article on phil's coaching being to blame

magic1fan · Post #1 » by **magic1fan** » Fri May 15, 2009 1:05 pm

http://msn.foxsports.com/nba/story/9576 ... ing-Lakers

butter17 · Post #2 » by **butter17** » Fri May 15, 2009 2:09 pm

He,s absolutely right, phils is definitly not coaching a good series a all. He's not taking advantage of the mismatches we have against the rockets. Game 5 we pounded them on the inside, game 6 we shot a lot of outside shots. As a coach it's your job to reconize all the mismatches you have out there.....and phil hasn,t done that. He acts like he has something against bynum, he doesn't play dj at all, he what's til his team is down double digits before he decides to call timeout, he stick with players........i don't care how bad their playing. May be time is passes phil by.

TXSun · Post #3 » by **TXSun** » Fri May 15, 2009 3:14 pm

What I find even more astonishing, is that in every press conference after a loss, he says there's nothing wrong with the team. I mean not a able to put away a depleted HOU squad and having to go 7 games not of any concern? I think you guys will win it at home, but I don't think going 7 games was in the plans.

lakersfanatic · Post #4 » by **lakersfanatic** » Fri May 15, 2009 3:22 pm

Phil is not putting enthuiasm into the team.. no urgency.. whatsoever that i can tell. Maybe it's age... or maybe that's how he works. Look at Doc Rivers, his enthuiasm and energy.. It gives off on this players and they play hard. .. Maybe that's not what we're getting from him.

But phil has to worry.. with mismatch opportunities and poor substitutions.. we better get going or we will be going...

kevin_405 · Post #5 » by **kevin_405** » Fri May 15, 2009 6:29 pm

Dude u got to be related to Bynum.. except for 1 good game Bynum has done zilch..
May be to some extent decision to play Fish is to be blamed.. but on his own Bynum is a liablity so far..

butter17 wrote:He,s absolutely right, phils is definitly not coaching a good series a all. He's not taking advantage of the mismatches we have against the rockets. Game 5 we pounded them on the inside, game 6 we shot a lot of outside shots. As a coach it's your job to reconize all the mismatches you have out there.....and phil hasn,t done that. He acts like he has something against bynum, he doesn't play dj at all, he what's til his team is down double digits before he decides to call timeout, he stick with players........i don't care how bad their playing. May be time is passes phil by.

One Love · Post #6 » by **One Love** » Fri May 15, 2009 7:21 pm

PJ is simply being outcoached... He needs to cut down the rotation (8 players), get the ball inside, sit Sasha's ars on the bench for life, create a sense of urgency and take it to another level... He is being outcoached, period...

slickgreek · Post #7 » by **slickgreek** » Fri May 15, 2009 7:38 pm

Man, the CELTICS went thru (2) 7 game series last year, and you didnt hear fans/media putting the team or coach down. They went 7 games with an ATLANTA team! This is only talked about because its the LAKERS. So annoying sometimes..

microfib4thewin · Post #8 » by **microfib4thewin** » Fri May 15, 2009 8:05 pm

slickgreek wrote:Man, the CELTICS went thru (2) 7 game series last year, and you didnt hear fans/media putting the team or coach down. They went 7 games with an ATLANTA team! This is only talked about because its the LAKERS. So annoying sometimes..

They didn't trail by 15 in the first quarter TWICE against a team that is losing their two best players. Celtics did underachieve by needing 7 games to close out the Hawks and the Cavs, but in none of the games did they lack passion to play the right way. The Lakers this year is nowhere close to the Celtics as far as playing defense and putting in effort.

magic1fan · Post #9 » by **magic1fan** » Fri May 15, 2009 10:06 pm

microfib4thewin wrote:
slickgreek wrote:Man, the CELTICS went thru (2) 7 game series last year, and you didnt hear fans/media putting the team or coach down. They went 7 games with an ATLANTA team! This is only talked about because its the LAKERS. So annoying sometimes..

They didn't trail by 15 in the first quarter TWICE against a team that is losing their two best players. Celtics did underachieve by needing 7 games to close out the Hawks and the Cavs, but in none of the games did they lack passion to play the right way. The Lakers this year is nowhere close to the Celtics as far as playing defense and putting in effort.

not using the celtics as an excuse but it really doesn't matter what you trail by. going 7 games is going 7 games. plus they did underachieve,the celtics won 66 games,and the hawks were under.500. talk all you want but i would take this current rox team over last years hawks,easy. now that celtic team played better defense,but it was obviously not shut down defense,because if it were they would not have needed 20 games to get to the finals. their defense looked great aginst us,becasue once they threw everything at kobe,no one else really stepped up...

Post #10 » by **Danny Darko** » Fri May 15, 2009 11:21 pm

I agreed with the article. Phil seems to be emotionally detached from the journey to the title and that seems to directly carry over to the team attitude. Beyond that his substitutions and minutes have been ridiculously awful... just heinous never mind his notorious time out strategy which I think is bull crap.

Sofa King · Post #11 » by **Sofa King** » Sat May 16, 2009 12:17 am

Phil is doing his Capt. Kirk impersonation when he beat Spock's simulation. Phil has something up his sleeves... I hope.

KObe Bryant · Post #12 » by **KObe Bryant** » Sun May 17, 2009 6:03 am

Phil is just keeping it, I think. He wanted the opposing team surprised.

TruSkool · Post #13 » by **TruSkool** » Sun May 17, 2009 7:25 am

ive said it earlier and ill say it again...
phil jackson needs to go...bring in avery johnson if anything..hes not a bad coach

Erik Eleven · Post #14 » by **Erik Eleven** » Sun May 17, 2009 8:33 am

^ Very funny. The guy can't even speak in complete sentences.

Roger Clemens was in charge of scouting the Rockets for this series. I hope he's done doing that for the season. Phil is just letting Houston hang around so Bynum can get some more PT and catch speed. :wink:

Jugoplastika89-90-91 · Post #15 » by **Jugoplastika89-90-91** » Sun May 17, 2009 12:47 pm

Get a real coach finally, not a clown like Phil... There are better coaches at the moment, both in USA and overseas, such as Obradović, Messina, Ivanović...guys that are both master and oppressor.

Lakers team need an oppressor, yeah. 8-)

What do you think about this idea?

G35 · Post #16 » by **G35** » Sun May 17, 2009 1:07 pm

Phil is getting 10 mill to not call timeouts. 10 mill to leave Derek Fisher in the game and get burned. 10 mill to leave Kobe on the bench for half the 4th quarter.

Phil has to realize that this isn't the 96-98 Bulls and they aren't going to figure it out. I was always wondering how the Lakers would do when Phil had to retire but now I think this team needs new direction. Someone who will get in their ass. Look at Spoelstra on the Heat, he's a guy I see that recognizes what's working and goes to it. Phil looks surprised when Fisher keeps getting burned by Brooks.......