AdaSooner
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Donovan needs to go. He sounds really good in interviews, like he knows what he’s doing. He is not nearly as impressive as a coach. As much as I despise KD for the way he left OKC, I now believe he was right when he trashed Billy D on Twitter not long ago. Donovan has had more all-stars and former all-stars on his roster as the Thunder’s head coach than most NBA coaches have in their entire career, and he still can’t get the job done.
I don’t disagree that Carmelo may not be a good fit when he changes the tempo in games by going one on one, or that Russ hurts the team when he takes “hero” shots from behind the arc late in the fourth quarter. Seems to me a good head coach would find a way to correct those flaws, as well as a number of others I could list. Roberson, for example, was definitely missed on defense. That still doesn’t change the fact that he was a liability on offense. If I was the coach, I would super glue his sneakers to the free throw line and not let him move until he shot 500 or more free throws in practice every day. I think Billy D may be too much of a pushover to demand perfection from his players, especially the all-stars.
Is the problem a bad mesh of talent or a head coach who can’t seem to pull the right strings no matter which players are on the team?
Donovan needs to go. He sounds really good in interviews, like he knows what he’s doing. He is not nearly as impressive as a coach. As much as I despise KD for the way he left OKC, I now believe he was right when he trashed Billy D on Twitter not long ago. Donovan has had more all-stars and former all-stars on his roster as the Thunder’s head coach than most NBA coaches have in their entire career, and he still can’t get the job done.
I don’t disagree that Carmelo may not be a good fit when he changes the tempo in games by going one on one, or that Russ hurts the team when he takes “hero” shots from behind the arc late in the fourth quarter. Seems to me a good head coach would find a way to correct those flaws, as well as a number of others I could list. Roberson, for example, was definitely missed on defense. That still doesn’t change the fact that he was a liability on offense. If I was the coach, I would super glue his sneakers to the free throw line and not let him move until he shot 500 or more free throws in practice every day. I think Billy D may be too much of a pushover to demand perfection from his players, especially the all-stars.
Is the problem a bad mesh of talent or a head coach who can’t seem to pull the right strings no matter which players are on the team?
