therealbig3 wrote:But he isn't just standing there and making sure everything is kumbaya, I mean, he DID light up one of his veterans when he felt they were dogging it (Deandre), and has gotten much better effort out of him. He's been tinkering lineups all season long until he's found the right combinations. He's found a way to maximize someone who would normally be a complete offensive liability (Bruce Brown). He's trusting a rookie to be a major contributor for this team because that rookie has proven to be effective (Claxton)...you know how many coaches would keep Nic glued to the bench and roll with their veterans instead simply because he's a rookie? TJ, Shamet, even TLC as much as we hate on him...they're playing their best basketball with Nash as the coach. And we went from being a laughable defense that can now somewhat limit opposing offenses and doesn't get completely destroyed on the glass.
I see actual coaching going on, and it's been effective. He's not overplaying his vets, he's making adjustments, and he's got us playing our best basketball right now, without who most people think is our best player. And yeah, the arrogance of calling a guy that won 2 MVPs and was a great PG for A LONG time and was widely considered one of the smartest players to ever lace them up, who has consistently shown the ability to adapt and learn and get better both as a player and as a coach, a moron that couldn't coach a kindergarten team is quite honestly hilarious and pathetic at the same time.
Nobody talks like that about Kidd, Mark Jackson, or Isiah...everyone makes fun of them as head coaches, sure, but nobody has said they're morons that couldn't coach a rec team and that random anonymous internet posters probably knew more about the game than they did and could make better adjustments. And yet, I think Nash has already proven himself to be FAR better than those "PGs turned head coaches". Because they actively made their teams worse. Nash has helped us get better. There's a reason they're not head coaches anymore.
Some people have just had an agenda against Nash from the beginning and were waiting for the second things looked bad, and then they decided that he was the problem no matter what happened after that. And it's a consistent theme, ANY time an opposing team makes a run or we hit a cold stretch, or our best players are objectively playing like crap, the complaints come pouring in about only Nash: "is Nash going to do ANYTHING? I don't understand these lineups! Why is he playing this guy? Why isn't he playing this other guy? Nash sucks!" Then we right the ship, win the game, and everyone goes "ZOMG Kyrie! WOW Bearded One!"
It's a ridiculous double standard.
In all this we forget about Sean Marks here. His resume is damn impressive. If some did research like me they'd notice track record after he left San An. Guy is guru when it comes to scouting, recruiting and trading.
I'm just pissed with him about Kenny thing. Dynasty run will fix it though
Pat, Wiz and Allen hated those bids he made for young prospects
