So I am really shocked and McHales lack of adjustments in this series. We will closing in and then they go on a 23-0 run! No really attempts to change anything. I understand that the guys were missing a lot of shots but there are so many things that we could have done. Why no Hack a Jordan. Why did he let Terry stay in the game after getting blown by time and time again. Why not let Nick Johnson rotate in to guard Redick? I know that Johnson does not offer much on the offensive side of the ball but it we shut down that screen three then that changes the whole series. I really can not understand this. People are blaming this loss on Harden but man our coach has to be willing to change things up. I always know when Harden will sit and who is going to come in for him. While I don't dislike McHale I don't think we can ever get that deep in the playoffs against a great coach when young talent around him. I was excited during the Dallas series as I saw him make some fairly major changes and then is this series I see none of that? It is like he is in default mode. I still think we have a chance to win this series but McHale has to make some major changes but I am not sure he is willing to do that.
good first post, both Austin Rivers and Reddick went off. James Harden is not responsible for guarding 2 players at once. We are getting out coached because of lack of adjustments. It took 2 games for the coaching staff to realize that they had do something for Blake.
I'd really be in favor of throwing in Papa or Johnson and see what they can do. Papa moves the ball and that's contagious and Nick can at least keep up with Rivers whose too quick for most of our guard.
Yea it's a shame he fell out of the rotation. I remember he would come in and play with some grit and get the Rockets back in the game a few times.
Harden... Here is the thing. Our offense has dictated that everything flows through Harden. I actually don't think Harden is the problem. He is getting doubled teamed and our guys are not making their shots. I think we must adapt and adjust more quickly but it just does not seem to be our coaches style. He has a hands off approach that sometimes works and sometimes makes me crazy!
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Kevin McHale is completely lost without Jeremy Lin. He doesn't know who to wrongly blame for his coaching blunders. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Adjustments?src=hash">#Adjustments</a></p>— Chris Baldwin (@ChrisYBaldwin) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisYBaldwin/status/597095161991024640">May 9, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
just bring in thibs or brooks already. LAC owns us. Mchale can't gameplan for ****. If we miraculously made it out of this round, we would just get slaughtered in the next.
Unless a coach is playing a patently horrific lineup in terms of match-up when a clearly superior alternative is available-- a prime example would be Scott Brooks keeps playing Kendrick Perkins vs. Miami in the finals-- there really aren't too many tactical adjustments to create a 20-30 point turnaround. In the case of this series, for example, was it a part of the coaching plan to play no transition defense? Did the coach tell players to let Austin Rivers to both drive past our guys and shoot wide open jumpers whenever he wanted? At some point, it's a matter of whether the players are willing or able to actually do what is necessary. There are probably some tweaks to be made-- changing around who guards Griffin, playing Dorsey or Johnson, etc., and some of them may well work. But there is no silver bullet "bench Perk" tactic that is guaranteed to make things better without drawbacks.
I think that hack a Jordan would be an excellent idea during the stop their momentum and take the air out of the stadium. I am not sure if Johnson would offer much. I don't blame Harden for this loss. It is a team sport and in this case the whole team forgot to play defence. Just as in the first game the whole team quit in the last two minutes.
Hahaha. Chris Baldwin is still posting about Lin. What a tool. Every article he wrote last year was pandering to you foolish LOFs. He doesn't care about your idol. He's still taking advantage of your ignorance. I'll give him credit for keeping up the front of resentment against everyone Lin has interacted with in the league.
I've seen other coaches call timeouts and yell at their players when there's a missed defensive assignments. Doc yells when the ball sticks. I don't think McHale is a yeller though...well, he's definitely not a Pop like hard ass. Not that it's a panacea, but I think a Pop type coach who is willing to cuss out our stars when needed would be helpful here. Harden's effort on D was pretty lacking. Ariza and T-Jones had misplayed the FIRST 4 PnR's of the game! That's ridiculous. I couldn't believe that it happened four times in a row in the 1st quarter. An early timeout could have been used there. McHale even admitted on the air that they started out the game with some miscommunication. Now I know how Mavs fans felt when Smith-Howard was just alley-ooping them to death. Also, Josh Smith just engaged bonehead mode the entire time he was there. He Hulk rebounded a couple of great ones on offense, but that was wiped out by him being clueless at everything else. But SVG was a yeller, so sometimes it's just about the player. I don't see Josh Smith visibly pointing to himself and saying sorry to the team and bench as much as he did with Detroit. With him, I think it's just a crap shoot and no coaching style can really change him.
Papa's handles are just not up to snuff for now. It might have been different if he never got injured earlier on in the season and got his NBA handles squared away completely. McHale literally thinks this team is as well coached as the Championship Laker teams and literally is pulling a Phil Jackson by trying the force the team to play through slumps but it's not happening.
Honestly,I am not a knee jerk type of guy, but I wish JVG was back despite his micromanaging ways. He can manage a relatively experienced team with some genuine talent like ours , unlike the weaker Yao/ McGrady team of the past. There is no doubt however, that playmaking and additional defense will be needed after this season is over.
What is there to adjust? I'm not on the court playing BB. Clap clap, it's ok, try harder, we'll be fine. Walk in lay-up. Clap clap, it's ok, try harder. Walk in lay-up. Clap clap. Walk in lay-up. No one can hear anyone now.
I would have used up all my time outs trying to stop it. Did he call even one? Why not hack Jordan to slow it down.
Nick Johnson? K-Pap? You think these guys are going to change the game? You have to be kidding. There's nothing McHale can do when he has to coach against a superior team on both ends of the court. You can't do much when the front line of Blake/Jordan is dominating your bigs.
I don't know. A gimpy Chris Paul runs the pick and roll 4 times and a row, and your team looks like they've never seen a pick and roll in their life. Honestly, I don't know. Right or wrong, McHale reminds me of Kubiak. Nice guy, puts together an unimaginative but semi-successful game plan, and then collapses when the other team adjusts in-game. We're on the outside looking in, but it feels to me like McHale puts a cap on how far this team can go. Had we played any team other than the Mavs, would we have made it out of the 1st round? I'll just go back to daydreaming about Adelman backdoor cuts to the basket and how his offense made Kevin Martin look like an all-star and got Chuck Hayes a triple double.
