And you shouldn't be, but that's not Demps' fault. The circumstances revolving around Tyreke's usage are a big part of why most of the board switched to the #FireMonty side this season.

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Now imagine Evans MP if Holiday doesn't get hurt.

When Holiday went down he wasn't replaced by Tyreke, he was replaced by Roberts. The guy sucking up Tyreke's minutes was Aminu. Tyreke didn't start getting used properly until they benched Aminu, a decision many of us speculate was not Monty's call, or at least not the call Monty would make if he was doing what he thought would give him the best chance to win. Imagine Tyreke's minutes and performance if Demps knew in advance just how much Monty was going to screw things up by over using Stiemsma and Aminu and never signs either of them. Go with Onuaku and a random DLeague SF instead and this team might be around .500 as crazy as that sounds.

I think we all share your concern that Monty and Dell aren't on the same page. Hopefully both Monty and Dell have learned from this season.

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To me, the injuries exposed either structural rot or a lack of ideas.

This doesn't appear to be an either or for you. You seem very much on the side of Demps made poor decisions when Tyreke's play since getting minutes suggests the fault lies entirely with Monty.

What would you rather have?

Tyreke playing 35ish minutes per game and Withey
or
Vasquez and Lopez?

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But IMO there need to be changes made in either the pieces they have or how they deploy those pieces

This really isn't a situation where either side is equally good as long as you get off the fence and pick a side. With Monty as coach you're basically advocating replacing All Star caliber talent with journeyman caliber talent, because that's what he showed his natural inclination is. Demps and Monty do need to get on the same page, but it's Monty that needs to get up to speed, and since it looks like he's a slow learner Demps is going to need to be careful about the types of players he signs. For instance, Roberts is a good value for a bench player and should be on the team next year, but with Monty as coach I don't want him back at all.

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Posted by 42

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Posted on 4/16/14 at 8:19 am to TigerinATL

I am not sure I buy that Evans' role thisbyear is reflectiven of the real plan. If the plan is to ditch Gordon, this season is just "making it work" while you got the asset you wanted (for perhaps a few reasons) before you could ditch asset you do not.

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Posted by corndeaux

Member since Sep 2009

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Posted on 4/16/14 at 8:33 am to TigerinATL

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This doesn't appear to be an either or for you. You seem very much on the side of Demps made poor decisions when Tyreke's play since getting minutes suggests the fault lies entirely with Monty.

Not really. At this point, Demps should know what type of players Monty likes and Monty should be able to adapt to the philosophy the FO wants.

If you know your coach isn't really on board with a big acquisition, then you either make him get on board, fire him, or don't acquire the player.

If you know your GM is adding a player you aren't comfortable with, you make it clear to him that is the case. If he is still added, then you adjust to make it work as best you can.

Both guys are right, both guys are wrong. End of the day, they have to agree on who they want to be.

This post was edited on 4/16/14 at 9:34 am

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