PopvichEven tho a lot of the things D'antoni did totally perplexed me (putting ryan kelly on Melo), the guy made treasure out of trash like no coach I've ever seen in any sport. We had bonafide scrubs putting up career numbers left and right. It would be hard for me to name 5 coaches in the L currently who are better than him
*I Am Legend "No!"*It does.At least Boss has filled the role well.
I suspect Hill prefers this new role since it's less wear and tear on his body.
Ironically Hill had problems with D'antoni and has made it clear he did not like him, but he was a better player under him. D'antoni had the right idea of how to use Hill.
This team is never going anywhere with Byron as a coach. Top 5 pick, Randle, free agents, healthy Kobe, none of this matters in regards to winning with Byron leading the way.
Who's the next coach in 2016? Calipari? Madsen?
And I thought the polls couldnt get any more boring
Retirement home type excitement answering these questions.
Outside of really Pop and Carlisle, there isn’t really anybody that I for sure know is better. Doc doesn’t do much for me. Thibs is ok. MDA is right up there with them. Had we been smarter and given him his ONE year extension like he asked for, we would have had a chance to build some actual continuity going forward. Granted, having him would have cost us this pick, and that would eventually lead to his demise, but getting the pick and then looking for a new coach when we finally get the clue on Byron’s worthless act won’t look much better.
Envisioning what MDA coulda done with a Clarkson/Towns/Randle/Houston pick core would have been so much greatness tho. Gosh damn I would have loved to have seen that come together under him.
Oh well. We’ll get to shop for a new coach in the 2016 summer when we try to buy a new star to come in and join all those kids. *shrugs*
I believe they knew they'd be mediocre if everything went well so by getting Scott during this rebuilding process the general public would somewhat simmer down. I understand the reasoning behind it. Scott is also I guess a disciplinarian which is good for Randle. However, I just wish they had a coach in place that you know is part of the future. Maybe they have someone in mind that they are keeping tabs on. That's why I threw Madsen out there. I don't watch college ball, but also threw Calipari out there because he was linked to the Lakers before. Who knows.The Lakers hired Byron because of all the crap they got for "hiring Mike D'Antoni over Phil." Or Mike Brown over Brian Shaw.. And for whatever you think about Mike D'Antoni, Mike Brown over Brian Shaw is such an easy decision now in retrospect
The common Lakers fan, who blame Jim Buss for everything, wanted a guy who "knew the Lakers way."
So they appeased the people who just don't know any better.
Blame Magic Johnson, blame Jeanie Buss, blame the common Laker fan for Byron Scott being the coach.
Sure they should have ignored them, but we were going to be mediocre, likely different if it was a playoff team, and we were looking for a coach.
The Lakers hired Byron because of all the crap they got for "hiring Mike D'Antoni over Phil." Or Mike Brown over Brian Shaw.. And for whatever you think about Mike D'Antoni, Mike Brown over Brian Shaw is such an easy decision now in retrospect
The common Lakers fan, who blame Jim Buss for everything, wanted a guy who "knew the Lakers way."
So they appeased the people who just don't know any better.
Blame Magic Johnson, blame Jeanie Buss, blame the common Laker fan for Byron Scott being the coach.
Sure they should have ignored them, but we were going to be mediocre, likely different if it was a playoff team, and we were looking for a coach.
Put butts in the seats for the time being.
Because in the battle of results vs development, Byron is miserably failing at both.Dudes wanna tank and then blame the coach for the team being trash
Enough with the foolishness, get Jeanie on my line do we can discuss trading these picks for Boogie
