Official Randy Wittman Thread - It's Playoff Randy Time LOL

[Kanyewest]

The other thing is that Otto Porter had been inconsistent. Would he have become more consistent had he been spoon fed minutes remains to be seen. ... For now the strategy of having Porter earning his minutes seems to have paid off.

You're right that however we got here, Porter seems to be better for it. But I thought Porter played well whenever he got the chance to start or play big minutes with the starters, and I would have liked to have seen more of that rather than trying to force Webster back into the rotation or continuing to play Butler after he went ice cold.

The lack of minutes that Gortat was getting was the result of whatever mini-slump he was going through. I remember going to the game on his action figure night and he was held to only 2 points in 30 minutes.

Yeah, but there were also half a dozen times when Gortat had a double-double (or close to it) through three quarters and got zero 4th quarter minutes while the team gave up a lead and lost. Even just bringing him back midway through the 4th like last night would surely have made a difference. You cited the bad iso's in crunch time, well they were able to run screen/roll late in the game yesterday because Gortat was in the game.

Hey, I'm glad they're winning and I'm glad that Wittman seems tuned into the matchup. Except for Pierce not touching the ball late in regulation in Game 1, Randy has been pushing all the right buttons so far. I just wish he could do that on a random Tuesday in January against a scrub team so that we don't have losses to teams like Detroit and Philly keeping us out of a top-4 seed. That's what I'm saying.

Gortat seems to get benched because of his defensive rotations (Nene is superior in that respect), Humphries or Drew Gooden have it going, or the Wizards are going small. I agree though there is no excuse for Gortat not to see any time in the 4th quarter though. In fact, it would be better if Wittman staggered Gortat's minutes- instead of playing all of the 3rd quarter- he could play some of the 3rd quarter and some of the 4th quarter.

[nate33]

The Wizards won't win the next round. There's a gigantic difference between Toronto and Atlanta. Don't be fooled. The Wizards are not that good. It's just that Toronto is really bad.

[fishercob]

The Wizards won't win the next round. There's a gigantic difference between Toronto and Atlanta. Don't be fooled. The Wizards are not that good. It's just that Toronto is really bad.

I don't think the Wizards will win the next round, but I do believe they could. Atlanta is banged up. If their injury situation gets worse, they could be in trouble; they did not look impressive in their game 1 win over Brooklyn, who sucks.

I will be so happy if the Wizards sneak by Atlanta into the ECF. I'll also cringe at the proverbial "Mission Accomplished" banners when it will be largely due to the good fortune of being in a bad conference and playing injured opponents.

I'll happily deal with that problem should it come up.

[gambitx777]

Scott Brooks is looking for a job ....... would we rather have him over Wittman?

[nate33]

Scott Brooks is looking for a job ....... would we rather have him over Wittman?

No. I'd rather have Wittman. At least Wittman can coach defense.

[LyricalRico]

Scott Brooks is looking for a job ....... would we rather have him over Wittman?

Well, Randy has only has 1 play - the Wall iso. Brooks at least seems to have 2 - pass it to Durant, pass it to Westbrook.

But nah, I'd still set my sights higher.

[fishercob]

Scott Brooks is looking for a job ....... would we rather have him over Wittman?

No. I'd rather have Wittman. At least Wittman can coach defense.

I don't think that's fair to Brooks. OKC has been an elite defensive team under his leadership.

[TheSecretWeapon]

Scott Brooks is looking for a job ....... would we rather have him over Wittman?

No. I'd rather have Wittman. At least Wittman can coach defense.

I don't think that's fair to Brooks. OKC has been an elite defensive team under his leadership.

Yeah, I was gonna say. The complaint from OKC fans has been about Brooks' offensive system, which they allege is mostly just giving the ball to Durant and Westbrook and letting them create something.

[nate33]

No. I'd rather have Wittman. At least Wittman can coach defense.

I don't think that's fair to Brooks. OKC has been an elite defensive team under his leadership.

Yeah, I was gonna say. The complaint from OKC fans has been about Brooks' offensive system, which they allege is mostly just giving the ball to Durant and Westbrook and letting them create something.

The Wizards have had essentially the same defensive rating as OKC in the last 2 seasons, and a much better defensive rating this year. And the Wizards have done it without a freak rim protector like Ibaka and without some quality defensive big man depth like Collison and Perkins.

