Q12543 wrote:kekgeek1 wrote:Q12543 wrote:Getting through those games are a slog Monster, although you will find some of the young guys occasionally emerge and provide some hope for the future.
I think if you want to maximize wins with a younger roster without elite talent, you actually do the opposite of some of the things we saw from Saunders and what Hinch is saying.
First, slow way the heck down. The fewer possessions a game has, the lesser the odds are of the team with superior talent winning. Take the Knicks, which on paper looks very unimpressive once you get past Randle talent-wise. Their pace of play ranking? Dead last.
Second, don't give the players much freedom. Call most of the plays from the sideline and try to run them as instructed. Sure, you give the likes of KAT, Rubio, and DLO some rope, but otherwise, things are very structured with play calling. In other words, the coach should be micromanaging a bit.
Third, play your best players 35+ minutes per night. After KAT, I don't even know who our best players are to be honest. I guess Beasley. So Beasley and KAT would be playing 35-38 MPG if our goal was to win more games.
But I continue to see process and system maximization as the goal versus winning, so I don't see any of the measures listed above being implemented by the new coach.
So you want Thibs :)
Heh, Thibs without all the screaming and long 2s....but yes, if the goal is to start winning games, I'm convinced that slowing down, playing Beasley & KAT big minutes, and micromanaging the offense a bit more is what needs to be done.
Certainly making KAT the fulcrum of the offense makes sense, so that is the one thing that seems to be aligned with winning more games. Not sure if more freedom and faster pace does.....
Many good coaches have a system and have free flowing ones. D'Antoni had a system. Kenny Atkinson got fired for being too good at having guys play in a system that I'm not sure was super tight just didn't accentuate Star players.
Rambis was implementing a more free flowing offense based somewhat on the triangle. The talent wasn't great but he was horrendous at whatever the hell he was trying to do.
The system can be a problem but the bottom line is if the coach is actually good at what they are doing it should work reasonably well. Sometimes the system is a part of who the coach is. Houston hired D'Antoni because he fit the system. With Harden and other ball dominate guards it was a different "system" than what he had done before. Coaches have to be able to adapt to what their players do well and their rosters. Let's hope Finch is at least a right fit type coach.