Re: Lakers fire Darvin Ham
Posted: Fri May 3, 2024 7:45 pm
Has a coach ever been fired the season after winning the in-season tournament???
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xchange55 wrote:infinite11285 wrote:Loneshot wrote:He had some really questionable lineups. Though the Lakers overachieved still.
Benching Reaves and DLo for 15+ games during the season is the exact moment he lost the locker room.
But when Reaves and DLO aren't playing well you'll blame them for the losses. Can't have it both ways.
Pointgod wrote:Dominator83 wrote:Put a fork in him
I was hoping for a Ham is cooked headline or Ham Fisted Firing but sadly disappointed
nbanflguy wrote:Ben-N1ce wrote:nbanflguy wrote:Who in their right mind would willingly sign up to be Lebron's coach at this stage of his career?
There are 30 of those jobs in the world...surely plenty of people that want to be head coaches turn that opportunity down...
Surely if you are in position to be able to have the opportunity to get the Lakers job then you could get a job with one of those 29 other teams instead. Agreeing to coach the Lakers is willingly signing up to be the captain of the titanic....... after it has already hit the iceberg
Marrrcuss wrote:The sarcasm about the in-season tournament that NO laker fan celebrated is so old and corny. If we had lost in the finals, you would DEFINITELY have held it against ONLY bron, lol, just like if we had lost in the bubble, the L37ron would have been everywhere
Then you got Ham being called a scapegoat when the blame should have been on who? Who is it youre saying the blame should be on??? Man up and take a stand, lol
jkvonny wrote:Marrrcuss wrote:The sarcasm about the in-season tournament that NO laker fan celebrated is so old and corny. If we had lost in the finals, you would DEFINITELY have held it against ONLY bron, lol, just like if we had lost in the bubble, the L37ron would have been everywhere
Then you got Ham being called a scapegoat when the blame should have been on who? Who is it youre saying the blame should be on??? Man up and take a stand, lol
The roster. Outside of AD and LeBron , not a very good roster.
Team is old as well.
Its not all on Ham tbf.
Whos the next coach/ scapegoat to be hire/fired?
Marrrcuss wrote:The sarcasm about the in-season tournament that NO laker fan celebrated is so old and corny. If we had lost in the finals, you would DEFINITELY have held it against ONLY bron, lol, just like if we had lost in the bubble, the L37ron would have been everywhere
Then you got Ham being called a scapegoat when the blame should have been on who? Who is it youre saying the blame should be on??? Man up and take a stand, lol
Dominator83 wrote:Pointgod wrote:Dominator83 wrote:Put a fork in him
I was hoping for a Ham is cooked headline or Ham Fisted Firing but sadly disappointed
Ham fisted![]()
that's post of the year bro
Marrrcuss wrote:jkvonny wrote:Marrrcuss wrote:The sarcasm about the in-season tournament that NO laker fan celebrated is so old and corny. If we had lost in the finals, you would DEFINITELY have held it against ONLY bron, lol, just like if we had lost in the bubble, the L37ron would have been everywhere
Then you got Ham being called a scapegoat when the blame should have been on who? Who is it youre saying the blame should be on??? Man up and take a stand, lol
The roster. Outside of AD and LeBron , not a very good roster.
Team is old as well.
Its not all on Ham tbf.
Whos the next coach/ scapegoat to be hire/fired?
Sooooo, the front office?
nbanflguy wrote:EmpireFalls wrote:nbanflguy wrote:
" I am such a tough competitor. Pay me to sit on the sideline in a suit and be Lebron's b**ch. Be head coach in name only.' You arent coaching two all nba players. You are there to be a dancing monkey. They will let you pretend and put the Wins and Losses on your stat sheet just to be nice. Lebron runs the show. Lebron runs the front office. You get 0% credit for any success and 100% fault for any time you dont win the championship. Step out of line and you "lose the locker room". Lebron starts to get media heat and you are fired
lol what a joke take. You want to know what real NBA hell is? Try coaching the Hornets or one of the tanking teams. You get young players foisted upon you, draft picks acquired in exchange for your foundational players, you have guys who don’t care by December, you know you have no chance to make the playoffs let alone compete for a title.
On the Lakers you could realistically win playoff games and test your skills at the highest level. Ham even won a trophy (well, the IST, but still) and got to go toe to toe with Kerr and Malone in playoff series. Isn’t the entire point of coaching to go win? What are we doing here. That’s a far far far more appealing job than coaching the Blazers or Pistons or Hornets or whoever.
You clearly are beyond deluded and out of touch and consumed with LeBron derangement syndrome.
You sound like a dude who will get the new NCAA Football 25 video game and start a dynasty with Ohio State or Georgia. Testing your skills at the highest level would be coaching the hornets or one of those tanking teams. Actually trying to teach and develop young players. Getting these players to buy in. To play hard even when losing. Building a culture. Building a family. Trying to find diamond in the roughs who you can afford or who will actually agree to play for you. Turning that group from "hell" to a team that can compete. Thats coaching.......
Or you could be a real competitor and go stand on the sidelines with great court side seats and behind the scenes access as you watch sweet play in wins and early playoff exits for a couple years on a team that would be there weather you even existed or not.
Ben-N1ce wrote:nbanflguy wrote:Ben-N1ce wrote:There are 30 of those jobs in the world...surely plenty of people that want to be head coaches turn that opportunity down...
Surely if you are in position to be able to have the opportunity to get the Lakers job then you could get a job with one of those 29 other teams instead. Agreeing to coach the Lakers is willingly signing up to be the captain of the titanic....... after it has already hit the iceberg
there are far more coaches wanting jobs then available jobs each year...that's why they take them when they get offers. Ever single dumpster fire franchise in all sports have coaches...why would anybody want to coach those teams? They must be crazy amirite...
KembaWalker wrote:Dominator83 wrote:Pointgod wrote:
I was hoping for a Ham is cooked headline or Ham Fisted Firing but sadly disappointed
Ham fisted![]()
that's post of the year bro
I’ve been told canned Ham can be excessively salty. I guess we’ll hear soon enough
Tor_Raps wrote:Stupid firing... he wasn't the reason why the Lakers didn't do better. Lakers exceeded expectations last year by going to the conference finals and could have done the same thing if they didn't match up with Denver in the 1st round this year. Your best player is 39, you have 0 perimeter defense, Dlo should never be a teams 3rd option, etc.
PistolPeteJR wrote:Tor_Raps wrote:Stupid firing... he wasn't the reason why the Lakers didn't do better. Lakers exceeded expectations last year by going to the conference finals and could have done the same thing if they didn't match up with Denver in the 1st round this year. Your best player is 39, you have 0 perimeter defense, Dlo should never be a teams 3rd option, etc.
You clearly didn't watch much of him then in 2 years. Good gameplanning, terrible with personnel and in-game adjustments.
Tor_Raps wrote:PistolPeteJR wrote:Tor_Raps wrote:Stupid firing... he wasn't the reason why the Lakers didn't do better. Lakers exceeded expectations last year by going to the conference finals and could have done the same thing if they didn't match up with Denver in the 1st round this year. Your best player is 39, you have 0 perimeter defense, Dlo should never be a teams 3rd option, etc.
You clearly didn't watch much of him then in 2 years. Good gameplanning, terrible with personnel and in-game adjustments.
Every friggin fan cries about the same crap when their team doesn't win. Bottom line is that the Lakers weren't built in a way where you can say they are better than the Nuggets.
They just lost to a better team in both years while fighting their asses off. They didn't quit and no one outside the LA market thought they'd win. Go look at Pelinka who didn't do crap at the trade deadline to address their weaknesses...