Nutty Nats Fan wrote:You should not include Chucky in that list. At the moment he just hurts the team. Yak or JR should be getting Chucky's minutes, but Karl is an idiot.
Atkins hasn't played great as of yet, but he has a history of being a very good outside shooter, his shot is gonna start falling as soon as he gets his legs back.
The same logic people try to use for JR should hold true for Atkins, how is he gonna get back to game speed if he never gets any minutes. Just like JR, Atkins would be a starter on alot of teams in this league.
Nutty Nats Fan wrote:JR was playing well in November. He will make mistakes, he is a young player. All young players make mistakes. Heck, even AI makes stupid mistakes still. Yet the big douche bag is killing JR here by coming down harder on him than anyone else. How is a young player supposed to grow, when he can clearly see the coach being a total a-hole?
Way too much blame is being put on Karl for this whole situation. JR could really help his cause by showing up on time to practice, and giving 100% effort when hes there. I don't know how much of a problem that has been this year, but as i recall, that was a major reason he lost his minutes last season.
Also, we are a very deep team. JR would be the 10th guy off the bench. Most teams don't play their 10th, 11th, and 12th guys ever. I don't get why Karl is getting chastized for leaving these guys on the bench where they belong.
I like JR, I think he has a ton of talent, and I hope that he puts it all together, but its really getting old making excuses for him. He may be young, but he isn't new to this league. He got traded from NO b/c Scott got fed up with him. Skiles didn't even want to bother with him, and Karl gave him more than one chance, and pissed them all away.
JR needs to get his act together and EARN his minutes. Karl's job is to win games, not help a young kid get his practice time in during the game.