How to measure a coaches value or what he means to your team.
1. If your coach is fired or about to be does he
A.) go to TNT for a year or two until someone says that guy should be a coach.
B.) Disappears like Paul Westphal
C.) Has fans from other teams frothing at the mouth that your team might be stupid enough to believe he has no value or not enough value to coach your team.
Especially when you have Zero clue who will replace him or the scheme they will bring in.
2. Maybe the most important thing is what he means to this current group of players.
A.) His style fits Steve Nash who is single handedly the most important player to this team. What if a new scheme relies on Amare not being in foul trouble? could you trust that??
B.) Mike D. lets not forget or get nearsighted, he has brought something to this game/team that has made fans of other teams respect and hate him. That is a sign of a good coach and philosophy.
Think about it Greg Popovich, Pat Riley, and Phil Jackson.
3. So are his faults correctable?
His list of faults arent as long as many of you want to make it appear.
A. Doesnt use his bench or his starter minutes correctly. I say like many coaches defer that to an assistant to take that away from the coaches thoughts. This is simply a control issue and a memory of past benches that cost this team numerous games in Mikes early days in Phoenix.
B. Game Management - which technically has a lot to do with A.) but it also has to do with how you know when your team on the floor has it or doesnt. Its knowing when to call a timeout and not to.
When its rumoured that the Toronto Raptors and the NY knicks are lining up if he is fired. It has to make you wonder is your coach worth more than you realize.
Ask any woman she will want to keep Mike
Ask any man and they dont care one way or another
Ask any fan thats impatient and he will side with media thats always looking to make a story.
Maybe I have spoken a word or two unkindly about Mike in the past, but now that I realize even in the smallest of parts I played. I dont think Mike D should be fired. NO WAY!!
I agree with Steve - The Players lost games 1 and 2 as much as the coach. I dont want to see Amare, Steve, Shaq, or anyother Sun that was responsible gone for that fact. As long as Steve Nash is our point guard I want Mike D to be the coach and keep the pick in roll in place.
I say KEEP MIKE D. even if it does mean San Antonio will own us another year or two. Things could definitely be worse off and theres a greater hole to fall.... than the hill of expectation to climb.
KEEP MIKE D' !!!!
.. btw keep the faith till theres nothing to believe in ... GO SUNS tonite!!
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But the Suns weren't metally prepared. Nash was taken out of his game because he had to start feeding Diaw in the post? He even admitted that. Maybe Nash isn't the warrior everyone claims he is. If you get thrown off because you have to feed the hot hand, that is a sign of being weak mentally! Shaq couldn't hit FT's, but he never has. Amare looked like he didn't want to be in the paint. EVER!!! I can't understand why someone with his talent doesn't just drive to the hole EVERY TIME!!!