I am not saying that other coaches couldn't have done better, I am simply saying that Whitsitt deserves just as much blame as Dunleavy because he gave him so many jerks to have to deal with... more than any coach should be expected to manage. ------------------ Give me ambiguity or give me something else. Sign up for season 2 of the CC.net NBA Sim League! http://bbs.clutchcity.net/ubb/Forum12/HTML/000328.html
Let's look at Portland's situation in detail: Wallace: totally out of control; head case on the court. Pippen: need I say anything? Strickland: once a thug, always a thug, livin the thug life Kemp: fat-ass, coke-head, overpaid benchwarmer Stoudamire: good PG, show little confidence in him by signing Rod. D. Davis: anybody notice him on the bench? Sabonis: can barely make it up and down the floor S. Smith: former Dream Teamer, no longer the baller he once was Schrempf: brought out of retirement Augmon: who cares Anthony: excellent defender relegated to 12th man role Wells: unavailable What I'm saying is that this is an extremely volatile mix of thugs, idiots, and washed up All-Stars. Whitsitt should know better than to put together a team like this. A coaching staff of Vince Lombardi, John Wooden, and Dean Smith couldn't have coached this team, much less Mike D. ------------------ "Oh No..." -Bill Walton in 97 just before Stockton's buzzer beater
