@Jabberwalker
But why is this a good thing? Avery Johnson has been a running joke on this board for years. People were terrified when we even granted him an interview 3+ years ago for our HC position.
Whats the rush? Why just settle? Again, so many candidates become available in May or June that arent available now. Do it right.
Why the heck would he want to get tangled up with Carmello again???
Frankly if we don't start turning it around soon I just want us to tank and try and get a top 5 pick.
Karl can start summer. That's fine.
And I'm ok with a short term fix if its a fix that puts us on the right path. I mean obviously if the perfect long term solution at coach comes available you take it but I could think of a lot worse coaches to have for a couple seasons to build a winning foundation for a team. Karl has a knack for making playoff teams and if he can do that I'll take it. Davis is and will always be the difference between us reaching a finals or not IMO.
Hire Alvin Gentry for the rest of the season, at least the team would be fun to watch. Hopefully Monty wakes up with Pierre the Pelicans head in his bead tomorrow morning.
I guess the FO just has to decide if keeping Monty for the whole season has a negative impact on the franchise even outside of the win/loss column.
One thing we all seem to agree on is that something has to be done about Monty. I'm a Monty supporter and now I seem to be saying this too. Is this normal? Maybe we need to sleep on this?
It should new franchise and a city ready to support them dealing with the same problems pushes the fan base away
Anthony Morrow has been playing 20 minutes a game. He is shooting 63% from three. Yet his teammates aren't looking for him.
Unless Monty is saying "Don't give the ball to Morrow" then that is on the players.
If Monty fails to notice that Morrow is being denied open looks while shooting so well, then that's on Monty but no one here knows, and no one here has any power to do anything about it.
Boomshakalaka
It seems you just don't read articles, listen to podcasts, read twitter feeds, etc. No wonder the site seems silent.
Or, maybe data, logic, and the like somehow don't count.
Which is it?
I remember talking coaching issues PRIOR to the season and wrote about coaching staff changes that were meeded momths ago myself, jist to name two things off the top of my head, so the contemt is there and has been there.
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