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One or two bad calls a game, sure... Laid back is fine, better than being a crybaby about it.

The amount of calls we got shafted on, I'd want monty to raise hell and get a t. It was that absurd

I think that's a criticism used by people just looking for more reasons to hate on Monty. Monty's problem is not lack of fire. There have been some losses this year where effort was a problem, but for the most part what we rightly complain about most games are rotations and strategy. I'd much rather Monty bring back Malone to help with the strategy than start showing more emotion on the sideline.

I said in my post I was on the fence and gave him props for having this team on the brink of the playoffs. Not sure how that's looking for a reason to hate him more. It's a discussion about his temperament, not his strategies.

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There have been some losses this year where effort was a problem

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To me, this goes hand in hand with his overall temperament. Yes, these guys are professionals but you have to (IMO) project a BIT of a mean streak at times.

I think it's a valid topic.

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Not sure how that's looking for a reason to hate him more

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I didn't mean this post specifically, you're actually exploring the issue, most of the time it just seems like it's thrown out there as reason #999 why Monty sucks.

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I think it's a valid topic.

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It is, I just think there are bigger problems that you either fix and this becomes background noise, or you fire him over and this doesn't matter.

Thanks for your input

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Not if they miss.

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You get to pick who shoots your FTs on a T.

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You get to pick who shoots your FTs on a T.

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League as a whole shoots right around 80% on technical free throws.

Oops, just realized that was from 2005-2006. I don't see anywhere with current data.

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I'd much rather Monty bring back Malone to help with the strategy than start showing more emotion on the sideline. 

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Correct me if I am wrong but didn't Malone say he wasn't interested in returning?

Do we know that Malone turned down NOLA?

Also, the frustrating part of watching Monty is how long it takes for him to react to a problem. How many times last night did we switch on defense in the 4th quarter with Harden? Harden figured it out and continually forced the switch so that he had Ryno on him (and then proceeded to abuse him for easy shots). Monty watching this continue to occur, but did not change the defense or call timeout. Instead, a 9 point lead became a 5 point deficit before he called timeout. He just sat there and stared into space.