The Official Byron Scott Coach Thread 2014-2015

Well I see us in 20 games to Sacre as the starting C ... This is just insane right now.

 

I respect that. I'm not here to force-feed anybody on my opinion about Scott. If others need to make a determination on Scott's coaching ability with a more talented roster, I respect that, too. Personally, I've already reached a conclusion about Scott, and until otherwise, I'm sticking with it.

 

I rag on Boozer all the time because he's horrible on defense and I don't like his midrange game - but the guy is a positive teammate and a Vet. When he was benched, Byron should've told him and Jeremy first before telling the media. That was F up number one, as far as "backing your guys up," goes and being a good coach.

Instead of that, Scott told the media that Booze and Lin got benched, and then had a private conversation with Lin about it - but never even talked to Boozer because "he's not a young guy like Jeremy. He gets it." Wtf, kind of quote was that. Couldn't believe that S when I read it.

The fact that Scott benched Boozer and then never even cared to have a face-to-face conversation with Booze is just so socially stupid and a horrible move for team morale. What is the team supposed to think when they see one of their teammates get benched, and then the coach doesn't even talk to them about it? Seriously. What the F kind of message is that? "Be afraid?" lol. Go ahead and bench Booze, but have some dignity and class about how to go about it. It's starting to become painfully clear why Scott lost the locker-room in ALL of his previous stops - and this is without even starting the conversation about actual X and O's and rotations.

 

^ Gangsterbomb, I agree that BOozer for all the shots taken at him deserves the respect to be told first. I would think that this courtesy shows he is held in good esteem and aids his preparation for the game and press questions to come. I do feel that this move would never end well, and at the least Byron would get a few short armed shoves on the way out of his office from Carlos. All kidding aside it is simple and decent to have let him know. Am I wrong or didn't Odom find out he was traded and not traded by hearing it via media during the CP fiasco? That was on Mitch that time and we generally give him a pass for people skills.

 

I would bet Kobe's the one demanding enough time on the floor to accumulate points. Byron's probably just accommodating him and if nobody else can provide any offense, he's happy to use him. We might be tanking, but Kobe's going to accomplish his goals this year. Seems that way anyway.

 

Yeah I'm suspicious about giving instructions to the coach about losing games. I think when you have subpar talent and you want to change the culture of an organization, you're likely to perform worse in the short and medium term (same outcome as tanking) while still trying to get the team to perform. So no need to try to lose. Having said that, Byron's probably exploring different combinations of players so the FO has enough info/options about players they might keep while rebuilding. With Lin, if they want to package him at some point, they'd just want him playing in a situation where he looks best (maybe on second unit right now since he's too inconsistent with Kobe). All speculation though. That's all we've got.

 

Yeah I don't have much of an opinion about Byron as a coach. I think there are some really good points that have been made about some poor decision making. I said tank but personally I'm inclined to believe he's carrying out an agenda of changing the org to get guys to give constant effort and show casing certain players for the FO. But the effect would be the same as tanking. Just my impressions.

 

“I don’t massage egos,” Scott said. “I don’t have to go to players and talk to them. At least I don’t make a point to. Jeremy came to me and talked to me about it. I told him what I thought. I thought he handled it extremely well. We went from there.”

Scott said one of the team’s biggest problems is communication, which leads to breakdowns and mental lapses.

“You learn that in elementary school. You have to talk to each other on defense,” Scott said. “ … A lot of our stuff we’re doing defensively is not rocket science.”

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/scott-644664-boozer-player.html

Just posting that for clarification on what Byron said on how he handled the process...

 

Wonder if he has an inflated ego. Saying I don't have to go to players and talk to them could mean that or that he's already done plenty of talking at practice and the locker room and that the players shouldn't be surprised by his changes.

 

http://www.nba.com/lakers/video/141208practicebyron

I couldn't upload the video; it's Byron Scott after yesterday's practice. Some true gems...he thinks the spacing will improve with the 1st unit, team needs to 'dig down' defensively, etc...really, the comment about the spacing and the 1st unit caught me off guard...sorry, couldn't upload...only a 4 minute video...

Scott on the offense yesterday

'Well, we got to get to the point where we're moving the ball a little bit more and our spacing still has to get better...you know and again with Ed I think offensively it helps our spacing because he's a dive guy a roll guy; every-time he sets a screen he tries to get to the middle of the floor and get his head underneath the rim, and that's what we need. Then the other guys can just stay spaced out so I think eventually with this lineup change it will work out a little bit better with our spacing and our offense and we'll just have to wait and see."

 

How is the spacing going to get better when there's no three point threat and no offensive threat outside of Kobe and Hills mid range jumper if it's falling?