Calinks3 wrote:Yea he seems to be treating players like young kids but not a lot of NBA players respond to that. He's like a destitute man's Bobby Knight. And the reason why we hired him is because he is super cheap and he is in Taylor's inner clique. Casey had his problems many of his lineups were nothing to scream about either but the man was a rookie head coach and he had us at 500.
He had Ricky Davis and McCants playing defense, Foye also looked pretty nice under him. I have heard that Casey is also behind Gerald Green's recent success in Dallas, he seems like the perfect coach for a rebuilding situation. I think that by now he would have most of his problems like rotations and poor offensive sets straightened out by now.
I know the front office didn't like Casey and Flip's lack of discipline, but Cassell, Sprewell and Ricky Davis don't listen to anyone and Wittman is the opposite extreme.
If you're Randy Wittman, players aren't going to listen to you if they don't think you understand their talents. McCants and Foye made their names in college being elite #1scorers. There's obviously a gulf between what Wittman expects from them and what Rashad and Foye think they are.
A little communication doesn't hurt. Rashad was the leading scorer of a UNC team that went from being a non tournament team to a national championship under his watch, so he's got something to offer. Wittman can say "I don't have time for this" and not bother, but that's a total waste. I don't believe these players that were kicking ass in high school, college, and in their rookie years, all of a sudden suck at basketball. I don't sense any compromise going on; don't they always say a good coach understands and plays a style to his players' strengths? We've got some dangerous perimeter scorers, but you wouldn't know it by watching them.
Something has to change - compromise on a playing and coaching style that works for both parties, change the players to fit the coach's style, or change the coach to fit the players' style.
But for Wittman to get all pissed because the players don't play exactly how he wants, and for the players to pout because Wittman doesn't understand their talent - that's not working for me, watching these games is pissin me off. I’m a mushroom-cloud-layin’ mother ****, mother ****! Every time my fingers touch brain I’m superfly TNT; I’m The Guns Of The Navarone.
I got sidetracked, sorry about that.
