By putting in Adrien instead of Hill and playing over Sam tells us a lot. He's willing to play anyone, including that numbskull Terrence, if players aren't bringing their 'E' game. E-game meaning = effort and energy. No more crying why player ..... does not get playing time, he will eventually if he works hard. Now to another matter which people have brought up about the reaction to the stomp by Love. People feel Scola needs to get some balls, he's a pushover etc. Most of you feel he did the mature thing and reacted the right way. I am interested how people will react to our coach's stance on this matter: How you cannot love this coach Please do not bring up the argument that it was a different era because that is bull. McHale would've done the same thing if he was playing with the Celtics in these days. Please discuss
McHale has created a system where playing time is earned, not given. Bud and Hill are actually sucking less after McHale DNPs and bench them. He's getting the players with lack of focus, fire and hard work to demonstrate these qualities.
McHale played in the era of not many camera angles and very few video reviews. He can talk tough all he wants, but if he tells his guys to take care of it on the floor, they'll be suspended and his arse is on the line.
Nonetheless you have to find the no nonsense attitude refreshing. Look at Tom Coughlin of the Giants......an old school coach that doesn't put up with crap. I actually love these types of coaches and hope that Mchale continues to coach in this fashion.
I agree with this, and was actually thinking about this earlier. I still have my doubts of McHale as an X's and O's coach, but as a motivator and someone who sticks by his principles, I admire what he's accomplished so far. If you play for McHale, you better play hard. I'm curious as to why nothing's been done with Martin yet (Lee is certainly deserving of more time since he contributes on both ends), but I assume he already knows Martin's psyche is in the dumpster.
Srsly? Kmart is not the type of person you bench for two bad games. He has been one of our most consistent players scoring wise recently, not including the last two games.
With KMart i dont think it's so much a punishment as a bit of a break to try and jolt him out of a funk. He has tried leaving him in for extended minutes to shoot his way through his barren spells but it hasn't quite worked. He is still finding out what makes each guy tick, i like McHale.
I think too much is made out of benching Hill/Dally vs the positive act of actually playing Adrien. I think McHale has seen the kid play well in practice, and given Thursday's deadline for his option, he did the right thing giving him the chance to earn his money. Against depleted Denver team, that was a risk worth taking... Ball is now in @dmorey's court: I doubt he gets waived...
McHale ushered in years of NBA ugliness when he clotheslined Rambis. That play essentially decided the 1984 NBA championship and 1985 championship and forward for a decade. Pat Riley said, "Carry a bigger stick, fellas" and the Lakes' Showtime became WWE. Then Chuck Daly ramped it up to MMA. The beautiful game was dominated by bullies and plain ugliness. I have bever forgiven McHale.
Toughest "response" I ever saw was way back in the early 70s. Only two refs back then, and neither saw Phil Chenier suddenly turn and cold-**** Walt Frazier while they were jogging up court. Dude knocked Clyde on his arse. Clyde got his senses back, dusted himself off, never changed expressions, and proceeded to shut Chenier out while putting up 40+ himself. I was wild with joy watching this justice.
You can't blame McHale. Blame the refs and the league for never clamping down on the physicality. Blaming McHale here is like blaming a lone player for the current flopfest the NBA has become. In my opinion the flopping is worse than the more physical, "ugly" play. There is very little in the NBA as ugly as flopping, IMO.
BS. The NBA was physical way before that. Think about all the fight Dream and Calvin was involved in. Rudy T almost died because of the fights. That was just the game. It was Riley's Knicks who ruined the game. Not only did they play physically, they dropped the pace of the game down to below 100 pts per game.
God the overeaction on here is mind numbing, the Nuggets were small, McHale matched up our scrub Adrein, with their scrubs. And in a war of scrubs we came out on top. Hooosaaahhh !! DD
Your points are fine. Flopping, as bad as it is, and it is, is not like the muggings the Mahorns and Masons and Lambiers et al doled out endlessly. I love the artistry, the ballet, that is NBA hoops at its utmost.
