Prokorov wrote:DarkXaero wrote:Hollins has been garbage for us. Too many people here were/are busy defending him because of his reputation as a "hard nosed, old school coach". Well guess what, Avery Johnson had the same reputation, he had accomplished more with the Mavs, and I bet that the same people would have been defending Avery the same way this season, in a hypothetical scenario where Avery would have been hired (assuming that Avery had never coached for the Nets before).
Truth is that this roster just isn't made for a Hollins type team. Grizzlies were. This roster is made more for an offensive minded coach like George Karl. It was never going to be a defensive/tough team that could grind out wins. Regardless, Hollins has still underachieved with the talent at his disposal. Nets keep failing to execute in the 4th quarters of tight games. Offense regularly falls apart to complete garbage after small stretches of great offense. Nets have a tough time countering the other team's adjustments.
This roster doesnt fit ANYONE.
euro rookies, dleague scrubs, and old injured veterans doesnt work under any system. hollins as done an amazing job, and has flipped a culture that had 0 accountability into one where you need to earn things.
offense regularly falls apart? OF COURSE IT DOES. we have bottom 10 offensive talent and our best offensive players are injured. we give major minutes to low level scrub rookies and dleaguers and career backups.
im not sure what magic play you want to call that is going to make wide open guys all of a sudden start making those those shots, but that play doesnt exsist.
It pains me how clear our issues are, we are here on this forum everyday clearly dictating the major issues plaguing us and yet not a single one is ever addressed.
Our issues are not a mystery, they're not coaching, they're simply put a combination of horribly times injuries and a collection of players who were never expected to play major minutes.
As you said before, the players who are doing what they're supposed to, in KG and Plum are doing quite well... But they can only produce so much.
It's so obviously that our players are checked out when then offense starts running through KG, that's everyone else saying "I can't hit the shots and don't want to try"
At worst, we make a trade and stay the same, great, we make our future a bit brighter.
We're in a constant free fall, we need players buying in and giving it their all. When we win, it's a compete effort to play the way Hollins wants, the people who are meant to score actually do it and the defense is top quality.
But no, let's just keep falling down this hole because Hollins is the problem and not that these stars haven't gotten us ANYWHERE
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