dark-child wrote:The time is going to come if it has not already when fans and the administration alike will wonder aloud of this supposed style of play from Coach Iavaroni. He has looked like a deer in headlights at times and his style of play resembles anyone can take a bad shot at anytime. It is like everyone has the green light. People who have no business shooting with the skill set they have hoist shot after shot with no reprecutions. How loyal can the Grizz afford to be this alleged style of play? If Chris Wallace wokeup tomorrow and wanted to go more defensive we could possibly be more competitive than the current boat races we are experiencing. Our offense is actually killing us since we don't require defensive stands from the players and bad shots are a plenty with 15 seconds still on the shot clock. Iavaroni is not coaching and we are all paying for it. He was also labeled as a big man tutor and has anyone seen improvement from our bigs as a result? Granted the talent was marginal, and he gives up way to early on players. While I personally doubt he is going anywhere I wouldn't tailor everything around what he wants since he really doesn't seem to know himself.
It's one thing to hire a rookie coach for an expansion team. It's another story when a front office hires a rookie coach to coach misfit players to win games. You can't expect a rookie coach to coach a team made of mush and expect to create genius all in one season.
High expectations are like fantasies, everything goes right in the imagination, but in reality, the truth has a way to distort the illusion. When the offseason hit and the dust clear from the draft, FA signings, and trades. The expectations that the Grizz were instantly going to be back in the playoffs this season were extremely too high and truly was a born to lose deal. If anyone looked at the roster b4 the season began back in November and reviewed the players strengths and weaknesses. Obviously the defense would be an issue, especially around the perimeter. Lack of rebounds, leadership, and the fact that Pau Gasol could only take the Grizzlies as far as he could. It's not really his fault the Grizzlies paid top dollar for his services and franchised him as the top player on the team. The guy is a second in command at best. The front office should've added another player who was used to carrying the team on his back ala Paul Pierce or Allen Iverson for example. Unfortunately the Grizz FO jackballed around once too many times and got caught juggling multiple issues all at once. In the end, the organization and the fans are paying the price now and have to start all over again.
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