In the middle of a playoff series, he made an adjustment to play Draymond Green on Griffin and go small. In what world or alternate reality, would "etched in stone rotations" Monty, allow himself to make such a crucial move to breath life back into the series? Truth be told, I actually see them as fairly similar. Give me the guy that knows the view of the game from the perimeter over the guy that views the game from the trenches any day of the week in the modern day NBA.

Monty couldn't adjust during the REGULAR SEASON. People are in for a massively rude awakening if we get the treat of seeing him coach a 7 game series.

Further, if guys like Jackson, Thibs, Vogel, etc. open up, and the Pels don't even take the time to look into it, that is a massive failure on their part.

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Posted by kadillak

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Posted on 5/6/14 at 2:07 pm to ShamelessPel

@WojYahooNBA: Golden State has fired coach Mark Jackson, league sources tell Yahoo Sports.

Still don't want

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Posted by Lester Earl

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Posted on 5/6/14 at 2:09 pm to ShamelessPel

honestly, he's always had a hard on for Draymond. He played a good bit in the playoffs last year as a rookie

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Posted by teke184

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Posted on 5/6/14 at 2:13 pm to ShamelessPel

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Further, if guys like Jackson, Thibs, Vogel, etc. open up, and the Pels don't even take the time to look into it, that is a massive failure on their part.

One of these things is not like the other...

Thibs is great, but his big problem has been trusting the subs late in the game. Forcing Rose to play too many minutes got them to where they are know thanks to him blowing out a knee in garbage time. That is something he can learn from, though.

Vogel's suffering from locker room issues that were in part foisted on him by management, thanks to sending out Danny Granger while bringing in Andrew Bynum and Evan Turner.

Turner's getting into fistfights with the volatile Lance Stephenson while a bunch of people are claiming that Bynum's gotten into the head of Roy Hibbert, contributing to his total collapse in on-court performance.

Stuff like this is hard for even a great coach to overcome if his hands are tied.

Jackson's a great player's coach but his handling of his assistants and management are a big WTF. That indicates maturity issues that could be fixed but I'm not sure if we'd want to take the risk given that three of his top assistants have been fired, re-assigned, or left for other jobs since the end of last season because of friction with him.

I see him as more high-risk than Vogel or Thibs by far.

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Posted by htran90

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Posted on 5/6/14 at 4:04 pm to ShamelessPel

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In the middle of a playoff series, he made an adjustment to play Draymond Green on Griffin and go small. In what world or alternate reality, would "etched in stone rotations" Monty, allow himself to make such a crucial move to breath life back into the series? Truth be told, I actually see them as fairly similar. Give me the guy that knows the view of the game from the perimeter over the guy that views the game from the trenches any day of the week in the modern day NBA.

That defines it all. Knowing rotations and setting the tone of the game is how you rip a win away when you shouldn't. They played a VERY hard 7 game series and came short against a very good LAC team without their starting center.

11-12 GSW: 23-43; 14th ortg/27th drtg
12-13 GSW: 47-35; 11th ortg/14th drtg
13-14 GSW: 51-31; 12th ortg/4th drtg

11-12 NOH: 21-45; 28th ortg/15th drtg
12-13 NOH: 27-55; 16th ortg/28th drtg
13-14 NOP: 34-48; 13th ortg/27th drtg

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