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re: What's your take on Alvin Gentry?
Posted on 6/19/17 at 5:12 pm to GumboPot
Posted on 6/19/17 at 5:12 pm to GumboPot
People that hate coaches typically hate on strategy or rotations. Gentry did a pretty good job with rotations and staggering AD/DC last year. With the hiring of Finch they now have 2 of the more highly regarded offensive and defensive assistants running the offense and defense.
The primary complaint people had about the team strategy last year was pace, they think we should slow down so Cousins can keep up. People also didn't like having bigs on the perimeter so much. I disagree with people wanting to slow down the pace. Denver was 7th in Pace with an offense centered around Jokic, so I don't think they will or should slow it down. But Finch has already talked about getting Cousins the ball in the post and using AD as the roll man more.
I'm not saying Gentry is a great coach, but he seems like the type of guy that will get out of the way of things that are working and isn't a My Way or the Highway guy like Monty was. He's getting about as much support as he can get and I know a lot of people have zero faith in him, but I don't see how you improve on Gentry + Erman + Finch without getting a difference making coach and those are hard to come by.
The primary complaint people had about the team strategy last year was pace, they think we should slow down so Cousins can keep up. People also didn't like having bigs on the perimeter so much. I disagree with people wanting to slow down the pace. Denver was 7th in Pace with an offense centered around Jokic, so I don't think they will or should slow it down. But Finch has already talked about getting Cousins the ball in the post and using AD as the roll man more.
I'm not saying Gentry is a great coach, but he seems like the type of guy that will get out of the way of things that are working and isn't a My Way or the Highway guy like Monty was. He's getting about as much support as he can get and I know a lot of people have zero faith in him, but I don't see how you improve on Gentry + Erman + Finch without getting a difference making coach and those are hard to come by.
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Posted on 6/19/17 at 5:21 pm to TigerinATL
Kinda why I was leaning towards Tom Thibadeaux over Gentry. We have pieces right now that are above average on defense like Moore and Hill who were brought in to be those gritty type of defenders.
If we can't keep up with golden state then why try to keep bolstering up the offense instead of focusing on defense- slowing it down etc- like the Grizzlies.
Nobody is doing that right now- they are focused on keeping up with GS.
If we can't keep up with golden state then why try to keep bolstering up the offense instead of focusing on defense- slowing it down etc- like the Grizzlies.
Nobody is doing that right now- they are focused on keeping up with GS.
Posted on 6/19/17 at 5:51 pm to TigerinATL
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I'm not saying Gentry is a great coach, but he seems like the type of guy that will get out of the way of things that are working and isn't a My Way or the Highway guy like Monty was. He's getting about as much support as he can get and I know a lot of people have zero faith in him, but I don't see how you improve on Gentry + Erman + Finch without getting a difference making coach and those are hard to come by.
If this is true, I'll be happy. There aren't very many "needle moving" coaches in the NBA. If he saw the GSW model (having essentially an OC/DC) and said to himself after two years here, "I need help", and went and got Finch, that's a strong move. If you compare him to Pop, Stephens, Carlisle or imo Kerr, yeah he sucks. But if you compare the entire staff, if Gentry allows input like you suggested, it's got potential.
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