Originally Posted by
Pelicanidae
I think another huge issue with it is order of operations.
Mike Budenholzer is a good coach. He coaches this style because he has Giannis, and this is the best way to optimise Giannis' offensive skills while minimising his weaknesses; getting him moving, going downhill, scoring in transition, and surrounding him with shooting and space in the half-court works because of Giannis' skillset. He has a star player, and has tailored his system to accommodate and maximise that player.
Gentry's done the opposite. He has a system, and he's trying to force a personnel who simply cannot execute it on a high level into that system, regardless of their skills and abilities. He arrived with this system in mind, and he has not stopped trying to make it happen, regardless of whether our roster has had Tim Frazer, Dante Cunningham, Terrence Jones, Omer Asik, Alexis Ajinca, DeMarcus Cousins, Anthony Davis, Julius Randle, Elfrid Payton, Tony Allen, Rajon Rondo, etc etc. Just anyone and everyone forced into this one-size-fits-almost-nobody box.
He's got his priorities completely out of whack. He doesn't know how to coach a roster; he knows how to run a particular system, and if you don't have the personnel to run that system, his reaction is just run it anyway and lose 50 games because oh well.