Centre Court wrote:I sound like a broken record, but this is exactly why I was opposed to Jay becoming the head coach. Successful NBA coaches are more about leadership, respect, motivation and controlling mega-egos than they are about Xs and Os.
When you really feel the effect of a weak coach, is when the locker room starts to fall apart. There is no one who can step up and take control.
The locker room atmosphere deteriorates because there is no strong leader to reign in the whiners. That's a toxic mix that Jay is ill-equipped to do anything about.
+1.
Jay Triano seems like a very nice guy and he does have a lot of room to grow but with his personality its very tough to stay as head coach. He'd be a good assistant, but in times like these he just doesn't have that personality to control the locker room and motivate them.
I think BC just chose the wrong guy last year. Yes it did seem cool to have a Canadian coach but you just knew it couldn't work with him long term.
For respect, leadership, motivation and controlling ego's, I think the best cheap candidate would've been Alex English. The guy's a legend in this league and it would be near blasphemy if players didn't listen to this guy.
BTW, it's probably Wright, Belinelli, Jose, and Jack. Can't be Amir because he's been a 15 MPG player for his entire young career, and plus he seems like a very chill guy so I highly doubt it.