We won the f'ing game can't believe some of you selfish people.I shouldve joined 6 years ago instead of lurking hate to be a 12er
I am sorry, but you are way too sensitive on this - and I bet way more sensitive than Lin is himself. McHale stated before, that he wanted to try out differnet lineups - Jones started instead on DMo for example. It is preseason, and that is what preseason is for. Howard played very limited minutes today, actually basically the same amount as Lin. If Lin comes off the bench during the season, it will not be McHale benching him or demoting him - it will be because he is the better playmaker than Beverly and we severly lack playmaking ability with our second unit. Lin would practically play the Ginobili role. And again: it is preseason! We won against what many experts consider the third best team in the league by 20 points. McHale did a great job of coaching, Lin played pretty good - the whole team played good. Be happy - stop whining.
I don't care what the lineup is in the regular season. Be it Lin or Beverley or if they trade for Derrick Rose or bring back Calvin Murphy. McHale has an ego problem (not anything new, but more evident than ever) and if even he can't cater to the Asian fans, I can only imagine how the season will go when they hit some bumps in the road. This isn't last year's team where you can just do whatever you want. Too many expectations this year.
I don`t really know what you mean by ego problem - like Poppovich benching his 3 stars against Miami? McHale is trying out different things because he has a whole new team now (the addition of Howard changes everything). They may be in Asia, but because of those expectations you are talking about, he is not just doing fan service, he is using those games to make his team better and figure out the best combinations. He is doing, what he is supposed to do - he is trying everything to make this team as good as it can be, even if it means pissing of some fans.
Personally I think it's still too early to revive this thread, unless you're still going by his minutes allocations from last season (which I still have issues with due to overplaying of the starters and senseless substitutions in game winning situations). We'll see come the regular season whether McHale has learned from the past or still burns Harden and Parsons for 40 mins a game during blow outs.
His problems getting along with players are well documented. Going way back to his days in Minnesota. He looks like a genius now, but seriously, fans on clutchfans have been advocating for this type of experimentation for awhile as well. It's not like he invented the triangle offense. He made a captain-of-the-obvious move. Don't bring up the Poppavich thing either. That's just ignorant.
we are looking to be in the championship race we have an amazing roster with 2 superstars why are we still having this unproven coach f around with our team mchale is a good coach for a rebuilding team. we are now BUILT and no time for an amateur with his experiments bring in Phil Jackson! Van Gundys! Coaches that have a good track record now please
I think Jeremy is that offensive spark off the bench we need with this current roster. I think he and Bev are roughly equally talented in their own ways, with the edge going to Lin. However, Lin might be the only guy capable of fulfilling that much needed role. Parsons is our only SF capable of starting, so you can't move him back without losing too much in the starting lineup. Again, that's with current riser as-is. Ultimately I'd like a savvier vet to be that punch off the bench. We just don't have that right now from an offensive standpoint.
sorry but I totally disagree. Mchale is looking like a hoss right now with the stretch offense. Van gundy and dantoni would be trying to dump it down all day. Parsons would have never gotten to play either.
As far as McHale, we'll see what he can do this season. If he stinks, he'll be let go. We're not stuck with him by any means. Still, I'm willing to give him a shot with this new lineup. Lot of unknowns going into this season.
This is kind of my point - he tried something today and it worked. No reason to bump this threat. I have my problems with McHale as well, but you can`t fault him for anything this preseason. Even you say he looks like a genius now - so why did you bump this threat? As for him not getting along with his players - we never had as good chemistry as last season for a long time, possibly ever. A coach plays his part in that. And that was one of the major reasons for Dwight to sign - another reason? He wanted to play for McHale. He might have his problems with some, but so far he did a great job with this group of guys. Really this seems like one of the typical LOFs moves - putting the playdr you like above the team. When the team plays great ball and your player comes of the bench, you ain`t happy - I think Lin can play better ball when you put him in with the second unit, since he plays best with the ball in his hands. This helps the team, this helps him and Lin should be on the court at crunch time anyways (similar to Ginobili). I don`t think Lin has a real problem with that.
That's how he's supposed to answer. You honestly expect a coach to explain ANY part of his strategy, tactics and general handling of the team during an interview? That's what other teams' scouts and coaching staff are for. Believe it or not, there are more things to basketball, the Rockets and the NBA in general than Jeremy Lin. If a coach starts giving honest, comprehensive answers to random insignificant (yes, insignificant and random, I know it's hard for LOFs to comprehend, but this REALLY isn't a big issue) questions like that, then he'll have to spend approximately 26 hours per day doing press conferences, analyzing every little move. That's not what he's there for. Also, this whole debate is asinine. I never understood why anyone cared about who's in the starting lineup. It means literally nothing. If a dude starts a game, then comes out 30 seconds later and his back-up plays 47,5 minutes, then who's really the backup? It's made even more ridiculous by the fact that this is a preseason scrimmage, a game that counts for absolutely nothing and McHale could be starting Brooks, Canaan, Beverly and Williams with Convington at point-forward if he felt like, because these games are only good for experimenting. LOFs are basically raising hell about a choice that means nothing in a game that means nothing. Let's just admit that you're looking for excuses to stir **** up.
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also howards decision was largely based on mchale. Those of you against mchale have been loud about it from the beginning and mchale keeps stuffing your sorry takes down your throat. I'm not ready to crown the guy einstein but his offense and open philosophy is awesome. I love it Mchale is not going anywhere suck it haters
LOFs are by far the worst fans in all of sports. I've never seen a bigger group of whiney, obsessed emotional cripples then this. It's ****ing preseason and both Bev and Lin played well. There shouldn't be any b****ing at all.
