The benching of Chandler Parsons by the head coach Kevin McHale

Haha ok I laughed at that last part.

Can we get chris Baldwin a login here?

 

Wow. It is impressive how far this thread ran off the rails, before it came back.

 

Then say that in your opening statement but don't start a thread called The Benching of Chandler Parsons and then relate it to why no one should b**** about Lin's minutes. That's just ridiculous. (your words)

By the way none of what you said explains why McHale subbed out Harden for Casspi instead of Parsons. I am sure you'll make an excuse but the reality is you don't know. The consensus on this board is either he wanted to rest Parson so he had energy for the super bowl parties or Parsons was in his doghouse.

 

I like what mchale is doing.

 

yes, the game is all about matchups which is why some players play lights out against some teams and disappear against others.

superstars consistently play well no matter who they're up against and why they earn so much because coaches know what they're going to get.

with everyone else from night to night you may not get the same results.

 

It's clearly Mchale punished him for going public on Harden's ISO. On Parsons defense, he was actually complement Harden's game. Harden's ISO is equal to the whole team ball movement for an open shot.

 

CP was only able to get 7 pts last night. Damn you McHale you racist.

 

Why cant you just accept that the coach left him on the bench because the players on the floor were playing great (which they were)? Instead of making it about the coach punishing Parsons, or any other conspiracy theory that people on this forum love so much.

 

That's what they said about PPat last year.

 

Jesus lets just put this thread to bed.

McHale doesn't hate Lin.

OldManRock is going at CH because of a preexisting feud.

McHale indirectly said why he played Parsons less than normal, he and Jones (to a lesser extent) didn't follow the defensive game plan and McHale is sick of it.

Hopefully it doesn't happen again... Although it has all year.

 

I am sure Harden seldom follows defensive game plans.

 

repped. quite a few Carl Marx in this forum. and the forum own did a good job encourage them.

 

Since I'm the only one talking about McHale's doghouse I assume you are talking about me. And since you are referring to me or talking out your ass let me be clear, I never said Lin was in McHale's doghouse. I think McHale believes Beverly deserves more minutes than Lin and I am not sure I disagree considering the rollercoaster of consistency Lin displays. But your point about Lin doesn't belong in this thread.

This thread is about THE BENCHING OF CHANDLER PARSONS. You opened it up and now you don't like the can of worms that has come out. What people have to say about it is all over the place. But the one thing that you can't argue against is McHale picking Casspi over a healthy rested Parsons. Your explanation is total BS when you ignore that, no matter how eloquently you dress it up with stupid stats. Parsons was not out there alone. His plus and minus was part of a team effort.

There is no big story here. I don't care much why CP got benched. I am happy McHale has got some sense in his head and sees that DMo can help this team. I love the idea that we can go small with Harden, Lin and Beverly now. And I have always believed Casspi was better at SF than PF. Those are all adjustments that many on this board have expressed long before McHale implemented them.

But at least be honest about the elephant in the room. Parsons has not played less than 30 minutes all year long, 13 games of 40 plus minutes. The game he played only 30 minutes was a blowout that the bench was cleared. The first game after his back injury when Coach definitely should have rested him he plays 40. And now we are to believe the coach thinks Casspi is better than a healthy rested Parsons in last nights game. Ha! That some Rules of Radicals BS if I ever heard it.

Yes it possible that McHale is totally into playing the proper rotation now. There is a first time for everything. But then you are acknowledging that there is a chink in his armor (for those who want to twist it, I am not at all referring to Jeremy Lin). And he has before not played Casspi at the 3 or DMo at the 4 either because wasn't smart enough to see their value there or he has a doghouse.

Let's also be clear about a doghouse. It's a imaginary penalty box players are benched in for reasons other than normal. So if what mchale said,..

McHale: "I just felt the team played more balanced with Chandler out of the game."

McHale: "players did not follow defensive game plan."

McHale: "...was looking for combinations that would click."

McHale was a little over the place there almost like he was dancing but if any of those are true than Parsons was not in his doghouse. but if it was for one of the many other reason's people have voiced here.

Parson is penalized for speaking out the truth.

Parsons has learned what you would get when taking shot at the star of the team!

Michael (McHale) benched parsons because chandler spoke out against harden

Those aren't my words but if true, that's being in the doghouse. Again I do not pretend to know if Parsons was a little bit in McHale's doghouse last night. What I do know is McHale has never played Casspi over a healthy rested Parsons. And because of that some including me question why Parsons was benched. You opened the can if you don't like what's inside you have no one to blame but yourself.

 

Please don't bring up that elephant CH's head will explode.

 

Are you saying, Jeremy's constant drifting away from his guy, which sometime result in a wide open shot, is part of Mchale defensive game plan?

 

How is this worthy of a thread. ARe we to believe that Chandler Parsons is above being benched? If Dwight Howard is not above being benched, then for sure, CP is not either. Really, no one on the team should be above the law.

 

This is the most entertaining dialogue I've read on Clutchfans, scratch that, the entire internet. *applause* for both elocutors