Before stopping by here, I said this at BrewHoop.
J-S has lots on Bucks: recap, Hammond interview
I’m not far apart from Gardner on the player grades he gives. But I’d say his team grades average about one letter grade too high.
http://www.jsonline.com/sports/bucks/pl ... 32841.htmlIf I worked at the Cousins Center, I’d think I’d like John Hammond. But the traits that make him survive under Kohl (and get a 3-year extension) make him look like an ineffectual nice guy. Too mild to matter. He is not a master of the language, not a savvy communicator. He said a few things.
“You can never have enough bigs,” Hammond said.
You think I made that one up, right? Nope. He said it. It was in reference to hoping to add a strong, tough big – which is a need. But those words about our team have the same grasp on reality as Monty Python.
“We want to hire the best coach and the best person for the job.”
Brilliant! Bet no one’s ever thought of it that way before.
And I think John Henson most every time he stepped on the floor, he produced and played very well.
If that’s even close to being true, why did Hammond let the coaches ignore Henson? Maybe playing very well isn’t what we’re looking for.
“You say, ‘Did it work?’ I think those guys had success together at different points. They were rolling pretty strong together at points of the season.
“I don’t think you could look back and say it didn’t work.”
Re the pairing of Jennings and Ellis. Clearly, for John the exception proves the rule. They do that a lot. Claim that a failure isn’t really a failure because there was a possibility that it could have gone better. As if losing the rent money to the slot machines wasn’t a bad choice because there was that little winning streak before things went sour.
I wish I could DVR the off-season. And use Fast Forward X4 to get it over with sooner. If they have great success, we’d get to the new season sooner. I’d be delighted and relaxed. And if Kohl/Hammond stumbles and falls, as I consider most likely, I could start to implement my Plan B. Reducing my following of the Milwaukee Bucks to 20% of current levels until they change their ways. In major fashion.
