Good lord... with all due respect, do you even watch the games? So our future Hall of Fame coach "barely does any coaching" and is "a you guys just figure it out guy." Un-****ing believable!
It's alright Deck. Some will eventually realize that maybe Adelman doesn't do much "coaching" (or kicking and yelling and screaming at his players) is because our team's collective basketball IQ is higher than the rest of the NBA. Ergo, he doesn't need to micromanage and dangle a carrot in front of his players.
I'd be scratching my head in bewilderment, but I might injure my hair challenged scalp! You are exactly right. Look at Adelman's teams, excepting his short stay at Golden State, and besides racking up the wins, they shared another trait... lots of very intelligent players.
3 years and he is out.....I dont see him being nothing but a JVG clone and lesser at that . But i guess will see
I have seen it first hand. I am sorry to break your heart. That doesn't mean he isn't a good coach. He is just different then a lot of coaches. He does not over coach like JVG or Thibs. He installs a system for offense, the players learn it and then for Defense its more of a feel and no attention to detail.
Actually Rockets9495 sees it extremely up close. He knows people. When comparing RA to JVG and Thibs, he is a lot more passive in regards to coaching. He is more of a guide. He'll coach when he feels like things need to be said. He just won't over due it with the point guards or anyone else if things aren't going well. The other two are more of the micromanage type and comment/coach on everything. He leaves the defensive assignments and game plan to the other coaches. His son is the one that calls out the hand signals on defense in response to what the other team calls and what Battier or a pg relayed to him.
Correct, the defensive assignments and gameplan are not a big concern. The coaches go over it very briefly and its not a concern compared to JVG's staff. Again, certain styles work for certain players.
That's not exactly what you said. You said, "Adelman barely does any coaching." That sounded like a put down. Coaching includes a lot more than in-game talking. If you believe Adelman puts in systems, then that is a lot more than "barely does any coaching." No?
It's not just coaching under Thibodeau. Derrick Rose and Joakim Noah + the fact that the Bulls without any of the incoming FAs can make it to the playoffs should be a good incentive to come play for the Bulls. The only thing that might scare an FA away (mainly for wing players) is Jordan's legacy. It would be daunting to play in the same position (even though LeBron plays SF) that Jordan once played, in Chicago.
The papers have confirmed that Tom Thibodeau is a chubby chaser. http://www.newsok.com/article/3466702
No, Bobby Jackson was brought in to be our backup PG for the playoff run. The staff didn't feel AB was ready in his rookie year to be relied upon in the playoffs, so they brought in a former player of RA's who knew the system and could run it with the second team. The fact that he was used as an expiring contract the next season was icing on the cake.
I remember that story that Yao told about Thibs in Yao's 2nd or 3rd year. Yao had to go to the bathroom during one of their one on one practices and Yao took too long and Thibs went to looking for him telling him "Yao, come on we have to work on this". Yao told McGrady and T-Mac had quite a laugh and told Yao "Jeez, Thibs won't even let you take a dump in peace". That's the thing about rookie coaches like Thibs, is he a leader or is he going to micro-manage to the detriment of the team. I was surprised the Bulls signed him after their experience with Del Negro, I guarantee if Thibs doesn't work out they won't hire another rookie head coach.
Exactly, its risky. If they buy into the micro mgmt then they can be like JVGs knicks , if not then it could be a disaster. That's why I said Thibs needed a good situation. This appears to be a good situation because the best players play hard and care about defense and details , hell thats Noahs game.
Maybe he means the way Adelman does his in-game coaching. Adelman really doesn't do much in-game coaching. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that he sucks at it. How many times did we blow an out-of-timeout play last season? Esp. the "you guys figure it out" bit, I'd say as a systems coach that's pretty much his philosophy.
