SSj4Wingzero
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Everybody takes blame in every situation.
If the team loses and the defense is terrible, is it the players' fault, or the coaches' fault? It's BOTH. It's the players' fault for not performing, and it's the coach's fault for not getting the players to perform well (whether it's motivating them or using strategies that utilize their talents and hide their weaknesses).
That being said you have to realize that D'Antoni didn't have much choice when it came to playing Centers on our team - Ronny Turiaf is good but undersized and oft-injured, Mozgov is RAW and got into way too much foul trouble, and who else is there? That's it. If Turiaf is injured and Mozgov can't catch a pass then the only person on your roster who can play Center is Amar'e Stoudemire and that means playing a small lineup.
D'Antoni basically had no choice against teams like the Lakers. Mozgov was not ready to hang with Andrew Bynum and Pau Gasol, so D'Antoni's only option was to go small and do their best to out-run and out-gun them, which, again, is never an ideal strategy but when Turiaf is hurt and Mozgov has butterfingers you don't really have much choice as a coach.
Everybody takes blame in every situation.
If the team loses and the defense is terrible, is it the players' fault, or the coaches' fault? It's BOTH. It's the players' fault for not performing, and it's the coach's fault for not getting the players to perform well (whether it's motivating them or using strategies that utilize their talents and hide their weaknesses).
That being said you have to realize that D'Antoni didn't have much choice when it came to playing Centers on our team - Ronny Turiaf is good but undersized and oft-injured, Mozgov is RAW and got into way too much foul trouble, and who else is there? That's it. If Turiaf is injured and Mozgov can't catch a pass then the only person on your roster who can play Center is Amar'e Stoudemire and that means playing a small lineup.
D'Antoni basically had no choice against teams like the Lakers. Mozgov was not ready to hang with Andrew Bynum and Pau Gasol, so D'Antoni's only option was to go small and do their best to out-run and out-gun them, which, again, is never an ideal strategy but when Turiaf is hurt and Mozgov has butterfingers you don't really have much choice as a coach.