yoyojw17 wrote:Knightro wrote:OrlandO wrote:Because those guys are low ceiling bench players who are who they are and aren't part of our future. Young "core" players have more room to grow and more potential... they should be coached the most and held to a higher standard or else we're just wasting our time.
This is theoretically a good point.
But you know as well as I know that Steve Clifford isn't concerned about the future. He openly admitted as recently as yesterday that his only goal is win the games right in front of him.
All Clifford is trying to accomplish with young guys from a developmental perspective is get them in a position where they can best perform the specific role that the coaching staff has laid out for them because that's what he believes will be the best way for that player to help him win games in the present.
I mean after the game the sheer thought that Hampton might have to play some point guard (a role I don't even think he's that suited for, but that irrelevant) because MCW might be out a little bit seemed to disgust Clifford because it goes against the staff's plan of working Hampton for the same amount of minutes at the same position with the same teammates running the same sets.
As a coach your one job is to get the best out of every player that you field on the court... and those that are at your disposal. By doing so... you see what you truly have, where improvements can be made, what works great and what doesn't. If things are done half assed.... you could have diamonds in the rough and possibly not as much work to do. But yes... as i've said... the best case scenario is.... we lose every game by only a couple of points every night. Which shows signs that we are further along than we think and the players need a little seasoning, and the coach is still fitting of the task. otherwise... players get traded and coaches get fired and we have to start from scratch even if we had a possible good thing happening.
I truly believed that this team was on the right track to being a contender... but these injuries killed the season and the management made the right decision to pivot and put themselves in a great position to succeed. Clifford's coaching did ad value to gordon, fournier and vuc... if he wasn't "forcing those wins" the return might not have been as significant. But... we never know.
Thats a great point. I think Knightro understands it backwords. Clifford cares about his players thats why he wants to win. What will happen with majority of our players if we dont start to win soon ? Propably out of the nba. He cared about Vucevic and now he is gone becouse we didnt won enough. Clifford is not stupid he knows how it works. I think Weltman knows it too and thats why he is ok with Clifford trying to win. Thats a price for great coach.