Forget talking about Reed specifically he plays the worst 3 pt shooters in the league over the best 3pt shooter on his team down 3 with 2 seconds to go…not play him to shoot…not even as a decoy
I actually do think this is an interesting subject if you look at it from one specific angle - if you are a coach who is trying to be tough and instill certain values in young players, would you bench that player even if you know your chance of winning the game goes down? Would you ever bench a player as punishment if you know that its reducing your winning chance? And if so, do you consider that "losing on purpose"? Like if I'm a coach, and I tell all my players they can never gamble on passing lanes, and if they do, they're ass is getting benched. Then my best player gambles, misses it, and allows an open dunk, should I bench him? And if I did bench my best player for doing that, am I "holding him accountable" or am I "losing on purpose"? Anyway I don't know if that's what you were getting at here but I do think the hypothetical I gave above is applicable to the way he handles Reed Sheppard.
Here's the thing guv Ime might seem a proper geezer but he got himself into a bit of a **** up The details ain't important, it probably involves a dame as per usual. Unfortunately on the other end are the meanest band of tossers in town, worse than the Yardiest yardies there ever was, and even if Ime goes through the slips ain't nothing but hot fuzz and johnny law on the other side. So, you may ask, how does a chap make it through BOTH the hell AND the high water? Perhaps a match or two, strategically not entirely contested on the level, and knowledge of such passed through to the appropriate punters at the right time, and boom, everything is right as rain and Ime has a new lease on life, so to speak and pete tong is singing the blues once again.
A REAL head scratcher. I get it if either of Alpy or Amen are in the game in order to in-bound the ball. They are probably our best passers, have height, etc. But why isn't Reed running around out there trying to get open? Surely the play has him flashing to 40' and ready to take a long heave? Completely lost on the logic of having Alpy stand on the court at all, and then the ball dribbles off his leg... yay.
hoping to derive sound logic out of idiocy is merely a futile effort. especially when the idiot is break all calibration on the idiometer levels of idiotic
I think its just called being a bad coach. This isnt Hoosiers or Friday Night lights. Ime isnt Paul Bear Bryant. Its pro sports. Use all the tools you have in the most effective way possible to win games.
Listen mate - the Udokers has got his thoroughbreds all cream crackered. Since he done lost the training room, it's hammer & tongs from now till April- and if a match or 2 should seem like the players are on holiday and a cheeky punter takes home a few extra quid, well then thems the breaks innit
