lol here comes the name calling, it takes an idiot to know another idiot. smart people usually are too smart to notice
Obviously the coaches are experimenting with a new system. And the core of the system is not to take in-between shots. The system had worked well for quite a few games until its flaw got exposed recently. The flaw can not be fixed easily without returning to traditional wisdom of the game. Players are beginning to lose faith in the system which puts a lot of restriction on their talents yet can not buy them a win, no matter how hard they try recently. I bet the coaches are worried about their system as well.
The Lin-Asik PNR is not perfect, but it works. It is one of the two best weapons we have, wondering why Mcfail is not buying it.
he's not even a good enough of coach to bring us to the playoffs, if we make the playoffs, its simply because of the players especially Harden
Even when we got Harden, there weren't very many that thought we were a playoff team. This is a young, inexperienced team. With that comes the growing pains and the tendency to go on a skid. McHale is not the greatest coach to ever live; but, he has done a fine job this season with this group. I question his substitutions at times, but our losing streak is not solely on him. Missed free throws and wide-open layups are a major culprit of our current position.
Nowiztki is 7' and a power forward, while Delfino is 6'6" and a small forward. Besides the size mismatch, I really like to know how Delfino, an SF, ended up guarding Nowiztki, a PF, most of the time in the fourth quarter, when Nowiztki scored 10 points to take the game away from us. He was well contained in the first half with only 4 points. Who should we blame? Delfino?
It wasn't until we started double-teaming Dirk late in the 4th qtr that we started containing him. I would have liked to see that defensive pressure on the Mavs throughout the 4th qtr.
Yes. Besides the inappropriate subs that cost us the two Portland games and the last Hornets game, the biggest problem has been his play minute management for key players. When we were winning by big margins in the previous games, McHale should have started resting our starters by playing more than 8 players. He has been playing them till like less than 3 minutes. He could have gradually sub in more Players from the bench, not necessarily 5 for 5. Fatigues do accumulate, you know? As a HOF player himself, he should have known much better than all of us here about what fatigue would do to game performance, especially with the fast-paced running-all-the-time style of play that he imposed on our players.
our biggest coaching issues are rotation/substitution and matchups. E.g. like many mentioned delfino guarding dirk, thats a matchup problem. Leaving Delfino on the court after 3 turnovers on consecutive plays is a substitution problem. Playing Patterson at C while Greg smith is on the bench is a rotation problem. You don't even have to call any offensive plays mcHale, just make sure you have the right personnel on the court. If they are not performing up to par, take them out. I dont care if its Harden, if he starts jacking up and missing shots, sit him down so he can watch from the bench
If you'd watch the video by Sport Science explaining why Nowiztki is unstoppable even by veteran players of equal height, then you will understand why many posters think there is no excuse for McHale to have asked Delfino to guard Nowiztki most of the time in the fourth quarter, when he scored 10 points and took the game from us. In addition to size mismatch, why was a small forward assigned to guard one of the tallest and best power forward? I guest I can call this a positional mismatch. Delfino should not be the only one to take the blame even if he had made defensive mistakes.
I questioned Delfino on Dirk but it was obvious no one could guard Dirk when he started getting hot, and Delfino did a decent enough job. Dirk is a superstar player, and while he's still recovering, if he gets his feels he's practically unguardable, i.e. 2010-2011 play-offs run.
His rotations are a mess and predictably easy for the opposition to plan for. I thought Lin deferred to Harden too much but now I'm seeing it from Beverley early on. Now I'm convince it's McHale who is ultimately calling that. He's going to wear James out way too early in the season.
The key point with Dirk is to (A) not send him to the foul line and (B) not have him penetrate. Put Patterson or Morris on him, and he'd take it to the rim. Put Delfino on him, and he'll shoot a jumper, albeit a relatively wide open one. Obviously, the key to defending Dirk is to have someone tall, athletic, and won't get called fouls, say a Lebron James type. Given that the Rockets don't have someone like that, and you make do with who you have.
