snadler wrote:Parraknick wrote:snadler wrote:The idea for many to fire thibs is ridiculous. For the last several years thibs has by far gotten the most out of all the talent he’s been given and every player that comes to the knicks have had a huge jump
In improvement, from Brunson to hart to OG to now towns. To assume whomever comes in means all these players that have thrived under thibs will just maintain their excellence is foolish
I see what you’re saying, and I agree with much of it, but the recent couple of games has really shown a lot on one specific thing.
When we were winning and not accruing injuries, we could ’accept’ his mad scientist approach. But when we are losing in the manner that we are with a largely healthy roster, that’s where we have a problem.
Our starters cannot perform anywhere near their best in the last 12 to 15 minutes of any games.
He is clearly pretty well liked around the organisation and by the players. So that makes it all the more interesting on what next. I’m not specifically saying we need to fire him but I would rather him not be here if he is not going to expand from this current approach.
Regular season wins/losses don’t mean much, this team will be a top 4 team in the east. Once the playoffs start, there are no back to backs, usually multiple days off between games. Said this before the proper plan should be start resting players on back to backs like the rest of the league. Sit brunson and OG, then rotate and sit Hart and Towns. My biggest issue isn’t the amout thibs plays his guys, it’s the organization’s decision to try and win every night. They are behind on this with the rest of the league
Agreed on mid season wins being not particularly important.
But you can poke holes in pretty much every aspect of Thibs’ approach.
His style offers no contingency against things going wrong ie injuries.
The other night, for example, Cam was a starter when previously it looked like he was on the outer. There is a lack of consistency in bench development.
We need plan A, B and C to be a legitimate threat. Right now he’s got one approach.
