[Game] Kings v. Jazz - Wednesday, Jan. 17 - 7 PT
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I'm falling back into the great tanking side of things. I've never seen a coach ram such a terrible fit offensively down his teams throat, talk about running then doing nothing but running clock via side to side ball movement/post up sets, and then find ways to cut off any big game moments from his players that aren't named Zach Randolph. There's a plan here. What it is, nobody has a clue. That could be Joerger being 15 steps ahead of everyone else. You never know.
One positive is he appears to be running a legit rotation tonight. It's funny how Joeger has no middle ground on what he does. On the nights he doesn't run platoon he's playing players for a whole quarter straight. Karl did the same thing with Cuz sometimes, but it was fairly consistent when he did it. It's like the magic 8 ball determines who plays and at what times.
Unless the directive is coming from above. This could be Vlade calling the shots and forcing Joerger to run the old Adelman Kings high post sets. I mean, probably not forcing considering that's the set he ran in Memphis too but still. Either way, yes, it's a failure most nights that is starting to cause more harm than good.
It sure it getting tough watching a team torch the Kings in the same very sets they should be running on the other side. Hill has the ball 30 feet from the hoop on the right side. Buddy is running one man cuts to nowhere with a big on the other side of the floor. Fox stands around watching. They get the ball to Zbo again. I can't believe it, but this may be the most embarrassing offense the Kings have run throughout their entire myriad of coaching changes in the last 12 years. Unbelievable.
