Deeeez Knicks wrote:mpharris36 wrote:Deeeez Knicks wrote:There's enough blame to go around where it can be managements fault for putting the team together, players fault for playing poorly, and Thibs fault for not making the right adjustments.
It does seem like all are true
Agreed
The guys with track records need to play better
Thibs needs to adjust to who's playing well faster (if Obi is playing well, which he has, find more minutes for him) don't always just trust "vets".
FO took our identity away to basically try to build a team to beat the Atlanta Hawks.
Yea, feels like a lot of different things are going wrong when last year a lot of things went our way. Still, we are not far off from last year's pace. Its not a bad as it seems. But things can go downhill fast if we don't adjust.
Have to find more minutes for Obi and IQ when they are playing well, especially when starters are struggling. And something needs to give with the starters. Fournier looks like a classic bad knicks signing so far. I wasn't crazy about him but he can't be this bad, can he??
I'm struggling to put my finger on one specific issue as well.
Thibs also didn't become a bad coach overnight. But he does have a level of stubbornness to him. I mean he started Elfrid Payton the entire season when he wasn't helping on offense or defense.
The thing that would concern mean about this year vs last year is that we took off when we traded for Derrick Rose. That type of move for how little we ended up giving up for arguably the most important player on the team isn't likely.
We have also played an extremely soft schedule (hardest remaining SOS in the league). Even the best teams we have played seem to always be missing one of there best players.