Byron Scott Discussion 2015-16 - FIRED!!! (PAGE 172)

Thibs is an instant upgrade. However, and I didn't say this, but another very intelligent basketball mind said it like this 'Thibs is what M D'Antoni is to me; the God Father of the modern defense. However, teams have taken what he has done an improved on it.' Now, if that's the case, we're going to have tough it out this season. The Lakers have put themselves in a very precarious position. However, we can't fire Byron in the middle of the season. I don't see that happening as bad as this can get; and trust, it's going to get a lot worse.

That said, I'd like to finish this season with Byron, and conduct a thorough search for our next head coach who is basketball savvy and fluent on both sides of the basketball. Somebody like Quin Snyder who was doing the assistant coaching jobs for years and finally got an opportunity in Utah and is doing a fantastic job. Luke Walton, Ollie, and a guy I never heard of until somebody else mentioned him; Kenny Atkinson. We need a young, innovative coach. Simply put, we need to hire our own Brad Stevens.

 

I'm not mad at getting Thibs...not at all. I want somebody is specifically well versed in the corresponding trends in the NBA; somebody who is great at player development, putting players in the right position to succeed, and installing schemes on both ends, while be able to make in game adjustments, etc.

 

This freakin "Byron experiment" will set us back at least a year. Who the f*** hired this moron...
If it wasn't for Kobe's last year injury, Clarkson would be exactly where DAR is right now.

 

I feel like Hibbert is being wasted. Russell's development being delayed. Randle not being used to his maximum potential. Kobe not being reined in. In other words, no real offensive or defensive scheme whatsoever. It is to JCs credit that he has risen above Byron's bufoonery

 

Byron Scott is not a good coach. I think he needs to be fired. I rather Kobe coach the team than him because it's obviously nothing he's doing is working and we're terrible.

 

Yeah alot of it is not having enough experience too.

 

Byron defensive "scheme": switch on everything, hedge all the way out to half court and zone.

Who was the mastermind behind Indiana's defense with utilizing Hibbert, bring him here.

 

replacing scott won't solve enough of the problems, imo. yes, he's bad and has proven it several times over with different franchises, but this mix of players has some fatal flaws, particularly on offense (no three point shooting, no fearsome finishers at the basket). on d, they only have one legit nba center, and they play young guys who haven't figured out that end yet.

anyway, brad stevens gets away with his style because boston doesn't have a kobe. in fact, they have almost zero veterans with established styles of play that could dictate (even partially) aspects of his scheme on either end. snyder's the same. when kobe retires, i expect the lakers to hire one of these types. until then, i don't think it would be fruitful.

my big gripes with scott thus far have been the bass/kelly lineup (which may have finally been taken out behind the barn last night), and his inability to instill confidence in russell. but he was at the helm during clarkson's fantastic development, so i'm willing to ride this part out a bit.

to my eye, the defensive woes are about guys missing assignments all over the floor. the only thing a coach can do is play guys who don't do that--scott doesn't have those guys. actually, i think that's why bass and kelly were playing, but they couldn't make up for their physical deficiencies. in other words, he's between a rock and a hard place. in last night's game, will barton (yes, will freaking barton) and gallo took turns abusing kobe down the stretch--can he bench kobe?

 

Wipe the slate clean next summer; we'll just have to suffer through another 23-24 win season...

 

I wanted to hit the like button but even though I completely agree I didn't like it...lol

 

The bottom line is Byron had two main goals we needed him to acheive this season:

1. Improve our win total.
2. Develop our young players.

You can make the argument that sometimes one of those goals comes at the expense of the other, but at the end of the day, Byron is currently failing at both.

 

I agree with this but I'm afraid Byron is getting so bad, and I mean bad, that he may force a move. You can see the life getting sucked out of the team and fan base. Management has to be feeling it even worse. We are witnessing an epic fail rarely seen in the sports world. How can they possibly go another 78 games. Look how bad it is and we've played four games.. Four games! My twelve year old daughter watched the game with me last night. She said, "sorry Dad, going to be a long year". I like your post and it makes great sense, I just don't know if they can wait.