Mike D'Antoni Discussion: post in 7 seconds or less

raviator wrote:i think MDA should do what he did with the Knicks and just leave. Go away and not come back.

Weezy wrote:One of the stupidest coaching hires of all time. Could have had Phil, took this clown. Hell I'd have been happy continuing to roll with Bernie until they did an actual search for a long term coach that was the truly best fit. But no, they hired the 2nd guy they talked to, didn't interview other good available guys like Shaw and Sloan, it's a joke and it angers me at this point because it shows poor judgement by the men in charge, jumping to quick decisions.

GNC wrote:

Weezy wrote:One of the stupidest coaching hires of all time. Could have had Phil, took this clown. Hell I'd have been happy continuing to roll with Bernie until they did an actual search for a long term coach that was the truly best fit. But no, they hired the 2nd guy they talked to, didn't interview other good available guys like Shaw and Sloan, it's a joke and it angers me at this point because it shows poor judgement by the men in charge, jumping to quick decisions.

I agree; however, no brilliant coaching can or could have fixed this crap.

Weezy wrote:I actually think that a great coach could have done a ton for this team. Mike 'Antoni was hired what, 10 games in? You hire a great coach way back then and maybe we do turn it around, we certainly looked night and day better when Brown was gone and Bernie was coaching, even if against crap teams we were still winning.

fkmikebrown wrote:

GNC wrote:

Weezy wrote:One of the stupidest coaching hires of all time. Could have had Phil, took this clown. Hell I'd have been happy continuing to roll with Bernie until they did an actual search for a long term coach that was the truly best fit. But no, they hired the 2nd guy they talked to, didn't interview other good available guys like Shaw and Sloan, it's a joke and it angers me at this point because it shows poor judgement by the men in charge, jumping to quick decisions.

I agree; however, no brilliant coaching can or could have fixed this crap.

i think we'd be at least 0.500 with phil around

GNC wrote:

fkmikebrown wrote:

GNC wrote:

Weezy wrote:One of the stupidest coaching hires of all time. Could have had Phil, took this clown. Hell I'd have been happy continuing to roll with Bernie until they did an actual search for a long term coach that was the truly best fit. But no, they hired the 2nd guy they talked to, didn't interview other good available guys like Shaw and Sloan, it's a joke and it angers me at this point because it shows poor judgement by the men in charge, jumping to quick decisions.

I agree; however, no brilliant coaching can or could have fixed this crap.

i think we'd be at least 0.500 with phil around

Sure, we might have been better relative to where we are today--is that saying much though.. being .500?

Knowing what we know now, in my opinion, I don't think Phil, Sloan, JVG etc., would have elevated us that much to meet our expectations. This goes beyond D'Antoni or whoever else could have been at the helm of the team. If other teams can win with lame duck coaches there is no reason we should be sucking this hard.

We were expecting championship.. and now... well who knows what since we don't even have a first round pick.

None of this is to say that D'Antoni hasn't sucked because there have been plenty of red flags now.

Battle Tested20 wrote:

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I find it extremely disconcerting that D'Antoni's placed blame on offense and players blame defense. Clearly not on the same page.

SpencerHarrison wrote:I don't think it would have been this bad with Brown. I think it would have still ended badly and failed to maximize the roster, but the slower pace and consistency might have had us above .500. The downside is, we would get obliterated in the western conference playoffs. Hiring MDT was a gamble to inject life into what ownership clearly thought was going to be another redundant season with a star studded cast.

JoelMyersScrotalSack wrote:

SpencerHarrison wrote:I don't think it would have been this bad with Brown. I think it would have still ended badly and failed to maximize the roster, but the slower pace and consistency might have had us above .500. The downside is, we would get obliterated in the western conference playoffs. Hiring MDT was a gamble to inject life into what ownership clearly thought was going to be another redundant season with a star studded cast.

We went 0-8 in the pre-season (which by itself wouldn't mean anything) and then went 1-4 in the RS with only a win against a garbage Pistons team. Yes we would have been just as bad if not worse.