They were far more disciplined last year. They were a much better defensive team. They rarely took crappy opponents lightly compared to this season(0-5 vs Denver and Brooklyn). And they were very good at bouncing back from the occasional bad loss(no 3-game losing streak til the WCF).
I blame this entire season on Les and Morey. Everyone and their mom knew Mchale and his staff were completely inept at coaching and we could tell last year this team lacked focus. They were bailed out by MVP James who is non existent this year. If they would have replaced Mchale with a respected smart coach this wouldn't have happened.
Well I had hopes for a C- which is a bad grade itself.... because they had a wins streak of 5 fair enough given the expectations before the season
Key words: Harden not a good leader and below average teammate, blow up half of the roster, was not all McHale's fault