Sigh, here we go.
Wow, liar.
Please do. You won't find any posts where I profess to know more about evaluating talent, building a team, paying millions of dollars, etc. than the Suns front office. If you're going to post that Kerr is a moron and that you saw it coming, be prepared to receive a note about joining the staff to use your superior knowledge in helping the Suns win a championship.
Do you want to apologize for being a crybaby?
First of all, find someone here who claims to
know more than the scouts and coaches. I think you've been reading everything out of context, as everyone here is questioning the coaches, players, scouts, etc. along with voicing their disapproval.
Things you do quite well actually:
Here you are questioning porter's lineups
You spend three months putting your starting line-up and bench substitutions together and then 11 games into the season (of which you are 8-3) you futz around with different line-ups? Why?
<insert join the staff superior knowledge blah blah comment here>
Here you are so confident that you know what is going through a coach's head that you're willing to put your money where your mouth is
I'll bet a lot of teams are scared of LB. I'll bet when LB gets up and goes to the scorer's table, the opposing coaches start chewing on their lips as they look down their own bench. "Have we got ANYONE that can stay in front of this kid?"
Here you are labeling Dantoni's coaching system
and assigning value to certain players
on a team with a tissue-thin defensive scheme (the D'Antoni regime), Raja Bell was much more valuable.Now that everyone (well, almost everyone) is playing D, it actually exposes Bell's streaky offense as more of a liability.
(insert "DUH!" noise here)
Im sure Dantoni has called his system "tissue thin" before, so this wouldnt be criticism, right? And Bell is a libility? Strong words for unbiased nonfiction.<insert join the staff superior knowledge blah blah comment here>
Here's an interesting gem: seems you're inferring that the refs controlled the game through their actions.
Quote:
Originally Posted by
YouJustGotSUNSD
You must be registered for see images
And who knew CJ Miles and Brevin Knight were going to be the impact players of the game?!??
Monty McCutchen, Luis Grillo, and Derrick Stafford
Judge, jury and executioner on that one, mr armchair. You didn't even question or criticize them on this one actually, you just labeled them as game-changers and went on your merry way. I believe they're hiring at the referee company, would you like me to get their contact number for you?<insert join the staff superior knowledge blah blah comment here>
Here you are opposing Porter's "experimenting" again with starting lineups during the season by swapping Hill back in as a starter. Seems like you have concrete restrictions on the Experimenting calendar. Have you talked to Porter about his insuboardnation?
Experimenting is for training camp and practice, particularly if what you are doing in a game is pretty much working.
<insert join the staff superior knowledge blah blah comment here>
And the piece de resistance, here you are laying the groundwork on how to evaluate talent and get a deal done. Something you claim no one on this board knows how to do and shouldnt be making opinions about. Maybe you're thinking of writing a "Trading Players in the NBA for Dummies" book. I'll keep a lookout on Amazon
You don't wait for someone to call you and offer their veteran big man. If you have a hole to fill, YOU make the calls. YOU make the offer. Then the other guy laughs and hangs up. There are a finite number of veteran guys in the NBA that you would take at any given position. It's not impossible.
Looks to be a great preface for a compelling how-to book.
MY point is that we all do it. In fact, a lot of these quotes came from sections where you agreed with me on something. Why try to call out your fellow posters for something you do as well as them? Why even bother coming to an internet message board if you're going to insult people who share criticisms, disapproval and opinions?
We're all fans, and most of us are paying fans in some form. You buy tickets to a game, or season pass for your tv, jerseys and coffee mugs, and spend countless hours hoping to enjoy success of your team, and they don't deliver as you hoped, so you sound off your disappointment. If you buy a Chevy the year the CEO says he has hired new developers to improve the performance of a certain line of cars, and as you drive it home a wheel falls off, your first reaction is going to be "Why the hell didn't they make this car with more secure wheels?!" If someone came up to you on the street and taunted you saying "Oh Mr. Big Shot here thinks he can build a car better than Chevy, why don't you go work there and make everything better?!" you're probably going to punch them in the face for their audacity.
Don't be a dick.
