moocow007 wrote:mpharris36 wrote:moocow007 wrote:
Blatt isn't ideal for a rebuilding team. He's got a reputation of being cantankerous, demanding respect from his players instead of earning it and expecting things to go his way or no way (wasn't just Lebron that tuned him out in Cleveland apparently). Plus he's part of the whole Mills conglomerate which immediately gives him a minus in my book. The Knicks would be better off if they want to build a "winning culture" (rather than a "forced boot camp") to go with the other Euro coach Ettiore Messina (Pop's second in command in SA).
honestly I think that means he's perfect for a young rebuliding team. Young rebuilding teams don't have a lot of ego's Blatt expects you to play a certain way and that seems like building a culture to me. Blatt is terrible for an established team with vets because he expects things done his way and LeBron and other vets didn't appreciate that.
I think a young/hungry team is exactly the type of team Blatt would thrive with.
If Porzingis had problems with Jackson "demanding respect" from 27 floors up and only occassionally interacting with the team, I seriously doubt that he'd be ok with someone like Blatt. And you can say that that's a fault of Porzingis or a Porzingis' problem, but at the end of the day, the NBA and star athletes are what they are. And Porzingis would not be the only guy (young or old) that would likely have problems with someone like that. The notion that today's NBA players would thrive in that type of environment is idealistic not realistic IMHO. It's the same idealistic, not realistic notion that surrounded Jackson's hire.
If Porzingis can’t be coached, he needs to go.
Today’s nba players aren’t all skipping meetings and doubting coaching. Please stop with such assessment.
The Spurs accept and respect Popovich, the Rockets accept and respect D’Antoni (in a way Melo and some Knicks didn’t), the Warriors accept and respect Steve Kerr.
Do you think the Knicks would have welcomed Steve Kerr with such open arms and given him so much autonomy had Kerr accepted Phil’s offer instead of the Warriors ? Of course not. Kerr would have failed in Ny, we all know it.
It all comes down to the working culture the owner allows and promotes within his own organization.
As long as Dolan treats star players as bigger pieces of the organization than the head coach or even the president of operations, this franchise is going nowhere.
The Cavaliers are the only one organization having success with one player the bigger man of their organization, but there’s only one LeBron. And even Kyrie wasn’t eventually accepting this kind of a situation.
