Head Coach Discussion: Canned Ham, Who Is Our New Coach?

Guess it's possible there were other teams interested for sure in Schroder for vet min as great as he was playing in Europe, and Rob and/or Darvin had to promise him he would start to get him to sign here.

 

Possibly. But even if they promised him a starting job, who cares at this point? Dennis has been good for us overall but he's not so indispensable to our future plans that pissing him off would be catastrophic. He's probably shown enough this year to get better than the minimum in free agency, so I'm fine with him sulking a bit off the bench and then leaving in the summer.

 

For what it's worth and because @Panko keeps doing the work .....

 

I'm more concerned about this.....

https://www.si.com/nba/lakers/.amp/...ham-overplayed-an-injured-lebron-james-ak1987

I don't buy into the idea that Ham is forcing Lebron to play hurt though, Lebron does whatever he wants. Does Ham have the power to tell Lebron no, he's not playing? I don't believe he has that power either. It's a quandary

 

not defending Ham but he too got crappy roster unti the recent trades...ill agree if this same team next yr still blows then we can all agree Ham sucks. Whether Vogel deserves to get fired is subjective, saw plenty of complaints about his lineup, the bubble/chip yr might misconstrue his ability as a coach, I dont think he is and if he gets another gig, I see him him with same success or lack thereof like Walton with sac

 

It's a roll of the dice with the health thing though Jones. It's a tough league, you are not going to have much success, without your best players being available.

Now..the FO made moves that they thought, would better the team at the time.
I won't blame Rob for Lebron and AD'S injury situations.

Whether you like his previous moves or not, you have to admit that those moves, have led us to a better position for the future today. We have Russell, Beasley ,Vanderbilt, Rui,Reaves, Walker, Brown, Momba, Christie and Wenyen on our roster. That's a nice collection of young talent. We have the ability to be over the cap this summer and keep whoever we want, and add a MLE. We have a 1st rd pick and a 2nd in the upcoming draft. The future is far from bleak.

We were able to be in this position because we had Nunn, Bev and Russ to trade. We were over the cap with a roster that the FO(Lebron) didn't like two seasons ago. Our options weren't all that great that summer, and that part keeps getting overlooked. We made moves and then made adjustments, that's what the FO is supposed to do.

Our two cornerstones have played 28, 21 and 25 games together in these last 3 campaigns. Folks get tired of hearing that, but it is what it is. That killed whatever plans we had hope for in the previous 2, and I'm not sure that Lebron will make it through this one.

That being said, I'm more upbeat than ever about the future moving forward. We will have the best collection of talent to surround Lebron and AD, than we've ever had. I hope to have better luck with our stars and injuries, but we will most definitely be in a better position to absorb their absence. Losing sucks today but the winning will be just that much sweeter tomorrow. Look at Golden State..from the lottery to a chip.
Hell Jones... look at us!! From out of the playoffs to a chip in the next season. I think we are in great shape moving forward. If James makes it back able to play, we might make some noise before this season is done.

 

He over achieved 2 or 3 years in Indiana against the Heatles, and won a ring with the Lakers under difficult circumstances but he’s not a good coach Kh?

 

beat me to it. evidence points to vogel being good.

 

We'll be surprised that he's still starting DS? Is that his surprise?

 

Ham Must’ve read this thread…

 

First actual competition height compliant line up from Ham

 

Well I’ll be damned!! OK there is some sense in his head over continuing the BFF priority starting spot for Dennis. This should help a lot.

Wonder if he came to the move on his own or did hear something from higher up? Maybe will be some leak on that at some point.

 

DS to the bench!



Beasley in there for spacing. Vando to guard BI. I like it. I'd prefer Rui to be the starter in that spot overall so the bench has a can of NOS strapped to it, but I'll take it.

 

This is more like a situational starting line up with regard to Rui and Vando since BI just razed Pat Bev and Troy, among others, last game.

 

Let’s not celebrate yet, he still has 40 minutes to screw us with his point guard filled line up