suns12345 wrote:RunDogGun wrote:Ha, nope, you went personal first, with your comment about my coaching experience, which you know nothing about. But that is you, and you do it every time, and not just with me. Other posters have commented about it. You could have chosen to address any one of my comments about coaching. Explaining Bud's adjustments to our game plan we used for every game, doesn't change my comment of lack of adjustments from Monty to thwart a four out of four losses.
But this is a discussion board, and we don't get to make changes to lineups and such, so going after a poster personally, commenting on their coaching ability which you know nothing about, seems like weak crap. Again, next time try and counter my comments instead of trying to discredit them with garbage.
I kept repeating my comments this summer, because many posters including yourself, ignored the facts, and tried to point out other things that had nothing to do with comments. It seemed I had to keep telling people my points, because people were claiming points I wasn't making, and then argue against points I never made. High volume shooters who miss a lot, or take bad forced shots are called chuckers. And when they are poor on defense, they aren't worth guys who shot better. The point, also leads to the flaw Monty has, Galloway and Shamet were/are extremely similar, and the only reason Shamet gets mins and Galloway didn't is Monty. As I pointed out last year, Galloway was killing it in the Detroit game, and Monty onlt gave him 3 mins in the second half and we lost. Shamet is a chucker with poor defense. I like his hustle, but I would still much rather have had Carter and the pick, then a guy Monty likes who won't do anything more than Galloway/Carter and a pick.
Shamet is much more dynamic than Galloway. Length, athleticism etc.
Take issues with the player and the contract - fine. But Shamet is playing mins on the best team in the league and galloway is out of the league, so I dont think the comparison is fair.
The comparison was from last year's play, which they were very similar, except Galloway was the better shooter at every stat line. We got Galloway because he was a good 3pt shooter, fast, quick shot, and an overall good teammate, locker room guy, and vet. We got him super cheap as well. He just didn't get minutes under Monty, even when he was on fire (example the Detroit game). He was instant offense. With all of his hustle, he just wasn't a great defender, and we rarely used him to get that instant offense. So he rotted at the end of the bench, which cooled his shooting.
My issues was with the trade and need. Since we already had a better shooter, there was no need. Now if Shamet was a lock down defender, I totally get the trade and need. But he isn't. Moreover the added pick which could have garnered Ayo, who is already better than Shamet, and mentioned here a few times by GoK, Revived, and others, keeping Carter and the pick would have been a better move for the team. The contract extension was the dumbest move this FO has done all year besides not locking in Ayton.
I am sure Shamet is a fine person, and I have zero issues with him personally. He is a chucker that is weak on defense. And if he takes minutes away from Johnson, like I said this summer, I have a personal issue with that since Johnson is one of our top five players on the team. Shamet"s stats are very similar to the one's I pointed out this summer, showing how low he would be in multiple stat lines compared to the rest of last year's team. You can look it all up, its there for all to see. I do like his hustle, but Galloway had the same hustle at a cheaper price. It was laughable that people were bringing up the volume of shots. It easier for streaky shooters to get going if they take more shots, so the fact that Galloway could come in and still shoot at a higher percentage when he got way less shots, was more impressive to me.
Overall, its easy to compare the two players from last year, because they were both in the league, and one we could have retained (if that was the real need (a high percentage 3 point shooter with limited defense but hustles his butt off)) for far less money.
I am not going to post all the stats again, so if you want to continue this, please review all those stats, and see where Shamet would have landed stat-wise for last year's team and where he is this year.
Next time, if you are going to go after a fellow poster, try and attack their argument instead of trying to invalidate their argument by belittling their coaching ability. You don't know how quickly my players increased their abilities in short period of time. From the results I saw, I did a fine job coaching. Plus I went to many coaching clinics from Lute and Joan, unless you think UofA coaches suck as well.