Coach Smart Decision?
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king4life89
G-League
Stupid rotations he has out there I thought this guy was supposed to be smart smh!
Nighthawk1
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Co-signed. He started off well in his coaching stint here. Playing normal sized players at their natural spots and it's degraded to this lately. It's PW/Natt all over again with random weird small ball lineups. We continue to see SF being pushed into PF or Center positions the past few games - enough is enough. What happened to him?
TheWileyVet
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Jerry! Jerry! Jerry!
Sloan.
Sloan.
Bricklayer
Don't Make Me Use The Bat
I think this may already be in the books given the Maloofs "we want him to be our coach forever" statement.
My esteem is lessening by the night howeer. Disappointing as all the demons I feared he might have were just slow to manifest. KNows the game and how to communicate it, but spoiled by bad mentoring.
My esteem is lessening by the night howeer. Disappointing as all the demons I feared he might have were just slow to manifest. KNows the game and how to communicate it, but spoiled by bad mentoring.
rainmaker
Hall of Famer
Weird. I brought up his substitution problem and lack of attention to defense/rebounding just a few days ago and was told I was wrong, need to give it up and that Smart was the best thing that has happened to our team. Got killed for stating it in a game thread. Now the board is flooded with the same complaints.
This happened last year in GS. It's been an increasing problem here with Smart, is getting worse and very well might have cost us the game today. For a coach who speaks a lot about consistency, he might just be the most inconsistent coach in the league right now. Just changes his lineups and substitutions every other day it seems.
This happened last year in GS. It's been an increasing problem here with Smart, is getting worse and very well might have cost us the game today. For a coach who speaks a lot about consistency, he might just be the most inconsistent coach in the league right now. Just changes his lineups and substitutions every other day it seems.
Much like I felt about Westphal, firing for the sake of firing rarely turns out well unless you have a decent plan to get an actual upgrade. Firing Smart will be coach number 5 in 6 years. Has any other team in the league had this much coaching turnover? Smart is subbing himself out of a job here. Which is a bummer because he could actually be a decent coach if he stopped trying to make things so complicated.
I don't know how some of you can beat on the coach tonight when 80% of the guys who stepped on the floor had multiple major bonehead type mistakes all game long. So the answer is to fire yet another coach and bring in a guy who is of collecting social security age and watch him tear apart the roster again and then skip town one or two years into that process? Makes no sense to me. There is improvement happening and it has over the last month largely with road games and few practices. Because it doesn't happen overnight the knee jerkers start trying to trade players and fire coaches.
SacTownKid
Hall of Famer
Pretty much. No wonder Westphal told Petrie to hire him, they really approach the game in much the same way. Throw something against the wall and see if it sticks. If it's working? Take it out and see if you can "coach" your team to victory.
SacTownKid
Hall of Famer
It's all a part of Smarts insideous plan. Find a way to play this unit: Thomas, Thornton, Salmons, Evans, and Jimmer. You know he wants to. hehehe.
rainmaker
Hall of Famer
Don't want to speak for others, but I think the issue is, and it's this way for me at least, is that you can tell when players aren't playing well, and can separate that from whether a coach is playing well. If a coach puts players in a position to succeed and they fail, clearly not the coaches fault. But when players aren't put in a position to succeed?
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jdbraver
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Could it be that our players are just young and/our lacking in talent? Sometimes you just cant turn straw into gold.
Watch out. Once the tribe lights the torches and grabs the pitchforks, you're better off to just step out of the way.
For the record, I agree with you but it seems to be the minority opinion, at least among the more vocal members of the board.
We can put the blame game all we want on Smart, but in the end it comes down to the players he's given to work with and how he can try and win ball games with that personal. Out of the 4 options we have at SF, Garcia and Salmons would be rotational players on good teams, Donte would be at the end of the bench, and Outlaw would be in the D-league. I'm not going to fault Smart for not playing terrible players. Besides, we weren't any better when they were getting the minutes anyway! Get a real SF for us to work with ( Chandler, AK, Kidd-Gilchrist,Barnes) and then we can properly evaluate his coaching style if he chooses to small-ball with a SF who actually deserves minutes
Let's not pretend either that a fantastic coach can turn a below-average team into a championship caliber contender. The top 5 coaches in NBA history all played with some of the greatest talents the game has produced. Despite what you all may think, we're playing competitive basketball on a nightly basis now and are finally starting to develop of core guys we can build around.
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lwc
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^Agreed.
I've been around this for too long to get whiplash from fans like this. It's kind of humorous that fans opinions are about as good as the last game the team played. For the record, Adelman was ripped many times too for his rotations and lineups and game plans.
MizzouKing
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Sloan Respected but Not Our Answer
Despite my considerable respect for him, I think Sloan's relationship with DeMarcus would make us nostalgic for the happier Westphal years. I like how Smart has built a close relationship with someone most of us think is the team's most legitimate building block. I also like how he has this team sharing the ball (more) and building some actual chemistry. Get him some pieces that actually fit and we may see some potential being realized.
Despite my considerable respect for him, I think Sloan's relationship with DeMarcus would make us nostalgic for the happier Westphal years. I like how Smart has built a close relationship with someone most of us think is the team's most legitimate building block. I also like how he has this team sharing the ball (more) and building some actual chemistry. Get him some pieces that actually fit and we may see some potential being realized.
Good, smart players cansway the coach in the right direction, most any coach. Don't worry about the coach. Just worry about whether Cousins keeps fouls under control, Reke keeps hes head in the game and hustles, Thornton majors in team play, the young ones don't make too many mistakes, etc.,etc. It's a tough go for any coach and particularly so for our Kings coach whoever he may be. Just keep on truckin'.
Rookie
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"I've seen enough"...are you kidding me, the season isn't even over yet. that just plain dumb IMO especially it's only about 2 months since he took over in a short season after the PW drama.
Like his rotation or not, he still have this team playing competetively for him. Unless you have a coach in place that is PROVEN and ready to coach for the Kings or unless the trust is broken, you keep Smart. It's stupid IMO to hire another coach so we can keep on confusing our players...who I think are confused enough.
Like his rotation or not, he still have this team playing competetively for him. Unless you have a coach in place that is PROVEN and ready to coach for the Kings or unless the trust is broken, you keep Smart. It's stupid IMO to hire another coach so we can keep on confusing our players...who I think are confused enough.
ArcoKings
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Has any other team IN ANY MAJOR PROFESSIONAL sport or NCAA had this much coaching turnover?
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