Coach W, please channel the spirit of Cotton Fitzsimmons.

[somethingshesaid]

Among Suns coaches, the one most open-minded about strategy and about lineups was our beloved Cotton Fitzsimmons. Besides trying unsuccessfully to make his Suns teams use triangle offense (since he helped invent it, as a college coach), he was willing to try any risky and strange lineup gimmick in difficult times, such as playing players out of position (forward Wayman Tisdale at center) and starting rookies who didn't deserve to start (guard Chris Carr and forward/center Mario Bennett) in 1995-96.

Regrettably, that is not the attitude coach Monty Williams displays. Since I started observing this team in last year's playoffs and especially this season, I have viewed Williams as a very stand-pat coach, not one with a bag of tricks at the ready like Cotton. What will Williams do when standing pat does not produce good results?

 

[Mainstreet]

Cotton Fitzsimmons is one of my favorite coaches but he never got the Suns to the Finals.

 

[Muggz]

Could someone Channel Joe Proskis ass to work some magic on Book and CP3.

 

[capologist]

he was willing to try any risky and strange lineup gimmick in difficult times, such as playing players out of position (forward Wayman Tisdale at center) and starting rookies who didn't deserve to start (guard Chris Carr and forward/center Mario Bennett) in 1995-96.

That was during the Westphal Era.

 

[Cheesebeef]

Could someone Channel Joe Proskis ass to work some magic on Book and CP3.

Lol… seriously.