Comments on: When Trying Isn’t Enough

By: Mo

Mo — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:17:26 +0000

The thing is, there is ALWAYS going to be something we don’t agree with whereas coaching goes. Fans all over the world complain about something they don’t like that their coach does. Especially lineups and rotations.

By: ticktock6

ticktock6 — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:57:12 +0000

You will not see me disagreeing with Bower and the going small thing. It drives me crazy and there is no way we can win in the playoffs with him if he’s not going to play a center. There’s just no way.

I do think the new coaching staff has gotten the team to play with effort like Byron Scott couldn’t do though.

By: DatBoiC

DatBoiC — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:46:17 +0000

I might be the minority but I don’t like Bower as a coach. I can’t stand how he sits our centers and go to that small man ball in the forth quarter. You can’t put a smaller man on a Tim Duncan cause he’s going to shot over his head and bank it off the back board. That is what has been costing us games recently is that we don’t have nobody in the paint to alter and block shots in the paint(cause David West sure as hell aint going to try to defend.) Then he’s not the real coach watch during the game and see how many times Tim Floyd is telling him what to do. I like him as a GM cause he can spot talent but I don’t want him coaching it.

And I bet Byron Scott is kicking himself saying If I had played them rookies I might still have my job.

By: mW

mW — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:45:22 +0000

I, too, would like to see Bower back as coach. The team looks better in almost every aspect than when under “big name” Byron. Tonight’s opponent, the Clippers, also had a “big name” in Mike Dunleavy. Look how that worked out.

I do, like ticktock6, wonder what Buckets and Dimes would look like if they’d been getting playing time all along. Consideration for ROY or 6MY? How many more wins would we have? We’ll never know thanks to Byron Scott. Thanks a lot, jackass.

By: Mo

Mo — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:05:38 +0000

People love big names. The Thunder are winning games under Scott Brooks. The Grizzlies are winning games under Lionel Hollins. I don’t find those names to be very big.

By: Mo

Mo — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:04:48 +0000

@lsuhornet17, if it works, you go with it right? If Bower is able to get more out of these guys than a big name would, then you might have to take a long hard look at it. Paying a big named coach might cost more but it doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll get better results. I noticed one of either those ESPN writers or maybe it was Yahoo’s Wojnarowski (can’t remember which one) recently wrote on his twitter about how hard the Hornets seem to be playing for Bower.

By: lsuhornet17

lsuhornet17 — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:01:03 +0000

This team has been infinitely more enjoyable to watch lose than that mess last year. The way they’ve been playing has made me think more and more that Bower, despite his aversion to centers, deserves a chance to coach these guys with a healthy roster and some offseason tinkering. Like it or not, getting your guys to play hard is half the battle of an NBA coach these days, and Bower has proven that he can get this group to compete. Something certainly has West “getting it” all of a sudden after some uninspiring play early in the year. Dude is battling with pretty much no hope of a playoff run and his team down 20. Something is there. Now, I wouldn’t look forward to all the “Hornets are too cheap to hire a real coach” articles that would undoubtedly pop up, but still…

By the way, Marcus is now tied for 5th among SGs in PP48 and 16th in the entire league. People should start to notice these things.