what when he said this team didn't have a problem closing out games? Haha.. yea Rick, cause two back to back collapses to mediocre Eastern teams hasn't shown the truth.
The question which set him off was... Journo to Addled Man (not direct quotes): "With all these late-game losses are you concerned that your guys won't have the confidence to finish close games in the playoffs?" RA: "NO! Of course not.... I don't know why you would ask that. Why would you ask that? I mean NO, of course they will have confidence....these are guys who have played in this league. Its just concentration and execution (face bright red by this point)"
Then, afterwards, he said that...get this the last play of the game was the one that he wanted and that he knew they were going to switch. He basically said that all he wanted to do was get T-Mac the ball and then had no plan after that even though he fully expected Dalembert to be on him.
That seems like a very valid question at this point. Sorry Rick. We have had way too many 4th quarter collapses to not have to worry about that.
Journalist: "Coach, I might be reaching a bit on this issue, but do you think confidence might be an issue with these guys with all of these close games in the fourth quarter? Another big lead blown and..." Adleman: "No, no. Why... WHY WOULD THAT BE AN ISSUE? Why is that an issue? We have guys that have been in this league and played, and everything else. You've got to finish the game! When you're missing point blank shots at the basket, you can't get any better [opportunities] than that. It just takes concentration to finish it. I thought there were times that we just didn't score because we were taking one too many extra passes instead of driving to the basket and drawing the foul. I know they're a good intimidation type team around the basket, but I don't think confidence is a problem. I think it's execution, concentration and doing the things you can do... Going to your strengths. And we didn't do that." Source: My DVR
I am pretty sure the last play by TMAC is not what RA planned, that is bullshiit, just like those late 4th quarter 3's in the knicks game.
lol, he just said that he did. He said that he just wanted to get the ball in Mac's hands and let him do his thing
whats so stupid about that. you develop bad habbits like this for 82 games and then you expect to turn on the switch in the playoffs. it is a legitimate concern.
