lilfishi22 wrote:irish22022 wrote:Revived wrote:I loved hearing Jeff Van Gundy blast Monty so many times yesterday. The funny thing is JVG almost always defends HCs on TV too because he’s a former HC himself.
But he had Monty on blast and deservedly so. He criticized Monty for it being playoffs and still not having a set rotation and playing random guys each game. He blasted Monty for the terrible drop coverage on screens against Kawhi which got wide open looks. Blasted Monty for Suns looking completely unprepared to start off the first qtr. Criticized him for not adjusting/countering and creating 3pt looks for Booker/KD which Lue is smartly taking away.
There was at least a few other things too. I hope Matt Ishbia dumbass gets a chance to listen to the broadcast sometime.
I'd go in to detail about bad of a take this is, how you're over interpreting what was said about monty on the broadcast, you're reaching, being hyperbolic, whatever, but you don't even have the right commentator so I guess it's clear you didn't watch too closely anyway.
It's a lose-lose situation for Monty. The only way he'd win is if we won the title and even then, someone is going to criticise his rotation in g3 of the semi-finals or something.
He deserved a ton of criticism for G1 but we got a solid win in G2. Not saying it was a perfect win but there's like no let down in the criticism at all. If I read the criticism, I'd assume we were the ones who lost by 14.
It’s not a lose-lose situation for Monty at all. Did you watch the game or simply see the score afterwards? His rotations are absolute crap, and yeah winning a game because Booker/KD played 43 mins each and had to be on fire isn’t gonna get Monty a trophy from anyone. Again, it’s hardly just fans here…national TV commentators, former NBA players, and NBA media guys that are looking at the analytics and numbers are bashing him 10x more than anyone here is.
Again, the whole BS is setting up for the excuse of when Booker or CP3 or KD get injured having to play so many mins, then there’s the excuse ready to go for how Suns only failed in the playoffs because of injury. Not the fact Monty has them all averaging well over 40+ mins per game and we’re barely 2 games into the playoffs. Like come on, don’t be so short sighted.
Also, winning a ring has NEVER absolved a HC from blame or even being fired. Rick Carslisle helped Mavs get their only ring in franchise history and their fans wanted him fired for about 2-3 years before he was actually fired. Doc Rivers was fired from Boston after having won them a title for the first time in like 20+ years. Frank Vogel was fired and the Lakers fans wanted his head on a spear the very next season after he helped them to a title. Nick Nurse looks like he will be fired after he helped bring the only title to Toronto. Hell if you go on the Spurstalk forum, most of their fans on there want Gregg Popovich to be fired! That’s right, Gregg Popovich, the superdaddy of all NBA HCs ever…they want him fired for like the last 2-3 years now. I’m pretty sure there’s bunch of other examples as well that’s not coming to mind right now.
I respect Monty for helping turning this franchise around from a laughing stock to a contender. I really do. But he has shortcomings and it’s definitely valid. It remains to be seen if he’s the “bridge” HC that gets a team from being crap to being a contender but can’t get them to actually go all the way because of all the shortcomings (like a Mark Jackson/Scott Brooks for example) or if he’s an actual championship HC. Right now he looks more like the Mark Jackson type bridge HC that can come in and help change the culture and all but isn’t tactful enough to make the right adjustments and decisions come playoff time.