[TheSecretWeapon]

I don't think that's fair to Brooks. OKC has been an elite defensive team under his leadership.

Yeah, I was gonna say. The complaint from OKC fans has been about Brooks' offensive system, which they allege is mostly just giving the ball to Durant and Westbrook and letting them create something.

The Wizards have had essentially the same defensive rating as OKC in the last 2 seasons, and a much better defensive rating this year. And the Wizards have done it without a freak rim protector like Ibaka and without some quality defensive big man depth like Collison and Perkins.

Both teams have been good on defense. Brooks at least managed not to screw them up defensively. This year, OKC still managed to be average defensively despite missing Durant, Westbrook and Ibaka (the team's three most impactful defenders) for significant chunks of the season, and despite trading for Kanter, who's a TERRIBLE defender. Anthony Morrow and Dion Waiters played combined 3200 minutes and the team still had an average defense.

On the other hand, the Wizards were 5th defensively despite a combined 4200+ minutes for Miller, Gooden, Butler and Seraphin.

I'm willing to go along with the idea that Wittman can coach defense, and that he might even be a little better at it than Brooks. But I think the evidence shows that Brooks knows what he's doing on the defensive end. It's a moot point because I wouldn't want Brooks as a Wittman replacement anyway.

For what it's worth, in my stuff, Collison rates as having a poor defensive impact at this point. He used to rate as a good defender, but not anymore. The team on/off stuff still looked good, but I'm wondering if it's lucky shirt theory at this point.

[J-Ves]

If Ollie goes to OKC, we should consider KD2DC extremely unlikely and go for plan B. What plan B is I have no idea.

[gambitx777]

I still want D'antoni. I think he would do wonders with wall. He took a couple of bad jobs, NY and LA were not entirely his fault. You would need someone to head up the D, but that can be done.
But I've been looking at some names, other than D'antoni.
Fred Hoiberg, Mike Malone, David Vanterpool, Kenny Smith, Billy Donovan ?

[pancakes3]

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[FAH1223]

If Ollie goes to OKC, we should consider KD2DC extremely unlikely and go for plan B. What plan B is I have no idea.

Ollie is staying at UCONN.

I'd hope we can pry him away next year but he seems intent on staying there for awhile. It is his Alma Mater and Calhoun groomed him for the job.

[Ruzious]

If Ollie goes to OKC, we should consider KD2DC extremely unlikely and go for plan B. What plan B is I have no idea.

Ollie is staying at UCONN.

I'd hope we can pry him away next year but he seems intent on staying there for awhile. It is his Alma Mater and Calhoun groomed him for the job.

Glad that he's staying. The timing could work out perfectly next year for the Wiz.

[LyricalRico]

If Ollie goes to OKC, we should consider KD2DC extremely unlikely and go for plan B. What plan B is I have no idea.

Ollie is staying at UCONN.

I'd hope we can pry him away next year but he seems intent on staying there for awhile. It is his Alma Mater and Calhoun groomed him for the job.

Glad that he's staying. The timing could work out perfectly next year for the Wiz.

Yep, just posted something similar in the KD thread. This keeps the Durant/Ollie package deal alive for 2016!

[hands11]

Has there ever been a coach like Randy who is so clueless during the season but who can actually coach well in the playoff ?

[wizfactor94]

Has there ever been a coach like Randy who is so clueless during the season but who can actually coach well in the playoff ?

maybe your clueless?

[closg00]

Wizards coach Randy Wittman has outdone counterpart Dwane Casey in this series. Wittman’s defensive schemes have limited the Raptors guards and the needed adjustments haven’t come or just haven’t worked.

Washington’s small lineups with Pierce at power forward have crushed Toronto. In the fourth quarter the spread offense and ball movement led to basket after basket as the Wizards racked up 34 points. Meanwhile at the other end, the perimeter-based Raptors have been unable to take advantage of matchups. It’s been going this way for a week now. Whenever the Wizards need a boost, Wittman hits this button and there’s almost instant gratification.

http://espn.go.com/blog/nba/post/_/id/1 ... ame-3-loss

Randy is out-coaching Casey, should he get props?

[Chocolate City Jordanaire]

7-1 on the road and 2-4 at home in the playoffs. So far ...