The benching of Chandler Parsons by the head coach Kevin McHale

Hee hee hee... is this for real?

 

Perhaps when he got rimchecked, Mchale realized that he's been overplaying Parson and gave him a rest

 

he doesn't hate him

 

i find it amazing on here how people think up ludicrous stuff about the smallest situations. Also what you must know by now is, McHale likes to stick with a player on the court if he is hot, he rewards him for his great player, most coaches keep to the structure of putting starters back in, but Mchale will stick to a line up that is working at the time

 

I like that Mchale made a coaching move regardless of reputation. Chandler's a lovable player, but it's good to see Mchale alter a lineup b/c he thinks it works better. In the end it got us the win, got Lin his first triple double, and showed he can actually coach up. Good W for us. Excited to see how this team progresses in the second half of the season.

 

And half the time God is good.

 

That's quite true.

But just because there are greater injustices out there, doesnt make
one of a lesser injustice O.K.

Just pointing out flaw in your reasoning.

Me? I'm a traditionalist. ie. one should almost always start your best 5 players. I dont think this view is at all revolutionary.

And the top 6 players in my book would be, in order

Harden/Howard, Parsons/Lin (swapped, depending on form),
Asik, Beverley and then rest.

If you want the bench propped up, sure.
Stagger the starter's minutes.

Make sure one of the playmakers (Harden, Lin, maybe Parsons?) is out there with the bench.

 

Are you being serious or sarcastic? I actually can't tell.

 

Man I see what you're did here and I give you credit. You have most certainly read Sal Alinsky's RULES FOR RADICALS. "Pick the target, twist the story, personalize it, polarize it and ridicule it."

You start a thread THE BENCHING OF CHANDLER PARSONS and proceed to talk nothing about Parsons, circumventing the real issue by targeting someone else who has nothing to do with the issue and twisting it and ridiculing him. You are a master Carl Marx. How clever you are!

This story has nothing to do with Lin and has everything to do with McHale and Parsons. But before anyone could focus on that you tried to make it about Lin. HA!

Lin played well tonight a triple double. He earned every minute 29 to be exact. End of story. What does that have to do with McHale benching Parsons. The answer NOTHING! Yet you try to use fake issue Lin's opportunities to take the focus off of a real issue, parsons benching and ridicule Lin in the process. Another one of Alinsky's RULES FOR RADICALS, Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon.

Very clever Carl Marx. But unfortunately your attempt is just stupid. McHale benching Parsons has nothing to do with Lin. I said this in another thread and I'll repeat it here, Mchale subs out Parsons and TJones for DMo and Lin. Good move, those guys both contribute to turning the game around. No problem there. But then he needs to rest Harden and subs Casspi at the small forward spot. Stupid move unless he has a beef with Parsons.

How can anyone argue against that. There have been times when Parsons back was killing him and he wouldn't sub him out. Casspi on his best day is not better than Parsons. The substitution worked going small but now you are resting Harden. Why Casspi over Parsons?

I was waiting to hear Parsons was injured but nope, not the case. 19 minutes for Parsons and no injury, that's a big time first. Maybe Parsons wasn't doing what he was told on the court and McHale wanted to teach him a lesson. I am totally fine with that but don't expect anyone to believe McHale does a 180 on how he rotates his players just because he says that "he was looking for combinations that would click". HA! That's BS if I ever heard it. Since when did he sub out Parsons to look for combinations that would work. And when did those combinations include DMo. And when has he ever subbed Casspi in ahead of Parsons when he has been resting for 2o minutes on the bench. The answer is NEVER! F$#@KING NEVER!

And your attempt to diffuse the real issue and put it on Lin is even more pathetic. Everyone complains about all these LOF's overfilling these threads with obscene love for their man but you are worse in your attempts to do whatever it is you are trying to do. And he has nothing to do with McHale benching Parsons. McHale has a doghouse. It is real and I suspect Parsons knows that now and will be let out shortly.

 

That's how stats work around here. Lin can have an entire season of being a starter and multiple games showing him as a great player but just one game that shows the opposite PROVES that he's a scrub and should only ride the bench...

Besides, I thought Parson's was being punished for speaking badly about Harden?

Agreed.

It's funny how even when Lin isn't involved people just want to bring him up.

Wow, excellent post.

And I need to check out that book!

 

Good post.

 

Well written and lucid. Would have repped you if I could.

 

MRW reading OMR's post.



dropping the hammer

 

OMF is indeed wise.

 

MOR is indeed wise

 

So Parsons was benched so McHale could teach LOFs a lesson? A competent coach wouldn't care about the soap opera that is this board. So yes - McHale sucks.

 

McHale sucks so much that he coached well and kept the hot players in the game.............i think people should stop bashing McHale, as he has said time and time again, he likes to give hot players who are on the court time if they are producing, you don't always have to play starters heavy minutes you know and Chandler has been playing 38 minutes a game this season, he probably enjoyed the extra rest.

 

What??? Like who?

 

Was expecting reasons for Parsons' benching but found a thread b****ing about Lin fans instead.

 

Only a prayer to the gods can keep Lin out of threads not related to him.