your coaches strengths vs weaknesses

[Dr Seuss]

every coach has some shit they excel at, but also has aspects of their coaching, that as fans, we wish they would improve on. or at the very least, hire assistants that help mitigate that weakness

so your teams coach, what strengths do they have that make that eggplant in your pants expand like its been soaked in miracle grow for a year. and what weaknesses do they have that make your eggplant shrink like youve been swimming in your grandmas pool all afternoon in the middle of december

[ScalsFan21]

Interesting topic.

Hard to say for Kenny Atkinson yet. His obvious top strength has to be developing talent since that's where he started (first player-development coach to become a HC in the league)... plus he has the Pop pedigree, and we really haven't seen many of those guys fall flat yet in HC roles. Jacque Vaughn is maybe the only exception.

Every coach has weaknesses but it's too soon to pinpoint anything.

[miggyme1]

every coach has some shit they excel at, but also has aspects of their coaching, that as fans, we wish they would improve on. or at the very least, hire assistants that help mitigate that weakness

so your teams coach, what strengths do they have that make that eggplant in your pants expand like its been soaked in miracle grow for a year. and what weaknesses do they have that make your eggplant shrink like youve been swimming in your grandmas pool all afternoon in the middle of december


the difference between a bad,good and great coach is ADJUSTMENTS. That's it



I don't wanna hear about xs and os because that's pointless. The great coashes ALWAYS adjust. the good ones adjust sometimes and the bad ones NEVER adjust

[FireDavidKahn]

Not sure what Thibs weaknesses are yet.

The only real negative I heard is that he plays his starters too much, hasn't been that way yet.

[Artillery]

Not sure what Thibs weaknesses are yet.

The only real negative I heard is that he plays his starters too much, hasn't been that way yet.
Wonder why nobody ever considered the fact that the Chicago players were just injury prone. It's not that abnormal for a coach to be playing 20 year olds 35-38 minutes per game. People like to compare it to Pop resting his guys but Pop had an older core(Duncan, Ginobili, Diaw, Parker) that needed to play less minutes. Look at how much Pop was playing TD in his prime - almost 41 mpg in 2002. Thibs has yet to play a guy over 40 mpg.

[tsforthrees]

Mike Malone:

Pros: Getting through to young players

Cons: Getting through to young players that they can still play AAU defense

[Ben Simmons]

Wonder why nobody ever considered the fact that the Chicago players were just injury prone. It's not that abnormal for a coach to be playing 20 year olds 35-38 minutes per game. People like to compare it to Pop resting his guys but Pop had an older core(Duncan, Ginobili, Diaw, Parker) that needed to play less minutes. Look at how much Pop was playing TD in his prime - almost 41 mpg in 2002. Thibs has yet to play a guy over 40 mpg.
It's not just game minutes, its the practice as well. I beileve management stepped in Thibs final years.

If your players are going 100% the entire time, they will burn out.

[miggyme1]

It's not just game minutes, its the practice as well. I beileve management stepped in Thibs final years.

If your players are going 100% the entire time, they will burn out.


so as a coach its your goal to coach your players about how to turn it on and off??? :facepalm :facepalm

people still blaming coach thibbs for the injuries I see.smh

man look nobody coaches a team with the intent of telling your players to not go HArd at certain time or what not. if you on the court maximum effort is required. PLUS IN MY HUMBLE OPINION THE BULLS NEEDED....NEEDED....NEEDED HOMECOURT ADVANTAGE TO HAVE ANY CHANCE OF BEATING THE HEAT THOSE YEARS. SO YEA IDK. LETS PUT THAT MYTH TO BED RIGHT NOW

[Jasper]

Bucks - Kidd

Not afraid to play all of his players.
Allows players to run the floor.

DOES NOT FORCE THEM TO PLAY DEFENSE :facepalm

[sunnyboy91]

Pops weak points:
- Being stubborn with some horrible lineups. I have no idea why he persisted on playing the Turd Towers (Diaw, West) vs OKCs bigs (Adams, Kanter) in the playoffs last year every third quarter for about 5-6 minutes. We got destroyed every time.
- Why did he take out Duncan at the last minutes in G6 2013 vs MIA.
- He could also play his best players a bit more. Leonard needs experience playing 38-40mpg. He looked gassed last year vs OKC when the intensity level increased along with his usual playing time. Rest him occasionally, but dont strictly stick to somewhere between 28-36 minutes every game.
- He sticks with Parker too much in the playoffs. Mills, for the last several years has been our best pg in the playoffs, but he doesn't give him enough minutes and takes him out when the spurs built up momentum.
- Hacking Deandre in 2015 playoffs at home which took away all our momentum, and forced us into playing against a set LAC defense.

I believe he is the best coach in preparation for games and all of the work behind the scenes. Probably the best defensive coach ever. But as for in-game adjustments, I'd say he is overrated (Carlisle is the best in the NBA at that).

[GimmeThat]

what's garbage yards translated in NBA language?

probably not being afraid to run any type of offense just to preach a bit of transition defense

weakness?

for fairness, any coach would have a difficult time coaching a team with contracts signed by Isiah Thomas

[Da Real Lambo]

houston fan here

pros: none
cons: everything

[Smoke117]

Bucks - Kidd

Not afraid to play all of his players.
Allows players to run the floor.

DOES NOT FORCE THEM TO PLAY DEFENSE :facepalm

You'd think the greatest defensive PG of all time would make defense a priority.

[sunnyboy91]

You'd think the greatest defensive PG of all time would make defense a priority.
When did Gary Payton start coaching MIL?

[Milbuck]

Kidd

positives:
- good at getting DUIs
- really great friends with one of our owners
- has connections around the league (Gary Payton, John Stockton, etc to mentor young guys on team)

negatives:
- terrible coach

[tamaraw08]

Not sure what Thibs weaknesses are yet.

The only real negative I heard is that he plays his starters too much, hasn't been that way yet.

You probably didn't see some Chicago playoff games where they were SO STAGNANT on offense, bleeding for points vs the Wizards and he refused to make adjustments and even play his best shooter in Mike Dunleavy. :facepalm
As much as I love Thibs bec of his great defensive schemes, the guy can be too hard headed.

[tamaraw08]

Mike Malone:

Pros: Getting through to young players

Cons: Getting through to young players that they can still play AAU defense

It's a very young team:pimp: , I remember Mark Jackson proclaiming when he got to coach GSW that they will be a very good defensive team, and yet it didn't happened right away.
btw, tough loss last night, but even sadder news was losing Barton to injury.:(
This can hamper their chances esp with Harris still not playing.

[Jasper]

Kidd

positives:
- good at getting DUIs
- really great friends with one of our owners
- has connections around the league (Gary Payton, John Stockton, etc to mentor young guys on team)

negatives:
- terrible coach = doesn't preach defense first (.)

[Jasper]

You probably didn't see some Chicago playoff games where they were SO STAGNANT on offense, bleeding for points vs the Wizards and he refused to make adjustments and even play his best shooter in Mike Dunleavy. :facepalm
As much as I love Thibs bec of his great defensive schemes, the guy can be too hard headed.
Some coaches at the elite level are better as assistants...

Look at the Cav's bench.