Christie’s Kings
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To me it seems obvious. Fewer things in this league are a better measure of the will to win and play for each other than gritting it out when the going gets tough.
Couple of those under Christie involved very impressive comebacks too. The team's heart has been revived. Brown had killed it.
And before you go all Chuckster on me and say "the players should take responsibility!!!"... Just as much as a coach can motivate and moralize a team, a coach can demotivate and demoralize a team. Holding personal vendettas against players is a great way to create a culture of demoralization. Brown obviously did that with at least Keon, one of the best rising young guards literally in the Association. And probably Sasha last year too.
The players quit on Coach Brown to give the owners and excuse for firing him. That's how much they disliked playing for him.
Couple of those under Christie involved very impressive comebacks too. The team's heart has been revived. Brown had killed it.
And before you go all Chuckster on me and say "the players should take responsibility!!!"... Just as much as a coach can motivate and moralize a team, a coach can demotivate and demoralize a team. Holding personal vendettas against players is a great way to create a culture of demoralization. Brown obviously did that with at least Keon, one of the best rising young guards literally in the Association. And probably Sasha last year too.
The players quit on Coach Brown to give the owners and excuse for firing him. That's how much they disliked playing for him.