Jay10 wrote:Chanel Bomber wrote:Mike Woodson was better than Thibs, even though he didn't have a good year in 2013-14.
The FO really sabotaged him by adding Bargnani, on top of Stoudemire's return, when Melo had just had his best season playing the 4. I don't know to what extent his hands were tied, or if that was his responsibility as HC, but he should have kept playing Melo at the 4 and kept Bargnani and Amar'e as back-up 5s strictly.
Still, give me Woodson over Thibs any day of the week.
The front office didn't sabotage Mike Woodson. The 2012-2013 roster was made up of veteran players that won championships, and because of age they didn't return for the 2013-2014 season.
People still haven't come to notice that all of these coaches have the same coaching style:
Mike Woodson
Doc Rivers
Tom Thibodeau
They are all heavy-isolation coaches and in the end it comes down to the talent level of the players.
We definitely missed Kidd and Novak's 3-point shooting.
The Knicks ran one of the most modern offenses in 2012-13 under Woodson. A big reason why was Melo playing the 4 full-time because Amar'e - who was a net negative - missed most of the season. We essentially ran a 4-out line-up, which led to a lot of open 3s.
Anyway, I'm not calling Woodson a genius, or a great coach. And he's at least partly to blame for the 2013-14 season, although as you said it generally comes down to talent (and from that perspective I think Amare's negative impact is really underestimated). I just liked what I saw from him more than what I've seen from Thibs.