vvoland wrote:xdrta+ wrote:vvoland wrote:[/b]
You also mentioned this in the game thread regarding Klay's flaming hot start to both the game and the 2nd half. Kerr just doesn't ride the hot hand (on offense or defense). He has his inflexible rotations and it takes an injury or getting blown out by a bad team (like when JK was out of the lineup and played in the 2nd half against por) for the rotations to change.
Kerr used to be the ultimate feel coach. Now he's like a pre-programmed excel file. Any theories?
I think the whole concept of "hot" and "cold" is deceptive. Klay may make shots when he's fresh and look hot, then miss as he tires and look cold. I do recall that when Klay started again after coming off the bench, Kerr said something like he does better in 5 minute stretches. (maybe it was longer but that was the idea.)
I think I would agree if Kerr allowed Klay to stay on the court while he's shooting well (like last night) and pulls him when he starts to fatigue (missing short, or missing at all). Instead, he pulls him at exactly the same time in the 1st and 3rd, regardless of how's he's playing.
Not just Klay, he did it with moody, steph (even cp3 had to step in, early in the year), JK.. he's an equal opportunity offender.
I'm not defending Kerr here, and only speaking about Klay, but it seems to me that his stamina is gone. He used to be an iron man but those days are long past, so I'd just as soon see him come out before he's tired and starts missing. And he made shots again when he came back in, so it's not like a switch goes off and he's finished.