Bill Simmons just went off on Randy Wittman and Scott Brooks

[Burgz V2]

about 20 mins ago on ESPN 980. anyone else hear it?

prefaced by saying it's tough for coaches when people call for their heads etc etc, real people, families blah blah blah

then says, verbatim: "that being said, Randy Wittman needs to get fired" :roll: goes on a whole rant about Wittman doesn't really do anything and that he's lucky to be coaching such a talented team or else he wouldve been fired a long time ago.

Said kinda the same thing about Brooks. Said good drafting has kept him his job. Says he can't draw up plays at the end of games because he has none :roll:

[dunksby]

about 20 mins ago on ESPN 980. anyone else hear it?

prefaced by saying it's tough for coaches when people call for their heads etc etc, real people, families blah blah blah

then says, verbatim: "that being said, Randy Wittman needs to get fired" :roll: goes on a whole rant about Wittman doesn't really do anything and that he's lucky to be coaching such a talented team or else he wouldve been fired a long time ago.

Said kinda the same thing about Brooks. Said good drafting has kept him his job. Says he can't draw up plays at the end of games because he has none :roll:
I have mixed feelings about agreeing with BS on something :hammerhead:

[hawksdogsbraves]

It really is mind boggling how many god awful coaches are in the league.

[Genaro]

I don't see the Wizards that much to be able to judge but in Brooks case clearly he has no idea what he's doing. He should've been fired years ago but the level of talent the team have let him get away with mistakes.

[Pushxx]

Both are not good coaches on the floor in the middle of games. Indisputable.

[dunksby]

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[The Macho Man]

Simmons is just as bad at his job as Wittman is at his.

And Wittman is one of the worst coaches of all time

[The Macho Man]

"Real people with families "

They're paid millions, they'll be okay

[Akrazotile]

It's easy to sit at home and when Russell Westbrook goes iso a hundred times and heaves up ridiculous hero shots at the end of the game to say "Brooks isn't drawing up plays!"

But actually I'll bet you that he is, and Westbrook simply ignores him. But that's not as sexy a narrative as bashing a coach and calling for his job.


Of course, if Brooks actually benches Westbrook he'll be an even bigger laughing stock among idiot fans and idiot media who NEED something to piss about.


This is what average dummy doens't understand. Simmons, Stephen A, Kornheiser, etc. HAVE to criticize something. It's literally their job because nobody is gonna watch a show full of praise. If a team doesn't win, they'll just make up whatever reason conveniently fills up a segment on a show or a podcast, and the dumb fan just bleets it over and over. Remember how Spo was garbage? Remember how McHale was garbage but now he's great? Remember how Doc Rivers was garbage (according to Simmons) then he got better players and won a chip, then everyone hailed him, now he's got decent players and getting decent results, so he's just "ok."



Cliff notes: Fans and media are retarded. Nobody should give a shit what some feeble minded sheep thinks.

[HOoopCityJones]

From 2012-13 , Scott Brooks was considered a Top 5 Coach. Oh how time flies.

[dunksby]

It's easy to sit at home and when Russell Westbrook goes iso a hundred times and heaves up ridiculous hero shots at the end of the game to say "Brooks isn't drawing up plays!"

But actually I'll bet you that he is, and Westbrook simply ignores him.


Of course, if Brooks actually benches Westbrook he'll be an even bigger laughing stock among idiot fans and idiot media who NEED something to piss about.


This is what average dummy doens't understand. Simmons, Stephen A, Kornheiser, etc. HAVE to criticize something. It's literally their job because nobody is gonna watch a show full of praise. If a team doesn't win, they'll just make up whatever reason conveniently fills up a segment on a show or a podcast, and the dumb fan just bleets it over and over. Remember how Spo was garbage? Remember how McHale was garbage but now he's great? Remember how Doc Rivers was garbage (according to Simmons) then he got better players and won a chip, then everyone hailed him, now he's got decent players and getting decent results, so he's just "ok."



Cliff notes: Fans and media are retarded. Nobody should give a shit what some feeble minded sheep thinks.
If he can't get his players under control then simply he isn't good at his job, not unlike you, he is not good at looking intelligent either.

[T_L_P]

Brooks appears to be a surprisingly good defensive coach...but the way he 'runs' offense is just pathetic.

That said, it's no excuse. They have two of the top 6-7 players, some are actually calling them #1 and #2.

Those stars should stop underperforming in the postseason and maybe then they'll win something.

[KnicksWolves]

It's easy to sit at home and when Russell Westbrook goes iso a hundred times and heaves up ridiculous hero shots at the end of the game to say "Brooks isn't drawing up plays!"

But actually I'll bet you that he is, and Westbrook simply ignores him. But that's not as sexy a narrative as bashing a coach and calling for his job.


Of course, if Brooks actually benches Westbrook he'll be an even bigger laughing stock among idiot fans and idiot media who NEED something to piss about.


This is what average dummy doens't understand. Simmons, Stephen A, Kornheiser, etc. HAVE to criticize something. It's literally their job because nobody is gonna watch a show full of praise. If a team doesn't win, they'll just make up whatever reason conveniently fills up a segment on a show or a podcast, and the dumb fan just bleets it over and over. Remember how Spo was garbage? Remember how McHale was garbage but now he's great? Remember how Doc Rivers was garbage (according to Simmons) then he got better players and won a chip, then everyone hailed him, now he's got decent players and getting decent results, so he's just "ok."



Cliff notes: Fans and media are retarded. Nobody should give a shit what some feeble minded sheep thinks.

