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

I don't agree with your conclusion that he's a Byron fanboy because I'm not sure such a thing exists.

I do agree that he's coming off as "pro" Byron but I think he's suffering from the same thing I am on this site at times. He's trying to provide prospective and that this season doesn't just fall on Byron's head. There's also plenty of blame in the FO and plenty of blame on Kobe and plenty of blame on the young kids... I mean there's a lot of blame to go around but most fans just want to point at Byron. It's impossible to try to rationalize the amount of hatred Byron is getting right now and I'm okay with that. He deserves a lot. Pincus is just trying to do something that's really difficult and he's struggling with it: show that there's more concerns than just a bad coach.

As for his "I don't know if Byron is a bad coach" thing: I can't rationalize that. I have no idea how you can come to that conclusion at this juncture. He's clearly a bad coach. Bad rotations, bad communication, lack of game plan, lack of accountability, etc etc etc I mean what else does it take to prove he's a bad coach? I mean sure he hasn't lost the locker room yet like Brown or D'Antoni but is that really the metric we're going to start judging our coaches by?...

 

This guy is right, but he's also a horrible idiot of a media personality. Followed him briefly but man he's terrible.

Still, broken clocks and all that.

 

Taken from the WMC thread.






Blame for the young kids? They're young kids, it's their job to learn, improve and be coached/taught. Their piece of the blame pie is tiny, and mostly leads back to B0ron. The FO? I only really blame them for hiring B0ron, as their personnel moves have been pretty good with what they've had to work with. Kobe, absolutely gets blame, he's playing stupid, but half that blame goes to B0ron too for allowing and encouraging it. So no matter how you slice it, all roads lead back to B0ron. He is the main source of this disaster, the sewage line that burst and is poisoning the entire city's water supply.

 

1. Man you know I hate Ben Rosales. The guy is intelligent, but he thinks he's more intelligent than he actually is.

2. I'm not disagreeing that much of this is Byron's fault. I've been on record saying he's awful and he needs to go.

3. Of course you need to blame the kids their share. They need to learn from their mistakes and improve. Randle needs a jumper. Russell needs to make better decisions. Clarkson... nah he's pretty good. The point is they're less ready than we thought they were. We should have seen that in Summer League, but it's worse than we thought. Is that "blame"? It's just the truth. Maybe "blame" is the wrong word, but you have to recognize how far away they are from being great and realize that's a bigger hindrance to our record than we want to admit.

4. The FO didn't just hire Byron, they're instilling confidence in him. It's their job to keep him in check. You want more minutes from the young players? Mitch and Jim and Jeanie should just TELL Byron to do that. They are his bosses, they can make him do that if they want to. They're enabling this to happen. Not to mention this roster with 14 forwards and only 3 guards who can control an offense, one of whom doesn't play. That roster was built by Mitch and Jim so we're left with no rim protector off the bench (I love Tarik, but he's not really a rim protector) and four guys that might be power forwards.

5. Kobe is playing stupidly and yes that's on Byron, but it's also on him to try harder to be part of the solution. I'm not going to blame Byron for Kobe taking 7 threes a game. I'm going to blame Kobe for not figuring out he won't make it. We all know the kind of intelligent ball player he is. Why is he making so many stupid decisions? That's not on Byron, that's on Kobe. Sure we can say "just sit him!" but that's so much easier said than done when you're talking about maybe the greatest Laker of all time. Imagine if Jordan played those last Wizards seasons on the Bulls. You think the Bulls would be quick to sit him down? Of course not, it's a touchy subject.

Kobe and Byron are by far the biggest impediments to our success right now, but there's also other problems. That was my only point.

 

I'm not as excited about Brown... I'd like to see more Nance though! And some Tarik at some point! And hopefully Hibbert sticks around!

 

I can't take this s*** anymore.