I mean you don't want him hurt for long term reasons but it doesn't really effect winning for that specific season.
All teams tank by playing their young guys but i'm incompetent and you're not just an idiot. Ok. Screw development. The young guys will get better by playing 2k and stuff.
Yes. They'll get better by not getting injured playing 40 mins a night. That would probably not be great given they're young
Yeah you're right, these are good points. Regarding Nix, I'd like to make a distinction here, I think that is a decision that came down from the front office. At the end of the day, as a head coach, the GM is your boss. If the GM tells you to do something, you have to do it. I don't think the GM can tell you "try to lose games, coach poorly on purpose" - I don't think any coach would cooperate with that. But I do think that a GM can say "you have to play Daishen Nix as our backup point guard." Or Stone could have also said "you must use KPJ as the point guard, and we want him to run a lot of pnr and a lot of isolation." That could have been out of Silas hands. Even if Silas said KPJ sucks and pick and roll, and he wants to stop running it, the response could have been "I know he sucks at it, that's why we need him to do it 10 times per game, so he can get better." And if you accept this premise, well, it can basically be used to explain away any of Silas coaching decisions. Maybe they told him he can't play Sengun more than 30 minutes. Maybe they told him he's not allowed to bench his players for sulking or playing poor defense. The point is I think Silas was handcuffed by Stone. How heavily is something that we can never know. But I think this is what explains a lot of the decisions that were being made.
My beef with Silas wasn't that he lost, but how he chose to play and develop our young players. We had zero structure, minimal play calling, no offensive system or identity, and failed to put players in positions where they could succeed in their role. It was truly a master class of incompetence by Silas.
Bari joining jalen at the Rico runs https://instagram.com/stories/jabarismithjr/3172132650881415335?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== Bradeaux on X: "Jabari Smith Jr. at the Rico Hines runs with Jalen Green and KJ Martin: (Via @jabarismithjr IG) https://t.co/D28Ja1kXM2" / X (twitter.com)
Obviously Bari's improved a lot in this summer, has shaken oFF the notorious 'silas' curse, found back his confidence…lookat him, keep body lower, put the ball on to the floor more, dribble, make moves n make good use of his body, bang…no doubt, next season him, tari, goon n brooks this four gonna be the most competitive candidates for da 'CF franchise player' award lol
This Silas revisionist history reminds me of Soviet historians praising Stalin's atrocities or putting the blame on the Kulaks or the Poles. Dude was terrible, awful, and wretched at every head coaching task from game management and player development to front office interactions and media appearances.
