Shumway wrote:Camden wrote:Okay, Cool, I'd like an in depth retort from you on why Thibs is "far from the best" fit here as a head coach. I know that's your stance and that's fine with me that we disagree, but I'd like to know more than just your opinion. I'd like the reasons behind it. If all you have is the "Thibs runs his players into the ground" fable, then that doesn't cut it for me, but I assume you have more than that though because you have a basketball background as a coach. You know the game well enough to talk about schemes, player/system fit and so on.
This is me respectfully asking for more of an explanation, not me coming at you in any vicious or aggressive manner. I'm simply wanting the opposing stance in a more detailed layout. Might be good for the board to hear the "why not Thibs" angle.
Cam, I'm much more of an observer than a contributor on this board, so I'd like to say it's great to have you here contributing to this board. Previous disagreements got pretty heated on this board at times, and when you left for a while, I didn't expect you'd be back. It looks like you have really learned from your experiences and come back with all of your expertise, opinions and analysis and it appears you're now cognisant of always presenting that in a constructive manner. It is so easy for people to dig their heals in when they face criticism, so I have an enormous amount of respect for your approach now.
And this sentiment is really extended to everyone who posts on this board. It's a great community here where people have some genuinely great insights into basketball and despite the frustration of differing opinions, it is predominantly a very respectful environment. It's sometime difficult to really understand the tone or context of written text, so to maintain such an environment on a message board is a credit to all who contribute.
Cool, over to you to elaborate on your opinion on Thibs.
I appreciate it, Shumway. I'm glad somebody enjoys reading my takes other than myself. When I left, I didn't expect to come back to the board myself, but there are a handful of posters here that I truly do enjoy discussing hoops with and missed the educated talks with them (Q, Lip, Mikkeman, Abe, monster, bleed, Carlos Danger and even LST to name a few). I never joined the old ESPN forum or this one to have pissing contests, but I let myself get away from that a little bit and clearly needed a break from the unproductive back and forth. I hope to keep it constructive, informational and productive from here on out.
This forum really is something special, though. I agree that it's a great group of posters, both regulars and occasionals, with different personalities and opinions. I haven't found anything like this anywhere else to this day.
