Frank Nova wrote:KidA24 wrote:Frank Nova wrote:I just hope whatever the decision(s) Horst makes, it’s sooner rather than later. Making such a last minute major shake up trade like last summer ruined an off season of preparation. That can’t happen again, if in fact, we’re planning on shaking up the roster with Brook, Bobby and/or Pat. We need time for continuity and chemistry and everyone getting on the same page.
Hiring a coach that didn't know what preparation was did more damage than anything
Yeah that was a huge blow too, luckily we don’t have to worry about that aspect. Shaking up the roster to the magnitude Horst did last year as late into the offseason as he did, didn’t do anyone any favors either tho, Griffin included.
Griffin was clearly hired to coach the pre-Dame roster, and when the Bucks hired Bud, they spent the offseason reshaping the team according to his vision. The Bucks spent Griffin's first offseason taking the team in a counterintuitive direction. He wasn't supported in the way Bud was, but he failed to such a degree that I think that can be safely overlooked.
I think the crucial thing was that he was brought in to lead the team and he really **** it at every key junction. He big-timed his lead assistant, who quit before the season started. He abandoned all his plans when the players complained. His plans were terrible, but he wasn't brought in to do what the players told him to do, and he didn't have *other plans*, he didn't have anything else new or different to try, he just went back to the old system. He basically fired himself right then.
