He finessed his job more than even John Wall. At least wall has a career of succeeding in his position. Silas is seemingly getting paid to stand there like a mannequin with a wry smile and very little else. I'm sure the players love to play for him, it's like when you get a substitute teacher and they don't give a **** so they let you do whatever you want in class.
No he wouldn't... switch out Green for someone that can actually hit the 3 consistently and allow KPJ to become a score first guard again and we have a diff outcome. Silas's offense worked so well in Dalls because that floor was spaced out and Doncic was able to draw defenses towards him to pass to an open shooter for an easy three or pass to the bigmen that could also run/cut to the paint because the floor was properly spaced out. Until we have a ball handler that can command that kind of respect from the defenses, his offense is a mess. Defenses clog the lane and no one is double teaming anyone to leave anyone open. Kpj can eventually garner that kind of respect by just focussing on his scoring. Get his so everyone can eat. Put actual shooters around him so once they start trying to double him someone is open for an actual easy 3. If they run out to defend the three, our two big men will have a field day running to the hole for easy points. Green and kpj should not be on the floor together until Green can actually be a consistent threat. Let green come off the bench so he can do the same.
Coaching is perceived as about over/under achieving your talent level and having the players at least tolerate, if not love you. Look at McFail. Look at Dantony. The Rockets have played precisely 1 team that's on their talent level this year and they crushed them. Extend Silas.
We need a militant leader, we have a group of boys who need to become men. We need a culture change. We need...
Yeah that's a fair point, that was a terrible hire. People need to stop treating Stone as a messiah, he's still the guy who traded for Dipo and offered him a big extension. Is it all Stone? Is Tilman and his wallet partially to blame? Who knows, I just know this is not working. I struggle to even believe he was that important as an assistant, he's the least coach-like coach I've ever seen. He comes across like a pee wee coach-Dad who's just happy to be there.
Kenny Atkinson sucks. His own team wasn't competing which is why he got fired, yet he'll come here and turn the corner?
Seriously people can look at one of the 2-3 worst rosters on the league, see them add a couple of 19 year olds and a journeyman big, while losing Wall/Olynyk, and say "yep we're in great shape, presuming we get some coaching, that's the question mark to me! '
Oh man, I had completely forgot about the Dipo extension. I won’t take away from what he did as an assistant, it could be that that’s where he excels and being a HC just isn’t for him. it’s just weird to me that it’s “In Stone we trust!” yet he’s the one who hired Silas, and there’s already those acting like Green could be the wrong choice too
Silas isn't here to win, he's here to be the walking dead coach during the garbage seasons.... the guy you dump once you are ready to finally get good.
Hopefully they'll bring a coach with them, otherwise why bother even drafting talent? This dude seems like a massive fraud, his "success" seems more likely just that he was in organisations with literal all-time-great level talents. I doubt he had any real hand in "developing" Lebron, Luka or Curry.
There's a reason this guy never got a head coaching opportunity until now. At first, it was like oh it's just preseason. But what can you say now? Just one thing...
