madog wrote:Kerr knows the importance of defense and rebounding...We will never really know if Coach D's system was able to win a Championship. Championship teams play d and rebound well. I was fine with him replacing Coach D with a more defensive minded coach. Terry Porter never had a chance with that group of players who didn't want to play defense in the first place. Amare is a horrible defensive player and doesn't rebound as well as he should.
1. We will know is Coach D's system works. He is turning NY into the new look Suns. Give him a couple of years to get the roster that it takes. In 2 years i can almost guarantee they will be a playoff team.
2. Great, Terry Porter is a defensive coach. I get that. what i dont get is hiring a defensive coach while maintaing a roster that was built for run-n-gun. The team we had in place was custom built for a no defense 110% offense. On top of that he traded tow of our best defensive players for JRICH who plays no D. That was just a plain out bonehead move.
madog wrote:I like the draft pick of Clark. Was not a fan of the Lopez pick. I think the scouting department plays a role in this as well.
Didnt i read that Griffin was they major guy controlling this years draft for the Suns? Makes sense since we got what looks like a decent pick this year. Kerr picked Lopez. Kerr told all of Phoenix that Dragic is the 2nd best PG in the draft. Dragic (which in my eyes will be a good PG ,not great, someday) IS NOT the #2 PG in last years draft. That was just a bold BS lie. i dont even want to think of the picks before last year because i shall break down in tears.
madog wrote:I don't really blame him for the Shaq trade. I think he took a chance and I respect him for that. Most people were very excited about the Shaq trade...I can still feel the electricity in the air at AWA the night Shaq pointed to his ring finger...haha well....Did it work...hell no...but that team with Marion was not going to do much and from what I have read Marion was a problem in the locker room.
As GM, Kerr gave the A.O.K to this horrible idea. He had the final say and he said sure. He even said it himself "either im a genius or im a moron." After trading Shaq a year later im sticking with moron. It was a horrible horrible horrible idea. Yes Marion might have been a problem in the locker room,
but that doesnt mean you HAVE to get Shaq. Im sure there were other teams out there that would have loved taking Trix off our hands.
madog wrote:.this is a run and gun team that plays very little defense...I can't watch Steve Nash play d anymore it makes me sick and Amare is so lazy...this team needs to change. Kerr has a tough job because the run and gun was so popular, coach D was so popular, Amare is so popular, Nash is so popular..he has taken a lot of heat and you are right he is the GM and he probably would say he deserves it...but man Robert Sarver is the new Bill Bidwell....and thats insulting Bidwell
I totally agree with this part. I believe the run-n-gun style can still work, you just need to add a little D, and that starts with Nash. Nash needs to go bye bye. Shaq picked up sooooooo many fouls against the opposing PG that would blaze past Nash and get to the paint. By the second half of the season, when me and my friends watching the game would see the PG go right past Nash and his "Matador" defense, we would stand up and yell "OLEY!" Bell at least covered up Nash's defensive liabilities, but since Kerr traded Bell (He we go again with Kerr) for JRICH, that doesnt work anymore. Sarver is what he is , a fan first. Many call him cheap, but he has payed out like the 4th highest payroll in the NBA for the past 5 years. Sarver > Bidwell, so dont EVEN try to make that comparison.
It just makes me mad the selling of all the pics and the trades to save money. I want what every Suns fan wants = CHAMPIONSHIP
