Sunsdeuce wrote:Suns put themselves in a bad spot. Decided to build around the wrong players and wrong system. So many mistakes Ryan mcd has made and they are coming back to bite him in his A$$. First, you commit to Goran and from the start. Bledsoe (I'm sorry but Bledsoe ain't nothing special) should have been coming off the bench (he should have never started). Second, he committed to a bull$hit 2 PG system that has never worked (but he thinks he is smarter than everyone and it's going to work (ok Chip Kelly). Third, you don't resign Tucker and stop the development of younger players. Forth, you don't keep Morris twins, they we're average at best. Fifth, you don't sign IT and think he is going to be content coming off the bench. iT bitched about his playing time in sac town. I mean come on.
Ryan mcd struck gold or hit the jackpot or whatever you want to say for his first year. Now he is showing his inexperience in an extreme way. He has mishandled players situation extremely bad.
A lot of players are bitching and they all have one thing in common, they feel they were lied too. That starts with Ryan. Being a GM is more than just moving players like chess pieces!
This is what happens when you sign and move players around based on analytics. Takes the human element out of everything and causes drama which we are experiencing now.
I don't know that he decided to go with the 2 pg system, but that Hornacek worked with the players he had. But McD does seem to like point guards, so maybe it was his plan.
I agree that McD seems to be terrible at telling players what they want to hear and then doing otherwise and not being the first person to tell a player he was traded, which is a mistake (though he was probably worried the twins would kick his ass if he told them).
Obviously he needs to improve his communication skills. The problem is he learned from Ainge who built a championship team with assets and trades and always says people won't be traded and then trades them. The fact is, if he does it, and the team wins, no one will care if the people traded were pissed. I think he is smart with trades and draft picks, but lacks in the communication department, but I don't know if he wants to improve there.
