ibraheim718 wrote:That kind of stuff doesn't work in the playoffs. I'm just saying.. he can't do what he did last night and get away with it come playoff time. There was no reason for that game last night to go into overtime.. none. Cole was getting cooked and running around on defense like a chicken with his head cut off. That game doesn't go into overtime if he's guarding his guy Ayo. But instead he was caught cheating towards the bucket to help guard no one.. then got back to Ayo too late.. Ayo goes around him and dunks after Ayo had just beat him off the dribble and layed it off to Vuc for a dunk.
Cole was getting his but he was also giving it to. It's fine to tinker with rotations and line ups in the beginning of the season but Mosley better get his stuff together because after the all star break things are going to get more serious. If the Magic miss the play-in or even lose in the play-in his seat will start getting warm especially if they don't get a top 6 seed next season. Because when push comes to shove the coach gets fired not the players and he's the coach.
I’m sure his rotations tighten by the playoffs, but I hope this season he’s allowed to continue experimenting even in the playoffs. I think it’s flawed to commit to a player regardless of how well or poorly they are handling their role this early in development. If Mosley sees someone getting exposed I want him to react and make changes. Paolo and Franz are really the only guys who should be playing through continued mistakes. Hopefully he picks the right matchups to begin with, but if Wendell struggles and shuts down Mosley shouldn’t be afraid to try Goga. If Moe is getting scored on more than he’s scoring, same. If Suggs is playing out of control, same. If Harris isn’t contributing, same. If Ingles is slow and low effort, same.
I just don’t think this is a season to be precious about roles yet.