re: Anyone think Monty sucks at developing players?

I think people hear the phrase "develop players" and think coaches can magically bless players with new skills. That's really not how it works. Player Development is all on the player. What the coach does, and what Monty seems pretty good at doing is getting the players to focus on what they're good at or what they should be good at. Most players have had their asses kissed their whole life so apparently it's a coaching skill to get them to believe they're not actually good at something. Monty has this coaching skill to get players to accept that they are role players and not superstars that just haven't taken enough bad shots to shine yet.

Player development is really the only thing Monty has to hang his hat on but I think the development is undeniable and ShamelessPel's list is a pretty good accounting of it. There may be a few individual players to quibble over their classification, but it's a pretty solid list and anyone who disagrees really is just looking for reasons to hate on Monty and not objectively looking at what has happened since he's been here.