Yes, this is Karl's philosophy and is partly why he got fired in Denver. All the exact same problems exist here.
http://grantland.com/the-triangle/a...-is-out-in-denver-and-where-he-may-be-headed/
George Karl knew this wouldn't work with boogie and it'd be a struggle. He has no need for a dominant post center, never had, never will. And won't change to fit the team. He's dead set on the "process" of turning Boogie into a good 3 point shooter, cause then, titles. I personally have no idea why. But he's completely willing to lose now in order to achieve that goal. There's a quote out there indicating as much but I'm not going to look for it.
It's the underwear gnome plan. 1)make boogie a 3 point shooter. 2)??? 3) Title contention.
That's why Karl tried to trade him. It was trade him or "fix" him. And Boogie's agent was on board knowing what a stubborn old **** Karl is.
We are in the fixing stage. And Boogie's body can't do it.
Vivek and Vlade know what they have (Vlade seems to have convinced Vivek). So does Karl. He just doesn't want it. He wants an Ervin Johnson, a Koufos and all the other no offense centers he's had through the years. He flat out stopped playing McGee in Denver basically ending his career as a productive nba player.
Karl is already using WCS like he used McGee, which is to say sparingly.
From the above article of why Denver fired him.
'There’s a lot of sense in that. But Karl’s teams never quite mastered the art of switching. They’d miscommunicate now and then, so that two defenders would chase one player instead of switching assignments. And they’d repeatedly switch themselves into obviously more terrible matchups that opponents would happily exploit over and over; Kobe Bryant slaughtered Denver with post-ups in the 2012 playoffs in part because the Nuggets stubbornly switched on Ramon Sessions–Kobe pick-and-rolls, leaving Lawson or Prof. Andre Miller to check Kobe."
This is describing what were very good nuggets teams catered to Karl's style. It just goes nowhere. We could give Karl everything he wants, win 55 games, and go out in the first round every year. Cause he's still going to allow a Rondo on a Paul pierce or Blake griffin in a horrible mismatch with the game on the line.
It's not the system. Karl believes his system is flawless and proven. So it's the players. Has to be.
It's just sad. And Karl blames the players for not switching aggressively enough, poopoo like that. Deja vu. Karl ain't changing.
