PurpleHaze
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Case closed. Onward, hopefully starts tonight with sorely needed W.
I just don't understand. Cousins admitted he cussed out Karl and has apologized for it. There's no "We don't know if this really happened" anymore. Now it's a matter of getting everyone back on track. Cousins was in the wrong. It would be crazy to fire Karl this early in the season imo.
There'd obviously be more patience as the next coach would be a Vlade hire, Vlade's pick, despite your twisting of the situation this summer and attempting to paint Karl as Vlade's guy, which is laughable.No one's answered on what happens if we do go hire a Thibs or Brooks and the wins still aren't coming? Do they get 9 games before we start calling for them to be fired?
It depends when the team has quit on a guy. That's always the key. And for us we can't wait if we were to think that way because if we do then we are already done for the playoffs again.
So -- isolated outburst and productive meeting that causes some improvements by Karl and more unity on court? No Karl doesn't have to go.
Team has quit on Karl, who is disengaged by too stubborn to change? Yeah, you might as well do it. But ONLY if you seriously have a major coach lined up. Team isn't going to play for any of Karl's disciples taking over in that case either.
Whatever it is, you analyze the situation and make a strategic move where you are preapared for the consequences. No panic, no kneejerk.
From DMC himself... Something happened and it was DMC losing his cool. It's not just media making stuff up. Now this team needs to turn that fire into something constructive and get a win tonight.
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lol what is with fans and calling for coaches to get fired??
There was an obvious difference in offensive and defensive philosophy and sets tonight. It took Cuz and a team meeting to make some tweaks. That's still concerning for the overall picture.
I'd rather root for him than hope he gets fired.
How many times this season have the Kings ended a defensive stand running out on an open 3 point shooter? Too many for it to be the players, the scheme is leaving 3 point shooters wide open time after time. Time to change the defensive scheme because it is not working
I almost made this rant when Cousins went out with the strained achilles. Pace is dumb. Slow this freaking team down. It does not matter how many points you score, it only matters that you score more than the other team! This is not the GSW folks. Walk the ball up, pass it to Cousins, Koufos or Rudy inside and let them bang the heck out of the small ball defenders. If the defense stacks inside then pass to an open shooter. If your best player is Cousins and you need him in the game to win why run him so hard??? You can still run out on rebounds but if the shot is not there back it out and run the sets.
Settle on a rotation. Is the coaching staff really this backward about how the players minds work? I don't think so........
Lastly Karl and all that coaching talent sitting there collecting paychecks must know all of this. Karl or one of those assistants needs to take the reins and play a different brand of Basketball.
Thibs is out there, that is all I am saying.
How many times this season have the Kings ended a defensive stand running out on an open 3 point shooter? Too many for it to be the players, the scheme is leaving 3 point shooters wide open time after time. Time to change the defensive scheme because it is not working
I almost made this rant when Cousins went out with the strained achilles. Pace is dumb. Slow this freaking team down. It does not matter how many points you score, it only matters that you score more than the other team! This is not the GSW folks. Walk the ball up, pass it to Cousins, Koufos or Rudy inside and let them bang the heck out of the small ball defenders. If the defense stacks inside then pass to an open shooter. If your best player is Cousins and you need him in the game to win why run him so hard??? You can still run out on rebounds but if the shot is not there back it out and run the sets.
Settle on a rotation. Is the coaching staff really this backward about how the players minds work? I don't think so........
Lastly Karl and all that coaching talent sitting there collecting paychecks must know all of this. Karl or one of those assistants needs to take the reins and play a different brand of Basketball.
Thibs is out there, that is all I am saying.
LIked how they played a little bit slower this game.... They also ran the Cuz + Rudy Pick and Roll a few times, which was a staple of Malone ball.
I don't recall seeing them two run it together with Rudy as the ball handler this year.
Who the BLANK is Jason McIntyre?
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This article is totally different than anything any of the local writers who were there said. Is there any credence to any of this?
There'd obviously be more patience as the next coach would be a Vlade hire, Vlade's pick, despite your twisting of the situation this summer and attempting to paint Karl as Vlade's guy, which is laughable.
The root of this whole thing is not only firing Malone but then hiring a second coach without Vlade, the current GM in place. That's twice hiring the coach before the GM is going to blow up in our faces.
It doesn't matter who owns the team.
It doesn't matter who manages the team.
It doesn't matter who coaches the team.
It doesn't matter which draft picks are chosen.
It doesn't matter which players join the team
It doesn't matter which players leave the team.
This organization is so dysfunctional. I can't figure it out. If it's not one thing it's another. Season after season. The organization just doesn't learn from its mistakes. For every action there's a reaction. We have one of the best players in DMC and it's too bad that his full potential may never be realized due to the constant systems introduced by new coaches and organizational distractions. Sacramento has never been a top destination for FAs and this will only continue with the organization's follies. Why can't we be a viable organization like most of the teams in the NBA? Talk about a lost decade.
You want to fire Karl, have at it. In some ways Karl's resume works against him, The expectations are higher because of his past record. The question is, how much rope will the next coach have?
"Sorry, Coach. Looks like we're all out of rope. Here's a syringe of sodium pentothal instead."