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Q-is-here wrote: ↑Thu Jan 01, 2026 10:23 am

mjs34 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 31, 2025 11:50 pm

Q-is-here wrote: ↑Tue Nov 25, 2025 7:32 am

Either the meltdowns stop and we get better or changes will be made. Alore won't sit on their hands forever.

I hope you're right Q because I don't want my prediction to come true. Ant is clearly not happy with the way things are going as of late. I think it is time for a coaching change before things get worse. At the very least they need to shore up the roster and get the front office on the same page as the coaching staff. We simply don't have enough quality guys on the roster, and Finch's options are severely limited in games like today (although he is deserves a good portion of the blame for not developing some of the younger guys). Playing Joan in the early 4th quarter against chicago with several starters would have been a step in the right direction.

But we can't have it both ways when it comes to the young guys. Finch did play Dillingham and Shannon in an expanded 10-man rotation and they were terrible! We lost big-time the minutes Shannon played. Joan in theory makes sense given his defensive potential, but I have my doubt as to how effective he''ll actually be if given non-garbage time minutes.

Having said that, I wouldn't be opposed to a coaching change. And it's not because I think Chris Finch is a bad coach or that he is even at fault. If you look at the group dynamics of a professional sports team, sometimes simply changing the head coach can be a jolt to the overall dynamic of the team, even if he technically isn't any more qualified than the prior coach. It's not 100% guaranteed, but it's an easy lever to pull for the front office.

mjs34 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 01, 2026 1:20 pm

Q-is-here wrote: ↑Thu Jan 01, 2026 10:23 am

mjs34 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 31, 2025 11:50 pm

I hope you're right Q because I don't want my prediction to come true. Ant is clearly not happy with the way things are going as of late. I think it is time for a coaching change before things get worse. At the very least they need to shore up the roster and get the front office on the same page as the coaching staff. We simply don't have enough quality guys on the roster, and Finch's options are severely limited in games like today (although he is deserves a good portion of the blame for not developing some of the younger guys). Playing Joan in the early 4th quarter against chicago with several starters would have been a step in the right direction.

But we can't have it both ways when it comes to the young guys. Finch did play Dillingham and Shannon in an expanded 10-man rotation and they were terrible! We lost big-time the minutes Shannon played. Joan in theory makes sense given his defensive potential, but I have my doubt as to how effective he''ll actually be if given non-garbage time minutes.

Having said that, I wouldn't be opposed to a coaching change. And it's not because I think Chris Finch is a bad coach or that he is even at fault. If you look at the group dynamics of a professional sports team, sometimes simply changing the head coach can be a jolt to the overall dynamic of the team, even if he technically isn't any more qualified than the prior coach. It's not 100% guaranteed, but it's an easy lever to pull for the front office.

I get the "both ways" comment, but I am looking at this from a quality vs quantity problem. I think the young guys don't benefit as much from minutes with other developing players. I would rather see Dillingham, Shannon, and Joan get plugged in one at a time with the starting unit. That gives the benefit of a coach on the floor with them, and also limits what they have to control. Garbage time minutes likely do more harm than good for these players. Maybe they fail miserably, but the regular season is when we need to find that out. Had we given Dilly more situations like that last season might have steered TC in a different direction during free agency.

We need to have some players like Westbrook, Schroeder, etc that have the experience. We have to have more options for games like Atlanta. Finch unfortunately does not seem too receptive to making changes to his routine lineups so I don't if it would do much good, but maybe that is exactly what he needs to force his hand. Either way there seems to be a major disconnect between the FO and coaching staff. We need less players on the roster to develop, but better situations for those that are here.