Bolded the only relevant parts of this post.

So if your star player continually ignores you for years on end and refuses to run all of your plays...you don't think the front office would've been aware all these years? You really think they'd keep Scott Brooks around if the severity of the problem was that bad? Your assertions here are ridiculous.

[Burgz V2]

Brooks appears to be a surprisingly good defensive coach...but the way he 'runs' offense is just pathetic.


pretty much. To me, him and Mike Brown are very comparable in the ways they approach the game. Their teams are almost always good on the defensive end, but so much uncertainty on offense. The thing that irks me most is it sometimes they spend 16 seconds on a shot clock on misdirection via pick and roll or pin downs, that by the time the ball is in the hands of the guy you want, he barely has time to do anything with it.

it's why I'll never hate on Westbrook for the shots he takes. They are a much harder team to guard when they get up and down. Even Popovich recognized this with the Spurs, and they push the ball a lot more and get much more out of their early offense han they used to. Brooks just can't adapt, and with the players he has, it doesn't make any sense why he's still there.

[tontoz]

Defensively Wittman is ok but offensively he sucks. He is committed to taking long 2s, the worst shot in basketball. The bigs like Nene/Hump/Seraphin routinely take jumpers 1-2 steps inside the 3 point line. :banghead:

The end of quarter Wall-iso-heaves have been going on for years and still aren't working. But he keeps running those isos for a pass first pg that has a weak shot.

Wittman and the GM Grunfeld need to go.

[DukeDelonte13]

It's easy to sit at home and when Russell Westbrook goes iso a hundred times and heaves up ridiculous hero shots at the end of the game to say "Brooks isn't drawing up plays!"

But actually I'll bet you that he is, and Westbrook simply ignores him. But that's not as sexy a narrative as bashing a coach and calling for his job.


Of course, if Brooks actually benches Westbrook he'll be an even bigger laughing stock among idiot fans and idiot media who NEED something to piss about.


This is what average dummy doens't understand. Simmons, Stephen A, Kornheiser, etc. HAVE to criticize something. It's literally their job because nobody is gonna watch a show full of praise. If a team doesn't win, they'll just make up whatever reason conveniently fills up a segment on a show or a podcast, and the dumb fan just bleets it over and over. Remember how Spo was garbage? Remember how McHale was garbage but now he's great? Remember how Doc Rivers was garbage (according to Simmons) then he got better players and won a chip, then everyone hailed him, now he's got decent players and getting decent results, so he's just "ok."



Cliff notes: Fans and media are retarded. Nobody should give a shit what some feeble minded sheep thinks.



I agree with a lot of what you are saying. Too many people think that a coach can simply yell out a play and BOOM the play gets ran and executed to a T.

that's not how it works. Plays break down all the time. Sometimes defenses get in the way, sometimes it's not executed properly.


Simmons doesn't have a fraction of the Bball IQ as someone like Scott Brooks or Mike Brown, guys who dedicated their entire lives to the study of the game.

With Brooks' case, he has two of the best ISO players in the league in Westbrook and Durant. What do people really expect? You don't need to run a complex set to get Durant and Westbrook opportunities because they are some of the best in the business at creating for themselves. Let them do what they do best.

In the 09 season, MB was so often criticized because people somehow want to believe MB would tell Lebron to dribble down the shot clock and take a contested J. Like that ever happened. The funny thing is, that season the most efficient and effective "play" in the NBA was Lebron James isolations. People devalue hero ball but when a team has the personnel to utilize it it can be virtually unstoppable.

EDIT: also want to point out OKC had a lot of luck in drafts as well. Durant was a no brainer pick at 2 and everyone damn well knows they would have taken Oden if he would have fell. OKC was also reported to have really wanted to draft Thabeet but he didn't fall to them.

[IMObjective]

It's easy to sit at home and when Russell Westbrook goes iso a hundred times and heaves up ridiculous hero shots at the end of the game to say "Brooks isn't drawing up plays!"

But actually I'll bet you that he is, and Westbrook simply ignores him. But that's not as sexy a narrative as bashing a coach and calling for his job.


Of course, if Brooks actually benches Westbrook he'll be an even bigger laughing stock among idiot fans and idiot media who NEED something to piss about.


This is what average dummy doens't understand. Simmons, Stephen A, Kornheiser, etc. HAVE to criticize something. It's literally their job because nobody is gonna watch a show full of praise. If a team doesn't win, they'll just make up whatever reason conveniently fills up a segment on a show or a podcast, and the dumb fan just bleets it over and over. Remember how Spo was garbage? Remember how McHale was garbage but now he's great? Remember how Doc Rivers was garbage (according to Simmons) then he got better players and won a chip, then everyone hailed him, now he's got decent players and getting decent results, so he's just "ok."



Cliff notes: Fans and media are retarded. Nobody should give a shit what some feeble minded sheep thinks.The irony.

Are you a below average dummy?

[FreezingTsmoove]

Bolded the only relevant parts of this post.

So if your star player continually ignores you for years on end and refuses to run all of your plays...you don't think the front office would've been aware all these years? You really think they'd keep Scott Brooks around if the severity of the problem was that bad? Your assertions here are ridiculous.

Well obviously they were winning at a high clip there offense is so fast whats blowing off a couple plays and winning gonna do? And u dont think kd and west wouldnt be pissed that scotty gets fired for winning? Kd almost knocked a reporter out for saying scotties on their way out. If u fire him and kd and wes are pissed they wont resign. Noone wants to stay in hicksville in the first place why would u piss them off