How bad of a coach is D'antoni?

Seto · 03-05-13, 11:01 PM

How long did it take him to call a timeout at the start of the game? I swear they were down 9-1 and were 0 for 8 shooting and had just lost kobe and he still waited till it got worse. Nice call.

kobefanatic · 03-05-13, 11:03 PM

he is so fuking dumb for trying to run with this team, they don't have the personnel to run up and down, this is not the phoenix suns, jim buss better his head out his ass and fire this guy

BigDofBA · 03-05-13, 11:03 PM

Kobe is an all-time great and still has fuel left in the tank.

Nash is a hall of famer.

They should be this bad. They were a better team under Mike Brown.

kobefanatic · 03-05-13, 11:06 PM

jerry sloan would have been a better coach, even bickerstaff can handle this laker team better

Sport_Fish · 03-05-13, 11:07 PM

D'antoni isn't the one whose dumb...its the Lakers front office. They knew EXACTLY what kind of coach he was and what system he plays, yet they hire him to run this roster.

I put 0 blame on D'antoni - eventhough it is the wrong way to play against OKC, its the way he plays and he has no intention of changing it. Lakers knew what they were getting into when they hired him and now they're just paying the price in situations like these.

PS3 · 03-05-13, 11:11 PM

Wasting a year out of Kobe. Team plays no defense. Trying to run with these young guys. No chance in hell D'antoni will succeed.

Rellik · 03-06-13, 12:40 AM

Lakers front office are to blame for the hiring of D'Antoni. He is no better than Mike Brown. I have no clue what made the Lakers go with this guy and not Phil Jackson. Terrible job done by the front office.

No coincidences · 03-06-13, 12:41 AM

Originally posted by BigDofBA

Kobe is an all-time great and still has fuel left in the tank.

Nash is a hall of famer.

They should be this bad. They were a better team under Mike Brown.

Couldn't agree more. Strategy is just awful. They are a bunch of old guys past their prime trying to keep up with a team in its athletic prime. Horrible gameplan, horrible hire, horrible coach. This isn't rocket science.

BigDofBA · 03-06-13, 12:44 AM

Originally posted by BigDofBA

LA can run and gun all they want with OKC but they'll lose by 15-20 if they don't slow it down.

OKC wins by 17. I predicted 120-105 before the game in Magicflows thread.

How can I see the writing on the wall but the Laker's coach can't? Obviously the Lakers can't keep up for 4 quarters with a younger, faster, more athletic team. Why try?

They needed to make this a half court game. That never happened. Did they even try?

rcene · 03-06-13, 12:46 AM

Originally posted by BigDofBA

Kobe is an all-time great and still has fuel left in the tank.

Nash is a hall of famer.

They should be this bad. They were a better team under Mike Brown.

Good points.

The fukkkking guy refuses to adjust his offense to the roster.

Hell bent on forcing an offense that does not fit. If they somehow make the playoffs, they will get embarrassed. Thunder or Spurs will make it ugly for them

rcene · 03-06-13, 12:47 AM

Lakers should have stuck with Brown or paid Jackson what he wanted

SBRMAN23 · 03-06-13, 04:52 AM

He's bad I saw this first hand when he was on the Knicks even thou that team was bad his gameplans told me he was what had was a good offensive minded coach but nothing else shouldn't be a head coach again only assistant honestly