Fire Walton

[SLAB]

You just like a post that said this was the best team in 15 years, make your mind up

I don’t even remember what I hit like for, but if you read my posts I’ve been pretty vocal in thinking we’re still terrible and thoughts of .500 and a play-in are silly.

 

[SCKingsfan]

Welp. How rudderless do we have to appear on the floor before this happens?

 

[dude12]

Bump

 

[SLAB]

Trash coach. Trash team. They deserve each other.

 

[luckytkp]

In the last 3 games, we had a chance to tie or win at the end. The ball didnt even touch the rim.

 

[HndsmCelt]

Any questions?

 

[kingsboi]

this is going to be the most viewed and most participatory thread we've seen in a while

 

[SCKingsfan]

Please, Monte. Do the right thing

 

[SacTownKid]

Please, Monte. Do the right thing

Or Vivek, grow a pair. Call Larry Legend up and offer a percentage of the team if you have to. No more bargain basement BS in your FO if they won't pull any of the triggers long overdue to be pulled.

 

[luckytkp]

I mean seriously, he's the only coach that has never made it to play-in and still keeps his job in the west.

 

[The_Jamal]

Or Vivek, grow a pair. Call Larry Legend up and offer a percentage of the team if you have to. No more bargain basement BS in your FO if they won't pull any of the triggers long overdue to be pulled.

Here's the real issue too. I know Monte went to bat for Walton and that he's "his coach", but I'm also not convinced that this ownership was willing to pay for another fired coach so that was just the public montra. It's on Monte's resume, but this organization cutting corners financially and not willing to do what needs to be done to put a winner has plagued this team since the early 2000's.

Would also love to know if Monte had 100% full control, if he would have blown this team up 2 years ago or if he had the marching orders to keep the team competitive to sneak into the playoffs.

 

[captain bill]

The tinkering with the lineup is maddening. Jahm’ius Ramsey randomly gets 20 minutes then a DNP. Len playing well, DNP. Metu barely saw the floor this week then gets thrown into the starting lineup just as we get back to full strength

Is Walton using “winnable” games to experiment with different lineups? It seemed like in the games we won early on we had a more clearly defined rotation and were sticking with our 7 best guys. And we have a good 7 man rotation, 8 if you include Len. Last few games have been needlessly chaotic in terms of personnel.

 

[luckytkp]

The tinkering with the lineup is maddening. Jahm’ius Ramsey randomly gets 20 minutes then a DNP. Len playing well, DNP. Metu barely saw the floor this week then gets thrown into the starting lineup just as we get back to full strength

Is Walton using “winnable” games to experiment with different lineups? It seemed like in the games we won early on we had a more clearly defined rotation and were sticking with our 7 best guys. And we have a good 7 man rotation, 8 if you include Len. Last few games have been needlessly chaotic in terms of personnel.

This has been Walton's style. He plays into the other team's strength.

 

[SacTownKid]

This has been Walton's style. He plays into the other team's strength.

And uses desperation as his main plan of attack earlier and earlier each and every year.

 

[Folsomkingsfan]

Fire the coach. Rebuild the team. This team is a failure and will never amount to anything.

 

[EIM86]

Took my break at the perfect time. Final Score popped up on my app and LOL’d.

time for Monte to pick a coach (it’s been time)

 

[Bosnian Diehard]

It’s time for him to go. This is unacceptable and pretty pathetic, actually.

 

[Chupacabra]

I was very puzzled as to why Metu was inserted into the Starting lineup given there wasnt a personnel shortage that mandated it. Fire Walton. Fire him now. Metu? Starting? No.

 

[SacTownKid]

Took my break at the perfect time. Final Score popped up on my app and LOL’d.

time for Monte to pick a coach (it’s been time)

Bobby! Bobby! Bobby! One thing about Bobby, sandbag him and he'll put his foot in someones butt.

 

[Kingster]

Gotta get Bobby a couple more weeks of seasoning down in G-League first.

Is that your vote for the new coach? I was wondering who the replacement would be.

 

[SacTownKid]

I was very puzzled as to why Metu was inserted into the Starting lineup given there wasnt a personnel shortage that mandated it. Fire Walton. Fire him now. Metu? Starting? No.

Drastic changes to your starting lineup by inserting marginal role players has worked so far right? haha. I mean, thank goodness they pushed Marvin Bagley out. That sure fixed things.

 

[HndsmCelt]

Took my break at the perfect time. Final Score popped up on my app and LOL’d.

time for Monte to pick a coach (it’s been time)

I don't disagree but I fear coach D'Antoni

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

Len doesn't play unless the other team has a big center. He's a better player than Tristan Thompson, regardless of the size of the opponent

 

[Bosnian Diehard]

Btw if I had to guess a replacement, it’d probably be current assistant Alvin Gentry. That way they don’t have to add new salary to the books and can test out the waters with a viable long-term option.

 

[pdxKingsFan]

You can't lose to a team trying to lose games and you definitely can't lose like this.
buh-bye.

 

[SacTownKid]

Btw if I had to guess a replacement, it’d probably be current assistant Alvin Gentry. That way they don’t have to add new salary to the books and can test out the waters with a viable long-term option.

And that's the thing, if it's about that kind of marginal salary we're talking about then this franchise is screwed anyway. You can pay Harkless 8 million bucks but can't fire or hire coaches making half that? BS if that their thought process. Gentry was a Walton hire, just like you let go a handpicked coach when you fire his GM, a handpicked lead assistant goes with the fired head coach. Otherwise you're leaving loose ends all over the place.

 

[EIM86]

Bobby! Bobby! Bobby! One thing about Bobby, sandbag him and he'll put his foot in someones butt.

sounds like a coach players can get behind

 

[EIM86]

I don't disagree but I fear coach D'Antoni

Why?
Excellent at developing guards, winning coaching record, creates an offense that plays to player’s strengths #ijs

 

[NewArena]

The tinkering with the lineup is maddening. Jahm’ius Ramsey randomly gets 20 minutes then a DNP. Len playing well, DNP. Metu barely saw the floor this week then gets thrown into the starting lineup just as we get back to full strength

Is Walton using “winnable” games to experiment with different lineups? It seemed like in the games we won early on we had a more clearly defined rotation and were sticking with our 7 best guys. And we have a good 7 man rotation, 8 if you include Len. Last few games have been needlessly chaotic in terms of personnel.

So true. Any time we have any sort of injury to a key player, Walton completely loses what's left of that mind. It's disgusting

 

[Livinthedream]

I was very puzzled as to why Metu was inserted into the Starting lineup given there wasnt a personnel shortage that mandated it. Fire Walton. Fire him now. Metu? Starting? No.

Walton is a sucker for role players.