On Wed, 7 May 2008 08:29:46 -0400, "Robert Chin" <bchin_us@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>"JK" <no@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> What's he supposed to do, piss his pants? There's something to be
>> said for not panicking.
>
>I love how all these arm chair coaches and managers think they could do
>better. Did any of them listen in on the segments where TNT played what
Doc
>was saying to the troops? He said exactly the right things to his
players.
>i.e., he loved the defense they were playing, and told them exactly what
was
>wrong with the way they were playing offense.
>
>Anyone notice that the C's held Cleveland to 72 points and harassed
Lebron
>all over the place? Sure Lebron had probably the the worst game of his
>life. It was far worse than the 1 point on 0-7, 1-5, 2 rebounds, 2
assist
>and 7 turnovers in 14 minutes when he was only 5'10 and 7 years old. If
you
>want to measure how much the players buy into the coach, just look at the
>way the team plays DEFENSE. This team has played great defense all year,
so
>Doc must be doing something right.
>
>No, I don't think Doc is great. I worry about him and this team in close
>games. However, this team usually avoids that situation by winning the
>games outright. That is what the C's have done for most of those 66
wins.
>He managed the C's to a victory despite getting little from PP on offense
>and even LESS from Ray Allen. If the C's just got a combined 30% from
the
>two of them (2-18 from the field combined), the C's would have won by 12
>instead of 4 and we'd be talking about how the C's spanked the Cavs.
>Criticizing Doc on the basis of this game is just weak.
I think it's a silly thing to do anyway. Fans have no objective means
by which to judge a coach's performance. We don't know what goes on
in meetings with the GM and owners. We know very little of what goes
on in practices. We know absolutely nothing about the gameplan, and
we hear very little of what is said in the huddle. Not much to go on.
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