Some have been in denial about what these stats say though
Nope. He's a hall of fame coach. Doesn't matter what the eye test, stats our on-court results say.
Some have been in denial about what these stats say though
1) Isn't that why we signed Kosta Koufos to a 4 year deal?! He's missed a lot of point blank layups and hook shots so far but the fact that he's taking those shots at all is at least encouraging. He should be playing every minute that DeMarcus is on the bench.
2) Like hell he's not. He's one of the best in the league at delivering the ball to the post. More structure would help reduce some of the head scratching turnovers. Maybe you think his inability to shoot makes halfcourt offense untenable or something but I would have thought 4 All Star selections with Boston and his respectable shooting this season would have dispelled some of that. In any case, he's an expiring contact. If it can't work, find someone else.
3) That's just like your opinion man![]()
Er.. 0-3 I think:
We showed we can be much better than .500.
In part because it fits Cousins, RUDY, and Rondo won a chip playing that way. Koufos is also the sort of low skill meat and potatoes big guy who thrives in that style. The only personnel obviously better suited for a running game would be Ben and Willie.
2) Like hell he's not. He's one of the best in the league at delivering the ball to the post. More structure would help reduce some of the head scratching turnovers. Maybe you think his inability to shoot makes halfcourt offense untenable or something but I would have thought 4 All Star selections with Boston and his respectable shooting this season would have dispelled some of that. In any case, he's an expiring contact. If it can't work, find someone else.
I have been hard on Karl when we were losing. Now I love him because we're winning. That's why I don't want to be a head coach of a major league sport - it has gotta suck bad.
What if, just what if... Karl is a great coach and got all those career wins by being a great coach. Maybe even if he goes to the edge of tweaking his players egos & feelings - in the end it comes out right somehow and they win.
What if he's helped bring Boogie to another level by opening his mind somewhat at the expense of hurting his feelings?
What if he's the only one with the kind of ego-touch that would bring out every bit of Rondo potential?
What if holding back the reins on WCS was for some kind of reason - maybe he was bad at learning the playbook, maybe he transgressed behind the scenes and minutes on the floor was a carrot to get him tracked right?
What if Karl's approach is the only one that lights up a guy like Omri & Quincy?
The thing is, I remember back in the day when everyone would monday morning QB Rick Adelman to death, it's what fans do. Drove me crazy back then - but bottom line we are always going to have tactical and strategic bones to pick with the head coach whether it is Karl, Thibs, Corbin, or somebody else. We keep score of head coach success by whether they win.
Right now, imo, George has SCOREBOARD. Things are coming together with the core he started the season with and the team looks like they might be on pace to be peaking at exactly the right time. I think the team's record and position in the standings right now is more than most people legitimately expected.
But ok bottom line - he's winning so I'm happy. I loved Malone as much or more than the next guy but it is no certainty that the team would be better off had we kept him. Karl is winning, Mike ain't.
By the way I'd really love to hear Karl's side of the story on WCS minutes from the start of the year, but I'm sure we never will.
...seriously, it's highly likely Karl is doing very little for his substantial paycheck.
That's why we're gonna end up with the #6 seed and a first-round dance with the Thunder. Why settle for less!? This team is hungryDemarcus seems to be doing ok recently, you basically used the "pithy, inapplicable" phrase yourself twice, you said he doesn't deserve any credit for this "turnaround" so basically we've won 5 in a row in spite of Karl.
I don't think Karl is the right coach for this team myself, said it many times, but I do believe deserves credit for keeping a pretty combustable group together up to this point.
there's a long long long way to go anyway, I'd still be very surprised if this team can cling on to that 8th seed, but I really hope they do.
What a canard.
Many of us have been railing against the exact things that Karl has been doing wrong all season - the horrid substitutions, nonexistent timeouts, wrong personnel (especially favoring vets when they aren't earning their minutes), offensive sets that don't utilize Demarcus properly, proven bad defensive schemes which set the players up to fail, all while Karl blames the players for not being able to play the anachronistic scheme, etc.
These problems haven't gone away - the team has just won despite them lately.
But go ahead and reduce these ongoing issues down to a pithy, inapplicable phrase, sure.![]()
So, uh... Howbout that Karl brand perimeter D?
I'd love it if we could bring on a defensive minded assisant coach and have Karl give up on the reigns on the D all together. I like the way our offense is looking, but the defensive strategy has no place in today's 3-point shooting NBA.
I'd love it if we could bring on a defensive minded assisant coach and have Karl give up on the reigns on the D all together. I like the way our offense is looking, but the defensive strategy has no place in today's 3-point shooting NBA.