rise of raptors wrote:
I would point to Bosh and Calderon as players that got better under the Smitch's watch. However, for the past four drafts, management (no matter who's in charge) has been horrid. Sam imo just needs to have a better playbook. And he has to stop telling players to be who they aren't i.e. Kapono should not be depended to create his own shot and drive to the net.
Edit: the hole on the wings has been there for quite some time, its not as if the O'Neal trade created that need. What the JO trade created was our lack of depth situation.
Bosh was already wlel on his way to establishing himself and Bosh is the type of hard worker with high character and special talent that it wouldn't of matter who coached him he still would of turned out great.
I will give him Jose but thats about it, no one else has improved because of Sam's coaching or development skills. He takes the same approach with all players and fails to relize not every player is the same, you can't develop them all and treat them the same way you treated Jose which i hear was pretty harsh. Some players do not react well to being called out on tv, abused in practise, brought in and out of the lineup like human yoyo's. I would argue if there ever was talent to be seen in players like Joey Graham, Sam Mitchell killed it. Lets not let him continue to do that with Bargnani.
if he is playing 43+ minutes or you will wear him down with the amount of producition you are not getting from Bargnani or Rokic which is normal for a team that has some key European players. It takes time for them to catch up... 
